This is my review of the Jumeirah Zabeel Saray hotel on The Palm, Dubai. Regular readers may remember that I was in the Middle East in April, taking a look at the Emirates and Etihad A380 First Class .....

This is my review of the Jumeirah Zabeel Saray hotel on The Palm, Dubai. Regular readers may remember that I .....

15 Jun 201715 June 2017 by Rob Burgess • 4 comments

This is our review of the new Hampton by Hilton Alexanderplatz hotel in Berlin. A few weeks ago a new Hampton by Hilton opened right next to Berlin’s Alexanderplatz. Hilton asked me to take a .....

This is our review of the new Hampton by Hilton Alexanderplatz hotel in Berlin. A few weeks ago a new Hampton .....

12 Jun 201712 June 2017 by Anika Burnett • 17 comments

This is my review of the ANA InterContinental Tokyo hotel. As hotels in Tokyo are incredibly expensive during cherry blossom season it made sense to use points for my stay.  Rob had already bagged .....

This is my review of the ANA InterContinental Tokyo hotel. As hotels in Tokyo are incredibly expensive during .....

22 May 201722 May 2017 by Anika Burnett • 45 comments

This is my review of the Waldorf Astoria Beijing hotel. This is the final hotel review from our recent Asia trip – apologies for the slight delay in getting to this one.  These are not as .....

This is my review of the Waldorf Astoria Beijing hotel. This is the final hotel review from our recent Asia .....

13 May 201713 May 2017 by Rob Burgess • 14 comments

This is my review of The Ritz-Carlton Kyoto hotel. As with my other Asia reviews this month, it is less comprehensive than usual.  We were not on a review trip, we did not get a hotel tour, we did .....

This is my review of The Ritz-Carlton Kyoto hotel. As with my other Asia reviews this month, it is less .....

1 May 20171 May 2017 by Rob Burgess • 14 comments

One of our regular contributors recently headed back to Conrad’s Rangali Island resort in The Maldives. This was the same trip on which he was downgraded on his Amex 2-4-1 booking, but that is a .....

One of our regular contributors recently headed back to Conrad’s Rangali Island resort in The Maldives. .....

6 Apr 20176 April 2017 by Anika Burnett • 25 comments

This is my review of the Best Western Hotel Airport Frankfurt. EDIT: When we reviewed this hotel, it was part of Marriott and called Element Frankfurt Hotel. It has now been rebranded as Best Western .....

This is my review of the Best Western Hotel Airport Frankfurt. EDIT: When we reviewed this hotel, it was part .....

11 Feb 201711 February 2017 by Anika Burnett • 11 comments

Here is my review of The Westin Palace hotel, my second stop in Madrid. The Westin Palace was a short taxi ride from the Gran Melia Palacio de los Duques (my review of Gran Melia Palacio de los Duques .....

Here is my review of The Westin Palace hotel, my second stop in Madrid. The Westin Palace was a short taxi .....

8 Feb 20178 February 2017 by Anika Burnett • 47 comments

This is my review of Melia’s new Gran Meliá Palacio de los Duques in Madrid. After one night in Ibiza and an Air Nostrum flight to Madrid, I found myself at the Gran Meliá Palacio de los .....

This is my review of Melia’s new Gran Meliá Palacio de los Duques in Madrid. After one night in Ibiza .....

3 Feb 20173 February 2017 by Anika Burnett • 8 comments

This is my review of Gran Hotel Montesol Ibiza. Two weeks ago I went on a week-long flight and hotel review trip that took me from Ibiza to mainland Spain and ended in Germany. My first stop was at .....

This is my review of Gran Hotel Montesol Ibiza. Two weeks ago I went on a week-long flight and hotel review .....

31 Jan 201731 January 2017 by Anika Burnett • 19 comments

This is my review of The Gainsborough Bath Spa hotel. Regular readers may remember that, a few months ago, The Leading Hotels of the World offered me a generous deal if I agreed to pay $150 to rejoin .....

This is my review of The Gainsborough Bath Spa hotel. Regular readers may remember that, a few months ago, The .....

13 Dec 201613 December 2016 by Rob Burgess • 17 comments

This is my review of the newly refurbished Sheraton Grand London Park Lane hotel. Despite living in London I certainly don’t mind swapping my flat for a hotel room every once in a while. .....

This is my review of the newly refurbished Sheraton Grand London Park Lane hotel. Despite living in London I .....

29 Nov 201629 November 2016 by Anika Burnett • 13 comments

This is my review of the new Element Amsterdam hotel. The amount of new hotel concepts today is overwhelming and, in order to stand out, hotels need to find their niche. Element By Westin is an .....

This is my review of the new Element Amsterdam hotel. The amount of new hotel concepts today is overwhelming .....

21 Nov 201621 November 2016 by Anika Burnett • 22 comments

This is my review of the newly refurbished Hilton Paris Opera hotel. After 13 years it was time for me to pay Paris another visit.  For various reasons my last trip had not worked out well and I had .....

This is my review of the newly refurbished Hilton Paris Opera hotel. After 13 years it was time for me to pay .....

1 Oct 20161 October 2016 by Anika Burnett • 23 comments