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In December 1999 the Burj Al Arab officially opened it’s doors. Construction of the 7 star Dubai hotel involved over 3,000 companies and contractors, 250 designers from the UK, US and Dubai, and a mere 3,500 laborers. Overall the project took five years to complete after the first shovel was in the ground. The hotel itself is one of the [...]

Simply put: the mini bar at the James Hotel Chicago is lovely. An eclectic and dangerously delicious variety of delicious treats. Wowee! via @adamlevine Looks like someone had a good time in Chicago. According to Maroon 5 front man Adam Levine, the posh James Hotel in Chicago has a phenomenal mini bar.

Ever want to live the life of Vincent Chase and the boys of HBO’s “Entourage” for a weekend? Now you can at the W Hotel in South Beach.

Finally you don’t have to worry about losing those frequent flier miles…at least with Delta. Today Delta announced that effective immediately, they will allow their frequent flier members to rollover their miles to the following year. Currently Delta has three tiers: silver, gold, and platinum. However as part of the new program they will be rolling out the diamond level [...]

On Sunday some passengers aboard a Southwest airlines traveling from Bradley Airport in Connecticut to sunny Orlando, Florida were treated to a not-so emergency landing in Long Island. Apparently a little bit of coffee (my assumption) was spilled on the burner of the coffee maker, and it created an “electrical smell”. So naturally, panic ensued as nobody thought to check [...]

Editor’s note: This is a guest post by Tracey Ceurvels You might think you’ve entered the café to a yoga studio, with photos of Indian gurus hanging on the walls and sitar music playing in the background. But Hampton Chutney Company is a lunchtime favorite for tourists with shopping bags from Soho stores in tow and the local stylish lunch [...]

Thanks to Casey for sending in these pictures from last weekend. Casey and his wife braved the Summer crowds and went into Boston to see the visiting tall ships. While I understand the fascination with old things and craftsmanship, I don’t understand why people wait in line for this sort of stuff. I’m not talking about a fifteen minute wait [...]

We’ve all had those wild nights that resemble the movie “The Hangover”, at least once in our life right? No? Okay, well if you ever do wake up one morning to discover your hotel room totally trashed, and I’m talking walls smashed, windows broken, carpeting stained, a tiger in the bathroom, and so on – blame it on PrankNET. Yes, [...]

For those of you in Boston that are fans of eating at high class steakhouses (such as Morton’s) at a reasonable price, you might want to check out Morton’s Summer tasting series. It’s held once a month in the bar at the Boston Seaport Morton’s Steakhouse, and it’s only $30 per guest. Morton’s promises signature hors d’oeuvres to compliment the [...]