Pucón, Chile Wilderness lodge meets luxury hotel, circa 1950 “The wise man built his house upon a rock,” said Rony Pollak, quoting a Bible story as she sat down to dinner with me and four other journalists. The house she was referring to is actually a hotel, and that wise … Read more
It’s hard not to be intrigued by a Sin City hotel with the tagline “just the right amount of wrong.” Perhaps you’ve seen the hotel’s TV commercial, featuring pant-less bellhops, bustier-clad women, bedroom photo shoots, and animals crashing a suite party. Unusual, yes – but The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas, … Read more
You may know Nikki Beach from your last weekend trip to Miami, but did you know that there’s a little bit of South Beach headed to Vegas? The Tropicana Las Vegas Resort Hotel and Casino has begun the first phase of its $180 million transformation, scheduled for completion this May. … Read more
The Island Beyond the Beach Zanzibar is officially part of Tanzania, but it’s always been different. A small island off the coast of East Africa, it has a history straight out of 1001 Arabian Nights, more Sinbad than Swahili. While most of Africa was carved up by Imperial European powers … Read more
A Stay Worthy of a King When your flight touches down on the island of Kauai you think that you’ve landed in paradise … at least until the taxi drops you at the Kauai Marriott and then you think – this is beyond paradise! An escalator whisks you past … Read more