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#TikTok is launching #TikTokGO, allowing users to discover and book #hotels, #attractions, and #experiences directly within the app. This move aims to keep users engaged and generate revenue, positioning TikTok as a one-stop platform for travel discovery and #bookings. https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/12/tiktok-now-wants-to-be-the-place-you-book-the-trip-you-just-saw-on-tiktok/?eicker.news #tech #media #news
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#TikTok is launching #TikTokGO, allowing users to discover and book #hotels, #attractions, and #experiences directly within the app. This move aims to keep users engaged and generate revenue, positioning TikTok as a one-stop platform for travel discovery and #bookings. https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/12/tiktok-now-wants-to-be-the-place-you-book-the-trip-you-just-saw-on-tiktok/?eicker.news #tech #media #news
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#TikTok is launching #TikTokGO, allowing users to discover and book #hotels, #attractions, and #experiences directly within the app. This move aims to keep users engaged and generate revenue, positioning TikTok as a one-stop platform for travel discovery and #bookings. https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/12/tiktok-now-wants-to-be-the-place-you-book-the-trip-you-just-saw-on-tiktok/?eicker.news #tech #media #news
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#TikTok is launching #TikTokGO, allowing users to discover and book #hotels, #attractions, and #experiences directly within the app. This move aims to keep users engaged and generate revenue, positioning TikTok as a one-stop platform for travel discovery and #bookings. https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/12/tiktok-now-wants-to-be-the-place-you-book-the-trip-you-just-saw-on-tiktok/?eicker.news #tech #media #news
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#TikTok is launching #TikTokGO, allowing users to discover and book #hotels, #attractions, and #experiences directly within the app. This move aims to keep users engaged and generate revenue, positioning TikTok as a one-stop platform for travel discovery and #bookings. https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/12/tiktok-now-wants-to-be-the-place-you-book-the-trip-you-just-saw-on-tiktok/?eicker.news #tech #media #news
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21 PS: wenn man Geld sparen will, braucht man diese Portale oft gar nicht. Den günstigsten Preis gibt es oft auf der #Website des #Hotels oder der #Fluggesellschaft selbst direkt. Man muss dann nur ein bisschen mehr suchen. Es ergibt jedenfalls wenig Sinn, seine Tickets über ein Portal zu kaufen, dass seinen Geschäftssitz zB im türkischen Teil von Zypern hat. Ansonsten ist ein #Reisebüro vor Ort immer noch ein guter Ansprechpartner, wenn man nicht selbst suchen will.
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21. Es gibt viele #Onlineportale, um #Reisen oder #Hotels zu buchen. Dabei handelt es sich dann um Vermittler, nicht Reiseveranstalter. Ich kann diese Portale nur bedingt empfehlen. Viele sitzen im Ausland, einige nicht mal in der EU. Das erschwert die Rechtsdurchsetzung deutlich, wenn es mal Probleme gibt. Booking zB sitzt in den Niederlanden. Die Portale streichen dabei idR die gleichen Gebühren ein wie Euer #Reisebüro vor Ort. #LifeHack #Reiserecht
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Good morning. 🐟🐡🐟
13 May 2026
This is our final day in Arkansas. Tomorrow morning we’ll head out to Oklahoma City, where we’ll park for a couple of days before heading home.
I’ve grown pretty fond of Holiday Inn Express—if for nothing else, those nifty coffee machines in the dining area that grind the beans and brew a single cup, available 24/7. Pro‑tip: fill a vacuum mug instead of using the paper cups. The coffee stays hot longer and somehow tastes better. My vacuum mug holds two full brewing cycles from those machines.
That said, Marriott’s Courtyard hotels have The Bistro, which serves Starbucks coffee. The downside is that The Bistro isn’t open 24/7, and when it is open, you pay Starbucks prices for Starbucks coffee. There are the little in‑room coffee machines, of course, but as a novice coffee snob, I avoid those unless there’s absolutely no other option.
Breakfast is my second consideration. Holiday Inn Express has a morning buffet and always puts out omelets, which are a favorite of mine. They seem to alternate between egg‑white omelets and cheese omelets, and either one gets the job done.
Marriott’s Fairfield Inns also offer breakfast buffets that are pretty good. They sometimes serve the little omelets, but more often it’s scrambled eggs. Once again, where Holiday Inn Express beats Fairfield is the coffee setup. Fairfield brews coffee in the morning and puts it out in those big vacuum dispensers.
