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Hotel Metropolitan Sendai, Sendai, Japan
Generally I’ve been choosing to stay at hotels close by...
December 17, 2025Read More
Mercure Sapporo, Sapporo, Japan
For my stay in Sapporo I’d chosen the Mercure in...
November 19, 2025Read More
Premier Hotel – Cabin President, Hakodate, Japan
I’d decided to stay close to Hakodate train station as...
October 15, 2025Read More
APA Hotel Ueno Ekimae, Ueno, Tokyo, Japan
I’d decided I would stay around the Ueno area for...
September 10, 2025Read More
Novotel Melbourne Airport, Melbourne, Australia
It was time to head off overseas again, and rather...
September 18, 2024Read More
Seoul & Taipei 2024 retrospective
I was off on my first holiday since going to...
September 11, 2024Read More
Four Points by Sheraton Josun, Seoul Station
For my last night in Seoul I’d decided to stay...
August 18, 2024Read More
Palais de Chine, Taipei, Taiwan
I’d made a last minute decision to change hotels after...
May 29, 2024Read More
Novotel Suites Ambassador Seoul Yongsan – Seoul Dragon City, Seoul, South Korea
I will start off saying that the Novotel Suites Ambassador...
April 20, 2024Read More
Novotel Sydney International Airport, Sydney, Australia
It was a big day for me, I was off...
November 17, 2019Read More
Europe 2019 retrospective
For my Europe trip this year I decided to head...
November 10, 2019Read More
Eden Hotel Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
I stayed here last year, and despite the small room...
October 6, 2019Read More
Hôtel ibis Styles Lyon Centre – Gare Part Dieu, Lyon, France
Hôtel ibis Styles Lyon Centre – Gare Part Dieu is...
September 15, 2019Read More
Hotel ibis Styles Montpellier Centre Comedie, Montpellier, France
In Montpellier I had decided to stay around the Comedie...
August 4, 2019Read More
Aparthotel Adagio Toulouse Centre Ramblas, Toulouse, France
Aparthotel Adagio Toulouse Centre Ramblas, also called the Aparthotel Adagio...
July 10, 2019Read More
Hotel ibis Bordeaux Centre Gare Saint Jean, Bordeaux, France
For my stay in Bordeaux I’d chosen to stay at...
May 8, 2019Read More
Peppers Mineral Springs Hotel, Hepburn Springs, Australia
For our offsite we were checked into Peppers Mineral Springs...
April 3, 2019Read More
Japan 2018 trip – a retrospective
My fourth trip to Japan took place in the northern...
March 31, 2019Read More
ANA InterContinental Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
I like the InterContinental Tokyo hotel. This was my 5th stay...
February 13, 2019Read More
Crowne Plaza ANA Osaka, Osaka, Japan
This was my second stay at the Crowne Plaza ANA Osaka...
January 20, 2019Read More
Crowne Plaza ANA Kobe, Kobe, Japan
I’d gotten to the shinkansen platform at Himeji station early...
January 16, 2019Read More
Toyoko INN Himeji Station, Himeji, Japan
Toyoko Inn is very much a Japanese salaryman’s hotel. No...
December 19, 2018Read More
Hotel M’s Est Shijo Karasuma, Kyoto, Japan
Hotel M’s Est Shijo Karasuma is a modern hotel near...
November 18, 2018Read More
ANA Crowne Plaza Toyama, Toyama, Japan
Crowne Plaza hotels, particularly in Japan, always seem to live...
October 3, 2018Read More
InterContinental Grand Stanford, East Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong
I’ve been staying at the InterContinental Grand Stanford in East...
September 3, 2018Read More
Eden Hotel Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Eden Hotel Amsterdam is in a perfect location on the...
August 26, 2018Read More
Brasserie FLO Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Brasserie FLO Amsterdam is part of the sprawling Eden Hotel Amsterdam...
May 23, 2018Read More
Albe Hôtel Saint-Michel, Paris, France
After a bit of a train delay on the RER...
May 13, 2018Read More
Hart Hotel, Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong
After the quick train ride on the Airport Express from...
