New hotel brands, expansions, dog-friendly rooms, a ‘Kids Kava’ experience and a tuk-tuk bar – this week’s hotel wrap is much like a bag of liquorice allsorts.

Monday morning got you down? Here’s a feel-good story to give you a nice little pick-me-up. And if this doesn’t work, you have our permission to indulge in an extra coffee or two.

We forgot to bring a keep cup for our interview with the cruise line’s president and he made us drink our coffee out of our hands. Just kidding, we made one out of sugar packets.