Inns of the Sixth Happiness: Six Senses Opens in Bhutan
If happiness is a place, it would have to be Bhutan — a protected mountain kingdom wedged between India and China that bills itself as the home of happiness. It is into this Buddhist Shangri-La of 20,000-foot mountain peaks and subtropical plains that Six Senses Resorts & Spas is opening its next homage to the […]
Hotel Bill? Listen for the Drip, Drip, Drip
By Christopher Elliott … How much does your hotel room actually cost? In travel, it can be hard to get a straight answer.
Heckfield Place: To the Manor Reborn after 250 Years
Downton Abby may have passed its last season, but Heckfield Place in Hampshire, England is just getting started. The 18th-century Georgian manor house and farm, set amid 400 acres of Hampshire countryside,has been home to successions of dukes and noblemen. Now the stunning 47-room stead has opened to guests as of September 1 as a […]
Resort Fee Bombs: What to Know Before You Explode
By Christopher Elliott… A troubling new report about hotel resort fees suggests mandatory room surcharges are spreading faster than a summer wildfire. It’s sure to stoke the anger of travelers, many of whom are being burned by these nonnegotiable extras when they check out. In the last year ending in July, the number of hotels […]
MGM Springfield: Las Vegas Pizzazz in Western Mass
MGM Resorts International has a new location in an ever-expanding footprint that is taking the brand to some unlikely places. The latest MGM resort opened last month in Springfield, Massachusetts – a place more famous for handguns, colleges, dictionaries, buns and bus lines than casino entertainment. But the integrated luxury resort has found a way […]
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