1 Hotel Tokyo combines sustainability with luxury in Japan
Japanese Japan, Japan and Japan ? You know everyone who has visited Japan in the past year, or is a trip coming soon. How come it is not so hard to see the dollar against…
Alaska Airlines Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner business class review
Featuring delicious food and comfortable suites, *Quick take Alaska Airlines' Dreamliner is a fun ride across the Pacific with its flavorful menus and comforting suite if either of these two current routes fit your travel…
Fairmont Tokyo review
There are so many luxury hotels dotted Tokyo's myriad skyscrapers that it is almost impossible to believe there was no Fairmont among them and not even one in all of Japan – until the Fairmount…
InterContinental Sydney Coogee Beach review
Only three InterContinental can be claimed in a city, with few cities having one. Despite the new InterContinental Sydney Coogee Beach opening, Australia's largest city now has three outposts of IHG'S flagship brand. At the…
The StandardX Melbourne hotel review
In 2024, even before Hyatt acquired the Standard International hotel group a line of "lifestyle" hotels that included several brands including Bunkhouse Hotels and The Manner – standard was already saying it would be launching…
See New Zealand at these luxurious Rosewood lodges
New Zealand is home to dozens of small luxury lodges, from the lush subtropical Bay of Islands in the north to the rugged, glacier-cut valleys of Central Otago in south as well as some of…
The Palace Luxury Collection Hotel Madrid review
Madrid's Palace Hotel was one of the largest and most modern hotels in Europe when it opened in 1912 under the auspices of King Alfonso XIII. Spain was the first country in Spain to provide…
The Peninsula New York luxury hotel review
Although the original Peninsula Hotel was opened in Hong Kong in 1928 and remains an Asian landmark to this day, it is one of the world's smallest ultraluxury hotel chains (with only a few hotels…
Book this South Africa wine country hotel using Hyatt points
One of the biggest complaints I hear about hotel points is that people think they can only earn and redeem them at cookie-cutter hotels, which are part of large chains. Over the last several years,…
First look at the new Recoleta Grand hotel in Buenos Aires
There are a number of points hotels in Buenos Aires, including old favorites such as the Palacio Duhau - Park Hyatt Argentin Air Es. But the latest points hotel to open in Argentina's capital is…
