From the guys that brought us Cork’d, comes 14Trips which seems to aggregate luxury deals in a nicely designed website. They need a bit more content, searching for “New York” only returns 2 pages worth of deals, and I’m sure there’s a whole lot more luxury in that town. Based on their prior sucess with Cork’d I’m sure 14Trips will do just fine.
Archive for August, 2007
Dandelion Cafe = Great Food + Slooooooow service
New Frontier To Be Imploded November 13th [Two Way Hard Three]
England @ Epcot Bass + harp = tasty beer
Tusker house = lousy coffee
Budget Travel: Don’t bank on Orlando’s free theme park shuttles [San Francisco Chronicle]
For some reason I love a good hotel bar. It could be because of their short proximity to the room after several rounds of drinks. Some hotel bars I’ve come across share their kitchen with the hotel’s restaurant, offering up better food than a vast majority of places you might stumble into. In Orlando, our occasional hang-out is the Ohana’s restaurant bar in the Polynesian. I know, it’s fake and sort of cheesy, but it’s a great place to get a beer and some food. Time it right and you’ve got a great seat for fireworks too.
It seems hotels are finally taking notice and turning their once crappy bars (anyone remeber those horrible sports bars in Marriotts? Are those still around?), into places people can actually enjoy. The New York Times took notice and writes about the transformations.
Hotels increasingly see their lobbies as more than a way station to somewhere else, offering wireless Internet service, for instance, and comfortable chairs and sofas to encourage socializing and informal meetings. The changes at hotel bars are part of that trend, inspired by the thriving bar scene begun at boutique hotels run by Ian Schrager and the W brand from Starwood.
(Link courtesy of Gridskipper, picture from Critiki)
The Boston Harbor area gets another luxury hotel with the building of The Regent Battery Wharf. The hotel will have 150 hotel rooms, 104 residences that range from 1-3 bedrooms, a spa, a Guy Martin restaurant and a marina to park your boat. There’s no mention on how much the residences will run for, but it’s Boston and it’s in a luxury hotel so my guess is not cheap. I hope the hotel is a whole lot better looking that it’s website.
The secret rooms of Epcot [The Disney Blog]
The Top 10 Best First Class Airlines [Luxist]
Best Hot Dogs in Chicago [Gadling]
Hot Doug’s - Chicago hot dogs, just check out their wild offerings on the specials page!
Everybody, suit up! Vegas pools rock [LA Times]
