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…
[EDITOR’S NOTE: THIS IS THE FIRST ARTICLE BY OUR NEWEST CONTRIBUTOR, LIZ LEWIS OF NEW ZEALAND.] Everyone knows that travellers move from hotel to hotel. But what about a hotel that moves from city to city? Enter the Hotel Everland. Built by Swiss artists Sabina Lang and Daniel Baumann for the 2002 Swiss National Expo,…
In the heart of the Historic District of Midtown Detroit is a collection of four restored Victorian historic homes and two Carriage houses that have been brought together to form the Inn of Ferry Street. The main house, The Scott House, encompasses the main lobby, where you check in, check out and go for your…
Interior decorating might not seem the most appropriate venue for the serious artist, but it’s serious artists who designed the spaces at the Arte Luise Kunsthotel in Berlin, Germany. Within view of the Reichstag building and the Spree River, every one of this hotel’s 50 rooms was decorated by a renown artist, likely German. The…
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An ice hotel in Quebec. An underwater lodge in Florida. A treetops lodge in the Amazon Rainforest. A reproduction of Rick’s Place from Casablanca in Manhattan. Or a lux cave in Arkansas. These are just some of the World’s Weirdest Hotels from Forbes.com. Each page features an overview of the hotel, room rates and contact…
I’ve stayed at the Disneyland Hotel decades ago when I met Walt Disney, plus another Disney resort next to it a few years ago. But the fairest of them all is now Disney’s Grand Californian Hotel & Spa, which Ava, Vagablond’s co-founder calls “the Catskills meeting the most Magical Place on Earth”. It offers you:•…
Don’t let its location next to the town cemetery put you off. TouVelle House in tiny Jacksonville, OR is …well, to die for. Just 20 miles from Ashland, this Gold Rush town boasts many charming B & B’s. We were fortunate to land at the beautifully restored Craftsman style home built in 1916 by Judge…
Meet Ian Schrager. He’s the trendsetting designer generally credited for pioneering minamalism in hotels from the Royalton in New York to the Delano in Miami Beach. Now, his latest hit is a $200 million upgrade of the 82-year-old Gramercy Park Hotel in New York City. Without even seeing it, the press is buzzing that it’s…
The Hotel Monaco Denver is my first visit to a Kimpton Hotel, part of the one-of-a-kind San Francisco-based chain of terrific boutique hotels that channels the distinctive energy, personality and pulse of each individual hotel. The colors are bright and cheerful. The staff is energetic and knowledgeable. And it’s a true treat to stay here….
Scottsdale is best known for baseball spring training, blazing hot summer weather and thousands of cool swimming pools. It’s also home to the Hotel Valley Ho, a 1956 landmark that was recently refurbished as a stylish boutique with a long list of designer amenities, such as Nelson bubble lamps, Phillipe Starck bathtubs that sit in…
The Côte d’Azur is one of the most famous stretches of beach in Europe — or anywhere else for that matter. Is this prime real estate? Is Cannes in France? Both are rhetorical questions. The Eden Hotel is a luxury boutique with just elegant 42 rooms, a contemporary and modern design, and a locale jsut…