Hotels

Seoul & Taipei 2024 retrospective

I was off on my first holiday since going to...

Four Points by Sheraton Josun, Seoul Station

For my last night in Seoul I’d decided to stay...

Palais de Chine, Taipei, Taiwan

I’d made a last minute decision to change hotels after...

Novotel Suites Ambassador Seoul Yongsan – Seoul Dragon City, Seoul, South Korea

I will start off saying that the Novotel Suites Ambassador...

Novotel Sydney International Airport, Sydney, Australia

It was a big day for me, I was off...

Europe 2019 retrospective

For my Europe trip this year I decided to head...

Eden Hotel Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

I stayed here last year, and despite the small room...

Hôtel ibis Styles Lyon Centre – Gare Part Dieu, Lyon, France

Hôtel ibis Styles Lyon Centre – Gare Part Dieu is...

Hotel ibis Styles Montpellier Centre Comedie, Montpellier, France

In Montpellier I had decided to stay around the Comedie...

Aparthotel Adagio Toulouse Centre Ramblas, Toulouse, France

Aparthotel Adagio Toulouse Centre Ramblas, also called the Aparthotel Adagio...

Hotel ibis Bordeaux Centre Gare Saint Jean, Bordeaux, France

For my stay in Bordeaux I’d chosen to stay at...

Peppers Mineral Springs Hotel, Hepburn Springs, Australia

For our offsite we were checked into Peppers Mineral Springs...

Japan 2018 trip – a retrospective

My fourth trip to Japan took place in the northern...

ANA InterContinental Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

I like the InterContinental Tokyo hotel. This was my 5th stay...

Crowne Plaza ANA Osaka, Osaka, Japan

This was my second stay at the Crowne Plaza ANA Osaka...

Crowne Plaza ANA Kobe, Kobe, Japan

I’d gotten to the shinkansen platform at Himeji station early...

Toyoko INN Himeji Station, Himeji, Japan

Toyoko Inn is very much a Japanese salaryman’s hotel. No...

2018 travel retrospective

My how 2018 has flown by. I was lucky enough...

Hotel M’s Est Shijo Karasuma, Kyoto, Japan

Hotel M’s Est Shijo Karasuma is a modern hotel near...

ANA Crowne Plaza Toyama, Toyama, Japan

Crowne Plaza hotels, particularly in Japan, always seem to live...

InterContinental Grand Stanford, East Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong

I’ve been staying at the InterContinental Grand Stanford in East...

Eden Hotel Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Eden Hotel Amsterdam is in a perfect location on the...

Brasserie FLO Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Brasserie FLO Amsterdam is part of the sprawling Eden Hotel Amsterdam...

Albe Hôtel Saint-Michel, Paris, France

After a bit of a train delay on the RER...

Hart Hotel, Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong

After the quick train ride on the Airport Express from...

Swissotel The Stamford, Singapore

On my many trips to Singapore over the past 15...

Shangri-La Hotel, Sydney, Australia

I’d attended a seminar at the Sydney Shangri-La before but...

Pier One Sydney Harbour, Sydney, Australia

This is a little out of the way gem of...

Sydney Harbour Marriott Hotel, Sydney, Australia

In over a hundred trips to Sydney I’d never stayed...

Customs House Bar, Sydney, Australia

I’ve been doing a bit of travel to Sydney every...

Hyatt Regency, Sydney, Australia

I’ve stayed at a lot of hotels, and I mean...

InterContinental Tokyo ANA, Tokyo, Japan

A great hotel, great location, a quick walk to Tameike-Sanno Subway Station...

Hotel Metropolitan Nagano, Nagano, Japan

As the Shinkansen from Kanazawa pulled into Nagano Station I...

ANA Crowne Plaza Kanazawa, Kanazawa, Japan

After the relatively long, and slow, train trip from Shin-Osaka...

ANA Crowne Plaza Hiroshima, Hiroshima, Japan

After Kyoto I jumped on the Shinkansen to Shin-Osaka, and...

ANA Crowne Plaza Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan

The Shinkansen from Shinagawa Station (Tokyo) arrived at Kyoto Station...

InterContinental Tokyo Bay, Tokyo, Japan

Having landed at Narita Airport at the start of my...

Crowne Plaza ANA Osaka, Osaka, Japan

After the Shinkansen trip from Nagoya to Shin-Osaka and then...

ANA Crowne Plaza Hotel Grand Court Nagoya, Nagoya, Japan

After landing at Haneda Airport around 5am and finding I...

DoubleTree by Hilton Amsterdam Centraal Station, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

The last stop on my European adventure was Amsterdam. For...

Crowne Plaza Antwerpen, Antwerp, Belgium

Antwerp is about 70 minutes north of Brussels by intercity...

Hilton Brussels City, Brussels, Belgium

After the train trip from Lyon to Brussels Central station...

