What’s Next for Hotel Spas?

The Spa, it’s often one of the best parts of the hotel experience; I’m writing this column from the spa at Blantyre Resort in Lenox, Massachusetts. Just outside the treatment rooms of this cozy little carriage house sits a closed-in glass-wall jacuzzi area, complete with lounge chairs and tables for dining, catching up with friends, [...]

How Hotels Inspire Travelers

Hotels are on a mission to differentiate themselves; whether it’s creative food and beverage concepts or day camps for kids, the better and more unique the offerings, the more appealing the hotel. Today, hotels are constantly perfecting the “experience”. It’s not just about perfectly decorated rooms or one-of-a-kind art prints; it’s about providing an experience [...]

Boston, You’re My Home

Spring time around the world is a time for renewal. It’s a time to rejuvenate, revitalize and refresh. In Boston, it’s also a time to rebuild. If you have plans to travel to Boston, keep them. If you don’t, come visit. Boston is open for business. And it will remain that way. This morning I [...]

Wanderlusting: Top luxury travel destinations

When Marketwatch reporter Catey Hill called me to ask about the top luxury travel destinations in the world, she put only one limitation on my answers: “Think big,” she said. Hill found a study that showed some of the top dream getaways if money were no object, and I have to admit, the travel bucket [...]

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Luxury Travel

Luxury Travel Destinations for 2012

With each year brings new ideas, plans and promises. Resolutions aside, travel is one of the best laid plans in the new year. The question is: will you actually plan that dream trip you’ve been talking about for the past year? As 2012 draws near, luxury travel network Virtuoso® asked its expert travel advisors to [...]

Asia Travel

Hotel Spotlight: The Siam, Bangkok

From skyscrapers to villa retreats, new developments keep popping up in Thailand’s capital city, giving travelers a more diverse set of options when it comes to hotels. New to the scene: The Siam Hotel, which intends to keep luxury exclusive and bring a bit of recluse back to the city. The hotel is set to [...]

Hotels

Everything Old is New Again: New York’s Historic Hotels

New York’s East Side is a story of wealth, glamour and greed. It’s home to some of the most iconic buildings in the city, as well as some of the most famous landmarks in the nation. Through the years, the East Side has seen its share of deceit and descent, but through its tumultuous past [...]

Hotels

Hotel Spotlight: InterContinental Moscow Tverskaya

Having already established itself as a solid business market, Moscow’s emerging hotel industry is receiving renewed attention from investors looking to tap into a burgeoning leisure class. Not surprisingly, branded assets are leading this new wave of development. Rising from the center of Moscow Centre, for example, is the InterContinental Moscow Tverskaya, which is set [...]

Asia Travel

The Simple Side of Phuket

This isn’t the Thailand you’ve read about in books or seen in movies. There are no rainbow-colored umbrellas lining Mai Khao Beach, no drug-selling monkeys or lace bra-clad women’s prisons. There are no Singha-induced benders and unrecognizable stinky street food that resembles something that might belong inside you, instead of on a stick. This is [...]

Europe Travel

Destination: Berlin

Germany’s edgy capital offers wine and culinary experiences that push the envelope. Berlin’s progressive disposition is driving its trendy art and fashion scene. Just as controversial to some are its cutting-edge restaurants and bars, which attract visitors with a flair for wine and food. The richness of Berlin’s history becomes apparent within seconds. Immerse yourself [...]

Food & Wine

Savory Sanya

At the southern tip of China’s Hainan Island, amid the white sand beaches and blush sunsets, a gourmand’s paradise of local cusine and carefully crafted cocktails awaits. The Chinese are known for many things: ancient tea ceremonies, elegant silk garments, exotic foods, excellent shopping and state-of-the-art technology. China is fast becoming a favorite for new [...]

Food & Wine

A New Fine Dining With Gordon Ramsay at Powerscourt

Ireland is known for many things: rolling green hills, stunning landscapes, ancient castles, endless pubs and bottomless glasses of Guinness. On any given night in Dublin you’ll make new friends while ordering fish and chips or devouring a homemade Shepherd’s Pie in one of the dozens of pubs that line Dublin’s streets. But venture outside [...]

Hotels

Hotel Lobbies: The Original “Social Network”

Today’s hotel guest is starting to look at the hotel as part of the destination, and not just a place to lay their bags. In an effort to accommodate and engage the social savvy traveler, hotels are starting to recreate their lobby and public areas to invite a more “social space” for guests, and the [...]

Europe Travel

Tale of a True Renaissance: London’s St. Pancras Hotel

If you listen closely, you can still hear the swooshing of the wide Victorian dresses on women as they walked down the hallways of the St. Pancras Hotel in the 1800s. Built to accommodate the glamor of the time, the unusually wide hallways at the St. Pancras are adorned with dimly-lit chandeliers and red and gold [...]

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