This is our review of the Great Scotland Yard Hotel, part of Hyatt’s Unbound Collection and probably the best Hyatt property in London. It was the first UK hotel to join Hyatt’s Unbound .....

This is our review of the Great Scotland Yard Hotel, part of Hyatt’s Unbound Collection and probably the .....

23 Mar 202423 March 2024 by Conny Urban • 22 comments

Virgin Atlantic has just announced that it hopes to restart passenger flying in July. The airline seems to have changed its mind recently after stating that it didn’t intend to restart flying .....

Virgin Atlantic has just announced that it hopes to restart passenger flying in July. The airline seems to .....

4 Jun 20204 June 2020 by Rhys Jones • 53 comments

A year after pulling out of its original high rise Bucharest property (now rebranded as Grand Hotel Bucharest), the InterContinental brand is back in Romania. The InterContinental Athenee Palace .....

A year after pulling out of its original high rise Bucharest property (now rebranded as Grand Hotel .....

3 Jan 20233 January 2023 by Rob Burgess • 111 comments

If you find yourself in Heathrow Terminal 4 this week, you may see an unfamiliar lounge: the Blush Lounge. It is not, technically, a new lounge. Plaza Premium has taken over the former El Al lounge at .....

If you find yourself in Heathrow Terminal 4 this week, you may see an unfamiliar lounge: the Blush Lounge. It .....

22 Nov 202222 November 2022 by Rhys Jones • 18 comments

This is our review of the United Airlines premium economy cabin on a Boeing 777-200 flight from London to San Francisco. My very first long haul flight back in 2014 at the age of 18 was on United to .....

This is our review of the United Airlines premium economy cabin on a Boeing 777-200 flight from London to San .....

15 Sep 202315 September 2023 by Rhys Jones • 56 comments

This is our review of Polaris, United’s long haul business class, on the Boeing 777-200. After heading to San Francisco in United’s Premium Plus, their premium economy cabin (review here), .....

This is our review of Polaris, United’s long haul business class, on the Boeing 777-200. After heading .....

18 Sep 202318 September 2023 by Rhys Jones • 31 comments

London Gatwick has become the first airport in the UK to open a dedicated charging station for electric cars. The new state-of-the-art GRIDSERVE facility has 30 high-power and low-power vehicle .....

London Gatwick has become the first airport in the UK to open a dedicated charging station for electric cars. .....

11 Jan 202411 January 2024 by Rob Burgess • 91 comments

This is our review of The Shanghai EDITION hotel. Although it sits as part of Marriott Bonvoy’s portfolio, the EDITION brand is a bit of an outlier in that Marriott does not have full control. .....

This is our review of The Shanghai EDITION hotel. Although it sits as part of Marriott Bonvoy’s .....

28 Nov 202328 November 2023 by Rhys Jones • 11 comments

This is our review of the Arrivals Lounge in London Heathrow Terminal 2, used by United Airlines and Air Canada. Did you know United Airlines has an arrivals lounge at Heathrow, shared with Air .....

This is our review of the Arrivals Lounge in London Heathrow Terminal 2, used by United Airlines and Air .....

20 Sep 202320 September 2023 by Rhys Jones • 25 comments

This is my review of The Thief hotel in Oslo. The Thief is probably the best hotel in Oslo, although the competition isn’t much. It’s not part of one of the six major global chains we .....

This is my review of The Thief hotel in Oslo. The Thief is probably the best hotel in Oslo, although the .....

25 Aug 202225 August 2022 by Rob Burgess • 37 comments

TfL is operating heritage Piccadilly Line services on the line across the 10th and 11th June to celebrate London Underground’s 160th birthday. The special services will use 1938 rolling stock .....

TfL is operating heritage Piccadilly Line services on the line across the 10th and 11th June to celebrate .....

31 May 202331 May 2023 by Rhys Jones • 43 comments

This is our review of The St Regis Jakarta hotel. After a brief one-night stopover at the Fairfield Jakarta Airport, we made the St Regis Jakarta our base for the remaining 2 nights in the city. I .....

This is our review of The St Regis Jakarta hotel. After a brief one-night stopover at the Fairfield Jakarta .....

25 Sep 202325 September 2023 by Rhys Jones • 17 comments

This is a review of the art’otel Battersea Power Station hotel in London. Regular readers will know that it is very rare that we accept hotel reviews from readers. We think there is a lot of .....

This is a review of the art’otel Battersea Power Station hotel in London. Regular readers will know that .....

25 Feb 202325 February 2023 by Rob Burgess • 43 comments

Preferred Hotels isn’t a hotel loyalty programme we cover much, although it has some interesting properties. Recent London openings include The BoTree in Marylebone and Hotel Saint in the City, .....

Preferred Hotels isn’t a hotel loyalty programme we cover much, although it has some interesting .....

21 Dec 202321 December 2023 by Rob Burgess