Last month Virgin Atlantic, Virgin Voyages and The Bahamas Tourist Board invited us to The Bahamas for a few days. With Rhys literally just back from holiday and Rob and Sinead tied up with family .....

Last month Virgin Atlantic, Virgin Voyages and The Bahamas Tourist Board invited us to The Bahamas for a few .....

2 Jan 20222 January 2022 by Jamie Oliver • 19 comments

This is our review of the Grand Hyatt Baha Mar, Nassau. Baha Mar is an integrated resort development situated on 1,000 acres overlooking Cable beach, just outside Nassau, The Bahamas. It opened in .....

This is our review of the Grand Hyatt Baha Mar, Nassau. Baha Mar is an integrated resort development situated .....

1 Jan 20221 January 2022 by Jamie Oliver • 23 comments

This is our review of Canopy London City, a new hotel by Hilton. It is the first hotel to open in the UK under the ‘Canopy’ brand, which Hilton describes thus: “Located in the most .....

This is our review of Canopy London City, a new hotel by Hilton. It is the first hotel to open in the UK under .....

24 Dec 202124 December 2021 by Rhys Jones • 53 comments

This is our review of the new Courtyard London City Airport hotel, which is part of Marriott Bonvoy. After multiple covid-related delays, the new-build Courtyard hotel at London City Airport is .....

This is our review of the new Courtyard London City Airport hotel, which is part of Marriott Bonvoy. After .....

13 Dec 202113 December 2021 by Rob Burgess • 29 comments

This is our review of the Hyatt Place London Heathrow Airport hotel. This 350-room hotel, situated on Bath Road and close to the new Holiday Inn and Staybridge Suites dual-branded property, opened in .....

This is our review of the Hyatt Place London Heathrow Airport hotel. This 350-room hotel, situated on Bath .....

11 Dec 202111 December 2021 by Rob Burgess • 21 comments

This is our review of the new INNSiDE Newcastle hotel. INNSiDE is possibly not a hotel brand you are familiar with. It is a design-led upscale ‘lifestyle’ (ie. leisure) brand with 32 .....

This is our review of the new INNSiDE Newcastle hotel. INNSiDE is possibly not a hotel brand you are familiar .....

2 Dec 20212 December 2021 by Rhys Jones • 39 comments

This is our review of the new Kimpton St Honore hotel in Paris. In 2017, we visited Kimpton’s new European flagship in Amsterdam and gave it a bad review – despite being upgraded to a .....

This is our review of the new Kimpton St Honore hotel in Paris. In 2017, we visited Kimpton’s new .....

29 Nov 202129 November 2021 by Rob Burgess • 16 comments

This is our review of the Hilton Garden Inn Birmingham Airport hotel. As part of a recent review of airport lounges I found myself staying overnight at Birmingham Airport, without any time to explore .....

This is our review of the Hilton Garden Inn Birmingham Airport hotel. As part of a recent review of airport .....

24 Nov 202124 November 2021 by Rhys Jones • 25 comments

This is our review of the Pendry Manhattan West hotel in New York. You probably haven’t heard of Pendry before, but it is a small brand of luxury hotels based in the United States. It also has a .....

This is our review of the Pendry Manhattan West hotel in New York. You probably haven’t heard of Pendry .....

21 Nov 202121 November 2021 by Rhys Jones • 29 comments

This is our review of the Moxy Aberdeen Airport hotel. It is currently – and will likely remain – the UK’s cheapest Marriott Bonvoy redemption until Marriott’s move to dynamic .....

This is our review of the Moxy Aberdeen Airport hotel. It is currently – and will likely remain – .....

14 Nov 202114 November 2021 by Rhys Jones • 44 comments

This is our review of the new Hyatt Place London City East hotel in Whitechapel. Hyatt has historically been fairly weak outside of its US home market. This is slowly changing – its Small Luxury .....

This is our review of the new Hyatt Place London City East hotel in Whitechapel. Hyatt has historically been .....

12 Nov 202112 November 2021 by Rhys Jones • 28 comments

This is our review of the Fairmont Royal Pavilion hotel and resort in Barbados. As usual when I review hotels from my family holidays, it is not comprehensive. I didn’t get a personal tour and I .....

This is our review of the Fairmont Royal Pavilion hotel and resort in Barbados. As usual when I review hotels .....

9 Nov 20219 November 2021 by Rob Burgess • 77 comments

This is our review of the Holiday Inn Express at Luton Airport. For reasons which will be revealed later this week, I have been spending a lot of time in UK airports recently. My tour started in Luton .....

This is our review of the Holiday Inn Express at Luton Airport. For reasons which will be revealed later this .....

8 Nov 20218 November 2021 by Rhys Jones • 39 comments

This is our review of the Waldorf Astoria hotel in Charlottenburg, Berlin. After visiting my grandparents in Stuttgart I decided to head up to Berlin to visit some friends. Hilton very kindly invited .....

This is our review of the Waldorf Astoria hotel in Charlottenburg, Berlin. After visiting my grandparents in .....

31 Oct 202131 October 2021 by Rhys Jones • 36 comments