Image (c) JA Oasis Beach Tower You might remember my post about preparing to go from one extreme to the other after my Finland trip. You probably wondered if this was seriously the biggest issue in my life back then, and perhaps urged me to stop whining about first world problems. In any case you’ll be […]
Image (c) Radisson Blu Seaside Hotel In the middle of January I returned to Finland – this was my third time in Helsinki and my second stay at the Radisson Blu Seaside. Just as for my first stay at this harbourside property I was in town for Nordic Bloggers’ Experience and the MATKA travel trade fair, […]
Part Four in the series “How to travel the world in luxury at budget rates using loyalty schemes.” The ultimate use for your frequent flyer points? The fourth part in our series on getting the most out of airline frequent flyer scheme covers the essential concepts you need to understand. You may have read the […]
Image (c) 25hours Hotel Bikini Berlin To kick off this review we better start with the name thing. Of course I can’t possibly know what images pop into your head when you read ‘Hotel Bikini’ but it’s probably not the renovated office block you see here. Berliners seem to love giving buildings nicknames – read […]
Image (c) Westin Grand, Berlin As a former resident of and frequent traveller to Berlin I have visited and stayed in a number of hotels in the German capital over the years. Regular readers will be aware of my interest in the Cold War era and feelings about ‘Østalgie’ – and will probably not be […]
I’ve said it before and you can bet I’ll say it again – Chicago is my favourite city in the USA and a place I could happily visit on a monthly basis for years and still discover new delights. Unfortunately the reality of living over 6000 km away most certainly bites, and following my first […]
My first trip to Bangkok – indeed my first time in Asia – was last June (2013), but I’ve been making up for lost time ever since. Having now stayed in the Thai capital on four different occasions, I’ve also been able to try several hotels and have yet to have anything less than a […]
At the end of May I was back in Thailand just after the coup to attend the DIA conference in Bangkok. The venue for the event was the shiny new Marriott Hotel Sukhumvit in the Thonglor area of the city, and I was lucky enough to receive complimentary accommodation during the actual conference. As I would […]