Honestly, in the past, I’ve tended to gravitate toward Marriott hotels when traveling. But going forward, I think I’ll be choosing Holiday Inn Express instead.
“Wherever you go becomes a part of you somehow.” — Anita Desai
“The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only one page.” — Augustine of Hippo
“Life is too short for bad coffee.” — Unknown
#photo #photography #photographer #photographylovers #wildlife #nature #morning #fish #hotels #travel #coffee
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These are the most beautiful hotels in Europe, according to Prix Versailles.
Prix Versailles has just named the world’s most beautiful hotels for 2026 – and of the 16 global properties selected for the architectural award, seven are in Europe.
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Cantina Contramar Vegas: Gabriela Cámara’s Authentic Mexican Cuisine
The sleek dining space was designed by Frida Escobedo. Photo by Maureen Martinez Evans Tell us about the ambiance. The incredibly talented Frida Escobedo designed this space. She is not only a fantastic architect…
#dining #cooking #diet #food #Dining #CHEFS #cocktails #cuisine #designers #Food&Drink #Hotels #Restaurants
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Cantina Contramar Vegas: Gabriela Cámara’s Authentic Mexican Cuisine https://www.diningandcooking.com/2639706/cantina-contramar-vegas-gabriela-camaras-authentic-mexican-cuisine/ #CHEFS #cocktails #cuisine #designers #dining #Food&Drink #Hotels #Restaurants
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𝗛𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗹𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗩𝗦 𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗲𝘂𝗿𝗴𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗱 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗴𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗪𝗞: 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝘀 𝘇𝗲𝗹𝗳𝘀 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗯𝗼𝗲𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗻 𝗱𝗮𝗻 𝗻𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗮𝗹
Amerikaanse hotels zien nauwelijks een toename van het aantal boekingen tijdens het WK voetbal in juni en juli. Ze hoopten op een enorme impuls door de toestroom van voetbalfans uit de hele wereld.
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𝗛𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗹𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗩𝗦 𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗲𝘂𝗿𝗴𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗱 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗴𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗪𝗞: 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝘀 𝘇𝗲𝗹𝗳𝘀 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗯𝗼𝗲𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗻 𝗱𝗮𝗻 𝗻𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗮𝗹
Amerikaanse hotels zien nauwelijks een toename van het aantal boekingen tijdens het WK voetbal in juni en juli. Ze hoopten op een enorme impuls door de toestroom van voetbalfans uit de hele wereld.
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𝗛𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗹𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗩𝗦 𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗲𝘂𝗿𝗴𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗱 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗴𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗪𝗞: 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝘀 𝘇𝗲𝗹𝗳𝘀 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗯𝗼𝗲𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗻 𝗱𝗮𝗻 𝗻𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗮𝗹
Amerikaanse hotels zien nauwelijks een toename van het aantal boekingen tijdens het WK voetbal in juni en juli. Ze hoopten op een enorme impuls door de toestroom van voetbalfans uit de hele wereld.
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𝗛𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗹𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗩𝗦 𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗲𝘂𝗿𝗴𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗱 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗴𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗪𝗞: 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝘀 𝘇𝗲𝗹𝗳𝘀 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗯𝗼𝗲𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗻 𝗱𝗮𝗻 𝗻𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗮𝗹
Amerikaanse hotels zien nauwelijks een toename van het aantal boekingen tijdens het WK voetbal in juni en juli. Ze hoopten op een enorme impuls door de toestroom van voetbalfans uit de hele wereld.
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𝗛𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗹𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗩𝗦 𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗲𝘂𝗿𝗴𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗱 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗴𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗪𝗞: 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝘀 𝘇𝗲𝗹𝗳𝘀 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗯𝗼𝗲𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗻 𝗱𝗮𝗻 𝗻𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗮𝗹
Amerikaanse hotels zien nauwelijks een toename van het aantal boekingen tijdens het WK voetbal in juni en juli. Ze hoopten op een enorme impuls door de toestroom van voetbalfans uit de hele wereld.
