Why hotels use scent marketing, explained
Vox reader Jen Hawse asks: Why do hotels pump in very strongly smelling perfume into their lobbies and sometimes their guest rooms? What we think of as a “nice” hotel….
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The best hotels in Seville Old Town
Most visitors to Seville stay in the Old Town east of the cathedral, known as Barrio Santa Cruz, where the Jewish quarter was located. This highly atmospheric area is a….
The best luxury hotels in the Lake District
Not all that long ago, a stay in the Lake District (campsites aside) meant a choice of cheery B&Bs, pubs and rather stuffy, traditional hotels with table d’hôte menus and….
Sporting Quarter will provide huge boost to Bristol's hospitality industry says hotels boss
"Bristol’s appeal as a go-to destination to be massively increased"
How to spend the perfect holiday in the Algarve
The Portuguese tourist board could make a poster of the seasons in flowers: with the pink almond blossom in February, the blue-blossomed jacaranda tree lining the streets in May, the….
The best castle hotels in Scotland
Who hasn’t wanted, at least once, to stay in a castle? Particularly a Scottish Baronial castle bristling with turrets and towers, castellations and crenelations. The promise of fragrant peat fires….
The best five-star hotels in Edinburgh
As Oscar Wilde once wrote, “nothing succeeds like excess” – a motto these dedicated purveyors of luxury take to heart. From the moment the concierge (more often than not in….
An expert travel guide to Lanzarote
Lanzarote’s history is as turbulent as the sweep of volcanoes that forged it and today still spectacularly dominate one of Macaronesia’s most dramatic islands, whose entirety is a Unesco Biosphere….
The best spa hotels in the Lake District
Another Place takes its inspiration from popular Cornish sister hotel, Watergate Bay, and its epithet, ‘a ski resort on a beach’, aimed primarily at families and younger adults. The easy-to-live-with….
The best spa hotels near London
The Cottonmill Spa at Sopwell House is a light-filled haven of squishy day beds, cubist fireplace blocks, and a beautiful spa garden designed by RHS Chelsea Flower Show gold-medallist Ann-Marie….