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.

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.

Rants & raves

Dear Hotels: Your Toiletries Suck. Time to raise your game!

Some brands are no longer good enough for true toiletry lovers.

Michele Sponagle