This is our review of the brand new Six Senses hotel in Rome. It is our first review of a Six Senses resort, which since being acquired by IHG back in 2019 is slowly integrating with IHG One Rewards. .....

This is our review of the brand new Six Senses hotel in Rome. It is our first review of a Six Senses resort, .....

17 Apr 202317 April 2023 by Rhys Jones • 66 comments

This is our review of the new Virgin Hotels New York City hotel. Well, Richard Branson really does get around. Just over a week after Rob met him in Edinburgh to open the new Virgin Hotels Edinburgh .....

This is our review of the new Virgin Hotels New York City hotel. Well, Richard Branson really does get around. .....

11 Apr 202311 April 2023 by Rhys Jones • 48 comments

This is our review of the JW Marriott Maldives, the next instalment of a series looking at selected Marriott Bonvoy resorts in the Maldives. The first review in this series, looking at the Westin .....

This is our review of the JW Marriott Maldives, the next instalment of a series looking at selected Marriott .....

8 Apr 20238 April 2023 by Sinead Archer • 14 comments

This is our review of Virgin Hotels Edinburgh. I was in Edinburgh on Friday to see Sir Richard Branson officially open the new Virgin Hotels Edinburgh property. (He’s a busy man – Rhys .....

This is our review of Virgin Hotels Edinburgh. I was in Edinburgh on Friday to see Sir Richard Branson .....

27 Mar 202327 March 2023 by Rob Burgess • 50 comments

This is our review of the Conrad Riviera Maya, a new resort just north of Tulum. It is the third and final review from my trip to Mexico. You can read my review of the W Mexico City hotel here and my .....

This is our review of the Conrad Riviera Maya, a new resort just north of Tulum. It is the third and final .....

14 Mar 202314 March 2023 by Rhys Jones • 42 comments

This is our review of Papaya Playa Project, a Design Hotel in Tulum, Mexico. After a couple of nights in Mexico City – here is my review of the W Mexico City hotel – it was time to hit the .....

This is our review of Papaya Playa Project, a Design Hotel in Tulum, Mexico. After a couple of nights in .....

12 Mar 202312 March 2023 by Rhys Jones • 31 comments

This is our review of the W Mexico City hotel. Keen to get some respite from the British winter, and having heard some excellent feedback about Mexico, I decided to head over for a week, starting with .....

This is our review of the W Mexico City hotel. Keen to get some respite from the British winter, and having .....

11 Mar 202311 March 2023 by Rhys Jones • 40 comments

This is our review of The Westin Maldives Miriandhoo resort, part of Marriott Bonvoy’s Westin Hotels and Resorts brand. It is, on a value for money basis, potentially one of your best options in .....

This is our review of The Westin Maldives Miriandhoo resort, part of Marriott Bonvoy’s Westin Hotels and .....

4 Mar 20234 March 2023 by Sinead Archer • 19 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 • 42 comments

This is our review of the Hart Shoreditch hotel, London. It is part of Hilton’s Curio Collection of luxury independent hotels. These are properties which market themselves via Hilton and which allow .....

This is our review of the Hart Shoreditch hotel, London. It is part of Hilton’s Curio Collection of luxury .....

21 Feb 202321 February 2023 by Rhys Jones • 51 comments

This is our review of the Skylight In-Terminal Hotel in Addis Ababa Bole Airport, Terminal 2. Ethiopian Airlines, now Africa’s largest airline, connects a lot of passengers through its hub at .....

This is our review of the Skylight In-Terminal Hotel in Addis Ababa Bole Airport, Terminal 2. Ethiopian .....

18 Feb 202318 February 2023 by Rhys Jones • 6 comments

This is our review of Le Mersenne Zanzibar, a new Marriott hotel on the Tanzanian island of Zanzibar. You’ve probably heard of Zanzibar, but do you know where it is? Zanzibar is a small cluster .....

This is our review of Le Mersenne Zanzibar, a new Marriott hotel on the Tanzanian island of Zanzibar. .....

17 Feb 202317 February 2023 by Rhys Jones • 42 comments

This is our review of the Lost Property St Paul’s hotel, part of Hilton’s Curio Collection This hotel was part of our ‘top 10 new Hilton hotels for 2022’ list. True to their .....

This is our review of the Lost Property St Paul’s hotel, part of Hilton’s Curio Collection This .....

4 Feb 20234 February 2023 by Rhys Jones • 28 comments

This is our review of the Sofitel London Heathrow hotel at Terminal 5. There are some odd gaps in the HfP review coverage, which we blame on familiarity breeding contempt. We’ve not reviewed The .....

This is our review of the Sofitel London Heathrow hotel at Terminal 5. There are some odd gaps in the HfP .....

30 Jan 202330 January 2023 by Rob Burgess • 45 comments