This is my review of The Ritz-Carlton Kyoto hotel. As with my other Asia reviews this month, it is less comprehensive than usual.  We were not on a review trip, we did not get a hotel tour, we did .....

This is my review of The Ritz-Carlton Kyoto hotel. As with my other Asia reviews this month, it is less .....

1 May 20171 May 2017 by Rob Burgess • 14 comments

This is my review of the Conrad Tokyo hotel. As with my other Asia reviews this weekend, it is less comprehensive than usual.  We were not on a review trip, we did not get a hotel tour, we did not .....

This is my review of the Conrad Tokyo hotel. As with my other Asia reviews this weekend, it is less .....

30 Apr 201730 April 2017 by Rob Burgess • 93 comments

This is my review of the InterContinental Hong Kong hotel. I am going to run a few hotel reviews from our recent Asia trip, although they will be shorter and less detailed than usual.  As these were .....

This is my review of the InterContinental Hong Kong hotel. I am going to run a few hotel reviews from our .....

29 Apr 201729 April 2017 by Rob Burgess • 60 comments

This is my review of the Hilton Garden Inn hotel at Hatton Cross, by London Heathrow Airport. (EDIT: We reviewed this hotel again in September 2020 after it was refurbished.  I recommend you read .....

This is my review of the Hilton Garden Inn hotel at Hatton Cross, by London Heathrow Airport. (EDIT: We .....

23 Apr 201723 April 2017 by Rob Burgess • 104 comments

One of our regular contributors recently headed back to Conrad’s Rangali Island resort in The Maldives. This was the same trip on which he was downgraded on his Amex 2-4-1 booking, but that is a .....

One of our regular contributors recently headed back to Conrad’s Rangali Island resort in The Maldives. .....

6 Apr 20176 April 2017 by Anika Burnett • 29 comments

This is my review of the Element Frankfurt Airport Hotel. Last November I went to Amsterdam to stay at the new Element by Westin Amsterdam, a Starwood property that focuses on sustainability. The .....

This is my review of the Element Frankfurt Airport Hotel. Last November I went to Amsterdam to stay at the new .....

11 Feb 201711 February 2017 by Anika Burnett • 11 comments

Here is my review of The Westin Palace hotel, my second stop in Madrid. The Westin Palace was a short taxi ride from the Gran Melia Palacio de los Duques (my review of Gran Melia Palacio de los Duques .....

Here is my review of The Westin Palace hotel, my second stop in Madrid. The Westin Palace was a short taxi .....

8 Feb 20178 February 2017 by Anika Burnett • 47 comments

This is my review of Melia’s new Gran Meliá Palacio de los Duques in Madrid. After one night in Ibiza and an Air Nostrum flight to Madrid, I found myself at the Gran Meliá Palacio de los .....

This is my review of Melia’s new Gran Meliá Palacio de los Duques in Madrid. After one night in .....

3 Feb 20173 February 2017 by Anika Burnett • 8 comments

This is my review of Gran Hotel Montesol Ibiza. Two weeks ago I went on a week-long flight and hotel review trip that took me from Ibiza to mainland Spain and ended in Germany. My first stop was .....

This is my review of Gran Hotel Montesol Ibiza. Two weeks ago I went on a week-long flight and hotel .....

31 Jan 201731 January 2017 by Anika Burnett • 21 comments

This is my review of The Gainsborough Bath Spa hotel. Regular readers may remember that, a few months ago, The Leading Hotels of the World offered me a generous deal if I agreed to pay $150 to rejoin .....

This is my review of The Gainsborough Bath Spa hotel. Regular readers may remember that, a few months ago, The .....

13 Dec 201613 December 2016 by Rob Burgess • 17 comments

This is my review of the newly refurbished Sheraton Grand London Park Lane hotel. Despite living in London I certainly don’t mind swapping my flat for a hotel room every once in a while. .....

This is my review of the newly refurbished Sheraton Grand London Park Lane hotel. Despite living in London I .....

29 Nov 201629 November 2016 by Anika Burnett • 13 comments

This is my review of the new Element Amsterdam hotel. The amount of new hotel concepts today is overwhelming and, in order to stand out, hotels need to find their niche. Element By Westin is an .....

This is my review of the new Element Amsterdam hotel. The amount of new hotel concepts today is overwhelming .....

21 Nov 201621 November 2016 by Anika Burnett • 22 comments

This is my review of the newly refurbished Hilton Paris Opera hotel. After 13 years it was time for me to pay Paris another visit.  For various reasons my last trip had not worked out well and I .....

This is my review of the newly refurbished Hilton Paris Opera hotel. After 13 years it was time for me to pay .....

1 Oct 20161 October 2016 by Anika Burnett • 23 comments

This is my review of the InterContinental Vienna hotel. What do you do when there are no British Airways redemption flights from Split to London and you don’t want to pay £500 due an event .....

This is my review of the InterContinental Vienna hotel. What do you do when there are no British Airways .....

17 Sep 201617 September 2016 by Anika Burnett • 26 comments