March 28, 2018Read More
Swissotel The Stamford, Singapore
On my many trips to Singapore over the past 15...
March 14, 2018Read More
Shangri-La Hotel, Sydney, Australia
I’d attended a seminar at the Sydney Shangri-La before but...
February 18, 2018Read More
Pier One Sydney Harbour, Sydney, Australia
This is a little out of the way gem of...
January 31, 2018Read More
Sydney Harbour Marriott Hotel, Sydney, Australia
In over a hundred trips to Sydney I’d never stayed...
January 24, 2018Read More
Customs House Bar, Sydney, Australia
I’ve been doing a bit of travel to Sydney every...
October 26, 2017Read More
Hyatt Regency, Sydney, Australia
I’ve stayed at a lot of hotels, and I mean...
September 20, 2017Read More
InterContinental Tokyo ANA, Tokyo, Japan
A great hotel, great location, a quick walk to Tameike-Sanno Subway Station...
September 17, 2017Read More
Hotel Metropolitan Nagano, Nagano, Japan
As the Shinkansen from Kanazawa pulled into Nagano Station I...
September 13, 2017Read More
ANA Crowne Plaza Kanazawa, Kanazawa, Japan
After the relatively long, and slow, train trip from Shin-Osaka...
September 10, 2017Read More
ANA Crowne Plaza Hiroshima, Hiroshima, Japan
After Kyoto I jumped on the Shinkansen to Shin-Osaka, and...
September 6, 2017Read More
ANA Crowne Plaza Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan
The Shinkansen from Shinagawa Station (Tokyo) arrived at Kyoto Station...
September 3, 2017Read More
InterContinental Tokyo Bay, Tokyo, Japan
Having landed at Narita Airport at the start of my...
September 9, 2016Read More
Crowne Plaza ANA Osaka, Osaka, Japan
After the Shinkansen trip from Nagoya to Shin-Osaka and then...
September 9, 2016Read More
ANA Crowne Plaza Hotel Grand Court Nagoya, Nagoya, Japan
After landing at Haneda Airport around 5am and finding I...
July 31, 2016Read More
DoubleTree by Hilton Amsterdam Centraal Station, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
The last stop on my European adventure was Amsterdam. For...
July 31, 2016Read More
Crowne Plaza Antwerpen, Antwerp, Belgium
Antwerp is about 70 minutes north of Brussels by intercity...
July 31, 2016Read More
Hilton Brussels City, Brussels, Belgium
After the train trip from Lyon to Brussels Central station...
July 20, 2016Read More
Hilton Paris La Défense, Paris, France
Landing in Paris at around 7am I was heading to...
April 4, 2015Read More
ANA InterContinental Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
After Kyoto I returned to Tokyo and decided to stay...
April 3, 2015Read More
ANA Crowne Plaza Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan
After a short stay in Tokyo I took the Shinkansen...
April 3, 2015Read More
InterContinental Tokyo Bay, Tokyo, Japan
Having just arrived in Tokyo and being totally overwhelmed by...
February 28, 2015Read More
Park Regis, Auckland, New Zealand
With the Cricket World Cup and Chinese New Year happening...
February 28, 2015Read More
Brisbane Marriott Hotel, Brisbane, Australia
I don’t normally stay at a Marriott hotel as I...
November 6, 2014Read More
Holiday Inn, Suva, Fiji
Sometimes life can be difficult, like the 3 days I...
January 19, 2014Read More
Mantra on Murray, Perth, Australia
I was back in Perth for the week and after...
November 2, 2013Read More
Duxton, Perth, Australia
I’d stayed at the Duxton once before, probably about 5...
October 27, 2013Read More
Hanoi Hilton Opera, Hanoi, Vietnam
This was my first trip to Vietnam and, as you’ve...
September 9, 2013Read More
World’s most expensive beer – a new candidate
I’d previously thought that I’d found the world’s most expensive...
September 9, 2013Read More
Four Points by Sheraton, Perth, Australia
It’d been 6 months since I was in Perth and...
June 1, 2013Read More
InterContinental Dubai, Dubai, UAE
This is the “real” InterContinental hotel in Dubai. Like the...
