Guests Want It All at Lux Hotels

Luxury travel website picks its favorite romantic spots

(NEWSER) - With Valentine's Day on the horizon, the luxury travel experts at globorati.com have come up with a list of 10 swank hotels for memorable romantic getaways. Fools for love are crazy about:

1. Las Ventanas al Paraiso: Los Cabos, Mexico
2. L'Hotel: Paris, France
3. Nam Hai: Hoi An, Vietnam
4. Maxim Bungalows: Cofresi, Dominican Republic
5. Tides Zihuatenajo: Zihuatanejo, Mexico

Guests offered discounts for surrendering gadgets

(NEWSER) - Travelers who have trouble reaching for the "off" switch on their devices when they go on vacation are getting a helping hand from a growing number of resorts offering "digital detox" packages. Guests who surrender their smartphones and other devices upon checking in are rewarded with discounts and offered low-tech alternatives like books and board games, or gadget-free activities like hiking or meditation, reports the Wall Street Journal . More»

Dilapidated mansion to be reborn as 23-room luxury hotel

(NEWSER) - Wish you could live as grandly as Louis XIV—or at least as grandly as one of his right-hand men? You'll soon be able to. Versailles' Hotel du Grand Controle, built in the 1680s to house the offices and residence of the king's treasurer, will open its doors as a five-star hotel in January 2012. Located a slim 300 feet from the palace, the former mansion sits in a state of disrepair: Evacuated during the French Revolution along with the rest of Versailles, its walls are crumbling in parts—and the palace doesn't have the $7 million needed to restore it. More»

Socialite's child apparently OD's in failed murder-suicide

(NEWSER) - An 8-year-old boy was found dead today in a luxury hotel in Manhattan after his socialite mother apparently botched a murder-suicide attempt, police say. Gigi Jordan, 49, was taken to Bellevue Hospital after being found "babbling incoherently" in her $600-a-night room at the Peninsula New York on Fifth Avenue. "She lawyers up right away," a source tells the Daily News . "She won't answer any questions." More»

(NEWSER) - If your big summer vacation isn’t complete without raiding the hotel minibar, AskMen.com has a list of the best the industry has to offer. A sampling:

• The Delano, Miami: If you get lucky on South Beach, you’ll be glad for the condoms and other sex accessories alongside the tiny bottles of booze.
• W Spa and Retreat, Maldives: Comes with a bikini from high-end designer Heidi Klein in the hotel chain’s signature purple.