And now for something completely different… yet another arty, but artistically unique hotel. The Enfrente Arte Hotel in Ronda, Andalucia, Spain is owned and run by Filip Eyckmans, a Belgian music entrepreneur. The hotel features a little of everything. Like a dark orange and terracotta reception and bar area reminiscent of an Alpine lodge; a…
South Florida’s most renowned landmark hotel, The Fontainebleau Miami Beach, has always signified wealth, luxury and style. Now, it also represents a swank deal. Because when you stay 3 nights in new, luxurious The Tower, you’ll receive your 4th night free! Choose from deluxe rooms, studio suite-condos and one-bedroom condos with king beds, marble bathrooms,…
When a resort is called “The Jewel of Jamaica,” you might expect a few frills. When it has received the highest rating among the island’s resorts and hotels for its cuisine, you might raise an eyebrow or two. But when it’s again been named to the “Gold List” of Conde´Nast Traveler Magazine’s 2005 list of…
The trend of individualized artistic expression on hotel room walls is spreading. In June, we reported on the Hotel Des Arts in San Francisco. Now this, from Inhabitat.com: “Everyone is drawing on the walls at Hotel Fox — at least everyone who is someone in the world of urban art, graphic design and illustration. Situated…
From Chip Chick Blog: For all you Apple addicts who miss your toys when your traveling, the iStudio suite at the Tribeca Grand Hotel is the place to stay when visiting Manhattan. The suite is pimped out Mac-style with an ipod and Bose sound dock, a G5 computer loaded with recording, editing and ripping software,…
Starting in November, the Hotel Roger Williams in New York will offer wine and cheese tastings. Max McCalman, a cheese expert who hopes to “spread the curd” about artisanal cheeses, will organize and attend some of the tastings. Each wine and cheese tasting will cost $25 per person and will be held the first Tuesday…
From the profound founders of CustomerEvangelist.com, Ben McConnell and Jackie Huba: Hotelier Jeff Klein, was quoted in the Wall Street Journal on the efforts of some boutique hotels (like the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel) in Los Angeles to create buzz by creating celebrity-driven pool parties that usually shut out paying hotel guests from using basic hotel…
I’m dangling over the raw, pounding Pacific Ocean on Canada’s westernmost shore. Two bald eagles soar above and a seal rides the foamy surf. “I’m glad they’re putting on a show for you today,” says Charles McDiarmid, managing director of the Wickaninnish Inn, near Tofino on Vancouver Island, B.C.
As more women travel for business, more hotels are recognizing them, rewarding them, and pampering them. Case in point: San Francisco-based Kimpton Hotels and its new Women InTouch program. Each of Kimpton’s 39 properties in the US is now featuring a different Girlfriend’s Getaway Package under the WIT umbrella.
How’s this for a fashionable tie-in? Cool Hunting Travel reports a unique marriage of footwear and hotel square footage…. Starting now –– and exclusively for a period of two months –– Adidas’ new ToGo series will be available at 11 selected Design Hotels lodgings in Europe and the Americas (Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Mexico & the…
Here’s a great rate on the only New Orleans hotel included in Small Luxury Hotels in the World. Built in 1830, Soniat House in the French Quarter was named by Travel & Leisure as “one of the best hotels in the world.” It offers 21 unique rooms, 12 suites, and prices starting at under $160…
Our friends at CoolHunting turned us on to Puro Beach, the most recent hippie-lux boutique from Mats Walhstrøm of Sweden. If you love sunrise yoga, medidation activities and breakfast, DJ music from early afternoon to late at night, sunset ceremonies, followed by exotic parties, it’s all just another day in paradise at Spain’s Puro Beach.