Luxury accommodation in Colombia

By Luke Durden in Luxury Hotels

We crossed the sea and we do it big. Visiting some of the most exclusive and complete hotels of Colombia. Our host in this occasion, is the historical hotel chain Dann, considered a symbol of tradition and quality regarding accommodation in the country.

Its hotels are mostly located in Bogotá, but it also has other branches of 4 and 5 stars in cities like Bucaramanga and Barranquilla. They all have the brand unmistakable signature: A classical and elegant decoration, with a sobriety taste that assure the best relaxed atmosphere and guarantee a space that will adapt to all kind of events, states and needs.

This is very important for us, since these are executive and business hotels mostly. It’s not like they only offer accommodations for business travellers exclusively, but it is true that is the main objective of this Colombian urban hotels. In fact, the building and services are clearly oriented to business trips, with plus advantages like rest, wealth, gastronomy, fitness, health and location.

All this hotels are located in the most important business areas of the big Colombian cities, and the safeties and peaceful residential areas in Bogotá. When the hotel chain selects a location for any of its hotels the connection routes are very important, the hotel category depends on it, 5 star hotels are always located in the main avenues or the high class commercial areas, like the famous 100 street or the 93 park.

The bedrooms spaciousness is a house signature, as well as its elegant and sophisticated design, with modern touch, and the latest technology regarding rest services. Many of them offer just suites in Bogotá, or even deluxe apartments in the centre of the city, specially designed for business or health stays, which usually implies long stays.

To know more about the services and features that every hotel has to offer, we bring you the list of the most recommended by the online travellers.

Dann Carlton Bogotá Hotel

Casa Dann Carlton Bogotá

Dann Bucaramanga Hotel

Dann Carlton Quito Hotel

 

Excellence is the goal

By Loren in gastronomic hotels

Being the best and standing out year after year in the tourism industry is really difficult. On one hand, it requires huge investments in facilities and, on the other hand, it requires a special attention to anticipate the needs of the customers. The rough competition along with the varied range of services in Spain have turned it into a worldwide tourism reference that set trends, but it has also generated a such excessive efforts in the hotel chains that many small chains have given up.

If we focus our attention only on the main Spanish hotel chains, we will find a limited number but, undoubtedly, la crème de la crème of the world hotel trade. NH, Barceló. Melià and Iberostar compete year after year for local, national and international destinations, as well as for very characteristic travellers: from sports lovers to music fans.

In the interests of achieving the top of the list, one of the best defined portfolios is from the Grand Collection of Iberostar Hotels & Resorts, exclusive group of luxury hotels situated all around the world. In Spain, it has conquered areas with high tourism demand such as Costa Adeje and Santa Cruz de Tenerife, two of the most visited places during summer in Spain. Additionally, there are other relevant destinations such as Budapest, although in this case, it is not in Spain and has a very special hotel concept if we compare it with the rest of hotels.

We only need to visit the website of any of these Grand hotels to understand which types of accommodations we are talking about when we refer to the competition for being the best:  5-star hotels in Tenerife such as Iberostar Grand Hotel Mencey; luxury resorts in Costa Adeje such as Grand Hotel El Mirador or Grand Hotel Salomé, and avant-garde accommodations in Europe specially designed for businessmen, managers and travellers with a high-medium purchasing power.

If there is a common characteristic between these hotels and resorts is that, regardless of the location, they have always invested in gastronomy and spa and wellness services as their main attractions. Cuisine is one of the oldest motivations when we travel and choose a destination, and, in the last years it has received a boost along with the rise of the chef profession, thanks to TV series that have democratized the high cuisine such as Masterchef or Topchef. Based on this, a new initiative appears: Chef on Tour, created by this chain in order to spread and promote more and more the select culinary tradition offered in the restaurants of their hotels in Europe and in the Caribbean.

As for gastronomy, there is a hotel belonging to the Grand Collection that surpasses all expectations (and it is really gaining ground). It is Grand Hotel Mencey. It famous Los Menceyes Restaurant and its Cookery Classroom has turned it into one of the best places to eat in Tenerife. Besides, we can enjoy its gastronomy not only in the exclusive Los Menceyes restaurant (also opened to the public in general), but also in a cocktail bar offering service of lunches and dinners based on the traditional Canary cuisine; in a casino bar with a complete menu of snacks; and a terrace restaurant called Los Laureles, which I now offering an additional menu with Mediterranean and healthy dishes.

Another important weapon of these hotels and their direct competitors is to offer some of the best spa and wellness centres in their destinations. They all have refurbished facilities, larger spaces and new areas, so that relaxation, mind and body are a key element in their holiday offer.

In fact, many wellness travellers stand them out as the most exclusive ones in the world, not only for their treatments and spaces, but also for the location: the possibility of enjoying a massage in front of the sea is a luxury that only few people can boast. In the same vein, hotels of Barceló such as Barceló Illetas are direct competitors, and hotels of Melià, such as Melià de Mar, both of them situated in the exclusive area of Illetas, just one step away from Majorca and with direct access to the sea from its spa areas.

 

Luxury Adults Only Hotels that will not dissappoint you

By Loren in Luxury Hotels

It is not a secret that the sector of Adults Only hotels has established as one of the best administered businesses. And we should not be surprised about it because they have a large public that prefer this type of accommodations, a public seeking peace and spaces “free of children” during their holiday.

Luxury hotels are also joining this type of accommodations by ensuring to the guests that they will rest placidly in all the spaces of the hotel provided with, of course, 5-star services and facilities.

IBEROSTAR Grand Hotel Trinidad

IBEROSTAR Grand Hotel Trinidad

Iberostar is one of the chains that is taking advantage of the potential of this business sector and is investing in it. This company has a series of luxury Adults Only hotels that can captivate any customer.

In the Canary Islands, for example, the chain has several accommodations where they offer spaces intended to be wellness oasis exclusively targeted to adults. Iberostar Grand Hotel Salomé is one of them. It is a 5-star Adults Only hotel in the south of Tenerife, equipped with the most complete and luxury facilities.

In the same island is also located Iberostar Grand Hotel Mencey, a 5-star Adults Only hotel in Tenerife. Spacious rooms designed for well-being, luxury suites, haute cuisine… Everything a customer could imagine and, specially, the peace and quiet that only an Adults Only hotel could guarantee.

IBEROSTAR Grand Hotel Mencey

IBEROSTAR Grand Hotel Mencey

The chain has also in the same island the Iberostar Grand Hotel El Mirador, an elegant and luxury Adults Only hotel in Costa Adeje, in the south of the island. It is probably one of the best 5-star hotels in Tenerife. A place especially designed for those customers who are seeking pleasure and relax without worries.

But the Canary Islands are not the only destination where this Majorcan company has invested in this type of accommodations.  It has also opened hotels with similar characteristics in many other cities, such as Cuba. There the chain has the Iberostar Gran Hotel Trinidad, a 5-star Adults Only hotel in the centre of Trinidad.

They all share similar characteristics: luxury, elegant facilities, personalized services, gourmet gastronomy, dream locations and… peace. They offer the comfort and relax customers are seeking for their holiday, ensuring they will not feel bothered as sometimes happens when children are close.