Best Beds has had a makeover. Frankly, it was overdue. I’ve slept in hundreds of hotels. Grand palaces, tiny boutiques, architectural showpieces, and a few places where I’d have happily traded the bed for a bench at the airport. I’ve…
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best bed: Venice Simplon-Orient-Express
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…
Luxury Under the Microscope: How Forbes Travel Guide Rates Hotels
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…
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best bed: Pan Pacific, London, UK
Sleek Singaporean hospitality meets old London money… Pan Pacific London is a glossy, calming, quietly fabulous hotel in the middle of the City, which is to say: exactly where one needs a little calm. Set at One Bishopsgate Plaza, steps…
Best Bed: Hôtel de Paris Monte-Carlo, Monaco
Opened in 1864, Hôtel de Paris was built with a clear purpose: to accommodate the wealthy guests drawn to the newly established Casino de Monte-Carlo across the square. From the outset, the hotel was conceived as part of the casino…
Best Beds: Giraffe Manor, Nairobi, Kenya
Built in the 1930s as a private home, Giraffe Manor is the kind of place where colonial charm meets conservation chic. Originally inspired by Scottish hunting lodges, it was transformed in the 1970s by conservationists Jock and Betty Leslie-Melville into…