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Having recently transitioned from SPG to Marriott Rewards as my primary program, I was anxious to see how my decision would pan out. Fortunately, my recent stay at the Renaissance Hong Kong did not disappoint… Continue Reading
I was in Dublin for a meeting; and when I reviewed my lodging options, I decided upon the Hilton Dublin Airport as the hotel property at which to stay. Location and Arrival Hilton Dublin Airport is located… Continue Reading
Every hotel stay involves tradeoffs. A city hotel with a great location gets you all of the advantages of geography, but it also comes with a big drawback. Namely, everybody else wants that geography,… Continue Reading
If you are heading to Seoul and do not want to pay what seems to be a high cost when it comes to lodging, you could consider staying in a hostel or a no-name hotel where you have no idea what your experience… Continue Reading
For the older properties in New York, there’s a certain level of expectations. Rooms will likely be small, elevators will be slow and the room setup isn’t perfect. And if you can handle that,… Continue Reading
Until the Kingdom Tower in Jeddah in Saudi Arabia surpasses it prior to its expected completion in 2018 and grand opening in 2019, Burj Khalifa is currently the tallest building in the world; and as I… Continue Reading
I spent 4 nights in Milan in 2014 thanks to the Wideroe “mistake” fare; $201 round-trip from New York to Milan with a stopover in Zurich. My first two nights in Milan I stayed at the Radisson… Continue Reading
It had been a decade since I had flown Virgin Atlantic Upper Class, its premium cabin service, so I was looking forward to the experience. Upper Class (UC) had been created out of the realization that… Continue Reading
The only reason why I booked a room at the Sentrim Boulevard Hotel in Nairobi was because that is where everyone participating in the safari on which I was booked was meeting early in the morning. It… Continue Reading
“Bam bam bam bam bam” is what I relentlessly heard as I awoke from my sleep on a recent Sunday morning prior to 9:00 in a suite at the Hilton Garden Inn Tampa North hotel property — and this was on the… Continue Reading