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German tourist who sued over lack of pool chairs for his family at their Greek hotel is awarded $1,200
They finally folded. A disgruntled dad was awarded $1,200 after he sued his tour operator, complaining there were…
#Germany #DE #Europe #EU #Europa #Greece #Hotels #lawsuits #tourists #vacations #worldnews
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Oh great, #BestWestern has been #hacked
I just got an email saying the following:
"BWH® Hotels, the parent company for WorldHotels™, Best Western® Hotels & Resorts, and Sure Hotels®, takes the privacy and security of our guests’ personal information very seriously. We are writing to let you know that on April 22, 2026, we identified unauthorized activity in one of our web applications that houses certain guest reservation data.
We have learned that certain guests’ names, email addresses, telephone numbers, and/or home addresses, along with other reservation details (e.g., reservation numbers, dates of stay, and any special requests) for reservations in our system were accessed by an unauthorized third‑party between October 14, 2025 and April 22, 2026, including yours. Importantly, payment and other financial information was not stored in the affected system and therefore was not accessed."
Edit: This seems different to the hack from back in February, even though it sounds like the "web application" was vulnerable since October 2025: https://swedenherald.com/article/data-breach-at-best-western-hotel-chain-be-vigilant
This is not their year....
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Oh great, #BestWestern has been #hacked
I just got an email saying the following:
"BWH® Hotels, the parent company for WorldHotels™, Best Western® Hotels & Resorts, and Sure Hotels®, takes the privacy and security of our guests’ personal information very seriously. We are writing to let you know that on April 22, 2026, we identified unauthorized activity in one of our web applications that houses certain guest reservation data.
We have learned that certain guests’ names, email addresses, telephone numbers, and/or home addresses, along with other reservation details (e.g., reservation numbers, dates of stay, and any special requests) for reservations in our system were accessed by an unauthorized third‑party between October 14, 2025 and April 22, 2026, including yours. Importantly, payment and other financial information was not stored in the affected system and therefore was not accessed."
Edit: This seems different to the hack from back in February, even though it sounds like the "web application" was vulnerable since October 2025: https://swedenherald.com/article/data-breach-at-best-western-hotel-chain-be-vigilant
This is not their year....
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Oh great, #BestWestern has been #hacked
I just got an email saying the following:
"BWH® Hotels, the parent company for WorldHotels™, Best Western® Hotels & Resorts, and Sure Hotels®, takes the privacy and security of our guests’ personal information very seriously. We are writing to let you know that on April 22, 2026, we identified unauthorized activity in one of our web applications that houses certain guest reservation data.
We have learned that certain guests’ names, email addresses, telephone numbers, and/or home addresses, along with other reservation details (e.g., reservation numbers, dates of stay, and any special requests) for reservations in our system were accessed by an unauthorized third‑party between October 14, 2025 and April 22, 2026, including yours. Importantly, payment and other financial information was not stored in the affected system and therefore was not accessed."
Edit: This seems different to the hack from back in February, even though it sounds like the "web application" was vulnerable since October 2025: https://swedenherald.com/article/data-breach-at-best-western-hotel-chain-be-vigilant
This is not their year....
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Oh great, #BestWestern has been #hacked
I just got an email saying the following:
"BWH® Hotels, the parent company for WorldHotels™, Best Western® Hotels & Resorts, and Sure Hotels®, takes the privacy and security of our guests’ personal information very seriously. We are writing to let you know that on April 22, 2026, we identified unauthorized activity in one of our web applications that houses certain guest reservation data.
We have learned that certain guests’ names, email addresses, telephone numbers, and/or home addresses, along with other reservation details (e.g., reservation numbers, dates of stay, and any special requests) for reservations in our system were accessed by an unauthorized third‑party between October 14, 2025 and April 22, 2026, including yours. Importantly, payment and other financial information was not stored in the affected system and therefore was not accessed."
Edit: This seems different to the hack from back in February, even though it sounds like the "web application" was vulnerable since October 2025: https://swedenherald.com/article/data-breach-at-best-western-hotel-chain-be-vigilant
This is not their year....
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Oh great, #BestWestern has been #hacked
I just got an email saying the following:
"BWH® Hotels, the parent company for WorldHotels™, Best Western® Hotels & Resorts, and Sure Hotels®, takes the privacy and security of our guests’ personal information very seriously. We are writing to let you know that on April 22, 2026, we identified unauthorized activity in one of our web applications that houses certain guest reservation data.
