Blog Category: Hotels

Michelle says: “Hotels thrill me; I love the whole experience – the coming and going, the anonymity, the celebrations, the encounters, the travel, the just-passing-through.”

“As a luxury hotel photographer I am continuously visiting hotels, and occasionally I want to share a first-hand experience in a blog post. It may be about an Argentinian hotel´s spectacular flower arrangements, a legendary Sunday brunch in Los Angeles, the irresistible walled gardens of an Irish castle, or blissful, state-of-the-art spa installations in northern England. If a hotel inspires me, I hope it will inspire you too.”

The Wellesley Hotel, London
The Oberoi Rajvilas
The Mandarin Oriental, Singapore
Mandarin Oriental, Barcelona
The Mandarin Oriental Hotel, San Francisco, California, USA.
The Oberoi Hotel, Mauritius
Finca Cortesin, Casares, Malaga, Andalucia, Spain.
La Maison Blanche Tangier Hotel, Kasbah Tangiers, Morocco
The ME hotel Madrid
Hotel Palacio Carvajal Girón
The Amanjena Hotel, Marrakesh, Morocco
Hotel Capella, Singapore.
Hayman Island Hotel, Great Barrier Reef, Australia
Villa Kennedy, Frankfurt, Germany
The Fairmont Zimbali Lodge and Resort, Durban, South Africa
Sofitel Le Louise, Brussels, Belgium
Hotel La Val, Brigels, Surselva, Switzerland.
Casa Numero 7, Seville, Spain
The Pearl Farm Resort, The Phillipines
The Ritz Carlton Arts Hotel, Barcelona, Spain
Park Hotel Vitznau, Lake Lucerne, Switzerland
Napa River Inn, California, USA

Madrid´s newest five-star hotel – The Principal Madrid

The Address You know you’ve arrived in Madrid when you find your car swirling around the majestic Fountain of Cibeles roundabout and can’t resist admiring Cybele, the Phrygian goddess in her chariot pulled by two lions with spumes of water all around her. It’s amazing...

Rumours circulating about Hotel Abadia Retuerta Le Domaine

By Michelle Chaplow Shakespeare would always introduce major characters in his plays to the audience before they actually appeared on stage, by making other characters talk about them. Abadia Retuerta Le Domaine had been dropped into conversation many times over the...

Four Seasons Hotel Los Angeles at Beverly Hills

Four Seasons Hotel Los Angeles at Beverly Hills I can´t tell you how many times I heard the four-letter “F” word in this hotel – they were talking about it in the lobby, over breakfast and even by the pool. In Los Angeles, F is for film. This is Hollywood. This...

Photographing the Passion Hotel, Cartagena de Indias, Colombia.

The romantic pastel-coloured UNESCO World Heritage Site of Cartagena de Indias, Colombia, is the location for La Passion Hotel. An original Cartagenan property in this historic Caribbean port, it was purchased in 2004 and lovingly converted into a shabby-chic boutique...