Hotel Reviews
Shangri-La Hotel At The Shard London opens its doors
Shangri-La, the Asian luxury hotel brand has opened its first hotel in London. Located in the Shard, the tallest building in Western Europe on floors 34 to 52, Shangri-La Hotel At The Shard London is the city’s first high-rise hotel. It offers spectacular views of London in every direction.
Read the full story hereWaldorf Astoria opens in Amsterdam
Waldorf Astoria Hotels & Resorts has opened a new Waldorf Astoria Amsterdam. Located on the UNESCO area of Herengracht, this new luxury canalside property is comprised of six historic 17th and 18th century town houses. Once home to some of the wealthiest and most influential residents of the city, the patrician houses have been lovingly restored to create an elegant 93-room hotel steeped in history.
Read the full story hereMilestone Hotel launches Gentlemen’s’ Afternoon Tea for Father’s Day
Just in time for Fathers Day (15th June),the luxury and quintessentially English Milestone Hotel, the Kensington signature property of the Red Carnation Group, is launching a gentlemen’s afternoon tea for the month of June.
Read the full story hereSt. Ermin’s Hotel London
It seems the good Saint Ermin of Lobbes was a man of wisdom and sanctity and a bit of a dab hand at a prophecy or two. Rather fitting then that I happened to be visiting St. Ermin’s Hotel on his Saint Day (25th April for future reference) and even more apt, it was at one time the preferred meeting place for top British secret service types including SIS and MI5, who, through their own acts of wisdom could predict more than a thing or two themselves.
Read the full story hereThe Movie Colony Hotel. Palm Springs
I have to admit I was feeling a little star struck. One minute I was standing next to this fabulous Albert Frey designed mid century modern wing of the Movie Colony Hotel and the next, I’m finding out it had real celebrity history.
Read the full story hereHotel Lindrum. Melbourne
A former tea merchant’s warehouse and then billiards hall tucked away at the quiet end of Flinders Street may not perhaps conjure up images of the perfect home for a boutique luxury hotel, yet The Hotel Lindrum far from playing down such humble beginnings, positively embraces it.
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