We have learned that certain guests’ names, email addresses, telephone numbers, and/or home addresses, along with other reservation details (e.g., reservation numbers, dates of stay, and any special requests) for reservations in our system were accessed by an unauthorized third‑party between October 14, 2025 and April 22, 2026, including yours. Importantly, payment and other financial information was not stored in the affected system and therefore was not accessed."
Edit: This seems different to the hack from back in February, even though it sounds like the "web application" was vulnerable since October 2025: https://swedenherald.com/article/data-breach-at-best-western-hotel-chain-be-vigilant
This is not their year....
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A new resource for distributed companies: 700+ places that @automattic teams have stayed during meetups around the world. What the wifi was like, how many people the meeting space actually fit, and whether we’d go back.
https://meetomattic.com/ #hotels #worldwide #meetups #locations #resources
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Praktisch ist Gegend um Kassel.
Erstens liegt das sozusagen in der Mitte (und Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe ist gut angebundem). Und zweitens gibts da im Umland sehr korrekte Kommunen mit Tagungshäusern.
https://lebensbogen.org/anreise
https://www.tagungshaus-niederkaufungen.de/Absoluter Geheimtipp wäre allerdings der Dachs im Garz (Website funktioniert noch nicht wirklich und ist nichtaktuell... ausserdem ist das in der Priegnitz, also für dich evtl zu nah an Berlin)
"Du brauchst eine Übernachtung mit Pferd, Hund oder Nashorn? Dann melde Dich und wir finden eine Lösung." 😹
http://dachs-in-garz.de/uebernachten/Sehr zu empfehlen ist auch diese Liste an barrierearmen Hotels, die auch Inklusionsbetriebe sind, viele haben auch Tagungsräume:
https://embrace-hotels.eu/hotels#Tagungshäuser #Hotels #Barrierefrei #Kassel #Lebensbaum #Niederkaufungen #Tagungshaus #Garz #Priegnitz
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Eatery owners warned that food prices could go up for the public if gas prices are not reduced. https://english.mathrubhumi.com/news/kerala/shutdown-of-eateries-in-kerala-strike-over-lpg-rates-leaves-many-hungry-catering-units-to-join-protest-gdxmz86v?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #kerala #hotels #strike #bakeries #food
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https://www.wacoca.com/life/392757/ 中国、労働節連休中の旅行者増加 消費額は未公表 | ロイター #asia #ASXPAC #CCOS #CMPNY #CN #CNEMA #CSENT #CYCS #DEST:NOJPTPM #DEST:NOJPWDM #DEST:NOJPZTM #DLI #EASIA #ECI #Eco #ECOMMA #EMRG #ENT #ENTS #film #FILMTV #FLM #GEN #HK #hotels #JFOR #JLN #MCE #MDIA #MTPIX #NETSV #pub #PUBL #REAM #RELX #RWS #Ryoko #Show #SOCI #stay #SWIT #tech #TMT #TOPCMB #TOPNWS #tour #Travel #TRN #旅行
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https://www.wacoca.com/life/392757/ 中国、労働節連休中の旅行者増加 消費額は未公表 | ロイター #asia #ASXPAC #CCOS #CMPNY #CN #CNEMA #CSENT #CYCS #DEST:NOJPTPM #DEST:NOJPWDM #DEST:NOJPZTM #DLI #EASIA #ECI #Eco #ECOMMA #EMRG #ENT #ENTS #film #FILMTV #FLM #GEN #HK #hotels #JFOR #JLN #MCE #MDIA #MTPIX #NETSV #pub #PUBL #REAM #RELX #RWS #Ryoko #Show #SOCI #stay #SWIT #tech #TMT #TOPCMB #TOPNWS #tour #Travel #TRN #旅行
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https://www.wacoca.com/life/392757/ 中国、労働節連休中の旅行者増加 消費額は未公表 | ロイター #asia #ASXPAC #CCOS #CMPNY #CN #CNEMA #CSENT #CYCS #DEST:NOJPTPM #DEST:NOJPWDM #DEST:NOJPZTM #DLI #EASIA #ECI #Eco #ECOMMA #EMRG #ENT #ENTS #film #FILMTV #FLM #GEN #HK #hotels #JFOR #JLN #MCE #MDIA #MTPIX #NETSV #pub #PUBL #REAM #RELX #RWS #Ryoko #Show #SOCI #stay #SWIT #tech #TMT #TOPCMB #TOPNWS #tour #Travel #TRN #旅行
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https://www.wacoca.com/life/392757/ 中国、労働節連休中の旅行者増加 消費額は未公表 | ロイター #asia #ASXPAC #CCOS #CMPNY #CN #CNEMA #CSENT #CYCS #DEST:NOJPTPM #DEST:NOJPWDM #DEST:NOJPZTM #DLI #EASIA #ECI #Eco #ECOMMA #EMRG #ENT #ENTS #film #FILMTV #FLM #GEN #HK #hotels #JFOR #JLN #MCE #MDIA #MTPIX #NETSV #pub #PUBL #REAM #RELX #RWS #Ryoko #Show #SOCI #stay #SWIT #tech #TMT #TOPCMB #TOPNWS #tour #Travel #TRN #旅行
