We are launching today a new kind of posts on Olielo! We will regularly select few high quality hotel reviews from other travel blogs and share these here. This will allow you to discover other travel blogs that will help you in planning your next travel! The Cultureur stayed at the St Regis hotel in Houston. She was quite happy with the legendary 24/7 butler service offered by the St…
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The Eiffel Tower is the most visited paying monument in the world. One common question people ask about the Paris icon is how tall is the Eiffel Tower? The answer is 324 meters! The Eiffel Tower was built in 1888 for the 1889 Paris World’s Fair by Gustave Eiffel, a French well known architect. Gustave Eiffel is also the designer of nice hotel stain glass domes such as the ones…
Fed up with traffic jams and pollution? Feeling the need for fresh air? It is time to cross the ring and leave Paris! There are many luxury hotels in less than an hour from Paris, perfect for going green for a weekend! We have selected for you the best luxury hotels around Paris. This is the opportunity to discover these great places where you can spend a weekend with your…
We have recently been to Las Vegas and we have reviewed 3 hotels located on the Strip : the Wynn Las Vegas, the Mandarin Oriental Las Vegas and the Four Seasons Las Vegas. We have stayed in the best suites of those hotels. You can read the reviews there to see the details : Four Seasons Sunrise Sunset Suite Four Seasons Presidential Suite Mandarin Oriental Dynasty Suite Mandarin Oriental Presidential…
This is probably the most awaited opening for 2014 in Paris. After 4 years of construction and renovation work, the Peninsula Paris hotel will be opening in August 2014! It will be the first Peninsula property to open in Europe. This 5 star palace will be located in 16th area of Paris, on the Kléber avenue, only few steps from the Champs Elysées avenue and the Arc de Triomphe. Over…
The Portrait Firenze hotel is the latest addition to the Lungarno Collection opened in early May 2014. The group, owned by the Ferragamo family, expands its reach in Florence (Italy) with the opening of this new hotel in the birth place of Italian fashion. The hotel is next to the Arno river and overlooks the famous Ponte Vecchio. The Portrait Firenze is the second Portrait hotel of the Lungarno Collection…
Four Seasons has recently unveiled a new disruptive offering in the luxury leisure industry, the Private Jet Experience. Starting February 2015, Four Seasons will offer the opportunity to travel around the world with an end to end Four Seasons approach. Four Seasons will organize custom travels with several destinations. Between each stop, guests will take the new 757 completely customized by Four Seasons designers. It will allow 52 guests to…
Accor recently made the announcement that The Sentosa hotel in Singapore would go through a complete renovation to become the Sofitel Singapore Sentosa Resort & Spa in the second half of 2015. This strategic move is in line with growing demand for luxury hotels in Asia. Accor already has 40 Sofitel in the region with more to come. In this deal, Accor will partner with Royal Group Development that purchased…
Overlooking London from the 34th to 52nd floors of Renzo Piano’s iconic building, the Shangri-La Hotel at The Shard in London will welcome its hosts in a modern and luxurious atmosphere blending with Asian details.This first Shangri-La property in the UK impresses with breathtaking views of London’s sky. From this eagle’s eyrie we can admire The Tames River, Tower Bridge, Saint Paul’s Cathedral, the Tower of London, or Canary Wharf….
After 3 years and an investment of 32 M€ (just for the renovation work), the Hotel am Steinplatz Berlin reopened at the beginning of 2014. The key goal of this extensive renovation was to restore this historic hotel with its stunning architecture and give new shine to a jewel of Berlin’s Art Nouveau heritage. Over 5 levels, all the 87 rooms and suites have an individual shape, with high ceilings representing…
