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The Shangri-La Hotel, Paris

The Shangri-La is a Parisian paradise.

The aptly-named luxury hotel in the City of Love is quite simply as good as it gets.According to a review by the Belfast Telegraph today.

That is; if you want a hotel room in Paris with a view of the Eiffel Tower from your bed. You could also sit on the balcony with a glass of champagne taking in the view. Or see the super structure from the bath tub in the room.

You pay dearly for it. Not for those who think the Shangri-la KL is expensive at RM 450 (low price at MyCen Hotels). The Paris Shangri La Hotel is RM 4232 a night! (lowest guaranteed price).

Just a friendly reminder that MyCen Hotels can take bookings ranging from a backpackers’ hostel in Chinatown KL to a five star Parisian luxury hotel.

Book the room via the link on this page or see the map at:
http://www.mycen.my/the-shangri-la-hotel-paris/

 

Hotels In The News Part 4

Hotel In The News is a Backup Of The Popular Section at MyCen Hotels under Hotels In The News. Bookings can be made via the links given here too.

Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino The Strip Las Vegas (booking link)
Las Vegas hotel sued for life-sized mannequin in room.
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/las-vegas-hotel-sued-for-life-sized-mannequin/

Manila Hotel Manila Bay Philippines (booking link)
New eats: Pinoy street food re-imagined at Manila Hotel buffet.
http://news.abs-cbn.com/life/05/17/17/new-eats-pinoy-street-food-re-imagined-at-manila-hotel-buffet

Marriott Swansea Hotel Swansea United Kingdom (booking link)
Swansea hotel charging football fans a whopping £4,650 per night on Champions League final weekend.
http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/champions-league-swansea-cardiff-hotel-10435337

Hotel Port Aux Basques, Newfoundland, Canada  (booking link)
Newfoundland hotel designs rooms for children with autism.
The refurbished suite features extra locks to prevent children from running away while objects that could be thrown during tantrums are now secured.
http://www.ctvnews.ca/lifestyle/newfoundland-hotel-designs-rooms-for-children-with-autism-1.3415023

Hotel Stripes Kuala Lumpur (booking link)
Located in the heart of Kuala Lumpur, STRIPES connects guests to the pulse of an urban neighbourhood, right by the city’s business hub, with some of the city’s greatest local food, art galleries, shops and legendary landmarks.
http://www.stripeskl.com/

The Akmani Legian Hotel Legian Bali Indonesia (booking link)
Singaporean tourist flings himself from fifth floor of Bali hotel after consuming magic mushrooms.
https://coconuts.co/bali/news/singaporean-tourist-flings-fifth-floor-bali-hotel-consuming-shrooms/

Hotel California Todos Santos Mexico (booking link)
The Eagles are suing the owners of a Mexican hotel named Hotel California, claiming it is capitalising off the band’s hit song of the same name.
https://www.shropshirestar.com/news/world-news/2017/05/04/the-eagles-sue-mexican-hotel-california/

Element Kuala Lumpur by Westin (booking link)
Element Kuala Lumpur stands proudly at 275-metre high in Ilham Tower.
Built green from the ground up with eco-friendly practices, natural light and open spaces.
http://www.elementkualalumpur.com/

Nude Hotel,  Zipolite, Mexico (booking link)
What it was like to stay at the Nude Hotel in Zipolite, Mexico.
Mexico’s only legal nude beach and hotel are quite an experience, even for the most liberal travellers.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/travel/news/article.cfm?c_id=7&objectid=11848026

Las Alamandas Carretera. Quemaro, Mexico (booking link)
This Hot-Pink Hotel Is 1 of the Best-Kept Secrets in Mexico.
https://www.popsugar.com/smart-living/Las-Alamandas-Hotel-Mexico-43422777

Mandarin Oriental Taipei Taiwan (booking link)
Gong Yoo’s Hotel Room in Taiwan Costs 20 Million Won?
http://my.castko.com/archives/9152

Radisson Hotel Brunei Bandar Seri Begawan Brunei (booking link)
A taste of authentic Thai cuisine at Radisson.
http://borneobulletin.com.bn/taste-authentic-thai-cuisine-radisson/

The Baglioni Hotel Kensington London United Kingdom (booking link)
The Baglioni Hotel is the perfect place to put your feet up.
http://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/15242821.Travel__Why_The_Baglioni_Hotel_is_the_perfect_place_to_put_your_feet_up/

