It is difficult to decide whether one should time your first experience of Rixos Premium Saadiyat Island for the daytime or night-time. I arrived late at night and as I sleepily entered the spectacular lobby […]
I’m sitting in an outdoor hot tub on a still-warm early autumn evening in the French Alps. In front of me, up high, clouds drift across the Mont Blanc range and the slopes of Les […]
The recent renovation of the Rixos Premium Dubrovnik has been hit by unfortunate timing, amidst the global pandemic, however the management resiliently continued with their original reconstruction plan during the lockdown. The result: a fresh […]
Although reviewing 5-star hotels and restaurants is a pretty fun gig, I still maintain that my first ever job as a young adult was my favourite – working as a lifeguard at my local leisure […]
The 21-storey Catalonia Hotel rises from Santo Domingo’s Malecon, the city’s oceanfront boardwalk in front of the Caribbean Sea. Its position gives many of its 228 rooms spectacular views over the sea which makes this […]
Like any child born in the ’80s, I’ve always harboured a secret inclination towards appearing on TV. If Will Smith could write, produce and star in his own hit comedy series before he was of […]
‘Reinvented and Reimagined’ Relaunch On Tuesday evening the Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park, London was the place to be, as a star-studded gala party celebrated the completion of a £100 million renovation to the hotel’s guestrooms, […]
Hotel Bennett is an elegant downtown property in Charleston, South Carolina. The hotel opened early in 2019. It stands on King Street, Charleston’s principal thoroughfare, and the hotel terrace – the largest outdoor seating area […]
The list of loyal clientele at the Belmond El Encanto reads more like Hollywood royalty, than nouveau riche…Streisand and Gable, rather than Kardashian. The seven-acre property possesses a sense of grandeur dating back the golden […]
The Victoria Falls Hotel is a southern African institution. It’s a luxury hotel with colonial style interiors. If you’re travelling to Zimbabwe and plan on spending time at Victoria Falls, whose waterfall is full flow […]
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