The Sexy Amenities at These Hotels Will No Doubt Put You in the Mood By Kristy Alpert Do not disturb. Chocolate covered strawberries and mood lighting accompanied by smooth jazz are standard for many hotels hoping to encourage passion in their guests. But let’s be honest, those amenities are for…
Hotel Experiences By Kristy Alpert These hotels hold the key to one-of-a-kind local activities all over the world. Forget pillow menus and minibars, these hotels are offering something a bit more transformative. At one point the mission for hotels was to keep guests inside their rooms, but these unique experiences are…
Retro Revival: 14 Cool Roadside Hotels Kristy Alpert These former motels have gone from seedy to stylish. Once a national icon, motels fell out of fashion in the late ’60s with the invention of the chain hotel, leaving many mom-and-pop moteliers stranded on America’s roadsides with nothing but a surplus…
Suite Hearts: 10 Romantic Hotels Perfect for Valentine’s Day When it comes to romantic Valentine’s Day packages, these hotels make rose petal turndown service look like routine flower arranging. From Massage 101 sessions for couples and aphrodisiac tasting menus for two to midnight snowshoeing excursions in the Swiss Alps followed…
Music Lovers Will Want to Stay in These Hotels From a lobby soundtrack custom-mixed by a local DJ to a hotel that has hosted more big names than the Fillmore, these hotels have struck a chord with music lovers by setting the perfect soundtrack for noteworthy vacations.—Kristy Alpert NHOW Where: Berlin,…
Hotels with a Past I let the warm Cusco sun slowly melt the ice in my pisco cocktail while I sat back and soaked in my surroundings at the JW Marriott El Convento Cusco’s historic courtyard café. The space once belonged to a 16th-century convent where an order of Augustinian…
