There are a few hotels actually at Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam, and the Hampton by Hilton Amsterdam Airport Schiphol is not one of them. No – as the name suggests, the Hampton is in the nearby suburb of Hoofddorp, a brief 20 minute free shuttle bus ride from the airport,[…]
You can’t get much more central in Edinburgh than the Residence Inn by Marriott. The hotel is nestled in the Quartermile area separated from The Meadows by a single line of apartments, alternating between glass windowed new builds and character buildings. It’s a fifteen minute walk into the Old Town[…]
When you are departing early or arriving late, it can be beneficial for stress levels and sleep to stay near the airport. Some airport hotels say they’re the airport but still require a shuttle or taxi to get to the terminal. The Sofitel at Heathrow’s Terminal 5 is actually connected[…]
My return to the Northern Hemisphere was made comfortable by travelling with Qatar Airways. The journey started with a visit to their partner’s Qantas Business Lounge in Auckland, then the 18 hour Auckland to Doha stretch in their normal Business class offering, a marginally briefer stay in their Al Mourjan[…]
Qatar Airways business class lounge, Al Mourjan, in Doha’s International Airport is the jewel in Qatar Airway’s crown – literally their oasis in the dessert for transiting passengers. I was travelling back to the Northern Hemisphere from New Zealand and had decided to try the QSuites Business class offering from[…]
Returning to the Northern Hemisphere, I decided to continue checking out all the different business class offerings in and out of Auckland. This time in my research I discovered that Qatar Airlines business class had a much vaunted service called Q-Suites which looked pretty good. The only problem was that[…]
I was travelling on Qatar Airways from Auckland and as the Middle Eastern airline doesn’t have a huge presence in the South Pacific, they had teamed up with Qantas, their OneWorld alliance partner to provision lounge access for their business class passengers. Just past the security and duty free on[…]
Living in Auckland’s CBD, you frequently walk past “the nice” hotels and wonder what its like inside. Perched on the top of the hill with views over Auckland University’s Old Government House on one side and out over the harbour on the other side, perches The Pullman. The 5-star Pullman[…]
I used to work on Queen Street in Auckland and, in the last block before Commerce Street, tucked down a corridor barely visible from the street, was a chandelier. Periodically on the way to or from work, I would glance down there and see a doorman and wonder what shop[…]
Living in New Zealand, the only way to get anywhere is to fly long distances. Being tall makes your standard long haul flight a real nightmare – economy fares have tiny seats, limited leg room and no chance at all of sleep. These two points have made me look at[…]