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Apr 30, 2019, 11:30 am
#3766
Suspended
Join Date: Aug 2013
Location: Southern California, USA
Programs: Marriott Ambassador and LTT, UA Plat/LT Gold, AA Gold
Posts: 8,764
There's no need to be bitter about it. Except for StR NYC, which will always be a classic institution, the StR is just cookie cutter luxury and I don't see the point in spending $$$ on it unless it's really the best hotel in its city. I've traveled a lot and that's really only been the case in Osaka.
And by the way, StR Florence is a joke. I'll happily pay twice the price to stay somewhere else (which I did, at the Four Seasons).
And by the way, StR Florence is a joke. I'll happily pay twice the price to stay somewhere else (which I did, at the Four Seasons).
May 1, 2019, 1:47 am
#3767
Suspended
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: En Route
Programs: Many
Posts: 6,798
About to kick May off with The Grand Hotel in Stockholm, waiting in LHR for my onward connection to ARN. I've requested the room I prefer there, so we'll see if they honor my request! Just wrapped up a stay at the Hotel Saint Louis in Saint Louis and I would say it was pleasant but not luxury.
May 1, 2019, 7:42 am
#3769
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Hong Kong
Posts: 676
Club level at the IC. Good hard product, good service and good location. I don’t really eat in a hotel while in Japan though so that part is not important to me. Have been to the StR in Osaka before but the location just doesn’t work for me. Not much late night drinking/dining in the area and not convenient to train or subway hubs
May 3, 2019, 8:08 pm
#3770
Join Date: Nov 2016
Posts: 50
July:
Six Senses in bali
Nihi Sumba for surfing
August:
Six Senses Zil Pasyon 3-bedroom residence. (been dreaming about that pool for a long time!)
Ol Malo lodge
Richard's river camp
October:
Bangkok: TBD
Amankora: gangtey, paro, punakha
Just finished initial plan for this year Christmas/NYE:
- canvas wine lodge (alternative is to go to easter island and stay Explora as it seems like there really is no other comparable accommodations. but don't wanna blow too much budget!)
- belmond iguazu
- rio & buenos aires TBD
- deciding between Liao Liao or Puerto Valle
- EOLO
- Tierra Patagonia
Six Senses in bali
Nihi Sumba for surfing
August:
Six Senses Zil Pasyon 3-bedroom residence. (been dreaming about that pool for a long time!)
Ol Malo lodge
Richard's river camp
October:
Bangkok: TBD
Amankora: gangtey, paro, punakha
Just finished initial plan for this year Christmas/NYE:
- canvas wine lodge (alternative is to go to easter island and stay Explora as it seems like there really is no other comparable accommodations. but don't wanna blow too much budget!)
- belmond iguazu
- rio & buenos aires TBD
- deciding between Liao Liao or Puerto Valle
- EOLO
- Tierra Patagonia
May 3, 2019, 9:38 pm
#3771
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Enroute to ? & likely flying in ' A ':)
Programs: TPPS, UA, EK ...; Marriott BONVOY , HH, GP, GC..
Posts: 4,217
[QUOTE=FlyerEC;30868407]
May
KL
MOKL
Ipoh
Being brave exploring -
THE BANJARAN HOTSPRINGS RETREAT - luxury ?
July
Bali
Kila
Aman Villas at Nusa Dua
Jakarta
Westin
August
Phuket
Puri
September
Seattle
FS or ?
Greece
Zoe
Grand Bretagne
AmanCGV ( Venice )
Florence FS ?
Tuscany
Montepulciano Lupaia
Milan MO
October
AmanTokyo
One of the Prince .. , Tokyo
Suiran
RC Kyoto ?
( not sure about RC as rates are off the roof & way higher than AMAN , thought it was already ridiculous last year - even higher now ! Any other suggestions for Kyoto or surround areas ? FYI , AmanKyoto is not ready for guests )
Nemu
November
Nemu
AmanKyoto ?
Osaka St Regis
The Siam ?
Chiva Som ?
December
MOBKK
Israel or in 2020 ?
Anyone staying Grande Bretagne mid September ? Or cruising on Seabourn Odyssey ?
Any in Japan for the RWC ?
March
Bucharest Epoque - luxury ?
April
Budapest FS
Vienna Imperial
May
Puri
Trisara
June
KL
Maya ?
