I watch the LA sunset on the rooftop terrace garden of Palihouse West Hollywood, the chic residences we’re calling home for a few days. The evening sky is your typical ombre of magenta, pink and orange – no biggie. “I could seriously sit around here all day and enjoy this life,” I say to Glenn. […]
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It’s our first morning staying at Arlo NoMad hotel and I wake up to a breathtaking New York hotel view of the sun rising from the East River horizon. Our room is up on the 18th floor and I’m excited to see this phenomenon. I tap Glenn violently – still fast asleep – so that […]
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It’s early morning and I go for a quick dip in the infinity pool at The Warehouse Hotel, one of the newest boutique hotels in Singapore. Housed in a heritage building that dates back to 1895, I feel the sun slowly rising over the Singapore River. This is our home for the next few days. […]
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It’s almost sunrise and I stare at the giant billboard on the rooftop of the building across. “Dog Pound”, it says. I look back into the hotel room and admire the sleeping alcove that Glenn and I are getting shut eye in. This isn’t one of those minuscule sleeping solutions that you might be thinking […]
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“Oh man, this is très delish,” I murmur to Glenn as we eat our lobster nachos dinner on the bed at The Drake Hotel, slowly slipping into comatose with each bite. We had flown in earlier in the morning from Seoul and been out exploring Toronto with Huey and David, friends we’ve met through Instagram […]
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“I’m King of the World!” I yell fervently at the top of my lungs, hands up and air-embracing what was once the tallest skycraper in the world, the Empire State Building. I’m doing all this from our very own terrace at The Roger New York – a stylish hotel on the corner of Madison Ave […]
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Concrete walls and floors, local designer lamps and furnishings and a mannequin dressed in designer sunglasses and clothes – you’ll be forgiven to think that I have just described an artist’s or designer’s work space but this is our room at Play Design Hotel in Taipei where Glenn and I recently spent five nights. Situated […]
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W Hong Kong, part of the W Hotels & Resorts chain, is a boutique, 5-star hotel located in the heart of West Kowloon. Where glamourous trends meet colonial style, W Hong Kong amplifies the buzz of the city both in its location and urban jungle aesthetic. On our recent trip to Hong Kong, Glenn and I […]
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You can often sense that a hotel fits into a contemporary and luxurious blueprint from its architecture, its passion about art, design, food and culture and its approach of providing guests with service that is world-class as it is familiar. A handful of hotels tick those boxes but one such hotel in Hong Kong that […]
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Travellers are really spoiled for choices these days when it comes to accommodation. From budget hotels to luxury resorts, from community-driven website Airbnb to travel specialist like The Luxe Nomad, the options are boundless. Let’s also not forget about boutique hotels which as an industry have burgeoned over the last few years and they look set to stay. […]
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