Check In: Hotel Review: Fletcher Hotel in Amsterdam

Comfortable with a shower in the middle of your room? You just might be ready for a stay at this property that’s six miles outside the city center.

















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Bites: Restaurant Report: Terún in Palo Alto, Calif.

This year-old restaurant wears a derogatory term for Southern Italians as a badge of honor.

















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Heads Up: ‘New Berlin’ or Not, Leipzig Has New Life

Many locals have proposed Leipzig, Germany, as Europe’s new home base for voguish 20-somethings, and the city has been born anew as a cultural mecca.

















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Duck artist's next big thing: Hippos

Artist Florentijn Hofman has traveled the world with his huge artworks -- now he's sending a giant beast into London's River Thames.

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5 must-play golf courses in Canada

Breathtaking scenery, championship design -- many of the courses dropped into the Canadian Rockies are among the most memorable in the world.

from CNN.com - Travel http://www.cnn.com/2014/09/01/travel/best-golf-canadian-rockies/index.html

Great Read: Saving Old Bangkok

A new coat of paint and a new lease on life for ramshackle buildings transformed into guesthouses in Old Bangkok...



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United Joins the Game With a 100% Bonus on Purchased Miles, But There’s a Giant Catch…

Through Thursday only United is offering up to a 100% bonus on purchased miles. But there’s a catch. If you get the 100% bonus then miles are 1.88 cents apiece. That’s the regular price US Airways offers miles at, pretty much every month, with their promotions. And you may not be able to get the […]

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T Magazine: Sean MacPherson on His New Hotel, The Ludlow

The owner of The Ludlow, a new hotel on the Lower East Side, talks about the city’s past and how much it has changed since the ’80s.

















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In Transit Blog: A Delano in Las Vegas

The Delano Las Vegas hotel, sibling of the Miami Beach original, will open Tuesday with 1,117 suites.





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Better Hotel Credit Card For Everyday Spend?

Reader Stannis asked the following question on a recent post about redeeming Starpoints:

"On the earning side, would you agree that all unbonused spend should rather be directed to the Club Carlson card? I’ve recently acquired this card and have shifted my spending away from the SPG Amex to it instead because of the 5x earning and the last-night-free redemption."

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Skateboard mission to Bali [vid]

In The Journey of the Beasts, this group of self-appointed skateboarding ambassadors travel to Bali and turn it into their very own skatepark.



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Travel content marketing after Google Authorship’s demise

In September 2012, I wrote an article for Tnooz entitled “Google AuthorRank promises major changes for travel search“. Well, I’m back for ...



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Bars Opening Soon in New York

This fall, rooftop, basement and vault are among the sites of the city’s new drinking dens.

















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W Doha Hotel… WOW!

I just spent two nights at the W Doha, and all I can say is WOW!

I'm starting to think the W Hotel brand is actually bipolar. I'm not generally a fan of their US properties, as they're style over substance, in my experience -- I find the furnishings to be cheap, service to be bad, and elite recognition to be lacking. It's quite sad, because Hyatt's Andaz properties are among my favorite hotels to stay. In the US I actually kind of prefer aloft properties to W properties, since I find they do a much better job of managing expectations.

But I've stayed at quite a few W properties internationally, and absolutely love some of them. For example, over the past year or so I've stayed at the W Taipei, W Sentosa Cove Singapore, and W Guangzhou, and they were all absolutely fantastic beyond words. They all had excellent elite recognition, gorgeous rooms, and amazing public facilities. Sadly they're such a far cry from their US counterparts.

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Philadelphia's Mural Mile [pics]

From prominent locations next to city hall to anonymous alleys and side streets, the murals are a proud and ubiquitous piece of the city’s identity.



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