Background Since I was going to have an 8-hour layover at London Heathrow, I decided to grab a…

I had to be in Atlanta for a dinner and the Grand Hyatt Atlanta… The post Hotel Review: Grand Hyatt Atlanta in Buckhead appeared first on The Bulkhead Seat.

Disclaimer: In exchange for a review, I was invited to indulge in a lebua Bangkok Michelin weekend. I never try to be a parrot for companies, but here’s a rare exception. Lebua Bangkok created a very appropriate phrase to describe itself: vertical destination. Sure, plenty of hotels in that city...

New Orleans is one of my favorite cities in the US, but until this year, my wife never spent any time there. Back in February, my wife and I planned to finally rectify that with a four-day stay that ended up being anticlimactic: my wife was sick for almost the...

A week in New York in October meant staying at the Westin Times Square. An elegant hotel in…

I entered the Hotel David Whitney armed for a fight. Last year, View from the Wing reported that this hotel does not honor Marriott’s elite breakfast benefit. So, I walked up to the check-in counter with a print-out of the relevant terms & conditions in my pocket. If they didn’t offer...

Disclaimer: In exchange for a review, I was invited to stay at the Staybridge Suites Bangkok Sukhumvit. For my first-ever stay with this hotel brand, Staybridge Suites Bangkok Sukhumvit is going to be a hard one to beat. Location For central Bangkok, the hotel is on a typically busy street,...

I had to be in Milwaukee for a dinner and decided to check out… The post Hotel Review: Hyatt Regency Milwaukee appeared first on The Bulkhead Seat.

The Hyatt Regency Seattle Downtown is the newest Hyatt property in Seattle. The 45-story property cost almost half a billion dollars to build, and opened in December 2018 to modest fanfare. Unfortunately, it was just getting on its feet when the pandemic started, so had a bit of a rough...

I have been told I am mean. I have been told that people from Philadelphia are mean. Both statements can be true and false depending on the situation. If the staff of the Hyatt Centric Philadelphia and the businesses surrounding it are representative of Philadelphians, I would say that Philly...

There’s something about staying in a hotel with history. Chain hotels are predictable — clean, consistent, efficient — but sometimes we want a property with a story. A lobby that…

Background & History Over the 4th of July, I headed down to Puerto Rico for a little beach…

Disclaimer: In exchange for a review, I was invited to stay at The Prince Park Tower Tokyo. My first visit to Japan — way back in 2000 — unsurprisingly included a stop in Tokyo. For whatever reason, my first visit to Tokyo Tower’s observation deck created a years-long obsession. Staying...

Hilton Honors maintains a massive footprint in London, with 65-70 properties bookable with points. Many of these are exactly what you’d expect from a Hilton or Doubletree: large hotels with comfortable, if unremarkable, rooms; familiar, but without much in the way of personality or character. One exception is The Trafalgar...