Luxury Hotels

An Art (and Luxury) Lover’s Guide to Berlin

An Art (and Luxury) Lover’s Guide to Berlin

You can't escape art in its many forms in the German capital even if you tried. The art, the design, the architecture, the culture, the history, the food, the fashion -- it's omnipresent. This past year, 2019 was a particularly important year for Berlin for many...

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Check In: Review of Das Stue Hotel in Berlin, Germany

Check In: Review of Das Stue Hotel in Berlin, Germany

NAME: SO/ Berlin Das Stue ADDRESS: Drakestraße 1, 10787 Berlin ROOMS: 78 rooms Art meets luxury. Known as Berlin's first luxury boutique hotel, Das Stue is housed in the former Royal Danish Embassy and much of its interior design and 1930s architecture still retains...

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Sustainable Tourism: The Basics, Part I

Sustainable Tourism: The Basics, Part I

Tourism is a numbers game, and more isn't always better (as Barcelona and Iceland will tell you). Travel has almost doubled in less than 20 years. There were nearly 1.18 billion international travelers in 2016, up from 674 million in 2000, according to the United...

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8 Luxury Travel Trends to Watch in 2018

8 Luxury Travel Trends to Watch in 2018

What are the luxury travel trends in 2018? Luxury is probably the most overused word in the marketplace. The definition of luxury travel has changed and evolved based on the Zeitgeist, but the parts that have stayed true to the notion of luxury are scarcity,...

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2017: An Open Letter to Luxury Hotels Around the World

2017: An Open Letter to Luxury Hotels Around the World

Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better. -Maya Angelou Dear Luxury Hotels of the World: Consider this an open letter from your esteemed guests all over the world. For the love of all that is good, please stop: Assuming that the...

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Check In: Review of Shangri-La Hotel, Vancouver

Check In: Review of Shangri-La Hotel, Vancouver

Vancouver has a great range of luxury hotels on offer, so when deciding where to stay, I was excited to see that there was a Shangri-La property in the city. It's only one of two hotels in North America; the other is in Toronto. Every other Shangri-La hotel I've...

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