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Jun 9, 2015, 5:36 am
#1546
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Join Date: Feb 1999
Location: Seat 1A, Juice pretty much everywhere, Mucci des Coins Exotiques
Posts: 34,339
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/e...xcelsior-hotel
Jun 9, 2015, 5:47 am
#1547
Join Date: Apr 2011
Programs: We love to Fly, Hotels and Discovery
Posts: 1,471
If you google around you can see articles like this one....
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/e...xcelsior-hotel
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/e...xcelsior-hotel
Jun 9, 2015, 7:47 am
#1548
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Join Date: Mar 2013
Location: Parts Unknown
Posts: 10,054
You guys may not have noticed the news a month or so ago but they are tearing down the Excelsior. With the decline in tourism recently, and declining room rates at this hotel, the location is now worth much more as a commercial development than a hotel. I don't know when the hotel will close, as it may take a year for them to sort out all the plans. And the teardown could take years itself.
On the positive side, the views will all of a sudden get better at the Park Lane hotel once they've torn down most of the Excelsior.
On the positive side, the views will all of a sudden get better at the Park Lane hotel once they've torn down most of the Excelsior.
Jun 9, 2015, 10:27 am
#1549
Join Date: Jan 2013
Location: UK
Posts: 1,644
Later this year I'll be at the Labadi Beach Hotel in Accra, Ghana, and also the Bom Bom Island Resort on Sao Tome and Principe. The latter is a new place for me. I stayed at the Labadi way back in 1993 and count Ghana as one of my all-time great destinations. I'm shocked by the room rates at the Labadi!
This week, though, a night at one of my favourite pubs, The Packhorse Inn at Moulton, Suffolk.
This week, though, a night at one of my favourite pubs, The Packhorse Inn at Moulton, Suffolk.
Jun 10, 2015, 6:57 pm
#1550
Join Date: Jun 2012
Programs: AA EXP, Hyatt Globalist, *A Silver
Posts: 4,896
As of Shanghai, and I know there's another thread on it, but is the MO better than the FS? I love the pearl view room at the FS and its proximity to the subway station. The MO is more expensive (so it must be better in some ways), but it is far from the LJZ subway station, and really has no view of the exciting bits of the skyline. What gives the MO the advantage over the FS?
Jun 11, 2015, 4:36 am
#1552
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: Belfast, N.Ireland. I'm also username WEEBOBBY (350+ posts), depending on whether I log in through Facebook or email.
Programs: Various - IHG Royal Ambassador, Starwood, DavidO fanclub etc
Posts: 72
From June 23rd over from Ireland to Miami beach 4 nights (undecided - thinking The Edition ? - Help!! ) and going to try our first cruise on the Norwegian Getaway out of Miami.
Jun 11, 2015, 11:52 am
#1553
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Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: IAD/DCA
Posts: 31,797
thanks stimpy
always interesting history. speaking of >
http://m.hshgroup.com/en/About-Hongk...1866-1900.aspx
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lan...28Hong_Kong%29
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hong_Kong_Hotel
peninsula originally owned LMO site
http://m.hshgroup.com/en/About-Hongk...1866-1900.aspx
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lan...28Hong_Kong%29
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hong_Kong_Hotel
peninsula originally owned LMO site
Jun 13, 2015, 2:48 pm
#1555
Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: BNA
Programs: Virtuoso, FSPP, RC STARS, Rosewood Elite, Bellini, SPG LP, Dorchester Diamond, PenClub
Posts: 357
Just got back from:
Chatham Bars Inn
Wequassett.
My next trip is Buenos Aires:
Four Seasons
Alvear Palace
Alvear Art
Faena
I will likely also do a couple of site inspections - Algodon Mansion and Hub Porteno, but that is still TBD.
Chatham Bars Inn
Wequassett.
My next trip is Buenos Aires:
Four Seasons
Alvear Palace
Alvear Art
Faena
I will likely also do a couple of site inspections - Algodon Mansion and Hub Porteno, but that is still TBD.
Jun 14, 2015, 11:32 am
#1556
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: MAN DXB ✈️
Programs: Skywards Gold
Posts: 6,831
Was there last month very beautiful hotel but my god the service was awful!
They missed a bag from our taxi and it was huge! Dinner was good and overall much more expensive than Tokyo - we preferred the peninsula in Tokyo
Jun 15, 2015, 2:42 am
#1557
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Join Date: Mar 2013
Location: Parts Unknown
Posts: 10,054
They must have been incompetent because Japanese taxis don't even rush off! They usually wait until the customer has cleared then drive away. WOW.
Jun 15, 2015, 12:57 pm
#1558
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: TPA
Programs: DL PM; Marriott Rewards Gold; Amex Platinum
Posts: 239
Mrs. eba205 and I are heading to Italy for 11 nights in early July. DavidO has us set up for 1 night at Hotel Romeo in Naples (only because we arrive late), 4 nights in a cliff side junior suite at Caesar Augustus on Capri, 4 nights at Il San Pietro di Positano in Positano and 2 nights at Portrait Suites in Rome. Would love any restaurant or general "to do" recs for any of these places.
Jun 15, 2015, 1:24 pm
#1559
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Join Date: Feb 1999
Location: Seat 1A, Juice pretty much everywhere, Mucci des Coins Exotiques
Posts: 34,339
Mrs. eba205 and I are heading to Italy for 11 nights in early July. DavidO has us set up for 1 night at Hotel Romeo in Naples (only because we arrive late), 4 nights in a cliff side junior suite at Caesar Augustus on Capri, 4 nights at Il San Pietro di Positano in Positano and 2 nights at Portrait Suites in Rome. Would love any restaurant or general "to do" recs for any of these places.
The thing to keep in mind though is you are going during high tourist season. So you will likely be eating with other tourists. If you go to Rome in the winter the scene is quite different.
If you haven't booked your trip from Capri to Positano I strongly recommend a private boat, preferably a good sized sailboat where you can casually cruise over and arrive just after sunset. It will be one of the most beautiful approaches to land that you've ever seen.