Hilton Paris La Défense, Paris, France

Landing in Paris at around 7am I was heading to...

ANA InterContinental Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

After Kyoto I returned to Tokyo and decided to stay...

ANA Crowne Plaza Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan

After a short stay in Tokyo I took the Shinkansen...

InterContinental Tokyo Bay, Tokyo, Japan

Having just arrived in Tokyo and being totally overwhelmed by...

Park Regis, Auckland, New Zealand

With the Cricket World Cup and Chinese New Year happening...

Brisbane Marriott Hotel, Brisbane, Australia

I don’t normally stay at a Marriott hotel as I...

Holiday Inn, Suva, Fiji

Sometimes life can be difficult, like the 3 days I...

Mantra on Murray, Perth, Australia

I was back in Perth for the week and after...

Duxton, Perth, Australia

I’d stayed at the Duxton once before, probably about 5...

Hanoi Hilton Opera, Hanoi, Vietnam

This was my first trip to Vietnam and, as you’ve...

Looks like the only thing “deletable” was the C that’s missing.

Looks like the only thing “deletable” was the C that’s...

World’s most expensive beer – a new candidate

I’d previously thought that I’d found the world’s most expensive...

Four Points by Sheraton, Perth, Australia

It’d been 6 months since I was in Perth and...

InterContinental Dubai, Dubai, UAE

This is the “real” InterContinental hotel in Dubai. Like the...

Yas Viceroy, Abu Dhabi, UAE

After the weekend in Dubai we were off to Abu...

InterContinental Residence Suites, Dubai, UAE

This was my first time in the UAE so I’d...

Swissotel Merchant Court, Singapore

I’ve been to Singapore a heap of times. I’ve mostly...

Ibis, Perth, Australia

Anyone else find it incredibly hard to get a hotel...

Holiday Inn Old Sydney, Sydney, Australia

At work we have a list of hotels we’re allowed...

InterContinental Hong Kong, Hong Kong

The past couple of times I’d been in Hong Kong...

Hotel Sofitel Macau at Ponte 16, Macau

I had a 3 day training course in Macau of...

Beijing Hilton, Beijing, China

I was lucky enough to spend 8 days in Beijing...

InterContinental Grand Stanford, Hong Kong

I was in Hong Kong for a week for a...

Stamford Plaza, Adelaide, Australia

Do you ever have that sense of foreboding when you...

The Bolton Hotel, Wellington, New Zealand

This was my second stay at The Bolton Hotel in...

InterContinental Bangkok, Bangkok, Thailand

I’ve never stayed at a bad InterContinental hotel, and the...

Don’t you just hate it when…

you end up in a swish hotel in a new...

Medina Grand, Perth, Australia

Let me start off by saying that this is the...

The great Singapore beer rip – day 2…

Well, decided to change tack a little, and rather than...

Worlds most expensive beers?

I think I may have just bought three of the...

Crowne Plaza, Norwest, Sydney, Australia

We were in Sydney to attend a training course at...

The Westin, Auckland, New Zealand

First time at the Westin in Auckland… Asked the cabbie...

Sofitel, Brisbane, Australia

I’ve stayed at this particular hotel probably around 5 years...

Sebel Citigate, Brisbane, Australia

This is a review in two movements. I’ve stayed at...

The Sebel, Chatswood, Sydney, Australia

And this weeks winner of Gavin’s “another hotel of the...

Terraces on Wickham, Brisbane, Australia

Well, its another week, therefore I must be traveling. OK,...

Hyatt Hotel Canberra, Canberra, Australia

This is one of my favorite hotels… its a real...

The Regent, Singapore

Stayed for one night, well 13 hours really, on my...

Shangri-La, Jakarta, Indonesia

Another very nice hotel, this time in Jakarta. This is...

Swissotel The Stamford, Singapore

I’ve stayed at at this hotel many times over the...

InterContinental Burswood, Perth, Australia

All round, not a bad hotel though it is showing...

Hilton San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA

Well, I’m on my way home after six and a...

InterContinental Mark Hopkins, San Francisco, California, USA

Now this is one swish hotel.

Brisbane Hilton, Brisbane, Australia

Now, this is a nice hotel. Well appointed, good location,...

Rydges Lakeside, Canberra, Australia

This hotel is old… mutton dressed up as lamb. The...

InterContinental, Wellington, New Zealand

Had to head off over the pond to Wellington at...

Four Seasons Hotel, Sydney, Australia

Stayed at the Four Seasons hotel, George Street, Sydney last...

Sydney Marriott Hotel, Sydney, Australia

Not the one down by Circular Quay! Back in Sydney...

InterContinental Sydney, Sydney, Australia

I had the chance to stay at the InterContinental Hotel...

Griffin Hotel, Kingston, Canberra, Australia

The Griffin Hotel, aka Griffin Apartments, in Kingston, ACT is...