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Review: the Le Meridien Etoile Paris hotel

This is my review of the Le Meridien Etoile Paris hotel. Last November I wrote an article on how I used Hyatt’s impressive ‘6000 points per night for a suite upgrade’ feature at the .....

This is my review of the Le Meridien Etoile Paris hotel. Last November I wrote an article on how I used .....

by Rob Burgess34 comments

Review: the Fairmont Austin, Texas, hotel – is bigger always better?

This is our review of the Fairmont hotel in Austin, Texas. After my celebratory inaugural flight to the Texas capital – you can read my review of Virgin Atlantic Upper Class on the 787 here .....

This is our review of the Fairmont hotel in Austin, Texas. After my celebratory inaugural flight to the Texas .....

by Rhys Jones70 comments

Review: the Sheraton Grand Doha Resort & Convention Centre hotel, Qatar

This is our review of the Sheraton Grand Doha hotel in Qatar. I checked in to the Sheraton after my flight from London to review Qatar’s Qsuites on the Boeing 777 – you can read that here. .....

This is our review of the Sheraton Grand Doha hotel in Qatar. I checked in to the Sheraton after my flight .....

by Rhys Jones31 comments

Review: The St Regis Venice hotel

This is my review of the new The St Regis Venice hotel. On 1st May, Italy dropped virtually all of its covid restrictions. No more mask wearing in shops, restaurants or indeed anywhere except on .....

This is my review of the new The St Regis Venice hotel. On 1st May, Italy dropped virtually all of its covid .....

by Rob Burgess14 comments

Review: the ‘new’ Sheraton Frankfurt Airport hotel

This is my review of the Sheraton Frankfurt Airport hotel, where I spent last Monday night. The reason will become clear in a day or so. The old Sheraton Frankfurt Airport has recently been .....

This is my review of the Sheraton Frankfurt Airport hotel, where I spent last Monday night. The reason will .....

by Rob Burgess21 comments

Review: the W Kuala Lumpur hotel

This is our review of the W Hotel in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. I have stayed at a lot of W Hotels recently. Just a few weeks ago I was at the W Amsterdam (review here); the W Kuala Lumpur is my 5th in .....

This is our review of the W Hotel in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. I have stayed at a lot of W Hotels recently. Just .....

by Rhys Jones77 comments

Review: Shangri-La Rasa Ria resort, Sabah, Malaysia – a trip to Borneo

This is our review of the Shangri-La Rasa Ria resort in Sabah, Malaysia on the island of Borneo. It is part of my recent visit to Malaysia with Malaysia Airlines, following the reopening of .....

This is our review of the Shangri-La Rasa Ria resort in Sabah, Malaysia on the island of Borneo. It is part of .....

by Rhys Jones34 comments

Review: the W Amsterdam hotel

This is our review of the W Amsterdam hotel, just round the corner from Dam Square. The W Amsterdam opened in 2015 as the new flagship of the trendy W Hotels brand, so it has a lot to live up to. If .....

This is our review of the W Amsterdam hotel, just round the corner from Dam Square. The W Amsterdam opened in .....

by Rhys Jones31 comments

Review: Cube Hotel, Birmingham

This is our review of the Cube Hotel in Birmingham. Note that, when we reviewed the hotel in April 2022, it was still trading as Hotel Indigo and the review refers to that. The hotel is no longer .....

This is our review of the Cube Hotel in Birmingham. Note that, when we reviewed the hotel in April 2022, it .....

by Rhys Jones54 comments

Review: Grand Hyatt Berlin, my first Hyatt Globalist hotel stay

This is our review of the Grand Hyatt Berlin hotel. If you read any US travel blogs, you will know that World of Hyatt’s Globalist status is generally treated as the holy grail of hotel loyalty. .....

This is our review of the Grand Hyatt Berlin hotel. If you read any US travel blogs, you will know that World .....

by Rob Burgess87 comments

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