Phoenix Rises for Pride

By Mark Thompson on April 24, 2019

For nearly 40 years, Phoenix, the nation’s fifth-largest city, has hosted an annual Pride celebration with a two-day April festival and parade that ushers in Pride season. … Read More

Vive Andalucia at Villa Padierna Palace Hotel

By Mark Thompson on April 17, 2019

Crowning a knoll along the Costa del Sol in Andalucia, Villa Padierna Palace Hotel is surrounded by courtyard canals and luxuriant gardens redolent of lemons, oranges, and wisteria—and an extraordinary art and statuary collection that evokes a Tuscan-style palazzo. … Read More

Open: Nestling Into The Nimb

Nestling Into The Nimb

By Mark Thompson on March 13, 2019

Named for Fru Louise Nimb, the 19th-century doyenne of Copenhagen cuisine, the Nimb Hotel is nestled into Tivoli Gardens, the amusement garden that inspired Walt Disney to create his own fantastical kingdom. … Read More

Open: Seduction at Sanders Hotel

Seduction at Sanders Hotel

By Mark Thompson on March 6, 2019

Opened in 2017 by Alexander Kølpin, a former ballet dancer and director at the Royal Danish Theatre, Sanders Hotel seduces its guests with ballet theatre’s romance and grace. … Read More

Parisian Grandeur at Grand Hôtel du Palais Royal

By Mark Thompson on April 18, 2018

With Venus de Milo and Mona Lisa as neighbors, few addresses are more seductive than that of Grand Hôtel du Palais Royal, located amidst the calm of Palais Royal and its gardens.
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L’Art de Vivre at Le Bristol Paris

By Mark Thompson on April 11, 2018

A member of the Baden-Baden-based Oetker Collection, Le Bristol Paris was the first hotel in France to receive the Palace listing bestowed by the French government agency Atout France. … Read More

Traveller Made at Hotel Cures Marines in Trouville-sur-Mer

By Mark Thompson on April 4, 2018

As a favored locale for the aristocracy, Trouville-sur-Mer attracted the beau monde who flocked to this seaside resort to take the waters and to promenade at Cures Marines Trouville Hôtel Thalasso & Spa, the Belle Époque hotel and casino fabled for its seawater baths. … Read More

Traveller Made Launches Haute Villégiature in Deauville

By Mark Thompson on March 21, 2018

As Coco Chanel intuited, luxury is found in the right location. In 1913, while the best of the beau monde wandered the world bound in restrictive clothing, Chanel headed to Deauville along the Normandy coast. There, beneath the blue gray … Read More