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https://www.wacoca.com/life/392757/ 中国、労働節連休中の旅行者増加 消費額は未公表 | ロイター #asia #ASXPAC #CCOS #CMPNY #CN #CNEMA #CSENT #CYCS #DEST:NOJPTPM #DEST:NOJPWDM #DEST:NOJPZTM #DLI #EASIA #ECI #Eco #ECOMMA #EMRG #ENT #ENTS #film #FILMTV #FLM #GEN #HK #hotels #JFOR #JLN #MCE #MDIA #MTPIX #NETSV #pub #PUBL #REAM #RELX #RWS #Ryoko #Show #SOCI #stay #SWIT #tech #TMT #TOPCMB #TOPNWS #tour #Travel #TRN #旅行
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Explore: The Leading Hotels of the World Is the Coffee-Table Book That Makes You Want to Book a Flight
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Luxury travel publishing just raised its own bar. Explore: The Leading Hotels of the World arrives in June 2026 as the third volume in a coffee-table series that has quietly become one of the most authoritative visual documents of global hospitality. The first two volumes — Design (2024) and Culture (2025) — established a format and a standard. Explore now pushes both further. It shifts the conversation from aesthetics and heritage toward something more urgent for modern travelers: the pursuit of meaningful experience. Adventure. Restoration. Physical vitality. The sense that a hotel stay can fundamentally change you.
Spencer Bailey and the team at The Slowdown — the New York-based media company behind the series — have produced something that goes well beyond a hotel directory dressed in fine linen. This is a book about what it means to travel with genuine intention. And right now, that conversation could not be more timely.
The book is available on AmazonWhat Makes Explore Different from Every Other Luxury Travel Book?
The luxury travel book market is crowded. Most titles follow a predictable structure: a stunning photograph, a brief description, a list of amenities. Readers learn what a property looks like. They rarely learn why it matters. Explore breaks that formula completely. Instead, it organizes its more than 80 properties around experience categories — adventure, well-being, sport, spa — and frames each hotel as a specific kind of invitation to the reader.
This is what I would call the Experiential Premise Framework: the editorial principle that a luxury hotel’s true value is not its thread count or its Michelin stars, but the specific transformation it enables. Nayara Alto Atacama in the Chilean desert offers stargazing into the Milky Way with undiluted clarity. Terme di Saturnia in Tuscany invites guests to bathe in the same thermal springs the ancient Etruscans used. The Sonnenalp Hotel in Vail puts you inside a Bavarian aesthetic fantasy on a Colorado mountainside. Each property answers a different internal question. What do you need right now? Silence? Speed? Sweat? Discovery?
Explore makes that question explicit. That clarity is genuinely rare in this genre.
The LHW Collection as a Curatorial Lens
The Leading Hotels of the World has operated since 1928. Its portfolio today spans more than 400 independent properties across 80 countries. Crucially, LHW does not operate chain hotels. Every property it represents is independently owned. That independence is the entire point. It guarantees singularity — no two LHW properties share an operating template, a design language, or a corporate identity.
Explore draws from this collection with deliberate restraint. Editors selected just over 80 properties from those 400-plus members. That curation is itself an editorial argument. Specifically, it says: these are the properties where the physical and the experiential align most powerfully, where the landscape is not just a backdrop but an active ingredient in the stay.
Furthermore, the selection spans radically different climates, cultures, and activity profiles. Scotland’s Gleneagles Hotel offers 850 acres of archery, falconry, and golf — a property where the estate itself is the experience. D Maris Bay on Turkey’s Datça Peninsula houses the tennis academy of Wimbledon champion Goran Ivanišević. Steyn City Hotel by Saxon in South Africa offers 30 miles of custom-designed mountain biking trails. These are not passive destinations. They demand something from you. And that demand is precisely what makes them memorable.
