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Category: boutique hotel


Hôtel Le Germain Maple Leaf Square: Boutique Style In the Heart of Toronto

We’ve just spent a great weekend in Toronto, and are delighted that we tried a property new to us: Hôtel Le Germain Maple Leaf Square. Readers will know I was highly impressed with my first stay with Hôtel Le Germain, in…

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To Hell’s Kitchen and Back: Strong Impressions from Ink 48

We arrived in New York last Thursday evening, for a first visit to the Kimpton brand’s Ink 48 property. This Midtown Manhattan hotel is housed in a former printing press building just a couple of blocks from the Hudson River. In the…

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Postcards from Phuket

Patong, Thailand is not exactly a laid back spot. A beach resort town on the west coast of Phuket Island, it dips into the Andaman Sea. At Impiana Resort, though, we found a beachfront oasis of calm.

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