The Element by Westin Bali Ubud offers a Heavenly bed, some of the fastest internet on Bali and the opportunity to earn or redeem Marriott Rewards points. The service is friendly and professional, the restaurants serves a nice breakfast and you have a pool, spa and even yoga classes to stay active. The location outside […]
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Element, inspired by Westin, is a limited service, extended stay hotel brand of Marriott Hotels, targeting health and environmentally consicous travelers. Hotels are built to green standards and offer healthy breakfasts instead of donuts and bike shares instead of sports in the bar. There are less than 40 properties worldwide so far, but they tap
The Wyndham Garden Kuta Beach has a great oceanfront location near the Boardwalk Mall in the Kuta/Legian area of Bali and offers stylish, newly renovated rooms and full service amenities at a great-value price. After my hotel inspection I’m sure to stay here on a future Bali trip and recommend you give it a try!
The Marriott Sukhumvit Executive Apartments are co-located with the hotel of the same name. You get a slightly bland one-bedroom apartment with a full kitchen, living and dining room, as well as access to the executive lounge, pool and gym shared with the hotel for roughly the same price as the hotel room. It’s the
The Australian hotel chain, Meriton Property Services, has been fined $2,2M by Australia’s federal court for manipulating TripAdvisor reviews by providing fake or no email addresses for guests they believed to have had a bad experience at one of their properties. The court believed that this would mislead or deceive consumers looking to book with
Hotel Indigo Bali Seminyak Beach is the latest IHG Hotel on Bali and the first Indigo Resort. It has a great beachside location in the heart of the Seminyak action, and a selection of luxurious rooms, suites and private Pool Villas with butler service. You also find a kid-friendly pool, a quiet pool, gym, spa
Villa Santi has the perfect location in the heart of Luang Prabang‘s old town with views of the daily alms procession, offers access to a pool & gym and nice breakfast at very good value. But you won’t find the friendly and warm service Laos is known for here and the rooms are not as
The Park Inn Danube Bratislava offers modern rooms with stylish mood lighting and friendly service steps from the Old Town and city sights. The best feature is the fantastic fitness and wellness spa on the premises that puts many upscale hotels to shame. And it’s great value on Radisson Rewards points or cash, you should
The moxy Berlin Humboldthain delivers on the brand promise of a modern hotel for millennials with stylish rooms, friendly service and great social spaces. But with that focused mission, it leaves out essential amenities and it’s not a hotel for everybody. It also showed some growing pains during my stay soon after opening that hopefully
Moxy is the latest Marriott brand, targeting millennial travelers or others with a millenial mindset! Marriott has developed a clearly defined concept for the budget segmentand is breaking with hospitality traditions to differentiate the brand. With big social spaces but with limited service and without typical amenities in the price category, it isn’t for everyone
The Marriott Sukhumvit is located a little out of the center in the hip & trendy Tong Lo neighborhood of Bangkok, The City of Angels! It offers nice rooms, a nice pool & gym, a nice lounge and friendly service – but it is overpriced against the tough Bangkok competition – you can get comparable