Heading to a tropical destination means you've booked some fun in the sun to erase your daily routine and responsibilities for a while. Staking out a beach or poolside lounger to catch up on some reading with a drink in your hand and toes in the san
Australia's largest city, is capital, known for its harbourfront Opera House with an exquisite sail-like design; Darling Harbour and Circular Quay, hubs of waterside life; the towering, arched Harbour Bridge; and the esteemed Royal Botanic Gardens n
Inverlochy Castle Management International (ICMI), the team behind some of Scotland’s best known luxury hotels, is swapping glens and lochs for sun and sea to launch a new hotel management company in the Caribbean – The Liming.
Corporate art collections have been with us for generations (indeed, in some sense for centuries), but in recent years, an increasing number of hotels – both indies and entire chains – have been focusing on art as both a guest perk and a point of pr
All-inclusive resorts provide a unique experience and are wonderful for families with younger children or for adults who just want to “hang out” and totally relax without planning each day. My daughter, her husband, and my two grandsons, ages 16 mo
“Hip” is the best word to describe The Kimpton Journeyman Hotel in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. But this hotel also provides lots of luxury, as shown with a giant chandelier, beautiful art, and a fireplace with plenty of seating to visit or just relax.
There are times when staying at a historic hotel goes beyond being ensconced in solid construction and ornate architecture that can never be replicated in today's world. At Marriott Syracuse Downtown, a grand dame that opened in this upstate New Yo
With 43 properties, one in Innsbruck, two in Thailand, one in Dubai, and the rest throughout India, Club Mahindra provides a kind of vacation ownership, largely for an Indian clientele, of pre-bought, one-week stays for 25 years (!) at a range of ext
Ocean City is a resort town on a barrier island off a stretch of southern Maryland coast, featuring miles of beach; a wooden boardwalk lined with restaurants, shops, theme-park attractions, and quite a few hotels. So on a recent visit wit
When staying in the Hamptons, you simply can't do better than a manor house consistently ranked byCondé Nast Johansens as “Most Excellent Inn of the Americas.” Nestled in East Hampton Village, The Baker House 1650 puts you within a quick stroll of
C'era 'na vùota (once upon a time), the Mediterranean's largest island was a handsome but clannish, primitive backwater known as a stronghold of the Mafia and the Catholic Church. These days...well, admittedly there's still some of that hanging on,
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I don't get Hello Kitty. Well, I do get Hello Kitty - I get the merchandising, the appeal to pre-adolescent females and the cutesy factor that seems to adorn all young Asian girls and indeed little girls all over the shopping world. I get that it's
Hotel de l'Abbaye is a small hotel in Saint Germain area of Paris. The hotel is located on rue Cassette a block away from Eglise Saint Sulpice. It's a four star hotel with enough class to be one of the best in Paris (ranked #7 out of 1900 hotels in P
The ice hotel phenomenon, born in Jukkasjärvi, Sweden in the 1990s, has been gradually picking up steam (as it were) in the northern hemisphere over the years, with hotels built each winter in a half-dozen countries. At the moment, the world's northe
Hotel La Demeure offers all the comfort and facilities of a large property together with a warm and cosy environment of a family-run hotel. The structure is located in the charming Latin Quarter, close to some of Paris' major attractions such as Sain
This luxury hotel, affectionately named ‘The Place’ by Errol Flynn, has 102 guestrooms, including 47 suites, at your disposal, all equipped with the very latest innovations. Set in the heart of the Triangle d'Or, a stone’s throw from the Arc de Triomph
Hotel executives are being forced to focus on the next generation of travelers who are looking for something unique, something that makes them feel what they are seeing and where they are staying is special.
Seaview was founded in 1914 by Philadelphia industrialist Clarence H. Geist as a luxurious country escape for the upper crust. Its facilities, which include 297 guest rooms and 39,500 square feet of modern conference center and special event space,
