Michele Sponagle

Managing editor

Smitten by hotels ever since she was a kid, hoarding toiletries started early and picked up steam as Michele Sponagle began a career as a freelance journalist. Her globetrotting has taken her to properties in more than 50 countries, from rustic B&Bs to sprawling resorts.

It’s always happy hour when cocktails are served from a retro camper

Four Seasons Resort Whistler turns back time to 1965 for its guests.

News

And the beat goes on

An infamous landmark is reinvented at the Hard Rock Hotel London, UK’s first.

Cocktails & cuisine | News

I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream and one hotel brand hears us

We’ve got the scoop on the sweet treats coming to Soneva’s luxury properties.

Trends

Sleeping beauties: These hotels want to ensure you have a blissful night of slumber

You won’t need to press the snooze button when you have such a sweet sleep.

Reviews

Ritz-Carlton Montreal’s C$200 million reno is worth the hefty price tag

The property that launched the brand in North America delivers the luxury goods.

News

New Viceroy Los Cabos encourages guests to live large and dive into all things experiential

And it looks nice, too.

Best Of

For Your Eyes Only: The top 8 hotels to get your James Bond fix

With a new Bond film in the offing, let’s spill the secrets on these spy-centric hotels.

Rants & raves

When hotel spas go bad: From burn welts to bad breath and a therapist with a taste for urine

When something good goes very, very wrong.

Best Of

Rock this way: ‘Note’ worthy hotels for music fans who like to march to their own beat

Give us a drum roll, please.

Rants & raves

14 annoying things that hotels need to stop doing right now

It would really make us happy.

Michele Sponagle