Forbes posted a great rundown of what’s what when it comes to the current Vegas pool scene. Some interesting high (or low?) lights—At the Mandarin Oriental, the rental cabanas come with 48-inch flat screens, bluetooth speakers and Play Stations (15-year-old boy dream, anyone?) And at Encore at Wynn, tops are optional (uh, same-same on …
Okay, this is just a CONCEPT. We are pretty sure people will be tweeting and writing about this as if it’s already a real thing for years to come as they do for this Dubai building. The Dubai concept was unveiled in 2012 and even though we’ve never seen it actual photos of …
The Smith Hotel Awards for 2015 have been announced and we’re happy to see a best hotel pool category! Not really a surprise that the winner is the pool at Amangiri in Utah. We’ve been hankering for a visit for years. But there are also 9 other great pools on the short …
If we weren’t already married, we would SO be doing this. The link is to a Miami Herald article about a couple renewing their vows, underwater, with mermaids at the Ft. Lauderdale Sheraton. It’s the hotel in the movie “Analyze This,” where mermaids appear in portholes behind the bartender in …
We’re not planning on visiting Egypt anytime soon, but in case you are, here’s a round-up of some Egyptian hotel swimming poolsfrom Daily News Egypt. No pyramids in sight, but some nice looking properties. Picture below is from the Dusit Thani Lakeview, Cairo. This one is nuts. A hotel for …
Nope, that’s not really a shark in the hotel pool, but it sure looks like one! This is awesome. Check out this You Tube clip of video projection on the surface of the pool at the Waikiki, Sheraton last year. Our minds are racing with possibilities if this becomes commonplace—a …
Here are three “impossibly perfect pools,” from Luxury Travel Magazine. These are some actual beauties here…not the same old, same old. And we wish this Avalon Hotel, Gothenburg, Sweden would get more props for it’s “death defying” clear-bottom, edge of the building pool. If we see the Joule in Texas …
We love this piece by Hotel Chatter, listing some great indoor pools in Chicago. Yes, Chicago is ground zero of the polar vortex and immersing oneself in water may not SEEM like a good idea right about now. But nothing lifts the spirits quite like a hotel pool. Chicago—check out …
This is a hotel pool tragedy. These photos from The Gothamist inside Grossinger’s crumbling Catskill Resort are both beautiful and tragic and we feel compelled to share them. They are of the entire resort, but of course the pool photos are our favorite, even if they do hit us like …
Singapore’s 10 most impressive hotel pools: Singapore Business Review worked with trivago.sg to put together a list of ten of the most impressive hotel swimming pools in Singapore. There’s a slideshow that of course starts with Marina Bay Sands. There are some other interesting pools as well, including Westin Singapore’s roof …