This is our review of the Hampton by Hilton London Gatwick Airport hotel. The last time HfP wrote about this hotel was in 2016 so it could do with a refresher. The opportunity to revisit came when I .....

This is our review of the Hampton by Hilton London Gatwick Airport hotel. The last time HfP wrote about this .....

5 Jun 20255 June 2025 by Conny Urban • 37 comments

This is our review of the London Hilton on Park Lane hotel. Hilton is currently running its latest sale for hotels and resorts in UK and Ireland. You can get up to 20% off participating .....

This is our review of the London Hilton on Park Lane hotel. Hilton is currently running its latest sale for .....

31 May 202531 May 2025 by Katie Ridgers • 28 comments

To see how you can spend your Avios on Loganair, which became an Avios ‘earn and burn’ partner on 31st March, I took an Avios redemption flight from Heathrow to Kirkwall in Orkney. Part 1 .....

To see how you can spend your Avios on Loganair, which became an Avios ‘earn and burn’ partner on .....

26 May 202526 May 2025 by Conny Urban • 21 comments

This is our review of the Malta Marriott Resort in St Julians. The Maltese hotel scene is expanding significantly, with new Marriott and Hyatt properties opening. On a recommendation I stayed at the .....

This is our review of the Malta Marriott Resort in St Julians. The Maltese hotel scene is expanding .....

22 May 202522 May 2025 by Rhys Jones • 40 comments

This is our review of The Hotel Maria in Helsinki. Long-term HfP readers may remember that we covered the opening of this hotel in December 2023. It was promoted as the first genuine luxury hotel in .....

This is our review of The Hotel Maria in Helsinki. Long-term HfP readers may remember that we covered the .....

17 May 202517 May 2025 by Conny Urban • 20 comments

This is our review of the Paris Marriott Opera Ambassador Hotel, generally known as ‘Hotel Ambassador’. I had a one night stay here last week. As I was only awake in the hotel for around .....

This is our review of the Paris Marriott Opera Ambassador Hotel, generally known as ‘Hotel .....

15 May 202515 May 2025 by Rob Burgess • 13 comments

This is our review of Marriott’s Hotel Palacio de Santa Paula in Granada, Spain. Following our stay at the Sunborn Gibraltar yacht hotel, we arrived by train in Granada for the second leg of our .....

This is our review of Marriott’s Hotel Palacio de Santa Paula in Granada, Spain. Following our stay at .....

4 May 20254 May 2025 by Conny Urban • 18 comments

This is our review of the Sunborn Gibraltar yacht hotel. Over Easter we took the family on a circular tour by train, starting in Gibraltar (there is a station just over the border) then on to Granada .....

This is our review of the Sunborn Gibraltar yacht hotel. Over Easter we took the family on a circular tour by .....

3 May 20253 May 2025 by Conny Urban • 50 comments

This is our review of the Courtyard Hamburg City hotel, part of Marriott Bonvoy. After two failed attempts (one due to a flight cancellation and the other after being invited to an Airbus factory tour .....

This is our review of the Courtyard Hamburg City hotel, part of Marriott Bonvoy. After two failed attempts .....

20 Apr 202520 April 2025 by Rhys Jones • 14 comments

This is our review of the Kimpton La Peer hotel in Los Angeles. Less than six months after my last visit to LA, I found myself there again for the opening of Virgin Atlantic’s new Clubhouse .....

This is our review of the Kimpton La Peer hotel in Los Angeles. Less than six months after my last visit to .....

18 Apr 202518 April 2025 by Rhys Jones • 38 comments

This is our review of The Ritz-Carlton Okinawa resort. Keen to promote destinations outside Tokyo, Kyoto and Osaka, Japan Airlines sent me to Okinawa. This is one of the southernmost islands in Japan .....

This is our review of The Ritz-Carlton Okinawa resort. Keen to promote destinations outside Tokyo, Kyoto and .....

9 Apr 20259 April 2025 by Rhys Jones • 12 comments

This is our review of the Conrad Tokyo hotel, part of Hilton Honors. After an exceptional stay at the Conrad Osaka last year (review here), I couldn’t resist checking in to Conrad Tokyo to see how .....

This is our review of the Conrad Tokyo hotel, part of Hilton Honors. After an exceptional stay at the Conrad .....

8 Apr 20258 April 2025 by Rhys Jones • 61 comments

This is our review of Grove of Narberth, a very well regarded property which won ‘Independent Hotel of the Year’ at the 2024 Independent Hotel Show in London. Luckily for us (and for you), .....

This is our review of Grove of Narberth, a very well regarded property which won ‘Independent Hotel of .....

23 Mar 202523 March 2025 by Conny Urban • 35 comments

This is our review of Bovey Castle hotel in Dartmoor National Park, Devon. The planning for this trip started with the question of all questions: What to do with teenage kids during February half .....

This is our review of Bovey Castle hotel in Dartmoor National Park, Devon. The planning for this trip started .....

2 Mar 20252 March 2025 by Conny Urban • 42 comments