Happy Chinese New Year! As we turn from the tame Year of the Rabbit to the aggressive Year of the Dragon, we've got Asian hotels on the mind. To be more specific, Peninsula Hotels and their badass heliports. If you're in the habit of making resolutions for the New...
January 23, 2012
They've got helipads and helilounges, BMW Minis and even special macarons, but now Peninsula Hotels is making moves to have the best hotel internet network of all. The big news comes from our buddies at Australian Business Traveller, who note that that first Peninsula to enjoy "gigaspeed Internet" and...
November 28, 2011
Sometimes, if you're lucky, your hotel may have its own packaged cookies or chocolates to sell, or even honey, but if you're at a luxury hotel in Asia, it's a whole other ballgame indeed. Take for instance Peninsula Hotels. It's a standard for Peninsulas (around the world) to have...
October 31, 2011
The exotic fruit welcome at The Peninsula Bangkok Nothing says "welcome to your temporary home away from home" better than a smile at reception, a comfy bed, a stunning view and...free stuff! You know you love itwalking into a hotel room to find a few little chocolates, a bottle of...
September 21, 2011
Seems America isn't the world's only litigious society. There's Thailand, for example. In Bangkok, the The Oriental has been slapped with a defamation lawsuit by the Thai Attorney General, following a libel claim from another hotel competitor, the lebua. Seems that an internal email memo sent by The Oriental's General...
March 27, 2008
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