George Cinq, s’il vous plait: The...

Get into a taxi in Paris and tell the driver to take you to the Four Seasons and you will probably be met with a blank stare. This could be partly because you asked in English, but most likely it is because the hotel is so well known by its other name – George v – that an alternate simply doesn’t register Continue »

Roman Holiday 2010: Italy

What do we do when we are in Rome? I bet most of people expect to fall in love like Audrey Hepburn and Gregory Peck did on their Roman Holiday. Indeed Rome is a vibrant full spirited city that is so exciting to see and, of course, to find love in, too. Continue »

The Belle Époque: The Landmark London

The industrial revolution and the newly-invented steam train offered the emerging English middle class in the 19th century an opportunity for travel like never before. While the Victorian working poor toiled under the oppression and sweat of the ‘dark satanic mills’ the privileged few found a new use for their leisure time; tourism. Continue »

Bentley Hotel Istanbul: The City Hotel...

Off the busy Taksim Square is Harbiye, an area mixing leisure and business into one. VE HANDOJO visits Bentley, A Hotel that keeps the balace of it all. Continue »