Mary Gostelow

UrbanResorts made its name with The PuLi, in Shanghai. Its latest luxury hotel, The PuXuan Hotel and Spa, opened February 2019 at the north-east corner of Beijing’s Forbidden City. It is a fascinating concept, soaring up to the ninth floor rooftop, above Guardian Auction space – the owner of the 116-room hotel, Chen Dongsheng, is not only Beijing’s…

Winter is coming to New York, of course. But this year, for the first time, The Peninsula New York is going alpine. Head up to this luxury hotel’s rooftop for…

Langham is, of course, well-known in Australia and New Zealand for its hotels in Sydney, Melbourne and Auckland, and for exciting future developments in the…

Wynn’s Encore Boston Harbor, which opened this June, is a few minutes from the centre of the city – it is also only 15 minutes’ drive from the airport. What a sensational complex this US$2.8-billion investment has produced. The serious spend includes significant art.

Want to experience Mexico’s Caribbean coast in a new way? Perhaps you have been meeting away and doing business deals in the frenetic hub that is Mexico City.…

Shangri-La Hotel At The Shard, London, on the southern bank of the River Thames, occupies the top of what is, well, a shard-shaped sculpture, 310 metres, 66…

Shangri-La Hotel Paris attracts all ages, including the young upwardly-mobile, and already successful – many Australians of course already know the brand, says Guy Bertaud, GM of the 101-room. This is for travellers who want to stay in a luxury hotel that is also an authentic Parisian palace. It was built in the last decade of the 19th century for…

Some might remember the joy of seaside holidays. Others hanker after the kind of experiences portrayed in The Famous Five and other childhood books, and still…

Like many who are increasingly time short, I needed somewhere to recover, or at least to catch breath. Host luxury Phoenician, in Scottsdale AZ, fitted the bill…

Chicago is renowned, and justifiably, for some pretty unfriendly winter weather but the rest of the year it is gorgeous. In summer the city moves outside, quite literally. You have great art and music. When the weather allows, do not miss an architectural boat tour along the Chicago River, alerting you to the history of such buildings as the 1919…