Not too many years ago, I was in Serbia’s capital of Belgrade, where the city’s neglected waterfront was undergoing a revitalization. Hip restaurants and trendy hotels were beginning to pop up, though the waterfront retained a gritty, seductive aura that was attracting film crews—like the cast of Game of Thrones … Read more
The art of reinvention is as old as history itself. While most hotels have been purpose-built to welcome overnight guests, transforming pre-existing structures into hotels is a trend. Case in point is The National Hotel, Autograph Collection at First National Center in Oklahoma City. Built during The Great Depression as … Read more
When Dave decided to surprise his wife Robin with a trip to Hawaii, he had her friends strut into the lunchroom wearing leis. The third-grade teacher did not know what was going on until he arrived to make the announcement himself. He chose Maui for their first trip to the … Read more