The Silo Hotel Cape Town South Africa (booking link)
Forbes declares The Silo Cape Town’s latest‚ greatest hotel.
http://www.timeslive.co.za/sundaytimes/lifestyle/2017/04/27/Forbes-declares-The-Silo-Cape-Towns-latest%E2%80%9A-greatest-hotel

Chirag Plaza Hotel Baku Azerbaijan (booking link)
You maid my day! Hotel guest cheers up house-keeping staff with hilarious figures made from pillows and duvets.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/travel/news/article.cfm?c_id=7&objectid=11846076

The Taj Rambagh Palace, Jaipur, India (booking link)
The only Indian hotel in the world’s best heritage hotels list.
https://www.gqindia.com/content/rambagh-palace-only-indian-hotel-in-the-best-heritage-hotels-list/

Cathedral House Hotel, Glasgow (booking link)
How Cathedral House earned the title of Glasgow’s most haunted hotel.
http://www.glasgowlive.co.uk/news/history/cathedral-house-most-haunted-hotel-12063508

The Omni King Edward Hotel Toronto Canada (booking link)
King Edward Hotel’s Crystal Ballroom reopens after 38 years.
https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2017/04/19/king-edward-hotels-crystal-ballroom-reopens-after-38-years.html

The Lowry Hotel Manchester United Kingdom (booking link)
Manchester United hotel searched by sniffer dogs before derby clash with Man City as security is tightened.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-4449560/Manchester-United-hotel-searched-sniffer-dogs.html

The Swan Hotel and Spa Newby Bridge Rusland United Kingdom (booking link)
A hotel robe, an hour-long facial and succulent scallops in the Lake District.
http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/trips-and-breaks/swan-newby-bridge-lake-district-12900449

XVA Art Hotel Dubai (booking link)
A Dubai Hotel for People Who Don’t Like Dubai: The XVA Art Hotel.
Under the radar for nearly 15 years (but a darling of the global smart set), it’s the project of gallerist Mona Hauser, a longtime champion of contemporary Middle Eastern art.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/annabel/2017/04/24/a-dubai-hotel-for-people-who-dont-like-dubai-and-people-who-do-the-xva-art-hotel/#60c93bcbecab

Roslin Beach Hotel Thorpe Esplanade, United Kingdom (booking link)
Roslin Beach Hotel rated as one of boutique best in the UK.
A boutique hotel in Southend has been listed in the top 20 beach hotels in the UK by the Times newspaper.
http://www.echo-news.co.uk/news/15243873.Roslin_Beach_Hotel_rated_as_one_of_boutique_best_in_the_UK/

Curtain Bluff Spa & Resort All Inclusive Antigua & Barbuda (booking link)
Inside Curtain Bluff: How glamorous 1950s American couple built Antigua’s oldest exclusive hotel – and where old-world values make it first choice for the most discerning vacationer.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4358080/Inside-Curtain-Bluff-Antigua-s-original-exclusive-hotel.html

Jam Hotel Brussels Belgium (booking link)
Concrete thinking’s in fashion at Brussels’ brutalist Jam Hotel.
Budget hotels always offer basic, boxy rooms, but not many are as creative as this alternative gem in the Belgian capital.
https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2017/apr/23/jam-hotel-brussels-belgium-review-budget-travel

Movenpick Hotel Mansour Eddahbi Marrakech Morocco (booking link)
Follow in the footsteps of Morocco’s greatest sultan with a visit to golden Marrakech.
The treasures that Ahmad al-Mansour Eddahbi brought to Marrakech remain much in evidence, and a new hotel nameafter him only burnishes the city’s opulence.
https://inews.co.uk/essentials/lifestyle/travel/hotel-review-movenpick-hotel-mansour-eddahbi-marrakech/

Summer Bay Lang Tengah Island Resort (booking link)
Set your sights on Pulau Lang Tengah, dubbed ‘the Maldives of Southeast Asia’
http://www.nst.com.my/lifestyle/jom/2017/04/232622/set-your-sights-pulau-lang-tengah-dubbed-maldives-southeast-asia

Malmaison Birmingham (booking link)
Woman who swiped hotel’s freebie shampoo begs them for more after she says it CURED her psoriasis.
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/3380603/psoriasis-cured-hotel-free-shampoo/

