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Urban Hostels Aren’t Just for College Students Anymore

July 30, 2010
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Urban Hostels Aren’t Just for College Students Anymore

This guest post spotlights bargain places to stay in pricey New York and offers tips on making the most of any hostel experience.

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St. Louis: Good Moon Rising

June 15, 2010
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St. Louis: Good Moon Rising

Over the decades, developer Joe Edwards has opened an eclectic mix of bars and entertainment venues in the St. Louis neighborhood known as The Loop. Smelling the promise inherent in these funky blocks abutting Washington University, vintage boutiques and art galleries have followed, and the place has earned recognition from urban planners as one...

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New York: 3 New Boutique Hotels

New York: 3 New Boutique Hotels

Check in (virtually) to three of New York City's newest boutique offerings from major hotel chains: Hyatt's Andaz Wall Street, Choice Hotel's Distrikt and Wyndham's Fashion 26.

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Moscow: Ritz-Carlton Puts on the Glitz

May 7, 2010
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Moscow: Ritz-Carlton Puts on the Glitz

It's not too hard to imagine the gilded age of the Russian oligarchy at this recently-opened Moscow Ritz-Carlton.

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Boston: The Liberty, Rocking a Jailhouse

March 2, 2010
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Boston: The Liberty, Rocking a Jailhouse

In Boston, one hotel makes a break — from the mold — for it!

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Zurich: The Dolder, A Grand Re-Opening

November 24, 2009
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Zurich: The Dolder, A Grand Re-Opening

If you can catch an off-season 'deal', get someone else to pick up the tab, or have come into a tidy sum, this Swiss grande dame is worth the investment. You're not likely to find a more stunning urban hotel anywhere in the world.

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Albuquerque: House of Spies

November 10, 2009
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Albuquerque: House of Spies

Spy House gives you the chance to revisit one of the most notorious espionage cases of the Cold War.

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Kyoto: Hotel Screen, Peeling the Layers

August 28, 2009
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Kyoto: Hotel Screen, Peeling the Layers

In Kyoto, 13 designers try their hand at solving the city's special koan. At Hotel Screen — its very name is redolent of both the iconic Japanese room divider and the latticework architecture of Kyoto’s storefronts — design is used to subtly transmit mood and ideas.

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Venice: Molino Stucky, Europe's Largest Restoration

July 26, 2009
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Venice: Molino Stucky, Europe's Largest Restoration

On Giudecca, just across the way from the main Venetian archipelago, the distinctive red brick complex has been a city landmark for years. A four-year, 200 million-Euro restoration has carefully incorporated its original factory architecture with all the mod-cons of contemporary hostelry, including those, like a rooftop pool, that are new to Venice.

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Editor’s Corner

Robert DiGiacomo questions which "new" landmarks will be considered classics some day.

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