This is our review of the brand new Westin London City hotel. The Westin is the latest hotel to open in the City of London. In recent years the Square Mile and neighbouring Aldgate and Whitechapel .....

This is our review of the brand new Westin London City hotel. The Westin is the latest hotel to open in the .....

22 Feb 202222 February 2022 by Rhys Jones • 21 comments

This is our review of the new-ish Moxy London Heathrow Airport hotel. I have been impressed by what Marriott has done with Moxy. The prices are usually very reasonable. Despite playing down the size .....

This is our review of the new-ish Moxy London Heathrow Airport hotel. I have been impressed by what Marriott .....

20 Feb 202220 February 2022 by Rob Burgess • 73 comments

This is our review of The Rock Hotel in Gibraltar. We have covered Gibraltar several times in the past 18 months, in part because, as a British Overseas Territory, it was one of the few easier places .....

This is our review of The Rock Hotel in Gibraltar. We have covered Gibraltar several times in the past 18 .....

6 Feb 20226 February 2022 by Rhys Jones • 84 comments

This is our review of the Courtyard hotel at Glasgow Airport, part of Marriott Bonvoy. Regular readers will know that Courtyard has been opening a number of brand new hotels at UK airports recently. I .....

This is our review of the Courtyard hotel at Glasgow Airport, part of Marriott Bonvoy. Regular readers will .....

23 Jan 202223 January 2022 by Rob Burgess • 39 comments

This is our review of the Park Hyatt hotel in Vienna. After flying to Vienna on a £1.79 Wizz Air flight (read more about that here) I spent the rest of my stay at the Park Hyatt Vienna hotel, going .....

This is our review of the Park Hyatt hotel in Vienna. After flying to Vienna on a £1.79 Wizz Air flight (read .....

17 Jan 202217 January 2022 by Rhys Jones • 28 comments

This is our review of The Royal at the Atlantis resort in The Bahamas. The hotel is part of Marriott Bonvoy. My trip to The Bahamas finished with a stay at The Royal at Atlantis. I’d already spent .....

This is our review of The Royal at the Atlantis resort in The Bahamas. The hotel is part of Marriott Bonvoy. .....

3 Jan 20223 January 2022 by Jamie Oliver • 12 comments

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 • 30 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