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Why you’ll return to a boutique hotel
Monday, 7 June, 2010 - 12:03Once you've stayed in a boutique hotel, you'll understand what all the fuss is about. For the same money as you can spend on a city-centre chain
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Why small is beautiful
Monday, 7 June, 2010 - 12:03What is it about big hotels that annoys you? Maybe it's the impersonal service, or the amount of time you have to queue to check in. Perhaps it's
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Why choose boutique?
Monday, 7 June, 2010 - 12:03When you go on holiday, where you stay is as important as where you go. It forms an essential part of your holiday experience, so it's surprising
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Why boutique design matters
Monday, 7 June, 2010 - 12:03There are fashion trends in hotel design just as there are in other areas. In the late eighties and through the nineties, that fashion was for
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What makes a hotel “boutique”?
Monday, 7 June, 2010 - 12:03There are lots of companies that claim to specialise in boutique hotels. For many, a boutique hotel is simply one that's not part of a national or
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Turning a trip into an experience
Monday, 7 June, 2010 - 12:02How often do you hear someone say, "I can't wait to stay in the hotel"? Discussions about forthcoming holidays nearly always centre on the things
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Themed boutique hotels
Monday, 7 June, 2010 - 12:02If you really want to stay in a memorable hotel, choose one with a strong design theme. Far more than having room names with a common link, a
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The boutique effect – rooms and food
Monday, 7 June, 2010 - 12:02Hotel rooms aren't cheap, so what do we get for our money? In many cases, it's not much. A reasonable room that's clean, a bathroom that's
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When only the best boutique hotels will do
Monday, 7 June, 2010 - 12:02Whilst many boutique hotels fall easily into the "affordable" bracket, there are several whose sole purpose is to provide a discreet, private
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Old buildings for new boutiques
Monday, 7 June, 2010 - 12:02Whilst the majority of new chain hotels are often built from scratch, or simply updated from previous hotels, many boutiques choose to operate
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More boutique for your money
Monday, 7 June, 2010 - 12:02Staying at a boutique hotel is about more than just staying in a quirky building or having an MP3 player in your room. A truly hip hotel looks at
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Holidays with boutique style
Monday, 7 June, 2010 - 12:02Boutique hotels are designed to offer you a travel experience you won't forget. Their interiors, fittings, facilities and services are carefully
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Hi-tech boutique hotels
Monday, 7 June, 2010 - 12:02Technology is moving fast, and hotels of all types have to anticipate the technology that will make their guests' lives easier during their stay.
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Five great reasons to stay in a boutique hotel.
Monday, 7 June, 2010 - 12:02There are so many cool boutique hotels to stay at around the world that there's almost certainly one at your next holiday destination. Why choose
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Fewer rooms, more style
Monday, 7 June, 2010 - 12:02One of the reasons boutique hotels are so popular is because they directly oppose the accepted hotel normality of hundreds of rooms and bland
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