Art Series The Olsen Hote Melbourne (booking link)
Art Series The Schaller Studio Bendigo (booking link)
Cheeky hotel promotion encourages guests to take nude selfies inside the rooms – then artists turn photos into life drawings.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4427482/Hotel-promotion-encourages-visitors-nude-selfies.html

Shangri-La Hotel, Paris (booking link)
The Shangri-La is a Parisian paradise.
The aptly-named luxury hotel in the City of Love is quite simply as good as it gets.
http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/sunday-life/the-shangrila-is-a-parisian-paradise-35632965.html

Sheraton Hotel Addis Ababa Ethiopia  (booking link)
Mt Etna, Ethiopia: Journey to one of the hottest places on Earth.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/travel/destinations/africa/91219465/journey-to-an-ethiopian-volcano-located-in-one-of-the-hottest-places-on-earth

The Ritz Carlton Vienna (booking link)
The Ritz Carlton, Vienna – hotel review
Sumptuous luxury and a world class steak helps David Ellis relax during a weekend of Austrian culture.
http://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/travel/the-ritz-carlton-vienna-hotel-review-a3496761.html

Grand Central Hotel Glasgow, United Kingdom (booking link)
Tempus at Grand Central Hotel has a new set menu and it’s a bargain.
The train station restaurant has a touch of old school glamour about it and the service is impeccable – but you’ll be happy to know that the prices don’t match the decor.
http://www.glasgowlive.co.uk/whats-on/food-drink-news/tempus-grand-central-hotel-new-12901530

 

Heritage Hotels In The Old Quarter Of Hanoi, Vietnam

Since the recent post on meeting the girl in Saigon is well liked, I want to share another story of a Vietnamese encounter but this time up in the capital city of Hanoi. I was wearing a pair of exercise shorts, standing outside a bank in Hanoi. Opposite was the Hoan Kiem Lake park where many old people played chess and performed tai chi. It was a touristy area and a guy selling guide maps soon approached me.

Without warning, he told me “Ptui! Sure Lose!”

Me: I beg your pardon?

Man:You are not from Malaysia?

Me: Yes and thanks for the very warm welcome.

Man:You are not from the football team playing in the match on Sunday?

There was some Asian soccer inter nation tournament going on and Malaysia was to play Vietnam. It hurt me that outsiders think our national team sucks too. Maybe it was psychological pre-game warfare.

There are many heritage hotels and French colonial hotels in Hanoi, I stayed at a very old hotel too but naturally cannot remember the name. One very famous heritage hotel near where I was standing is the Sofitel Legend Metropole Hanoi Hotel (pic from Agoda shown). The area with the fabulous and charming colonial day French architecture is known as the Old Quarter.

Other heritage hotels in or near the Old Quarter area:
Hanoi L’Heritage Hotel,
Maison D’Hanoi Boutique Hotel,
Hotel De L’Opera Hanoi,
Golden Silk Boutique Hotel,
Hilton Hanoi Opera Hotel,
Anise Hotel,
Maison D’ Orient Hotel,
Mercure Hanoi La Gare,

Travel Is The Only Thing You Buy That Makes You Richer

If you are wondering why I occasionally feature some very exotic and relatively expensive hotels in faraway places, it is like proof of concept. Proof that any hotel, at any price can be found and booked at MyCen Hotels http://www.mycen.my/

Recent features include hotels from the Cayman Islands, Ecuador and Tahiti, some of the places few Malaysians venture to as a holiday destination. It is also to demonstrate that the combined database from my two affiliate partners hold over a million properties, The other simple reason, of course, is to keep the brand visible and active so people remember me when it is time they travel and book rooms.

If you can’t find a specific hotel. there is usually a very simple reason. Spelling mistakes while searching. Happens to me, all the time too. We are all spoiled by the excellent spelling corrections and spelling suggestions of Google that we become sloppy elsewhere. A hotel may also be new or has not come aboard for their own reasons.

I treat every hotel I discovered in a faraway land, as a chance to widen my general knowledge. Hope you do, too. “Travel Is The Only Thing You Buy That Makes You Richer” ~ Anonymous

Pic of Kakslauttanen Arctic Resort, Finland – Glass Igloos and chalets to observe the Northern Lights and to go on reindeer safaris. Pic from Booking dot com.

Happy travels.

Hotels In The News Part 3

Hotel In The News is a Backup Of The Popular Section at MyCen Hotels under Hotels In The News. Bookings can be made via the links given here too.

