Hotel Habitel Select (Bogotá, Colombia)

This is a lovely hotel, but not ideally suited to tourism. Business visitors will love its amenities and nearness to the airport but, for others, it's too far from attractions in the downtown area.

Rooms are very ‘swish', very modern; but comfortable and relaxing at the same time. Touches of quality are to be found in all areas and highlighted by the super bed linen and accessories. Only the most demanding guest will expect more than is offered here.

The breakfast buffet is impressive and provides an excellent start to any day. ‘So near and yet so far'… that applies to the airport. It's only a few hundred yards away but what a welcome bonus is the hotel's free shuttle. It operates every 15 minutes and on a 24-hour basis. This excellent, free service is a real benefit for hotel guests.

It's a pity that having invested heavily in your stay here, there are further, rather excessive demands in the restaurants and on your budget. (*Lunch here is inferior to dinner!) Neighbouring alternative restaurants include Bennigans (American theme) and El Ingles. Maybe it would be a good idea to release the strangle hold on your wallet ...and try one of these!

Most of the time everything is OK; it's just sometimes that they don't seem to be focused on offering customer service that is of the same caliber as the hotel itself.

Breakfast is free, but if you order it as part of room service, they whack a not inconsiderable price on it. Surely they can think of less annoying ways to create a profit!