The Swine Flu (H1N1) has surged again this season.  As Autumn and Winter travelers reach their destinations, it’s important to know the signs of the H1N1 Flu since the level of risk in various regions may sometimes be unknown.  We encourage you to rely on your doctor as your main source of care and advice on seasonal and H1N1 flu vaccinations and treatment.

What to Do If You Get Sick
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says that if you get sick with flu-like symptoms, you should stay home and avoid contact with other people, except to get medical care.

Most people with 2009 H1N1 have been only mildly sick and have not needed medical care or antiviral drugs. The same is true for seasonal flu. If you get sick with flu, call your doctor for advice. If your doctor decides that you do need drug treatment, medicine will be most helpful when started within the first two days that symptoms begin to show.

Here are some tips from CDC on what to do if you’re sick:
1)  Know the signs. Flu symptoms include fever, cough, sore throat, runny or stuffy nose, body aches, headaches, chills, tiredness, diarrhea and vomiting.

2)  Know the emergency warning signs. Anyone who has one or more of the emergency warning signs below should get medical care right away.

3)  If you are not sure what to do if you or a family member is sick, contact your doctor. He or she will best be able to guide you.

Emergency Warning Signs of the Flu

Children	Adults
Fast breathing or trouble breathing	Difficulty breathing or shortness of breath
Bluish skin color	Pain or pressure in the chest or abdomen
Not drinking enough fluids	Sudden dizziness
Not waking up or not interacting	Confusion
Being too irritable to be held	Severe or persistent vomiting
Symptoms get better but then return with fever and a bad cough
Fever with a rash

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Here Are The Top 100 Hotels In The World, According To Travel & Leisure Magazine September, 2009

THE TOP 100 HOTELS
Properties in Africa and Asia have been steadily rising in the Top 100 rankings since 2003, and this year they have broken all the records: 58 percent of reader favorites are located on the other side of the globe. But properties closer to home still hold strong. At No. 3, St. Lucia’s Jade Mountain is the first hotel in the Caribbean ever to break into the Top 10, and U.S. and Canadian hotels, from Texas to Toronto, make up nearly a quarter of the list.

