Luxury Travel

The mark of luxury and modernity in the hotel industry today is in technology and touchscreens, which the business hotel focused on during its $30 million renovation to allure young leisure travelers.

These high-end hotels could never be mistaken for a pay-by-the-hour motel, and have seen a 10 percent rise in profit since offering crash pads for weary business travelers and musicians.

Hotels in the economy segment have more at risk on user review sites, but would be wise to leverage the information found on the sites to address specific failures.

Dorchester is as picky as its premier guests when it comes to its expansion and is more concerned with maintaining brand standards in major metropolises than snatching up luxurious properties in lesser-known locales.

Will Jetsetter be able to take off under new ownership or will the once-hot flash sale site be a flash in the pan?

Turning around as storied a hotel brand as Radisson will take time and money, but trying to do it using a different or related brand like Blu is a smarter way of doing it.

Acquisitions ran rampant last year as operators that couldn’t keep up brand standards were dropped and then picked up by brands looking to renovate the space, or left to become individually owned.

Guests have to pay standard room rates with the expectation of little more than free Wi-Fi, although their names appearing on the GM’s VIP list may be helpful if they don’t mind sucking up a little.

The variety of luxury hotels in Toronto portrays the diversity of its evolving neighborhoods with room décor as varied as chic boutique to black-and-white photos of the city’s top athletes.

Passengers no longer have to wonder what it would take to actually feel rested at the end of a flight -- all you have to do is become a head of state.