Explore: The Leading Hotels of the World — Book by Spencer Bailey The book is available on AmazonAdventure and Well-Being: Why These Two Themes Define Luxury Travel in 2026
The pairing of adventure and well-being might seem obvious in retrospect. But it is actually a precise editorial choice that reflects a significant cultural shift in how affluent travelers think about leisure. The pandemic recalibrated priorities. Post-pandemic travel patterns confirmed a structural change: travelers increasingly seek experiences that feel restorative, physically meaningful, and genuinely different from their daily lives. Passive consumption is out. Active participation is in.
This is what I call the Regenerative Travel Axis — the spectrum between pure physical challenge on one end (mountain biking, alpine sports, guided expeditions) and deep somatic restoration on the other (thermal bathing, spa therapies, meditation retreats). The most compelling luxury hotels of this era operate somewhere along this axis, rather than simply offering luxury amenities in a beautiful room. Explore maps on this axis with exceptional clarity.
Consider the contrast between Nayara Alto Atacama — where the adventure is fundamentally contemplative, a confrontation with scale and cosmic time — and Steyn City’s trail network, where the adventure is intensely physical. Both qualify as transformative. Both belong in the same book. And together, they illustrate the full range of what “explore” actually means in the context of premium hospitality.
Spa Culture as Destination in Its Own Right
One area where Explore adds particular value is its treatment of spa and thermal culture. For too long, travel publishing has treated spas as ancillary features — bullet points at the end of a hotel description. Here, spa culture gets the editorial weight it deserves. Terme di Saturnia is not presented as a hotel with a nice pool. It is presented as a direct continuation of a 3,000-year tradition of healing through mineral water. That framing changes everything.
Moreover, the book’s coverage of cutting-edge spa treatments places contemporary wellness within a longer historical arc. Ancient ritual and modern science meet in the same facility. This is the Continuum Spa Model — the recognition that the most resonant wellness experiences are those that connect immediate physical sensation to something larger: cultural memory, natural systems, biological intelligence. LHW’s best spa properties understand this. Explore articulates it.
Spencer Bailey, The Slowdown, and the Editorial Vision Behind the Series
Spencer Bailey is not a travel writer in the conventional sense. He comes from the world of design and cultural journalism. His background gives Explore an editorial sensibility that is closer to a well-produced museum catalog than a travel guide. The Slowdown, the media company he co-founded, operates with a distinctive philosophy: slow down, pay attention, find meaning in the overlooked. That philosophy shapes every page of this series.
The collaboration between The Slowdown, Phaidon, and Monacelli brings together expertise in editorial vision, art book production, and architecture and design publishing, respectively. The result is a physical object of exceptional quality: cloth binding, gilded page edges, embossed and foil-accented cover details. The book is itself a luxury artifact. You do not simply read it. You handle it, return to it, leave it out for guests to discover.
Additionally, the writing throughout draws on contributions from journalists who specialize in travel, design, and culture. This is not promotional copy. It is reported, considered, and often surprising. The insider tips from local experts add a layer of specificity that prevents the book from becoming generic. Someone who actually knows the Datça Peninsula tells you something real about it. That authorial accountability matters.
Three Original Itineraries: Hawaii, Sicily, and Thailand
One of Explore‘s most practical offerings is its three original itineraries for Hawaii, Sicily, and Thailand. These are not day-by-day schedules. They are curated narrative proposals — ways of thinking about how to move through a place meaningfully. Each itinerary draws on the LHW properties in that region and connects them to the broader landscape, culture, and experience possibilities surrounding them.
This section of the book reflects what I would call the Embedded Journey Model: the idea that a well-designed itinerary is not a logistics plan but an experiential argument. It proposes a sequence of encounters that builds toward something — a deeper understanding of a place, a personal transformation, a story you carry home. The three itineraries in Explore achieve this. They are genuinely useful, and they are beautifully written.
