Hotel gurus Mr and Mrs Smith recently shared their secrets as to How Smith finds hotels on their engaging blog. Mrs Smith is a Cool Travel Guide reader and after she recently commented on my post Don’t judge a guidebook by its cover: judge it by its author, I asked her how she selects hotels. Mr and … Read more about How travel writers ‘discover’ hotels
By Lara & Terence*If you’ve just joined us, this continues from the previous post so read this first.So, why would these three places now get glowing reviews in an updated guidebook? What do they have in common? The answer: all of these places do excellent public relations. And when you read the reviews it’s quite … Read more about Brilliant minds think alike, or, Why so many guidebooks share the same listings: part 2
Last month I posted on hotels and apartments in Are hotels going out of fashion? My question came about from my experiences on the road these last couple of years and my observations on how people are travelling: what I’m seeing is that travellers are increasingly choosing apartment rentals over hotels, generally with a view … Read more about Hotels or apartments: what you’ll be choosing when you next travel
If you read Hotel Chatter, Hotel Hotsheet or Happy Hotelier, you’d hardly think hotels were going out of style, however, I’m starting to see evidence to suggest otherwise. As much as I love browsing i-escape, tablet hotels and Mr & Mrs Smith, checking in to a design hotel or lolling about at a luxury resort, … Read more about Are hotels going out of fashion?