http://www.independent.co.uk/travel/hotels/?service=Rss http://www.independent.co.uk/travel/hotels/24hour-room-service-mazagan-beach-resort-morocco-1816175.html http://www.independent.co.uk/travel/hotels/24hour-room-service-mazagan-beach-resort-morocco-1816175.html ]]> <p>The launch of the Mazagan last weekend was a big deal. The beach resort's proprietor, South African hotel magnate Sol Kerzner, spent 15m on an opening party that had a 1,500-strong guest list including the likes of Lindsay Lohan, Gerard Butler and Naomi Campbell who turned up to see the snake charmers, belly dancers and fireworks he'd laid on. Five thousand bottles of champagne were supplied and a peculiar touch, this trained monkeys were on hand to proffer roses to female guests. But all this costly pizzazz was a drop in the ocean compared with the Mazagan's 274m development costs. </p> Hotels Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:00:01 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/travel/hotels/the-big-six-plane-hotels-1816186.html http://www.independent.co.uk/travel/hotels/the-big-six-plane-hotels-1816186.html ]]> Hotels Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:00:01 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/travel/hotels/the-big-six-plane-hotels-1816647.html http://www.independent.co.uk/travel/hotels/the-big-six-plane-hotels-1816647.html <p>Costa Verde Resort </p> Hotels Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:00:01 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/travel/hotels/24hour-room-service-mazagan-beach-resort-morocco-1816628.html http://www.independent.co.uk/travel/hotels/24hour-room-service-mazagan-beach-resort-morocco-1816628.html <p>The launch of the Mazagan last weekend was a big deal. The beach resort's proprietor, South African hotel magnate Sol Kerzner, spent 15m on an opening party that had a 1,500-strong guest list including the likes of Lindsay Lohan, Gerard Butler and Naomi Campbell who turned up to see the snake charmers, belly dancers and fireworks he'd laid on. Five thousand bottles of champagne were supplied and a peculiar touch, this trained monkeys were on hand to proffer roses to female guests. But all this costly pizzazz was a drop in the ocean compared with the Mazagan's 274m development costs. </p> Hotels Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:00:01 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/travel/hotels/stay-the-night-tuckerrsquos-point-bermuda-1812620.html http://www.independent.co.uk/travel/hotels/stay-the-night-tuckerrsquos-point-bermuda-1812620.html ]]> <p>Britain's oldest colony is celebrating its 400th birthday with the opening of its first luxury hotel in over 35 years. The flagship of Bermuda's tourism renaissance is part of the exclusive Tucker's Point Club, and harks back to an era when the beau monde arrived on the island paradise by Pan Am clipper flying boat. </p> Hotels Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:00:01 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/travel/hotels/stay-the-night-harrop-fold-farm-cheshire-1804616.html http://www.independent.co.uk/travel/hotels/stay-the-night-harrop-fold-farm-cheshire-1804616.html ]]> <p> There’s an art to making a sugar rose and my sausage fingers lack the delicate touch required to fashion scarlet-red icing into a pretty cluster of petals. </p> Hotels Sun, 18 Oct 2009 00:00:47 +0100 http://www.independent.co.uk/travel/americas/24hour-room-service-the-chelsea-hotel-atlantic-city-new-jersey-1803961.html http://www.independent.co.uk/travel/americas/24hour-room-service-the-chelsea-hotel-atlantic-city-new-jersey-1803961.html ]]> <p>At a mere 20 storeys high, The Chelsea is one of the least imposing of Atlantic City's hotels, dwarfed by the huge, gaudy casinos that surround it. However, its distinctive sign - set in a retro 1950s font and lit up in dusky pink - heralds a change in direction for the New Jersey beach resort. </p> Americas Sat, 17 Oct 2009 00:00:01 +0100