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The Cromwell International Hotel (Photo: Courtesy of the Cromwell International Hotel)

A Nonchalant Encounter At The Cromwell International Hotel In London

It Wasn’t A Budget Nightmare At The Cromwell International Hotel in London, But It Wasn’t Thrilling Either by Heather Cassell You know you aren’t in a luxury hotel when you are greeted with a dirty entry way, sad close to sagging couches circling a scratched up coffee table, and the staff are only halfway happy […]

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Debra Lee, left, and Mary Bush, right, board directors at Marriott International, Inc. (Photo: Courtesy of Marriott International, Inc.)

Marriott Directors Named Most Influential Black Corporate Directors

Global Hotelier Marriott International, Inc.’s Board Members Mary K. Bush and Debra L. Lee Named Two Of Savoy Magazine’s 2016 Most Influential Black Corporate Directors

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Wake up and walk out onto your own lanai with the perfect view of the Pacific Ocean in Maui. (Photo: Courtesy of the Ritz-Carlton Kapalua)

Ritzier Than Ever In Maui

The Newly Transformed Ritz-Carlton Kapalua Takes A World Class Stay Up A Notch by Heather Cassell If seclusion and romance is what you are seeking, The Ritz-Carlton, Kapalua (1 Ritz Carlton Drive, 808-669-6200, ritzcarlton.com/en/hotels/kapalua-maui) might be exactly the place you want to escape to. The AAA Five-Diamond luxury resort is far away from the crowds […]

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Entering into Cosy’s Apartments Cadet courtyard, where there is a garage near the front entrance of the hotel’s courtyard, before the pathway into the lobby. (Photo: Hotel)

Feel Almost Like A Parisian At Cosy’s Apartments Cadet

Arriving in the dead of night, the tiny street that makes up one side of a triangle on sections of Rue la Fayette and Rue du Faubourg Montmartre in the Grands Boulevard neighborhood we would have been lost and confused upon arriving at our hotel.

Approaching the building it looked like all of the other businesses along the quite street, closed for the night, rather than a hotel or apartment building, which is what we were expecting. The metal roll down door was closed. This was our introduction to Cosy’s Apartments Cadet (7 Rue Cadet, +33 1 75 00 18 44, . cosys-residences.com) in Paris, France.

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Credit Card Scan

Hotel Credit Card Hack Puts A Damper On Summer Vacation

At least 20 big name hotels in the HEI Hotels & Resorts family are known to have been hacked.

The hotelier that has some Hilton, Hyatt, IHG, Independent, F&B Operations, Marriott, and Starwood hotels throughout the United States in its portfolio, announced on its website today.

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The DoubleTree – Westminster (Photo: Courtesy of DoubleTree-Westminster / Hilton Worldwide)

Luxury All The Way At The DoubleTree – Westminster

The bellmen were at our Uber van door and they were already loading up our luggage onto a cart and guiding us to be checked into the DoubleTree – Westminster (30 John Islip Street, +44 20 7630 1000, , doubletree3.hilton.com/en/hotels/united-kingdom/doubletree-by-hilton-hotel-london-westminster-LONWMDI/index.html) in London before we knew what was happening.

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Debi Bishop, named managing director of Hilton Hawaiian Village Waikiki Beach Resort (Photo: Courtesy of StarAdvertiser.com)

Debi Bishop takes the helm at Hilton Hawaiian Village Waikiki Beach Resort

Debi Bishop was named and immediately stepped into her new role as managing director of Hilton Hawaiian Village Waikiki Beach Resort on April 1.

The 22-acre, 2,860-room beachfront property is Hilton’s largest hotel.

The 30-year hospitality veteran succeeds Tracy Walker, the resort’s former general manager, who was named regional general manager of Hilton Worldwide in Southern California. Tracy served as general manager of Hilton Hawaiian Village Waikiki Beach Resort since 2012.

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Jagruti Panwala

Panwala Elected First Female AAHOA Officer

Jagruti Panwala was elected as the first-ever officer to the Asian American Hotel Owners Association after a contested election for the role of secretary on the board of the world’s largest hotel association April 1.

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The courtyard cabins at the Lighthouse Court Inn in Key West, Florida. (Photo: http://www.historickeywestinns.com)

A Charming Sanctuary In The Heart Of Old Key West: The Lighthouse Court Hotel

If island charm is what you are wanting to wake up to in the morning, look no further than the Lighthouse Court Hotel (902 Whitehead Street; 800-549-4430 or 305-294-9588; ; HistoricKeyWestInns.com/The-Inns/Lighthouse-Court) in Key West, Florida.

Girls That Roam woke up to roosters crowing as the morning rays shone through the cracks in the wooden blinds. We slept in that morning because we arrived very early in the morning from the West Coast.

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Leave your heart in one of Hotel Zeppelin’s stylish rooms in San Francisco. (Photo: Courtesy of Hotel Zeppelin)

Hotel Zeppelin Re-Envisions San Francisco’s Storied Past

Inspired by San Francisco’s counterculture reputation, visitors can get an updated taste of the City by the Bay’s storied past of beatniks, flower children, radicals and of course sex, drugs, and rock and roll in the chic new Hotel Zeppelin (545 Post Street; 415-563-0303; ; ViceroyHotelsAndResorts.com/en/Zeppelin) that opened March 4.

Located in San Francisco’s Theater District sandwiched between the Tenderloin and Union Square, Dawson Design Associates transformed the former Prescott Hotel’s 196 guest rooms, including 20 suites, into a hipster’s celebration of the city’s revolutionary past.

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Lesbian brides walk along the beach in Provincetown, Massachusetts. (Photo: Pinterest.com)

Bride Pride Sets Out To Make History In Provincetown This Fall

Provincetown is hoping to break a record by marrying at least 100 brides for Bride Pride on October 15 during Provincetown’s legendary Women’s Week, October 10 – 16.

Award-winning political humorist and LGBTQ icon who is a Provincetown, Massachusetts resident Kate Clinton will perform the nuptials.

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The double guest room at the Renaissance Santo Domingo Jaragua Hotel & Casino in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic (Photo: Courtesy of Renaissance Santo Domingo Jaragua Hotel & Casino)

Nearly Luxury Without The Price Tag At The Dominican Republic’s Renaissance Santo Domingo Jaragua Hotel & Casino

Outside the Renaissance Santo Domingo Jaragua Hotel & Casino (George Washington Ave. 367, Apto. Postal 769-2, Santo Domingo 769-2, Dominican Republic; +1-809-221-2222; Marriott.com/hotels/travel/sdqgw-Renaissance-Santo-Domingo-Jaragua-Hotel-and-Casino/), the weather is about 90° Fahrenheit and humid. The forecast on this day—and on just about any given day in this steamy hot mess of a city—probably reads something like: “Cloudy, with a chance of chaos.”

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