Hotel Review: The Peninsula Tokyo
Hotel ReviewsHotelsReviews January 31, 2013
This 24-level hotel – with its 314 rooms and 45 suites, stylish, top-floor restaurant-cum-bar Peter, sybaritic, on-site Espy spa and health club and pool – is still hitting its marks, according to our reviewer, who has stayed at The Peninsula Tokyo on three occasions.
Read moreEnsconced in a modern building nestled next to the remains of a 14th century home, and located 1 minute by foot from the Polish seaport’s picturesque and thriving Long Market, the Radisson Blu Hotel Gdansk brings smoothly multilingual, professional service to the city center.
Read moreSerengeti Lodge Becomes Four Seasons’ First Hotel in Sub-Saharan Africa
DestinationsHotels December 3, 2012
Following a re-brand and an extensive upgrade, Four Seasons Safari Lodge Serengeti in Tanzania officially opened on December 3. The lodge is the first Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts property in sub-Saharan Africa.
Read moreHotel Review: Radisson Blu Berlin
DestinationsHotel ReviewsHotelsReviews November 2, 2012
Installed in an eight-year-old contemporary building in the heart of Berlin’s classically styled Mitte district, the Radisson Blu sits on the River Spree, just across the water from the domed stateliness of Berlin Cathedral and just steps away from Unter den Linden, the central city’s famous boulevard.
Read moreHotel Review: The Nines, Portland, Oregon
DestinationsHotel ReviewsHotelsReviews September 13, 2012
These days, the landmark Meier & Frank Building in downtown Portland, Oregon boasts a stylish contemporary hotel on its upper levels: The Nines (as in dressed to the nines), a three-year-old, four-star property that is part of Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide’s Luxury Collection stable.
Read moreAirport hotels aren’t usually known either for their service quality or their overall appeal, and I have stayed in some fairly miserable examples. But the Hilton Helsinki Airport, at which I have stayed on several occasions, seems to me to have got it almost completely right.
Read moreOperated by Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, it is the first St. Regis in Hawaii. The St. Regis Princeville Resort’s bay views are framed on the far shore by rugged mountains that served as Hollywood’s stand-in for Bali Hai when the movie version of ‘South Pacific’ was shot on Kauai in 1958.
Read moreTimbers Resorts Opens Luxury Boutique Hotel and Residences in Tuscany
DestinationsHotels July 2, 2012
A former 10th-century castle turned into a 41-suite boutique hotel, Hotel Castello di Casole – A Timbers Resorts Hotel & Residences is located in the company’s 4,200-acre private estate in Tuscany, within an hour of Florence, Siena and the Chianti and Montalcino wine regions.
Read moreThis AAA-approved Four Diamond hotel, which overlooks Baltimore’s Inner Harbor, is 12 miles from Baltimore/Washington International Airport and minutes from downtown Baltimore.
Read moreThe renovated hotel features redesigned rooms and suites boasting 42-inch, flat-screen TVs and over-sized bathrooms, as well as panoramic views of the Carmel region, Galilee and Mediterranean Sea.
Read moreThe overused, often-hyperbolic words “world class” fit this hotel. It’s a hotel to visit on an expense account, to be sure. If the budget works, the spectacular, high-rise Ritz-Carlton Hong Kong is a don’t-miss destination.
Read moreSonesta International Hotels Corporation is preparing to open its first extended-stay hotel, the 141-room Sonesta ES Suites Burlington, an existing hotel currently known as the Staybridge Suites Burlington.
Read moreBrazil’s First Best Western Premier Hotel Opens in Beach City Natal
DestinationsHotels April 19, 2012
Best Western International Inc. has continued its expansion in South America with the addition of the chain’s first Best Western Premier hotel in Brazil, the Best Western Premier Majestic Ponta Negra Beach.
Read moreBy 2017, Marriott envisions its portfolio in the region rising to more than 140 hotels and 30,000 rooms, either opened or in the development pipeline.
Read moreEmirates is an airline known for posh service, state-of-the-art infrastructure and attention to detail. Those same qualities are showcased splendidly in the Dubai carrier’s owned-and-operated Australian luxury retreat, Wolgan Valley Resort & Spa.
Read moreRadisson Edwardian Hotels to Be Re-Branded as Radisson Blu
Hotels February 17, 2012
Carlson Rezidor Hotel Group and Edwardian Group Limited are re-branding all Radisson Edwardian Hotels to the Radisson Blu brand by the second half of the year.
Read moreStart Packing Your Bags: The SAS Crew Guide 2012 is Out
DestinationsFood and DrinkHotelsReviewsTravel Tips February 14, 2012
Here’s a terrific, free idea for a Valentine’s Day gift, even if belated: Scandinavian Airlines has published the eighth edition of the SAS Crew Guide, its annual travel guidebook. The guide is mainly available as a free app for iPhone, iPod Touch and Android devices.
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