Who among us hasn’t come home from a business trip or weekend getaway feeling fat, lethargic and generally out of shape? Hours sitting on a plane, the temptation of all-you-can-eat breakfast buffets, and being uncertain about finding a local gym all lead to that unpleasant feeling of “road swell.â€? Not at the Affinia Dumont Hotel…
Walk into the Oxford Hotel in Denver’s Lower Downtown (“LoDo”) and take a step back in time. Settle into the legendary Cruise Room bar and be transported back about 70 years to the Art Deco era when architectural lines were clean and cocktails were classic. Leave the bar and cross into the grand lobby to…
The Whitney Museum of American Art is celebrating the 40th anniversary of the Summer of Love. The Whitney’s Summer of Love: Art of the Psychedelic Era exhibition revisits the unprecedented explosion of contemporary art and popular culture brought about by the civil unrest and pervasive social change of the 1960s and early ’70s. The exhibition…
Like a lot of people, I often rely on the advice and suggestions of family and friends. So when Eric Lindsay of Los Angeles e-mailed me about his recent stay with his wife at the Viceroy Santa Monica, I asked him to send me a review. Eric is an accomplished musician and composer, and he…
You can have your cool hotel experience and get your point too. The branded hotel vision is doing for travelers what Starbucks did for coffee and JetBlue did for air travel. From the New York Times: While some of these new brands are filling holes in the portfolios of major hotel companies like InterContinental, Starwood…
Most people don’t think of Mexico City as a place that offers cool hotels. But es verdad, it is. In the Condesa area, which is a bit Bohemian, you can find the new Hotel Condesa D.F., rising in a gorgeous 1928 Beaux Arts building. It has only 40 rooms and rack rates can range from…
We were given the heads up by the folks over at Globorati that Le Meurice, “the first arrondisement’s number-one address since 1835, is enlisting the services of Philippe Starck, the design guru whose style virtually defined the “boutique hotelâ€? concept of the 1990s.” If the website depicts even a fraction of the actual regal elegance…
Manhattan’s Park South Hotel is hosting New York’s first Red Dot Art Fair later this month. For four days, the elegant and award-winning boutique hotell will be transformed into an art lover’s and collector’s dream. The hotel rooms and suites on two adjacent floors will be recreated as mini art galleries where both new and…
Even though she’s launching a chain of boutique hotels and her family has generations of experience, Nicky Hilton is being sued by a Chicago development group for breach of contract, according to a breaking story on E!online.com. It says, “Robert Falor Investments and Grand USA Hotel Supply & Restaurant filed a federal lawsuit against Hilton…
The New York City Hotel Down Low presented by Kate As a compliment to Gil’s article on the Gramercy Park Hotel, I provide my personal review of Ian Schrager’s other hotels in New York City. The Morgans Hotel was opened in 1984 by Ian Schrager and his late business partner, Steve Rubell. It was the…
Enjoy seasonal savings with an exclusive spa package at Brentwood Bay Lodge & Spa on Vancouver Island. Set on a pristine inlet at the southern tip of Vancouver Island (just 20 minutes from Victoria), Brentwood Bay Lodge & Spa is Victoria’s only five star oceanfront resort. The culinary and spa boutique hotel features 33 luxuriously…
Drum roll, please… We’re extremely proud to introduce Vagablond’s new design. We feel it’s a better representation of our upscale content, sophisticated collection of global contributors, and our unique position of offering daily articles about luxury travel, superior shopping, vintage wines and delicious foods. As you can see, it features more color, a cool new…