May 31, 2013Read More
InterContinental Residence Suites, Dubai, UAE
This was my first time in the UAE so I’d...
March 6, 2013Read More
Swissotel Merchant Court, Singapore
I’ve been to Singapore a heap of times. I’ve mostly...
December 8, 2012Read More
Ibis, Perth, Australia
Anyone else find it incredibly hard to get a hotel...
December 2, 2012Read More
Holiday Inn Old Sydney, Sydney, Australia
At work we have a list of hotels we’re allowed...
December 2, 2012Read More
InterContinental Hong Kong, Hong Kong
The past couple of times I’d been in Hong Kong...
December 1, 2012Read More
Hotel Sofitel Macau at Ponte 16, Macau
I had a 3 day training course in Macau of...
December 1, 2012Read More
Beijing Hilton, Beijing, China
I was lucky enough to spend 8 days in Beijing...
September 11, 2010Read More
InterContinental Grand Stanford, Hong Kong
I was in Hong Kong for a week for a...
March 31, 2010Read More
Stamford Plaza, Adelaide, Australia
Do you ever have that sense of foreboding when you...
February 8, 2010Read More
The Bolton Hotel, Wellington, New Zealand
This was my second stay at The Bolton Hotel in...
October 19, 2009Read More
InterContinental Bangkok, Bangkok, Thailand
I’ve never stayed at a bad InterContinental hotel, and the...
September 24, 2009Read More
Medina Grand, Perth, Australia
Let me start off by saying that this is the...
August 8, 2009Read More
The great Singapore beer rip – day 2…
Well, decided to change tack a little, and rather than...
May 10, 2009Read More
Crowne Plaza, Norwest, Sydney, Australia
We were in Sydney to attend a training course at...
March 8, 2009Read More
The Westin, Auckland, New Zealand
First time at the Westin in Auckland… Asked the cabbie...
January 24, 2009Read More
Sofitel, Brisbane, Australia
I’ve stayed at this particular hotel probably around 5 years...
November 12, 2008Read More
Sebel Citigate, Brisbane, Australia
This is a review in two movements. I’ve stayed at...
August 1, 2008Read More
The Sebel, Chatswood, Sydney, Australia
And this weeks winner of Gavin’s “another hotel of the...
July 21, 2008Read More
Terraces on Wickham, Brisbane, Australia
Well, its another week, therefore I must be traveling. OK,...
June 16, 2008Read More
Hyatt Hotel Canberra, Canberra, Australia
This is one of my favorite hotels… its a real...
May 26, 2008Read More
Shangri-La, Jakarta, Indonesia
Another very nice hotel, this time in Jakarta. This is...
May 26, 2008Read More
Swissotel The Stamford, Singapore
I’ve stayed at at this hotel many times over the...
April 24, 2008Read More
InterContinental Burswood, Perth, Australia
All round, not a bad hotel though it is showing...
March 5, 2008Read More
Hilton San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
Well, I’m on my way home after six and a...
January 28, 2008Read More
InterContinental Mark Hopkins, San Francisco, California, USA
Now this is one swish hotel.
November 26, 2007Read More
Brisbane Hilton, Brisbane, Australia
Now, this is a nice hotel. Well appointed, good location,...
November 23, 2007Read More
Rydges Lakeside, Canberra, Australia
This hotel is old… mutton dressed up as lamb. The...
November 18, 2007Read More
InterContinental, Wellington, New Zealand
Had to head off over the pond to Wellington at...
September 28, 2007Read More
Four Seasons Hotel, Sydney, Australia
Stayed at the Four Seasons hotel, George Street, Sydney last...
February 24, 2007Read More
Sydney Marriott Hotel, Sydney, Australia
Not the one down by Circular Quay! Back in Sydney...
February 17, 2007Read More
InterContinental Sydney, Sydney, Australia
I had the chance to stay at the InterContinental Hotel...
January 18, 2007Read More
Griffin Hotel, Kingston, Canberra, Australia
The Griffin Hotel, aka Griffin Apartments, in Kingston, ACT is...