http://www.independent.co.uk/travel/hotels/?service=Rss http://www.independent.co.uk/travel/hotels/stay-the-night-hotel-le-bleu-brooklyn-1825245.html http://www.independent.co.uk/travel/hotels/stay-the-night-hotel-le-bleu-brooklyn-1825245.html ]]> <p>This new boutique hotel is a sure sign that Brooklyn is becoming a tourist destination in its own right. Designed by architect Andres Escobar, the nine-storey chrome and glass structure, which opened last year, sits rather uncomfortably above the garages and low-rise factories of Park Slope's 4th Avenue, the first "full service" hotel in a neighbourhood of scant B&Bs. </p> Hotels Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:00:01 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/travel/hotels/24hour-room-service-grand-h244tel-stockholm-sweden-1824895.html http://www.independent.co.uk/travel/hotels/24hour-room-service-grand-h244tel-stockholm-sweden-1824895.html ]]> <p>Any coastal town or city worth its salt has a Grand Hotel; those that host political shindigs – Eastbourne, Scarborough and Brighton, for example – seem to be particularly partial to them. All too often they are grand in size, rather than quantifiably opulent. Victorian edifice, "promenade" location, luridly patterned carpets, conference facilities – you know the sort. But the Grand Hôtel Stockholm is of a different breed. In Sweden, style is written into the genes, so Stockholm's Grand is just that: opulent, dazzling and every bit as grand as you'd expect. </p> Hotels Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00:01 +0000 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/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/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/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