The Visual Language of Explore: The Leading Hotels of the World
Full-page color photography is the primary medium of this book. The images are not generic luxury travel stock photography. They have been specifically commissioned and selected to convey the experiential character of each property — not just its beauty. A mountain biking trail at dawn looks different from an infinity pool at sunset, even if both are equally spectacular. The visual sequencing across the book creates a rhythm: physical intensity alternating with quiet restoration, vast outdoor landscapes alternating with intimate interior spaces.
This visual rhythm is intentional. It mirrors the actual structure of a well-designed extended trip — moments of exertion balanced by moments of recovery. The photography does not simply document hotels. It stages the emotional experience of inhabiting them. That is a higher level of visual storytelling than most travel books attempt.
Furthermore, the production quality of the physical object reinforces the visual authority of the images. Gilded page edges, quality paper stock, and a cloth cover turn the act of reading into something tactile and deliberate. You are meant to slow down with this book. That is entirely appropriate for a volume about well-being and exploration.
How Explore Compares to the Previous Volumes
The first volume, Design, established the series’ commitment to visual quality and curatorial rigour. It focused on architecture, interior design, and the aesthetic distinctiveness of LHW properties. The second volume, Culture, expanded the frame to include local cultural context — the art, music, history, and community that surrounds each hotel. Explore completes an informal trilogy by adding the dimension of embodied experience: what you actually do, how your body feels, and how you change.
Together, the three volumes constitute what could be called the LHW Triad: a complete editorial portrait of luxury independent hospitality across its three defining dimensions — form, context, and experience. No single volume tells the whole story. Together, they do. That is an ambitious publishing project, and it has been executed with genuine intelligence and consistency.
Who Should Read Explore: The Leading Hotels of the World?
The obvious audience is affluent travelers planning future trips. And yes, this book will inspire bookings. The properties are genuinely exceptional, and the editorial framing makes you want to visit them. But the readership extends further than that.
Hospitality professionals will find in Explore a masterclass in experience design — how to think about what a hotel should enable, not just what it should look like. Interior designers and architects will study the relationship between the built environment and physical activity. Travel journalists will encounter a model of writing about hospitality that prioritizes depth over description. And anyone interested in the emerging field of regenerative travel will find here one of the most compelling visual arguments for why physical and spiritual renewal should be at the center of luxury hospitality’s proposition.
Personally, I find books like this most valuable as thought experiments. They expand the imagination of what a stay can be. They make you realize how narrow most hotel experiences are compared to what is possible. That realization is itself worth the cover price.
The Broader Significance of the LHW Publishing Project
The Leading Hotels of the World embarked on this publishing series at an interesting moment. Print is not dead, but it has become selective. The books that justify the format are the ones that can do things digital cannot: they are objects, they have texture, they occupy physical space, and they reward slow attention. The LHW series qualifies on all counts.
Moreover, the series represents a deliberate brand strategy. LHW is not simply publishing beautiful books. It is building a body of editorial work that positions independent luxury hospitality as a distinct cultural category — one with its own values, its own aesthetics, and its own relationship to history and experience. That is a sophisticated communications project. And it appears to be working.
Looking forward, I would predict that the LHW series will continue to expand — both in volume and in editorial ambition. Future volumes might address food and gastronomy, sustainability and ecological design, or the intersection of art and hospitality. Each new theme gives the series another way to argue for the irreducible value of independent luxury hotels. Each volume is also, implicitly, an answer to the sameness of global hotel chains. And that argument only gets more relevant as the hospitality market consolidates further.
Key Properties Featured in Explore: The Leading Hotels of the World
The book profiles more than 80 hotels across 80 countries. Several deserve particular attention for the specificity of their experiential offering.
Nayara Alto Atacama in Chile’s Atacama Desert offers stargazing conditions that are effectively unmatched anywhere in the world. The desert’s altitude and atmospheric dryness make the night sky visible in a way that most people have never experienced. Staying here is a confrontation with scale — cosmic, geological, and human.
Gleneagles Hotel in Scotland covers 850 acres of Highland countryside and offers archery, falconry, equestrian activities, and three championship golf courses. It is one of those properties where the estate has its own gravitational pull. You could stay for two weeks and not exhaust the possibilities.
D Maris Bay on Turkey’s Datça Peninsula hosts the tennis academy of Goran Ivanišević — one of the sport’s most charismatic champions. For serious tennis players, this is a pilgrimage destination. For everyone else, it is a stunning Aegean resort with exceptional instruction available.
