This is our review of The Ritz-Carlton hotel in Shanghai’s Pudong district. Note that this is one of two Ritz-Carlton hotels in Shanghai; the other is the Portman Ritz-Carlton which is located .....

This is our review of The Ritz-Carlton hotel in Shanghai’s Pudong district. Note that this is one of two .....

25 Nov 202325 November 2023 by Rhys Jones • 17 comments

This is my review of the Hotel Imperial in Vienna, A Luxury Collection Hotel and part of Marriott Bonvoy. As I said yesterday, with the HfP team tied up at World Travel Market, I (Conny, Rob’s .....

This is my review of the Hotel Imperial in Vienna, A Luxury Collection Hotel and part of Marriott Bonvoy. As I .....

24 Nov 202324 November 2023 by Conny Urban • 30 comments

This is my review of The Ritz-Carlton hotel in Vienna. With the HfP team tied up at World Travel Market, I (Conny, Rob’s long suffering wife!) jumped at the opportunity for a two-night stay in .....

This is my review of The Ritz-Carlton hotel in Vienna. With the HfP team tied up at World Travel Market, I .....

23 Nov 202323 November 2023 by Conny Urban • 26 comments

This is our review of the Westin Yilan hotel in north eastern Taiwan. After a long weekend in Taipei it was time to leave one city for another, albeit a much quieter one. Yilan is on Taiwan’s .....

This is our review of the Westin Yilan hotel in north eastern Taiwan. After a long weekend in Taipei it was .....

21 Nov 202321 November 2023 by Rhys Jones • 8 comments

This is our review of the W Taipei hotel. After two nights closer to Ximen in Taipei (at Hilton’s Hotel Resonance, reviewed here) we ventured downtown to the commercial hub of Taipei. W Hotels .....

This is our review of the W Taipei hotel. After two nights closer to Ximen in Taipei (at Hilton’s Hotel .....

19 Nov 202319 November 2023 by Rhys Jones • 13 comments

This is our review of Hotel Resonance in Taipei, Taiwan. Eager to visit before, erm, geopolitics intervened, I recently spent ten days in Taiwan and Shanghai. This is the first of a number of hotel .....

This is our review of Hotel Resonance in Taipei, Taiwan. Eager to visit before, erm, geopolitics intervened, I .....

18 Nov 202318 November 2023 by Rhys Jones • 36 comments

This is our review of Hotel Cafe Royal, part of The Set Collection of independent hotels. Until the end of November, American Express is offering £100 off £400 spend at a number of independent .....

This is our review of Hotel Cafe Royal, part of The Set Collection of independent hotels. Until the end of .....

23 Oct 202323 October 2023 by Rhys Jones • 46 comments

This is my review of the Park Hyatt New York hotel. I was previously here in May 2022 and was happy to return. It is probably the classiest New York hotel run by any of the big chains. I stayed here .....

This is my review of the Park Hyatt New York hotel. I was previously here in May 2022 and was happy to return. .....

22 Oct 202322 October 2023 by Rob Burgess • 47 comments

This is my review of Hotel Alfonso XIII in Seville, part of Marriott’s The Luxury Collection. When I first started travelling heavily in my early 20s, I would visit cities, walk past – or .....

This is my review of Hotel Alfonso XIII in Seville, part of Marriott’s The Luxury Collection. When I .....

16 Oct 202316 October 2023 by Rob Burgess • 24 comments

This is my review of the Hampton by Hilton hotel in Bournemouth. On Monday Rob reviewed the relatively new Hilton hotel in Bournemouth – click here.  I was staying next door in the Hampton .....

This is my review of the Hampton by Hilton hotel in Bournemouth. On Monday Rob reviewed the relatively new .....

14 Oct 202314 October 2023 by Jamie Oliver • 29 comments

Earlier this month, I was invited to stay at the St Pancras Renaissance hotel to experience the hotel’s new Suite to Seat programme for guests booked on Eurostar the following day. Guests of the .....

Earlier this month, I was invited to stay at the St Pancras Renaissance hotel to experience the hotel’s new .....

12 Oct 202312 October 2023 by Sinead Archer • 86 comments

This is my review of the new-ish (2016) Hilton Bournemouth hotel. I spent the weekend in Bournemouth playing golf with friends.  An added benefit was that I could take another look at the .....

This is my review of the new-ish (2016) Hilton Bournemouth hotel. I spent the weekend in Bournemouth playing .....

9 Oct 20239 October 2023 by Rob Burgess • 37 comments

This is our review of Convent Square Hotel in Lisbon. IHG launched its luxury and lifestyle brand Vignette Collection back in 2021. As a ‘collection’ brand, it allows boutique hotels to .....

This is our review of Convent Square Hotel in Lisbon. IHG launched its luxury and lifestyle brand Vignette .....

8 Oct 20238 October 2023 by Rhys Jones • 17 comments

This is our review of Mandapa, a Ritz Carlton Reserve, in Bali. After three nights by the beach in Sanur at the Andaz Bali (review here), it was time for a change of scene – a trip to the .....

This is our review of Mandapa, a Ritz Carlton Reserve, in Bali. After three nights by the beach in Sanur at .....

6 Oct 20236 October 2023 by Rhys Jones • 27 comments