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 .....

31 May 202231 May 2022 by Rob Burgess • 14 comments

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 .....

21 May 202221 May 2022 by Rob Burgess • 21 comments

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 .....

18 May 202218 May 2022 by Rhys Jones • 77 comments

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 .....

17 May 202217 May 2022 by Rhys Jones • 34 comments

This is our review of the Andaz Amsterdam Prinsengracht hotel, part of the Hyatt chain. After two nights at the W Amsterdam hotel (review here) it was time to try something different and head to the .....

This is our review of the Andaz Amsterdam Prinsengracht hotel, part of the Hyatt chain. After two nights at .....

12 May 202212 May 2022 by Rhys Jones • 43 comments

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 .....

9 May 20229 May 2022 by Rhys Jones • 31 comments

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 .....

25 Apr 202225 April 2022 by Rhys Jones • 54 comments

This is my review of Le Meridien Hamburg hotel. The hotel website is here. The reason I am covering this hotel is that – 18 months after I first received some Marriott ‘Suite Night .....

This is my review of Le Meridien Hamburg hotel. The hotel website is here. The reason I am covering this hotel .....

24 Apr 202224 April 2022 by Rob Burgess • 12 comments

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 .....

19 Apr 202219 April 2022 by Rob Burgess • 87 comments

This is our review of the ‘adults only’ The House resort in Paynes Bay, St James, Barbados. The House is a relatively rare thing – an all-inclusive resort which can be booked with hotel .....

This is our review of the ‘adults only’ The House resort in Paynes Bay, St James, Barbados. The House is a .....

13 Apr 202213 April 2022 by Rhys Jones • 30 comments

This is our review of Sandals Royal Barbados resort in St Lawrence Gap. In the Caribbean, Sandals is a brand synonymous with mass-market luxury all-inclusive resorts. Originating in Jamaica in the .....

This is our review of Sandals Royal Barbados resort in St Lawrence Gap. In the Caribbean, Sandals is a brand .....

12 Apr 202212 April 2022 by Rhys Jones • 147 comments

This is my review of the InterContinental Amstel hotel in Amsterdam. I first reviewed this hotel back in 2014, although I’d stayed there a few times before that. Our last review was 2015 but .....

This is my review of the InterContinental Amstel hotel in Amsterdam. I first reviewed this hotel back in 2014, .....

8 Apr 20228 April 2022 by Rob Burgess • 32 comments

This is our review of The Ritz-Carlton Abama hotel on Tenerife in the Canary Islands. I stayed at The Ritz-Carlton on a recent press trip as the guest of British Airways to promote the launch of short .....

This is our review of The Ritz-Carlton Abama hotel on Tenerife in the Canary Islands. I stayed at The .....

6 Apr 20226 April 2022 by Rhys Jones • 99 comments

This is our review of Le Meridien hotel in Chiang Mai, Thailand. It is the third hotel review from my family holiday in Thailand. You can read our review of the St Regis Bangkok here and our review of .....

This is our review of Le Meridien hotel in Chiang Mai, Thailand. It is the third hotel review from my family .....

4 Apr 20224 April 2022 by Rhys Jones • 43 comments