MOKL
Malacca
Hotel ?
July
Kila
Nusa Villas
September
Seattle
Zoe
Grand Bretagne
AmanCGV or ?
Florence FS ?
Tuscany
Montepulciano Lupaia
Milan MO ?
AmanSS ?
October
AmanTokyo
One of the Prince .. , Tokyo
Suiran
RC Kyoto ?
Nemu
Aman Kyoto ?
November
Nemu
AmanKyoto ?
Osaka St Regis
The Siam
December
MOBKK
Israel or in 2020 ?
Bucharest Epoque - luxury ?
April
Budapest FS
Vienna Imperial
May
Puri
Trisara
June
KL
Maya ?
MOKL
Malacca
Hotel ?
July
Kila
Nusa Villas
September
Seattle
Zoe
Grand Bretagne
AmanCGV or ?
Florence FS ?
Tuscany
Montepulciano Lupaia
Milan MO ?
AmanSS ?
October
AmanTokyo
One of the Prince .. , Tokyo
Suiran
RC Kyoto ?
Nemu
Aman Kyoto ?
November
Nemu
AmanKyoto ?
Osaka St Regis
The Siam
December
MOBKK
Israel or in 2020 ?
May
KL
MOKL
Ipoh
Being brave exploring -
THE BANJARAN HOTSPRINGS RETREAT - luxury ?
July
Bali
Kila
Aman Villas at Nusa Dua
Jakarta
Westin
August
Phuket
Puri
September
Seattle
FS or ?
Greece
Zoe
Grand Bretagne
AmanCGV ( Venice )
Florence FS ?
Tuscany
Montepulciano Lupaia
Milan MO
October
AmanTokyo
One of the Prince .. , Tokyo
Suiran
RC Kyoto ?
( not sure about RC as rates are off the roof & way higher than AMAN , thought it was already ridiculous last year - even higher now ! Any other suggestions for Kyoto or surround areas ? FYI , AmanKyoto is not ready for guests )
Nemu
November
Nemu
AmanKyoto ?
Osaka St Regis
The Siam ?
Chiva Som ?
December
MOBKK
Israel or in 2020 ?
Anyone staying Grande Bretagne mid September ? Or cruising on Seabourn Odyssey ?
Any in Japan for the RWC ?
Last edited by FlyerEC; Jul 19, 2019 at 4:48 am
May 4, 2019, 7:47 am
#3772
formerly htang333
Join Date: Apr 2014
Location: Wi-Fi
Programs: Virtuoso, Top Ranked: Four Seasons (Top 25 Advisor), AMAN (Top 50), Rosewood, Hyatt Prive, etc.
Posts: 1,455
[QUOTE=FlyerEC;31065265]
May
Puri
June
KL
MOKL
Ipoh
Being brave exploring -
THE BANJARAN HOTSPRINGS RETREAT - luxury ?
July
Kila
Nusa Villas
September
Seattle
FS or ?
Greece
Zoe
Grand Bretagne
AmanCGV ( Venice )
Florence FS ?
Tuscany
Montepulciano Lupaia
Milan MO
October
AmanTokyo
One of the Prince .. , Tokyo
Suiran
RC Kyoto ?
( not sure about RC as rates are off the roof & way higher than AMAN , thought it was already ridiculous last year - even higher now ! Any other suggestions for Kyoto or surround areas ? FYI , AmanKyoto is not ready for guests )
Nemu
November
Nemu
AmanKyoto ?
Osaka St Regis
The Siam ?
Chiva Som ?
December
MOBKK
Israel or in 2020 ?
Anyone staying Grande Bretagne mid September ? Or cruising on Seabourn Odyssey ?
Any in Japan for the RWC ?
Might be in Japan Nov as well for Aman Kyoto 
May
Puri
June
KL
MOKL
Ipoh
Being brave exploring -
THE BANJARAN HOTSPRINGS RETREAT - luxury ?
July
Kila
Nusa Villas
September
Seattle
FS or ?
Greece
Zoe
Grand Bretagne
AmanCGV ( Venice )
Florence FS ?
Tuscany
Montepulciano Lupaia
Milan MO
October
AmanTokyo
One of the Prince .. , Tokyo
Suiran
RC Kyoto ?
