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Pure entertainment: review of The Ritz Carlton Bangkok

Thailand, and Bangkok in general right now, is the world's hotellerie capital because here are 3 of the...

December 19, 2025

6 min by theflyer - 4 months ago

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Review Four Seasons Cairo The First Residence: 5-star location, but the rest just doesn't

This time I decided to betray Marriott and Hilton and stayed one night at the Four Seasons The Residence at the...

August 22, 2025

5 min by theflyer - 8 months ago

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Intercontinental Sydney review: great location, but the spark didn't go off

"Barbone please can you also review facilities outside the Hilton and Marriott portfolios?" more and more loyal customers are writing to me....

January 24, 2025

4 min by theflyer - 1 year ago

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Free nights and up to 400$ to spend on hotels, the crazy offers Fine Hotels & Resorts

Some people think that one of the main benefits of American Express Platinum is the Priority Pass card, but I don't...

October 14, 2024

2 min by theflyer - 2 years ago

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Sleeping at the St. Regis in Beijing for less than 65€ was a really good decision

Nine out of ten trips I tell about here on TFC are business trips, or it would be better to call them review trips....

March 1, 2024

5 min by theflyer - 2 years ago

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The Peninsula Manila, grandeur and opulence with Christmas decorations in mid-September

One of the criticisms I get very often in hotel reviews is that I am geared solely toward facilities...

October 13, 2023

5 min by theflyer - 3 years ago

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Conrad Los Angeles, a diamond (in the rough) in the middle of a city on the brink

I was recently in Los Angeles: it had been years since I had stayed in the City of Angels, and I must say that...

March 31, 2023

7 min by theflyer - 3 years ago

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Lobster and caviar for breakfast, aperitif amid the Picassos. This is St. Regis Singapore

THE St.Regis in Singapore is a 5-star hotel, it is a museum and a venue for big events here is the...

November 4, 2022

6 min by theflyer - 3 years ago

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When you say "room with a view": review Mandarin Oriental Kuala Lumpur

Those who read TFC often will have noticed that I always try to concentrate my stays in just two hotel chains: Hilton...

September 16, 2022

5 min by theflyer - 4 years ago

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Pampered and pampered, review of Waldorf Astoria Bangkok

I had been waiting since before Covid to stay at the Waldorf Astoria in Bangkok, and I finally did. The...

August 19, 2022

8 min by theflyer - 4 years ago

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Fine Hotels + Resorts for me is one of the best American Express Platinum benefits

In the last few months I have been traveling a lot, more than a lot perhaps it would be better to say I have been traveling really a lot, and I have had...

August 14, 2022

3 min by theflyer - 4 years ago

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Park Hyatt Auckland, brand new hotel and simply perfect (even in price)

Hyatt is a high-end chain, this hotel is the first property in New Zealand. I have no idea whether...

July 19, 2022

4 min by theflyer - 4 years ago

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Perfect for a vacation with kids in Hawaii: review Hilton Hawaiian Village Waikiki

Who hasn't dreamed of going to Hawaii, raise your hand. Without knowing the name of the islands, how to get there,...

July 1, 2022

6 min by theflyer - 4 years ago

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If you like pink, this is the hotel for you: review Royal Hawaiian on Waikiki Beach

If like me when you were a kid you played Hotel and absolutely wanted to own the Waikiki Beach hotel, you can't help but...

April 22, 2022

5 min by theflyer - 4 years ago

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Three Hilton hotels under one roof: here's Resort World the biggest news on the Las Vegas Strip

Resorts World opened on June 24, 2021. It is the first casino to be completed on the Las...

March 25, 2022

7 min by theflyer - 4 years ago

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