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A helicopter flying in a southerly direction to Big Sur passed overhead yesterday as I walked through the park Point Lobos State Reserve on the central coast of California. About 90 minutes later the helicopter passed overhead again on its way back to Monterey Airport. These helicopters may have been one of the daily flights …
InterContinental Amstel Hotel Amsterdam is a 150-year old purposefully built luxury hotel on the riverbank of the Amstel River. The hotel has been described as a place of ‘traditional elegance’ in this TabletHotels review. That seems to be a good description based on our experience. The hotel seemed like a special oasis set apart from…
Choice Privileges points can be used for more than 500 Preferred Hotels & Resorts reward nights on points. These Choice Privileges partner hotel rewards are priced from 30,000 points to 60,000 points per reward night. You need to be logged into your Choice Privileges account to see the nightly points rate for Preferred Hotels &…
Biltmore Estate offers more than a mansion of the Gilded Age for visitors who fork out $60 to visit the 8,000 acre privately owned estate. The value buy here is booking a two-day ticket for $70, if you plan your trip to allow for two days. Up front disclosure is I did not pay the…
Starwood Hotels opened four new Luxury Collection branded hotels in Europe this summer. Augustine in Prague, Czech Republic – SPG Category 5 Caresse Resort & Spa, Bodrum, Turkey – SPG Category 7 Falisia Resort & Spa, Portopiccolo, Italy – SPG Category 5 Grand Hotel River Park, Bratislava, Slovakia – SPG Category 3 Starwood Luxury Collection…
The appealing aspect of The May Fair London for me is location. The hotel is centrally located near the Royal Parks of The Green Park and Hyde Park, about 15 minutes walk south to Buckingham Palace or north to Selfridge’s on Oxford Street and only about 200 yards from the Green Park Underground on the…
Jekyll Island Club Hotel is located on Jekyll Island, the smallest of the populated barrier islands off the coast of Georgia. The entire island is managed by Jekyll Island Authority, a state agency responsible for stewardship of the island as Jekyll Island State Park. Jekyll Island, from Gilded Age Country Club to Georgia State Park…
Marriott adds Boscolo Exedra Nice, France to its Autograph Collection at category 9 for a hotel reward night at 45,000 points. Four Boscolo Hotels joined the Autograph Collection by Marriott in 2011, followed by Boscolo Milano and Boscolo Exedra Roma in late 2013. Boscolo Hotels are a luxury hotel brand in Europe founded in 1978…
A quick read from AM New York shares photos with a paragraph about 17 New York historic hotels. Inside NYC’s oldest hotels: Celebrity tales, literary wunderkinds and one famous cat (March 18, 2015). There are five hotels on the list I recognize as affiliated with major hotel loyalty programs and perhaps more of these hotels…
To celebrate the opening of the first Park Hyatt in Africa, Hyatt Gold Passport members can earn 5,000 bonus points for stays that include 2 nights or more between April 1, 2015 and June 30, 2015. Park Hyatt Zanzibar opened last week in the historic beachfront of Stone Town, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. This…