( not sure about RC as rates are off the roof & way higher than AMAN , thought it was already ridiculous last year - even higher now ! Any other suggestions for Kyoto or surround areas ? FYI , AmanKyoto is not ready for guests )
Nemu
November
Nemu
AmanKyoto ?
Osaka St Regis
The Siam ?
Chiva Som ?
December
MOBKK
Israel or in 2020 ?
Anyone staying Grande Bretagne mid September ? Or cruising on Seabourn Odyssey ?
Any in Japan for the RWC ?
May 4, 2019, 7:48 am
#3773
formerly htang333
Join Date: Apr 2014
Location: Wi-Fi
Programs: Virtuoso, Top Ranked: Four Seasons (Top 25 Advisor), AMAN (Top 50), Rosewood, Hyatt Prive, etc.
Posts: 1,455
July:
Six Senses in bali
Nihi Sumba for surfing
August:
Six Senses Zil Pasyon 3-bedroom residence. (been dreaming about that pool for a long time!)
Ol Malo lodge
Richard's river camp
October:
Bangkok: TBD
Amankora: gangtey, paro, punakha
Just finished initial plan for this year Christmas/NYE:
- canvas wine lodge (alternative is to go to easter island and stay Explora as it seems like there really is no other comparable accommodations. but don't wanna blow too much budget!)
- belmond iguazu
- rio & buenos aires TBD
- deciding between Liao Liao or Puerto Valle
- EOLO
- Tierra Patagonia
Six Senses in bali
Nihi Sumba for surfing
August:
Six Senses Zil Pasyon 3-bedroom residence. (been dreaming about that pool for a long time!)
Ol Malo lodge
Richard's river camp
October:
Bangkok: TBD
Amankora: gangtey, paro, punakha
Just finished initial plan for this year Christmas/NYE:
- canvas wine lodge (alternative is to go to easter island and stay Explora as it seems like there really is no other comparable accommodations. but don't wanna blow too much budget!)
- belmond iguazu
- rio & buenos aires TBD
- deciding between Liao Liao or Puerto Valle
- EOLO
- Tierra Patagonia
May 4, 2019, 9:12 am
#3774
Moderator: Luxury Hotels and FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Palo Alto, California,USA
Posts: 17,857
Live @ Six Senses Zil Pasyon. (Seychelles islands)
May 5, 2019, 6:55 am
#3776
Join Date: May 2019
Location: Germany, France
Programs: FB Platinum
Posts: 18
July:
Six Senses in bali
Nihi Sumba for surfing
August:
Six Senses Zil Pasyon 3-bedroom residence. (been dreaming about that pool for a long time!)
Ol Malo lodge
Richard's river camp
October:
Bangkok: TBD
Amankora: gangtey, paro, punakha
Just finished initial plan for this year Christmas/NYE:
- canvas wine lodge (alternative is to go to easter island and stay Explora as it seems like there really is no other comparable accommodations. but don't wanna blow too much budget!)
- belmond iguazu
- rio & buenos aires TBD
- deciding between Liao Liao or Puerto Valle
- EOLO
- Tierra Patagonia
Six Senses in bali
Nihi Sumba for surfing
August:
Six Senses Zil Pasyon 3-bedroom residence. (been dreaming about that pool for a long time!)
Ol Malo lodge
Richard's river camp
October:
Bangkok: TBD
Amankora: gangtey, paro, punakha
Just finished initial plan for this year Christmas/NYE:
- canvas wine lodge (alternative is to go to easter island and stay Explora as it seems like there really is no other comparable accommodations. but don't wanna blow too much budget!)
- belmond iguazu
- rio & buenos aires TBD
- deciding between Liao Liao or Puerto Valle
- EOLO
- Tierra Patagonia
Can I join please!
May 8, 2019, 12:41 pm
#3778
Join Date: Feb 2018
Programs: Bonvoy :Ambassador , ALL :Diamond, Skywards :Silver, Krisflyer :Silver
Posts: 2,808
2019
Done :
Japan in January. mostly visit the northern part of Japan, Sapporo Hakodate and back Tokyo.
Stayed at Mercure Sapporo, Four Points Hakodate, and The Prince Gallery in Tokyo.
Obviously Mercure and Four points is unworthy to be called luxury, but then again we spent most of the time wandering around the city in blizzard
The Prince Gallery however, provide an enjoyable stay as always.
