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Feeling Grand Walking the Staircase I felt compelled to walk the stairs every step of the way to and from the lobby and my room simply for the wonderful feeling when gliding my hand along the wide Italian marble handrail along one hundred-plus marble stairs from my room at the top 5th floor of Sofia…
This is admittedly a click-bait title for a real deal at a SPG category 7 hotel on this week’s SPG Hot Escapes list. The $310 per night rate is available in March when this hotel is in peak season and costs 35,000 points per reward night. SPG Cash & Points is 15,000 points + $275…
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…
Two weeks ago Starwood Hotels closed on the sale of Gritti Palace Venice to Qatar-based Nozul Hotels & Resorts for $117 million. Starwood will continue to hold a long-term management contract for the hotel. Gritti Palace Venice is one of the jewels in Starwood Hotels. The 82-room hotel is in a 15th century building was…
Came across an old journal entry today from a hot summer July 2006 evening at the Luxury Collection Des Indes in The Hague, Netherlands. I don’t recall the wine incident of the evening, although it is probably better to leave it forgotten. I have been thinking about writing a series of Hotel embarrassing moments. There…
Hotel Ivy Minneapolis opened in 2008 as a hotel and residential building in downtown Minneapolis. A unique feature of the hotel is its incorporation of a historic building into the modern main skyscraper structure. My photo (on left, if you could not tell) was taken from the Minneapolis Skyway on a snowy day. The…
Another Wednesday and another list of SPG Hot Escapes limited time offer discount rates. Discount rates are available for some dates over next six weeks, however, the rates shown in list below may only be available for as few as one or two dates. SPG Hot Escapes are prepaid and nonrefundable. No cancellations and no…
