No contest. Two words that sum up the model airports and airlines of the planet versus the duds and the flops. And in what can be no bombshell to anyone with a pulse, the best of the best, high-tech or otherwise, cluster primarily in parts of the world with sunny economic upsides, massive capital investments … More

The Regent Palms, Turks & Caicos Islands

Photo courtesy of The Regent Palms
The Caribbean has a healthy ensemble of notable swim up bars, from Anguilla to Jamaica, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines to Tobago. If pressed to pick one however, we might be inclined to go with the elegant Regent Palms in gorgeous Turks & Caicos. … More

Bacchus Food and Wine Festival
When: April 1-3, 2011
Where: Place d’Armes, Toulon, France
French foodies wouldn’t be fools to flee hotels in Paris for the Côte d’Azur’s superb Bacchus Food and Wine Festival in Toulon.
Prague Food Festival
When: May 2011
Where: Zofin Palace, Prague, Czech Republic

Slavonic Island (Slovansky Ostrov), site of Prague Food Festival – Photo credit
What a remarkable … More

No global accommodation website par excellence operates within a vacuum. Here at HotelClub, awareness of such drives us to keep close tabs on our precious hotel partners and, on occasion, dole out mad props when they excel.
In this spirit, we proudly announce the roll-out of the HotelClub Awards, Kiwi version. New Zealand is a spectacular … More

While some legitimately claim that the most fun a gay man can have in Barcelona is actually 35 km away in Sitges, the city of Gaudí is not exactly cold to queer. LGBT pride is as indelibly woven in the cultural fabric of the Catalunya capital as patatas bravas – which may or may not … More

You’re in a rooftop restaurant in Rome, so things can really only get better from here on in. Throw in a multi-hued sunset, an overly eager sommelier and your pick of the best ruins in Europe and things are getting pretty close to perfect. Rooftop restaurants are almost always situated in Rome hotels, which can … More