Bali in March - St Regis Bali. Awesome stay and definitely looking to return.
(only live around 1.5 hours flight from Bali so can be done in a short notice)
All set :
Australia in Jun .... Melbourne and Sydney (for the Vivid Sydney) then back Melbourne for another 2 weeks or so
Stay : Sheraton Melbourne ... another unworthy luxury tag same reason .. will be busy visiting old friends around the clock
Westin Sydney - Interesting building and also last chance to try before their eventual deflag to Fullerton.
Singapore trips .... apparently I will be doing plenty of this.
While most of the stays will be St Regis Sg due to their location close to where I need to be, I will try Kempinski Capitol Hotel on Friday.
Furthermore, I hope can try Raffles once they reopen in August and also try Sofitel Tanjong Pagar for the location
Planning stage
FS Jimbaran Bali - Sometimes in July or August
August - Will need to go Singapore again and also my family might want to go Hong Kong and Xiamen (China) to visit family members there.
Hopefully can sneak few nights to try The Ritz Carlton HK
September - looking to try Amanjiwo if I manage to sneak couple of days off from office.
October November - no plan yet ...
December - Will definitely have an end of year party with friends in Bali.
Planning to fly to Europe ... still considering where to go ... either Germany or or Switzerland or Austria and Italy
Maybe if I could stretching the time abit, might as well visit all of them in 1 go.
Taking train from Germany to Italy and taking stopovers in various cities
The only worry is I end up having too little time to explore all of them properly
Would love to visit Venice and try both Gritti Palace and Hotel Danieli.
Hopefully winter will be less crowded there
Done :
Japan in January. mostly visit the northern part of Japan, Sapporo Hakodate and back Tokyo.
Stayed at Mercure Sapporo, Four Points Hakodate, and The Prince Gallery in Tokyo.
Obviously Mercure and Four points is unworthy to be called luxury, but then again we spent most of the time wandering around the city in blizzard
The Prince Gallery however, provide an enjoyable stay as always.
Bali in March - St Regis Bali. Awesome stay and definitely looking to return.
(only live around 1.5 hours flight from Bali so can be done in a short notice)
All set :
Australia in Jun .... Melbourne and Sydney (for the Vivid Sydney) then back Melbourne for another 2 weeks or so
Stay : Sheraton Melbourne ... another unworthy luxury tag
same reason .. will be busy visiting old friends around the clock Westin Sydney - Interesting building and also last chance to try before their eventual deflag to Fullerton.
Singapore trips .... apparently I will be doing plenty of this.
While most of the stays will be St Regis Sg due to their location close to where I need to be, I will try Kempinski Capitol Hotel on Friday.
Furthermore, I hope can try Raffles once they reopen in August and also try Sofitel Tanjong Pagar for the location
Planning stage
FS Jimbaran Bali - Sometimes in July or August
August - Will need to go Singapore again and also my family might want to go Hong Kong and Xiamen (China) to visit family members there.
Hopefully can sneak few nights to try The Ritz Carlton HK
September - looking to try Amanjiwo if I manage to sneak couple of days off from office.
October November - no plan yet ...
December - Will definitely have an end of year party with friends in Bali.
Planning to fly to Europe ... still considering where to go ... either Germany or or Switzerland or Austria and Italy
Maybe if I could stretching the time abit, might as well visit all of them in 1 go.
Taking train from Germany to Italy and taking stopovers in various cities
The only worry is I end up having too little time to explore all of them properly
Would love to visit Venice and try both Gritti Palace and Hotel Danieli.
Hopefully winter will be less crowded there
May 10, 2019, 6:30 am
#3779
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Jakarta
Programs: Krisflyer PPS, SPG, Hyatt GoldPassport, Shangri-la Golden Circle, British Airways ExecClub
Posts: 1,245
Going for a summer vacation around Europe to relax and recharge.
Connaught London
Mandarin Oriental Milan
Mandarin Oriental Geneva
Wardolf Astoria Amsterdam
Park Hyatt Zurich
Aplina Gstaad
Lanesborough London
Can't wait!
Connaught London
Mandarin Oriental Milan
Mandarin Oriental Geneva
Wardolf Astoria Amsterdam
Park Hyatt Zurich
Aplina Gstaad
Lanesborough London
Can't wait!