During my trip to Austin, I spent a few nights at the Thompson Austin, which opened in early 2022. This was a special stay for me, since it’s also the stay during which I earned lifetime Globalist status. I’ve written in the past about how I’m a huge fan of […]
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Claim: There’s a hotel room located inside Cinderella’s Castle at Disney World in Florida. Rating: There’s a swank hotel room in Cinderella’s Castle, a landmark structure at Disney World in Orlando, Florida. But you can’t pull it up and book it on Hotels.com, because it’s pretty exclusive. The room is […]
The mother of an 18-year-old Jackson-Reed High School student found fatally shot in a hotel room in the NoMa area last month said at a news conference Thursday that she is frustrated by an apparent lack of progress and answers about her daughter’s death. “There’s been no updates on anything, […]
I tend to roll my eyes when someone posts about their vacation on social media with the overused “Take me back!” caption. Alas, here I am, looking back at photos of my stay at the Four Seasons Hotel Bangkok and muttering to myself, “Ugh, take me back!” — both about […]
The palatial Huntington Hotel — along with its restaurant The Big 4 — is in the middle of yet another dramatic transition — one that could determine the San Francisco property’s livelihood. A new buyer is in the final stages of purchasing the Nob Hill property and its $56.2 million […]
It’s been more than 50 years since the historic Hotel President in downtown Palo Alto ended hotel accommodations and converted into an apartment building in 1968. But this month, locals will have the chance to peek inside the newly remodeled structure that’s reopening as the Graduate Palo Alto. Graduate Palo Alto, […]
Ugh, the poor fish… Fish tank in Radisson Berlin lobby bursts The 427-room Radisson Collection Hotel Berlin has quite a unique feature in its lobby, in the form of the AquaDom. This is a massive aquarium in the lobby that’s 82 feet (25 meters) high, and contains 265,000 gallons (one […]
Scammers lived in luxury by tricking hundreds of tourists, mostly from other countries, into paying for hotels in Italy that did not exist, cops said. Photo from Spencer Davis via Unsplash Scammers in Italy tricked hundreds of tourists into booking nonexistent hotels, then stole their credit card information to pay […]