Kagehitokiri

it may not have been managed by marriott, and if it was managed but not owned by marriott, it may have been the owner who was responsible.

hurricane andrew 1992

residence inn 1992 >
29 owned
84 managed/leased
66 franchised

residence inn 2013 Q2 >
1 owned
128 managed
506 franchised

Blackbook

I tend to have less sweet memories of the Residence Inn.. Some of these reviews remind me of my five or six experiences there...

http://www.tripadvisor.com/LocationP...m_Alabama.html

http://www.tripadvisor.com/ShowUserR...ew_Jersey.html

http://www.tripadvisor.com/ShowUserR...s_Florida.html

http://www.yelp.com/biz/residence-in...y-ii-sunnyvale

Residence Inn Times Square appears to have a rodent problem:

http://www.tripadvisor.com/ShowUserR...ECK_RATES_CONT

SanDiego1K

Sicily

• San Domenico Palace
• Grand Hotel Minareto
• Verdura Golf & Spa Resort

damaxer91

Ritz Carlton Los Angeles next week

robyng

Just as a point of clarification when it comes to "cockroach" stuff. There are those little nasty German/northern cockroaches that are associated with bad sanitary conditions. They live inside. Then you have our huge Florida Palmetto bugs. I think they're probably related bugs. But Palmetto bugs are generally outside critters - are not associated with dirty inside conditions- and usually wind up inside only when you leave doors/windows open.

Palmetto bugs tend to come with semi-tropical territory. But - if I find one in my house or a hotel room - doesn't mean either is dirty. Just means I've left a sliding glass door or window open. I haven't seen a nasty German/northern cockroach since I moved from the NE 40+ years ago - not in my house - or in any hotel property in Florida or elsewhere in the SE. Robyn

redshift27

A mixture of 5* and Luxury Hotels over the next months:

Shangri-La Tokyo
IC Sydney
MO Hong Kong (on their actual 50th anniversary day)
FS Langkawi
Andaman Langkawi
FS Singapore
FS Canary Wharf
RC Battery Park
IC Times Square
PH Chicago
Trump Chicago
IC Willard

and then planning for
Amanfayun
Aman Summer Palace

RhubarbPie

Grand Hyatt Macau, Hyatt Regency HK (maybe not considered luxury, but I heard better things about it then grand Hyatt HK), and Park Hyatt Paris Vendome (!!!!!).

Edit: oh, and anniversary brunch at Park Hyatt Seoul tomorrow haha

stimpy

I've stayed at a whole lot of IC's around the world and some of them are real luxury, such as the Willard and Hong Kong, but I wouldn't put NY TS on that list. And Sydney is hit and miss. Try for the Lincoln Suite at the Willard.

And congrats on timing your stay in HKG for the 50th anniversary! I was there recently and they have an excellent 50 year old Port, made especially for the MO HKG. It's a treat.

porsche911

Dubai in October - emirates for the first time in J cass ans staying at the Radisson Blu at the Media centre.

quitecontrary

Totally agree with this - we lived in Sydney and those enormous outside cockroaches used to come in when we had the windows open The cat we inherited with the house loved playing with them

offerendum

Bad decision in my eyes. I visited it in my RA-times and must say, itīs one of the worst ICs. Even new it seems to be worn and the "Suites" are tiny. Service was awful.

FlyerEC

Sep

Berlin : Hotel de Rome
Zurich : ?
HK : MOHK


Oct

HKT : Amanpuri

redshift27

Wirelessly posted (Opera/9.80 (iPhone; Opera Mini/7.0.5/30.3697; U; en) Presto/2.8.119 Version/11.10)

The IC Times Square is on the list simply because it is 5 days in NYC entirely on points!

offerendum

OK, but even on points itīs not a pleasure in my eyes

stimpy

That's nice and as an RA it's ok, but this is the Luxury Forum and the IC TS shouldn't be mentioned in the same breath!