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Fakeout Friday – this one’s enough to put you off your food!
Now, even though the hairstyles and outfits (?!) are seriously out-of-date, the buffet does look enticing, well-presented and appetising … and you can’t argue with that, can you? Well, yes you can!...
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Fakeout Friday – is this pool true blue?
The hotel is well named – the Blue Moon Hotel in Miami – if this pool is anything to go by … because, let’s face it, this pool is blue! The water is crystal clear and it looks to be a great place to...
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Not your average hotels!
Most hotels have similar offerings – minibars, restaurants, fitness centres and pools … but some go above and beyond! Like the Kempinski Hotel Mall of the Emirates, which along with marble bathrooms,...
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Fakeout Friday – the magic of marketing photos …
This gorgeous spa at the Sugar Cane Club Hotel in Barbados is just what you’d hope for on a romantic holiday – champagne on hand, secluded tropical location and intimate … with room to enjoy a relaxing...
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Fakeout Friday – when fairy lights work magic
Fairy lights, candles, palm trees and limpid water … would you believe you were in Beverly Hills and not some romantic and faraway location? There is something magical about a pool at night, with the...
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Fakeout Friday – pool crops … here we go again!
Can there really be any more pool crops to show? The answer is a resounding yes! It’s hard to go past an example like this one. The marketing gurus at the Orlando Hotel in Los Angeles have created an...
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Fakeout Friday – no sweat happening in this gym!
You might look at this photo and think “nice spacious gym, not too many machines” and be happy that you could enjoy your workout in relative peace. Or you could think “is that the ONLY piece of...
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Fakeout Friday – feel the serenity?!
This photo spells tranquillity – sparkling water, crisp white paint on the walls, plenty of lounge chairs… You can imagine yourself enjoying a cocktail while reading, before slipping into the peaceful...
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Fakeout Friday – this pool crop is sheer magic!
Look at the size of this pool – there’s plenty of space for relaxing around it, the sparkling water is incredibly inviting and there’s just so much room … … or not, as it turns out. This is a classic...
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Are these the smallest hotel rooms you’ve seen?
While many of us look for space in a hotel room … and most hotels provide accommodation that delivers just that, some people are happy with tiny – especially if the location is right. oyster.com has...
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Fakeout Friday – is there any romance in this hot tub?
The Las Palmas hotel in tropical Puerto Vallarta – just the place for a romantic getaway and a relaxing and private hot tub soak, with you and someone special … Or with you and lots of other...
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Fakeout Friday – polished to perfection?
The Shangri La hotel in Santa Monica looks to be a shiny, happy place … stylish, and it positively glistens under that amazingly blue sky. In fact all that ‘glistening’ is there to camouflage some very...
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Fakeout Friday – streetlights … what streetlights?
The Essex House Hotel in Miami looks to be channelling the famous ‘Pink Palace’ in Waikiki … gleaming softly pink and looking calm and quiet, away from the hustle and bustle. However, it seems that the...
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Fakeout Friday – would you be smiling in this gym?
Maybe it’s just TM, but we’re always a little suspicious of photos of smiling gym goers on hotel websites (or at all!), although this pair looks happy to be surrounded by modern gym equipment … Well...
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Fakeout Friday – itsy bitsy teeny weeny…
If you’re looking for luxury, then the Trump Soho is a good place to start. It has top-end rooms and appointments and what’s not to love about a luxury hotel in New York? But, according to oyster.com,...
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Fakeout Friday – and the New York pool crop strikes again!
It seems that some New York hotels are having a ‘pool crop’ moment, like the Trump we featured last week. Space is so scarce in NYC that having a gorgeous rooftop pool like this one at the Downtown...
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Fakeout Friday – all dressed up …
The Hotel Palomar in LA certainly looks like it has a fantastic pool area – fireplace, flowers, cocktails and not too many people to spoil the serenity! However, selling a hotel is like selling a house...
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Fakeout Friday – the skinny on LA pool crop
We’re told that everything is supposed to be bigger and better in Texas but, for Los Angeles, this pool deck at the Ritz Carlton looks pretty sizeable, too … Except that – once again – it’s the...
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Fakeout Friday – seeing double!
There are lots of great things about hotels, but one of the best has to be the luxury of stretching out on a king-size bed – and a super king like this one is even better. Or is it? As the photo taken...
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Fakeout Friday – where did everyone go?
What a gorgeous pool area – secluded spa, plenty of room and a huge swim up bar… the only mystery is why there are so few people enjoying this amazing facility. Well, if oyster.com is right, the first...
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