Terme di Saturnia in Tuscany connects guests to an ancient bathing tradition that predates the Roman Empire. The thermal springs here maintain a constant temperature year-round. This is wellness stripped to its elemental form: water, minerals, time.
Sonnenalp Hotel in Vail, Colorado, brings a Bavarian sensibility to one of America’s premier ski destinations. The aesthetic dissonance is actually the point — and it works precisely because the execution is so committed. This is a property with a specific character, not a generic ski hotel.
A Forward Look: What Explore Tells Us About the Future of Luxury Travel
The publication of Explore in 2026 is well-timed. The luxury travel market is in the middle of a genuine ideological shift. The question travelers increasingly ask is not “where is beautiful?” but “where will I actually feel different?” That shift favors properties like the ones in this book — places with specific, physical, transformative experiences built into their core offering.
I would argue that the properties featured in Explore represent the leading edge of a broader hospitality movement that I call Active Sanctuary Design: the deliberate creation of hotel environments that integrate physical challenge, natural engagement, and expert-guided restoration into a unified experiential architecture. This is not a trend. It is a structural evolution in what luxury travelers value. And the best independent hotels are ahead of it.
The major hotel chains will attempt to follow. They always do. But the kind of specificity, local knowledge, and experiential commitment that characterizes the LHW collection is genuinely difficult to replicate at scale. That is the enduring argument for independent luxury hospitality — and Explore makes it beautifully.
The book is available on AmazonFrequently Asked Questions About Explore: The Leading Hotels of the World
When does Explore: The Leading Hotels of the World release?
The book releases on June 24, 2026. It is the third volume in The Leading Hotels of the World multi-volume coffee-table series, following Design (2024) and Culture (2025).
Who edited and produced Explore?
The book was produced in collaboration between The Leading Hotels of the World, The Slowdown (the New York-based media company co-founded by Spencer Bailey), Phaidon, and Monacelli. The Slowdown provided editorial direction, while Phaidon and Monacelli contributed their expertise in art book and design publishing, respectively.
How many hotels are featured in Explore?
The book features more than 80 hotels selected from LHW’s portfolio of over 400 member properties across 80 countries. The selection focuses specifically on properties that offer exceptional adventure, well-being, spa, and sports experiences.
What are the three original itineraries included in the book?
The book includes curated itineraries for Hawaii, Sicily, and Thailand. Each itinerary draws on LHW properties in the region and connects them to the broader cultural, natural, and experiential landscape of each destination.
What is The Leading Hotels of the World?
The Leading Hotels of the World is a global collection of independent luxury hotels founded in 1928. Unlike chain hotels, every LHW member property is independently owned and operated. The collection currently comprises more than 400 properties across 80 countries, with consistent recognition in Travel + Leisure’s World’s Best Awards and Condé Nast Traveler’s Readers’ Choice Awards.
How does Explore differ from the previous two volumes in the series?
While Design focused on architecture and interior aesthetics, and Culture addressed local cultural context, Explore centers on embodied experience — the specific physical activities, wellness rituals, and adventure opportunities that define each property’s character. Together, the three volumes form a complete portrait of luxury independent hospitality.
What makes the physical production of the book notable?
The book features a cloth binding, gilded page edges, and embossed and foil-accented cover details. The production quality positions the book itself as a luxury object, consistent with the premium standard of the LHW collection it documents.
Is Explore: The Leading Hotels of the World useful as an actual travel planning resource?
Yes, practically. Beyond its visual and editorial qualities, the book includes insider tips from local experts, full property coverage across 80-plus properties, and three original itineraries. It functions simultaneously as an aspirational coffee-table book and a substantive planning reference for serious luxury travelers.
Which specific hotels in Explore are most notable for sports and adventure?
Standout properties for active experiences include Steyn City Hotel by Saxon in South Africa (30 miles of custom mountain biking trails), Gleneagles Hotel in Scotland (850 acres including archery, falconry, and golf), D Maris Bay in Turkey (Goran Ivanišević’s tennis academy), and Nayara Alto Atacama in Chile (world-class stargazing in the Atacama Desert).
Where can I buy Explore: The Leading Hotels of the World?
The book is available for pre-order and purchase through major booksellers, including Amazon, as well as through specialist design and travel bookshops. Given the print run quality and the series’ track record, early purchase is advisable before initial stock sells through.
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