Olivia Greenway takes a food lover’s trip to a little-visited area of Italy

Choosing a hotel for a city trip is fraught with problems. I don’t want something too small, too cruddy, too expensive, too noisy or too out of the way. We hit the jackpot on our recent working trip to Paris, staying at the Sofitel La Defense for five nights.   The Sofitel La Defense is

For forty years Frank Jennings has made a living from ‘deceptive receptacles’, writer Olivia Greenway fell in love with his work at his Sheet studio

I was writing about a new boutique hotel opening this week where the company had decided to do away with doormen and room service but concentrated on features they think modern travellers want, like free Wi-Fi.   It got me thinking:  what do I want from a hotel?  I have divided my thoughts into three

It is perfectly reasonable if you are thinking of booking a stay in a luxury hotel to ask to see a guest room.  Hotels are usually more than happy to do this, perhaps showing you several rooms so you can decide whether the room is big enough, the extra money for a suite is worth

I recently spent five weeks travelling from one hotel to another down the west coast of the USA.  This was preceded by a week in Las Vegas.  I’ve been to the USA scores of times before, but not for such a long period and have never visited so many hotels and restaurants over such a