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From Glamour To Gloom: South Africa’s Top Luxury Hotel Now An Abandoned Relic
29 Oct 2024 by Tayla / No Comments
Johannesburg’s Carlton Hotel was once a luxury landmark, now turned into an empty relic for over two decades as sale plans continue to crumble.
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Luxurious Simon’s Town Hotel Voted As One Of The World’s Top 100 Hotels In The World
23 Oct 2024 by Tayla / No Comments
Located in Simon’s Town, the boutique hotel not only boasts breathtaking scenery but is on the serene shores of Boulders Beach, famed for its colony of endangered African penguins.
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Cape Town’s Iconic Pink Lady Gets A Spot In This Year’s Global Ranking Of The World’s 50 Best Hotels
20 Sep 2024 by Tayla / No Comments
The Mount Nelson was recognised in the presence of industry-defining hotels from across six continents at an awards ceremony in London.
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Cape Town Hotel Ranks Third On The Telegraph‘s List Of World’s Best 50 Hotels For 2024
11 Sep 2024 by Tayla / No Comments
The Cape Town gem sits immediately behind Bangkok’s famed Mandarin Oriental and Ballyfin, an Irish luxury country estate.
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How The 23-Storey Ritz Hotel In Sea Point Went From Catering To Celeb Guests To Being Abandoned And Creepy
20 Mar 2024 by Tayla / No Comments
Now the hotel remains dusty and abandoned, merely housing memories of its heyday, including wild parties in the 80s, along with a couple of ghosts of the people who died there.
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Call The Influencers – Amazing Retired Boeing 737 Turned Into A Luxury Bali Villa [Images]
08 May 2023 by Tayla / No Comments
There’s even a jacuzzi with an ocean view in the cockpit.
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The Lush Drakensberg Mountain Lodge That Tom Cruise Stayed In While Filming In South Africa [Images]
09 Feb 2023 by Tayla / No Comments
Saffas near and far were so chuffed to see the action star on our turf, so we have to know more about where he kicked his shoes off after a gruelling day of stunts and filming.
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Meanwhile In Durban – Video Shows Half-Naked Man Dangling Out Of Hotel Frequented By Sex Workers
19 Oct 2022 by Tayla / No Comments
A man who allegedly couldn’t pay for the services of a sex worker was recently spotted dangling out the window of a hotel in the Durban CBD.
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Dubai’s Moon Hotel Isn’t The Only Wacky Hotel Idea Doing The Rounds
27 Sep 2022 by Tayla / No Comments
Dubai’s $5 billion moon-shaped hotel is the latest architectural oddity in an ever-lengthening list of strange hotel ideas.
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Police Investigated After Video Shows Gauteng Officer Shooting Man In The Head
16 Nov 2021 by Tayla / No Comments
An argument between a guest and officers at a Gauteng hotel escalated rapidly, with investigators now looking into the conduct of the police.
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Can’t Make It To Space? Try This R440 000 ‘Astronaut Orientation’ Weekend Instead
19 Oct 2021 by Tayla / No Comments
In order to help billionaire wannabe astronauts decide if it is worth wasting millions on an actual flight to space, a French hotelier has set up a way to give them a taste.
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The World’s Most Exclusive Hotel In Dubai Is Offering Tours To Non-Guests Now [Videos]
13 Oct 2021 by Tayla / No Comments
The Burj Al Arab, one of the world’s most exclusive hotels with seven stars, is offering a tour for non-guests at 14 times less than the cost of a night stay.
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They’re Spending $1 Billion Redoing New York’s Famous Waldorf Astoria Hotel [Images]
05 Oct 2021 by Tayla / No Comments
New York’s luxury hotel, the Waldorf Astoria, has had a long and storied history since its opening 90 years ago. Now new renovations are bringing it into the current century.
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Madiba’s Former Home Has Been Turned Into A Hotel [Images]
01 Jul 2021 by Tayla / No Comments
Nelson Mandela’s former Houghton home has been refurbished and will open as a boutique hotel from August.
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387-Year-Old Palace Of Versailles Opens Hotel
10 Jun 2021 by Tayla / No Comments
For the first time in history, people other than royals or courtiers can sleep on the grounds of the Palace of Versailles.
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All Systems Go On Plans To Launch World’s First Space Hotel [Video]
04 Mar 2021 by Carrie / No Comments
By 2027, it looks like you’ll be able to add ‘low orbit’ to your list of travel destinations, including a booking at a fully kitted out space hotel.
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A Closer Look At Two Of Cape Town CBD’s Most Stylish Hotels
17 Dec 2020 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
We may see far fewer international visitors this holiday season, for obvious reasons, but that doesn’t mean South Africans won’t flock to the Mother City.
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Trouble At The Vineyard Hotel In Newlands
26 Oct 2020 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
One of Cape Town’s most well-known hotels is being taken to court over alleged outstanding debts, with conflicting takes on how it got to this point.
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Cape Gem Rated One Of The Best Hotel Bars In The World
22 Oct 2020 by Carrie / No Comments
While not all of us can afford a stay in a luxury hotel, we can usually cover the cost of a cocktail in one of the best hotel bars in the world.
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Disinfecting Machines, Electro-Mist, And Invisible Sanitiser: Cape Hotel Going All Out To Survive
21 Oct 2020 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
International visitors may soon be trickling in, and hotels are pulling out all the stops to make sure they give themselves the best chance of survival.
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You Really Don’t Want To Leave A Nasty Hotel Review In Thailand
29 Sep 2020 by Carrie / No Comments
Wesley Barnes posted a couple of bad reviews after his stay at a hotel in Thailand. Then things went horribly wrong.
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Six Instagram-Worthy Places To Stay On Your Next Holiday
26 Aug 2020 by Carrie / No Comments
If you’re looking for somewhere weird or whimsical to stay while travelling, we’ve got you covered.
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Tough Times Ahead For Famous Cape Hotels
21 Aug 2020 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Interprovincial travel will at least allow South Africans to holiday in other parts of the country, but without overseas tourists, the industry is in real trouble.
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A Rare Look Inside North Korea’s Secretive Hotels
05 Aug 2020 by Carrie / No Comments
One wouldn’t usually associate North Korea with a lovely spot to take a holiday, and yet it does have a tourism industry.
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Inside The Luxury Hotel Made Entirely Of Shipping Containers
03 Aug 2020 by Carrie / No Comments
It’s a luxury hotel, in the middle of a vineyard next to an old oak tree. It’s also made entirely from shipping containers.
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Amsterdam’s Red-Light District Will Look Very Different After The Pandemic
21 Jul 2020 by Carrie / No Comments
The pandemic has left more than 300 sex workers in the red-light district without an income for almost four months.
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Travel + Leisure’s List Of The Top Five Hotels In The World
15 Jul 2020 by Carrie / No Comments
Travel + Leisure have released their ‘World’s Best’ list of the top 100 hotels across the globe.
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Take A Tour Of The World’s First Gold-Plated Hotel [Video]
07 Jul 2020 by Carrie / No Comments
Those with dreams of taking a dump in a golden toilet can have them fulfilled at the world’s first gold-plated hotel.
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Ozzie COVID-19 Outbreak Blamed On Hotel Staff Having Sex With Quarantined Guests
03 Jul 2020 by Carrie / No Comments
It’s generally a bad idea to sleep with guests at the hotel where you work, and even more so when those guests are in quarantine.
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That Floating Hotel In Sweden Is Finally Open For Business [Images]
06 Feb 2020 by Carrie / No Comments
If woodland, icy waters, and off-the-grid living are what you’re after, you should book a stay at this Swedish floating hotel.
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