Hotels have seen it all. Affairs, murders, political intrigue and the occasional guest who leaves with the bathrobe rolled up in their carry-on. But a handful of rather famous people took the hotel stay one step further … and checked…
Read More Checked In, Never Checked Out: Famous Hotel Deaths (Part One)
There are few things I consider worth getting out of bed for at 4:30 in the morning. A flight to somewhere fabulous, perhaps. A particularly spectacular sunrise. But watching a group of Japanese men get terribly excited about dead fish?…
Read More Tokyo’s Tuna Auction: Big Fish, Big Money and a Very Early Alarm Clock
There are luxury trains... and then there is the Venice Simplon-Orient-Express. The original Orient Express began running in 1883, but today’s Venice Simplon-Orient-Express was launched in 1982 after American entrepreneur James Sherwood tracked down and painstakingly restored historic carriages from…
Ah Milan… or Milano da bere… “Milan to drink.” The phrase came from a gloriously 1980s Ramazzotti advertising campaign and became shorthand for fashionable, prosperous, pleasure-loving Milan. Beautiful clothes, fast cars and cocktails before dinner. Not a terrible philosophy for…
London does autumn rather well. The tourists thin out, the coats come back, and suddenly the museums start rolling out exhibitions designed to make us abandon any sensible plans for the afternoon. This year is particularly good. From a 1,000-year-old…
If luxury hotels had final exams, Forbes Travel Guide would be the impeccably dressed inspector quietly taking notes in the corner while everyone else nervously polishes the silverware one more time. For more than six decades, Forbes Travel Guide has…
Read More Luxury Under the Microscope: How Forbes Travel Guide Rates Hotels
