I spent four nights at the Sheraton Dubrovnik Riviera in late September and liked a lot of things about it. Located along the Adriatic coast in Srebreno Bay, the property is just 6 km from the beautiful fortified town of Dubrovnik, famous for its dramatic promontory setting and medieval city wall. Dubrovnik itself is often […]
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This year I’ve had the pleasure of staying at two voco properties: the voco Grand Central Glasgow in April, and the voco Doha West Bay Suites from late October to early November. I thought I’d share my observations about the voco brand since it is fairly new and little known in North America. The first
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I had heard much about QSuites, Qatar’s game-changing business class product, and found the chance to try it out by securing an Aadvantage award ticket for 70K miles and USD 7.65 in fees. The flight from San Francisco to Doha, which clocks in at 14.5 hours, was the second leg and highlight of a round-the-world
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I recently had the pleasure of visiting the United Polaris Lounge at Washington Dulles Airport before catching my flight to London. The Polaris Lounge in IAD, which reportedly cost $41 million to construct, opened in October 2021. It is one of six Polaris lounges in the US, with the others located at the United hubs
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Trip Context I had a 21+ hour layover in Istanbul enroute from Doha to Bali on Turkish Airlines, a perfect opportunity to try out the airline’s free accommodation program for long layovers. Landing in Istanbul at 5:30 am, my flight to Bali would leave only at 2:05 am the next day. I could, of course,
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I recently flew Turkish Airlines from Los Angeles to Istanbul. Turkish boasts flights to the most destinations in the world, and indeed it has set itself up as a strong competitor to the ME3 super-connector airlines (Emirates, Qatar and Etihad) linking the world through its Istanbul hub. Check-In and Ground Service Check-in was a breeze
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