Grand Resort Bad Ragaz, Switzerland (booking link)
Consider Grand Resort Bad Ragaz, in the St Gallen Rhine Valley of east Switzerland, for a rejuvenating getaway this spring.
http://www.luxurylondon.co.uk/article/grand-resort-bad-ragaz-switzerland-hotel-review

Le Méridien Tahiti (booking link)
A prime beachside locale, bursting with tropical charm; this hotel serves up spectacular South Pacific sunsets and potent rum cocktails.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/oceania/french-polynesia/tahiti/hotels/le-meridien-tahiti-hotel/

Six Senses Laamu,  Maldives Islands (booking link)
This luxury castaway resort continues to live up to the Maldives ideal.
http://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/travel/six-senses-laamu-maldives-hotel-review-a3501426.html

Artist Residence Hotel Brighton (booking link)
For an ‘accidental hotelier’ the owner of this Regency townhouse hotel is doing a pretty impressive job, offering a sophisticated seaside stay in artist-designed rooms plus high-end dining.
https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2017/mar/25/artist-residence-brighton-hotel-review

Barcelo Torre de Madrid Spain (booking link)
Barcelo Torre de Madrid – hotel review.
Laura Millar discovers a chic city-centre hotel with an undeniably playful side.
http://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/travel/barcelo-torre-de-madrid-hotel-review-a3513866.html

Batty Langley’s London (booking link)
Inside London’s quirkiest hotel room.
The Box Room at Batty Langley’s in Spitalfields is a cosy, single room under the eaves, inspired by an old-fashioned railway carriage.
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/travel/article/londons-quirkiest-hotel-room-batty-langley/

Idaho’s Sun Valley Resort (booking link)
Hotel Jackson, Jackson Hole, Wyoming (booking link)
Solar eclipse mania spurs festivals, tours, sold-out hotels.
http://thesouthern.com/news/local/eclipse/solar-eclipse-mania-spurs-festivals-tours-sold-out-hotels/article_e53f20c9-0ed1-5781-b849-fe9bc59f4722.html

Crimson Hotel Filinvest City Manila (booking link)
A taste of Vietnam at Crimson Hotel Filinvest.
http://www.manilatimes.net/taste-vietnam-crimson-hotel-filinvest/317517/

Oddfellows On The Park Manchetser, United Kingdom (booking link)
Look inside new luxury hotel Oddfellows on the Park.
http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/whats-on/whats-on-news/oddfellows-on-the-park-cheadle-12891262

Urbanpod Hotel Mumbai (booking link)
India’s first ‘pod hotel’ has opened in Mumbai; so when are you packing your bags?
http://indianexpress.com/article/lifestyle/destination-of-the-week/indias-first-pod-hotel-has-opened-in-mumbai-so-when-are-you-packing-your-bags-4611813/

Henn na Hotel Maihama Tokyo Bay (booking link)
Step into the robot-staffed hotel.
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/bizchina/2017-03/17/content_28593170.htm

Sofitel Krabi Phokeethra Golf & Spa Resort (booking link)
Fly direct to Krabi to visit Thailand’s hidden gem.
Once accessible only via an internal flight, you can now fly direct to this beautiful area of Thailand from Manchester.
http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/trips-and-breaks/qatar-airways-krabi-thailand-12833956

Nuo Hotel Beijing (booking link)
A Year and a Half On and Nuo Brunch is Still One of the Best Buffet Hotel Brunches in Beijing.
https://www.thebeijinger.com/blog/2017/04/10/year-and-half-nuo-brunch-still-one-best-buffet-hotel-brunches-beijing

Shangri-La’s Rasa Ria Resort & Spa Kota Kinabalu Malaysia (booking link)
Surrounded by 400-acres of nature reserve and boasting a two-mile velvet sand beach, Rasa Ria is a grand and luxurious resort on the edge of Borneo’s tropical wilderness.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/asia/malaysia/borneo/hotels/shangri-las-rasa-ria-resort-and-spa-hotel/

The Grand Scarborough Hotel United Kingdom (booking link)
Ghost hunt in historic Yorkshire hotel.
A group of paranormal detectives are inviting ghost hunters to investigate spooky goings-on at one of Yorkshire’s oldest hotels.
http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/ghost-hunt-in-historic-yorkshire-hotel-1-8487154