1. BUSHMANS KLOOF Cedar Mountains, South Africa 98.67

2. OBEROI VANYAVILAS Ranthambhore, India 98.00

3. JADE MOUNTAIN St. Lucia 97.50

4. SABI SABI PRIVATE GAME RESERVE (EARTH LODGE) Sabi Sand Wildtuin, South Africa 97.50

5. INN AT MANITOt,? McKellar, Ontario 95.59

6. SINGITA SABI SAND Sabi Sand Wildtuin, South Africa 95.52

7. FOUR SEASONS TENTED CAMP GOLDEN TRIANGLE Chiang Rai, Thailand 95.00

8. OBEROI UDAIVILAS Udaipur, India 94.88

9. GOVERNORS’ CAMP Masai Mara, Kenya 94.82

10. JACK’S CAMP Kalahari, Botswana 94.72

11. PALACIO DUHAU-PARK HYATT Buenos Aires 94.68

12. KIRAWIRA CAMP WESTERN SERENGETI Serengeti National Park, Tanzania 94.63

13. EAGLE ISL AND CAMP Okavanqo Delta, Botswana 94.17

14. INN AT PALMETTO BLUFF Bluffton, South Carolina 94.03

15. TWELVE APOSTLES HOTEL & SPA Cape Town 93.91

16. SINGITA GRUMETI RESERVES Serenqeti National Park, Tanzania 93.75

17. THE LODGE AT KAURI CLIFFS North Island, New Zealand 93.75

18. ROSEWOOD MAYAKOBA Riviera Maya 93.41

19. ELIOT HOTEL Boston 93.40

20. MANDARIN ORIENTAL Bangkok 93.34

21. FOUR SEASONS RESORT Chianq Mai, Thailand 93.33

22. THE FARM AT CAPE KIDNAPPERS North Island, New Zealand 93.33

23. ESPERANZA RESORT Los Cabos, Mexico 93.30

24. LIONS SAND PRIVATE GAME RESERVE Sabi Sand Wildtuin, South Africa 93.28

25. ROYAL MALEWANE Kruqer National Park, South Africa 93.15

26. WATERMARK HOTEL & SPA San Antonio, Texas 93.08

27. SHAMWARI GAME RESERVE Eastern Cape, South Africa 93.00

28. OBEROI AMARVILAS Agra, India 92.91

29. SINGITA KRUGER NATIONAL PARK South Africa 92.86

30. THE SAXON Johannesburg 92.86 .

31. GRAND HOTEL BAGLIONI Bologna, Italy 92.83 .

32. ISLAND SHANGRI-t.A Hong Kong 92.75

33. GIRAFFE MANOR Nairobi 92.68

34. LONDON PRIVATE CAME RESERVE Sabi Sand Wildtuin, South Africa 92.68

35. THE PENINSULA Hong Kong 92.23

36. COUPLES NEGRIL Jamaica 92.19

37. ANANTARA DHIGU RESORT & SPA. Maldives 92.14

38. LONDON WEST HOLLYWOOD California 92.07

39. KICHWA TEMBO MASAI MARA Kenya 91.86

40. FOUR SEASONS HOTEL CAIRO AT THE FRST RESIDENCE Egypt 91.86

41. HALEKULANI Oahu 91.81

42. COUPLES SWEPT AWAY Neqril, Jamaica 91.80

43. DOMAINE DES HAUTS DE LOIRE, France 91.79

44. KHWAI RIVER LODGE Okavanqo Delta, Botswana 91.71

45. HOTEL NELLIGAN Montreal 91.47

46. AMANGANI Jackson, Wyoming 91.42

47. IL SAN PIETRO Positano, Italy 91.39

48. PUDONG SHANGRI-LA Shanghai 91.30

49. TORTILIS CAMP Amboseli Game Reserve, Kenya 91.28

50. AMANKORA PARO Bhutan 91.25

51. ENCHANTMENT RESORT Sedona, Arizona 91.22

52. RABBIT HILL INN Lower Waterford, Vermont 91.19

53. ANANTARA GOLDEN TRIANGLE Chiang Rai, Thailand 91.16

54. PLACE D’ARMES HOTEL & SUITES Montreal 91.06

55. SHANGRI-LA’S TANJUNG ARU RESORT & SPA KOTA KINABALU Malaysia 90.98

56. NEORONGORO CRATER LODGE Tanzania 90.97

57. CEYLAN INTERCONTINENTAL Istanbul 90.90

58. CAPE GRACE Cape Town 90.90

59. WESTIN BLIND CENTER Shanghai 90.82

60. LE OUARTIER FRANCAIS Franschhoek Valley, South Africa 90.79

61. MARRIOTT HOTEL Budapest 90.76

62. SOOKE HARBOUR HOUSE Sooke, British Columbia 90.67

63. FOUR SEASONS RESORT HOUSE Hawaii 90.67

64. SAN YSIDRO RANCH Santa Barbara, California 90.59

65 POST HOTEL & SPA Lake Louise, Alberta 90.59

66. THE PENINSULA Bangkok 90.55

67, RITZ-CARLTON BEIJING FINANCIAL STREET 90.52

68. ST. REGIS Shanghai 90.44

69. MOMBO AND LITTLE MOMBO CAMPS Okavango Delta, BotSwana 90.42

70. OBEROI RAJVILAS Jaipur, India 90.40

71. FOUR SEASONS HOTEL Shanghai 90.35

72. OMNI LA MANSION DEL RIO San Antonio, Texas 90.27

73. WESTIN PALACE Milan 90.16

74. ANSE CHATANET RESOR T St. Lucia 90.14

75. SnAVUTE ELEPHANT CAMP Chobe National Park, Botswana 90.13 76. FAIRMONT MOUNT KENYA SAFARI CL°at; NanyUki, Kenya 90.07

77. MALAMALA GAME RESERVE Sabi Sand Wildtuin, South Africa 90.00

78.TAJ LAKE PALACE Udaipur, India 89.87

79. RUSTY PARROT Lodge & SPA Jackson Hole, Wyoming 89.87

80. CHATEAU EZA Itze Village, France 89.85

81. EDEN ROCK St. Bart’s 89.76

82. LIE MERIDIEN PHUKE T BEACH RESORT Thailand 89.75

83. HOTEL HANA-MAUI & HONUA SPA Maui 89.74

84.FOUR SEASONS HOTEL Prague 89.69

85. AYANA RESORT & SPA (FORMERLY THE RITZ-CARLTON BALI RESORT & SPA) Bali, Indonesia 89.69

86. FOUR SEASONS HOTEL TOKOYO AT CHIANZAN -S089.69

87. RAMBAGH PALACE Jaipur, India 89.61

88. FOUR SEASONS HOTEL AlEXANDRIA AT SAN STEFANO Egypt 89.56

89. HANGRI-LA’S FAR EASTERN PLAZA HOTEL Taipei 89.55

90. MANDARIN ORIENTAL DHARA DHEVI Chiang Mai, Thailand 89.55

91.THE CLOISTER AT SEA ISLAND Georgia 89.54

92. POST RANCH INN Big Sur, California 89.49

93.LE MILRIDIEN Bangkok 89.48

94.AUBERGE DU SOLEIL Rutherford, California 89.36

95. HOTEL PLAZA ATHtNEE Paris 89.35

96. FAIRMONT MARA SAFARI CLUB MaSai Mara, Kenya 89.33

97. FOUR SEASONS HOTEL Hong Kong 89.25

98. AL.VEAR PALACE HOTEL Buenos Aires 89.22

99. PARK HYATT Beijing 89.19

100. HOTEL LE ROYAL Luxembourg 89.08

Every once in a while, we introduce a new service that is so revolutionary, we can’t wait to tell you about it. IWB Payments is one of those services. Why is it revolutionary? Because no other service provider offers it.In short, IWB Payments offers you the ability to accept credit cards from your guests for any service. You don’t need a merchant account, credit card machine, or gateway. You don’t need all the costs that come with other merchant services and payment systems.

IWB Payments is a unique payment system offered only by Instant World Booking. It is unlike any service offered by competitors. How? You can accept credit card payments for any travel-related service, including rooms, meals, activities, etc. Charge customers up front as a deposit or as a final payment. For cancellations and no-shows (when your guest fails to arrive), you can now collect a cancellation fee according to your policy.

IWB Payments even allows you to charge your customers for reservations originating from other sources. Consider this: Even if a reservation was confirmed from another service, like HostelWorld or BedandBreakfast com, you can charge your guests here for the reservation and related travel costs. No other provider offers such convenience, which is so important to your guests.

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