Mandarin Oriental, Oetker and Auberge

There are rankings of the best hotels in the world. But a new list, released by the members-only group LTI – Luxury Travel Intelligence, ranks hotel brands rather than individual properties. The ranking analyzes many hotels within a brand in “granular detail,” using more than 100 “touch points” to evaluate “a brand’s ability to deliver,” … Read more

Man buys into small town to draw more travelers

For the past two years, property developer Matt Rogatz made a weekly five-hour round trip from his home in northern Chicago to Green Lake, Wisconsin — population 1,005. Before that, the only thing he knew about the small town was that his high school buddy had family there, he said. But after a 30-year career … Read more