Category Archives: Hotels

Week In Hell

Posted on December 7, 2011 by Brian D. Butler

This past September, artist/illustrator/blogger/writer/provocateur Molly Crabapple “locked” herself in a New York City hotel room, covered the walls entirely in huge sheets of paper and filled the paper with her artwork. Molly funded this clever project through a very successful … Continue reading →

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Hotels and Books, Perfect Together

Posted on November 23, 2011 by Brian D. Butler

Highlighting its literary connection in London’s storied Bloomsbury neighborhood, the Radisson Edwardian Hotel  has created its very own inhouse book club for guests. The hotel provides complimentary copies of the Radisson Edwardian book of the month pick to all interested … Continue reading →

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Final Frontier B & B

Posted on August 27, 2011 by Brian D. Butler

An ambitious company called Orbital Technologies has an out of this world plan to put an actual hotel/space station in orbit. The little getaway will be nestled 217 miles above the Earth. A five day stay,including round trip transport, will … Continue reading →

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Bring Back The Luggage Label

Posted on July 22, 2011 by Brian D. Butler
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Berlin Goes Retro (hotel-wise)

Posted on May 25, 2011 by Brian D. Butler

The Hüttenpalast is Berlin’s newest hotel concept. Created by Sike Lorenzen and Sarah Vollmer, it’s situated in the less than chic Neukölln district just southeast of trendy Kreuzberg. The new hotel consists of a cluster of renovated mini-campers and small … Continue reading →

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Boutique Hotels at “good value”

Posted on April 6, 2011 by Brian D. Butler

The folks at Butikk hope to become the go-to site for qualitative information on “good value” design/boutique hotels around the world. Their proclaimed aim is “beauty, but not at any cost.” They currently list just a few dozen properties, but … Continue reading →

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Find a Perfect Hotel Room ?

Posted on February 27, 2011 by Brian D. Butler

Most regular travelers are familiar with the helpful site Seatguru.com. Although it still has some flaws, the site provides useful seating charts for most types of aircraft of the major air carriers. But when it comes to hotel rooms, however, … Continue reading →

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Someplace To Lay Your Head (Europe)

Posted on July 3, 2010 by Brian D. Butler

Here are a few European hotel suggestions from Travel Between The Pages readers.   Amsterdam: Hotel V Frederiksplein, Weteringschan 136   Brussels: Hotel Café Pacific, Rue Antoine Dansaert 57   Budapest: Mamaison Hotel Andrassy, Andrassy út 111   Lisbon: Living Lounge Hostel, Rua do Crucifixo … Continue reading →

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