Tag Archives: Hotel Rooms
More Unique Hotel Rooms…
In past posts we have brought a look at some weird, wonderful and unique hotel rooms, so now, at a time when much of the world is in lockdown and travel is near impossible, here are a few more glimpses of the world we are hoping to visit when life returns to normality. Conrad Maldives […]
Haunted Hotels Around the World
There is an unhealthy fascination with the supernatural in most societies. Somehow the unexplained, the idea of spirits or ghosts and the afterlife has a hold on all of us in some shape or form; you need look no further than most mainstream religion for starters… Hotels, in particular, seem to have a special place […]
New Life for Abandoned Hotels?
Continuing our series of articles about abandoned hotel and resorts (see our earlier posts – The Incongruous Idea of Abandoned Hotels… and Abandoned Hotels – Part 2) to follow are some hotels that were abandoned but now show signs of life, either as new attempts to get the properties up and running or re-purposed as apartments, […]
Instagram worthy Hotel Rooms around the Globe…
The internet abounds with photos of hotel rooms, both good and bad, but the game changer most definitely has been Instagram. It seems that no weekend break or holiday of a lifetime is complete without a myriad of photos of your bed, bathroom or view from the balcony – all with an excess of hashtags […]
The incongruous idea of abandoned hotels…
The past 40 years has seen unprecedented growth in tourism and business travel, resulting in the development of thousands of hotels and resorts in all parts of the globe. Even in times of economic difficulties new hotels continue to pop up somewhere in the world… So when you hear about once great and luxurious hotels […]
5-star hotels in different parts of the world…
Following my recent journey through Europe and the Middle East I noticed the many different hotel standards that all claimed to be either 5-star or 4-star superior… For the trained or untrained eye, it was painful to see what so-called 5-star hotels have become over the years; something regular travellers have been rightly whinging about […]
Observations of an Independent Holiday Traveller…Part 2
Having finished my sojourn through Europe with various short or long stays and a good taste of the hospitality industry on the continent I was ready to start my tour through the Middle East beginning in Amman. I had always had a soft spot for Amman as it was instrumental in the direction my life […]
The Elite Hotelier 
Passion versus Profit?
When coming back from a well-deserved holiday, have you ever asked yourself, what are the moments you remember and what are the moments you would rather forget? Let’s start with the memorable moments: A reasonably pleasant flight on Qantas. Very little can go wrong with a self check-in these days – contact with humans is […]