The Royal Hotel and Prince Edward County offer the quintessential Canadian holiday A.J. Twist July 19, 2022 3426 A phoenix has risen in Prince Edward County (PEC), Ontario and their name is The Royal Hotel. Here meets a wonderful triangulation of farm to table, vineyard to glass and design to property. Top it all off with...
Muir Hotel Halifax: Come for the food, stay for the hotel! A.J. Twist June 24, 2022 2060 Foodie heaven comes ashore on the Halifax harbourfront The glowing articles started hitting my desk last fall. There was this new stunning 109 room and suite hotel property in Halifax called The Muir. The accom...
A love affair with Lisbon A.J. Twist May 22, 2022 2052 Have you ever fallen in love with a city? Not fallen in love while in a city but actually fallen in love with the city? I have and her name is Lisbon! For years now, I have been hearing people rave about bot...
A.J. Twist’s Summer Vacation Tip! A.J. Twist May 16, 2022 6239 Les Jardins de Quatre-Vents Garden aficionados: Mark your calendars! Tickets for Les Jardins de Quatre -Vents go on sale May 25 at 6pm Cited as being amongst the world’s most renowned private gardens, the...
Gladstone House is Toronto’s contribution to the “art hotel” concept A.J. Twist April 14, 2022 1824 I was unfamiliar with the term “art hotel” until I had the recent pleasure of staying at Gladstone House in Toronto. Certainly, I was aware of this hotel’s art-focus as its cultural contribution to the city has...
The Four Seasons Hotel Montreal offers ‘workation’, a luxurious break from the office routine A.J. Twist February 22, 2022 2551 If you are at all like me, this working from home business is starting to get a little long in the tooth. Sure, it has its advantages (like a private bathroom and a snoozing couch) but twenty-two months later i...
Wellness redefined in the Yucatán Peninsula A.J. Twist December 12, 2021 2997 Gradually travellers are dusting off their suitcases and finding their way to the airport with the thoughts of warmer climes on their minds. And if they have not already headed south (or west or east) they are ...
Le Germain Hotel Québec deserves its rightful place within the city’s history A.J. Twist November 14, 2021 2796 My personal fascination with boutique hotels is directly connected to Le Germain Québec as this hotel was basically the starting point for the genre in Canada when they first opened their doors in 1997. Since t...
1 Hotel Toronto: a new “sustainable sanctuary” A.J. Twist October 13, 2021 2634 “This is your hospitality guru speaking. Please join me as we close our eyes and imagine visiting a place where nature joins us within our urban environment; where 85% of our food waste are composted for use in...
Discover nature, discover Quebec’s nature hotels, discover Sépaq A.J. Twist September 17, 2021 1508 2021 has been the year of hoards of Quebec tourists visiting…Quebec! In order to escape the crowds both at hotels and restaurants, travelers have been forced to venture further and further afield. Fortunately, ...