Live like a royal Already planning travel for next year? How about living the life of an extravagant royal, if only for a night or two? The first hotel on the grounds of the Palace of Versailles in France—yes, that Versailles—is opening in 2020, and it’s going to be an opulent …
After a two-year renovation, the historic hotel aims to attract a new generation without compromising its high standards of luxury. In Singapore, in an intimate space full of vintage books and leather furnishings, millennials congregate after work. Some on dates, others with groups of friends, they are ready to flirt …
LONDON (AP) — The fight to save the seas from plastic waste may mean the end for mini bottles of shampoo and other toiletries that hotel guests love to stuff into their luggage. The owner of Holiday Inn and InterContinental Hotels said Tuesday that its nearly 843,000 guest rooms are …
LJUBLJANA (Reuters) – Tourists who visit Ljubljana can now stay in the Slovenian capital’s first sleeping capsules after the city’s Central Hotel put up 10 capsules in a former telephone switchboard room. “This is a new story in Slovenia,” said Matej Rigelnik, chief executive officer of the hotel. Slovenia, the …
The social media accounts of Brunei-owned luxury hotels have been deleted or made inaccessible amid an ongoing backlash over anti-LGBT laws. Brunei introduced strict Islamic laws this week that make gay sex punishable by flogging or stoning to death. Celebrities including George Clooney are calling on the public to boycott luxury …
(Reuters) – Major hotel chains including Marriott International Inc (MAR.O) and Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc (HLT.N) said on Thursday they are arming U.S. employees with panic buttons to fight sexual harassment and crime, an about-face for an industry that has opposed the idea for years. Workers in the hotel industry …
The final frontier of hotel rooms The space race is on, and this time it’s about hotels. On the heels of the announcement that billionaire hotel mogul Robert Bigelow is hoping to book vacationers into space pods by 2021, a different company is looking to corner the “luxury” space hotel market. Houston-based …
Time to rearrange your bucket list. On a recent trip to the Maldives, my entire itinerary was planned around one single hotel amenity: an overwater bungalow with a built-in, two-story waterslide. (Never mind the bedroom’s retractable roof and the floating catamaran nets by the private pool.) Here more than anywhere …
Looking for a getaway that offers unmatched views of sunrises and sunsets? Specifically, 384 of them in 12 days? Try outer space. Houston-based Orion Span hopes to launch the “first luxury hotel in space” — the 35-by-14-foot Aurora Station — by late 2021 and bring guests on board the following year. The …
Tensions at the Trump International Hotel and Tower in Panama City erupted into chaos this week, with teams of security guards attacking each other and police carting off an employee in handcuffs, members of the luxury building’s owners association tell NPR. An incident on Tuesday was the first violent confrontation, …
Room service has a reputation for being overpriced and under-seasoned. Here are a few techniques to make sure your room service meals are worth your money and appetite. Room service is often the last refuge of business travelers, and an overpriced, under-seasoned option for travelers without many options. According to Martyn …
Hotels around the country are introducing robots to handle repetitive tasks like room service deliveries, entertaining guests, and even giving directions. Hotels across the country are rushing to introduce robots with the promise of enhancing the guest experience and increasing efficiency. The automated companions can do everything from make and pick …