After a wonderful long weekend of traveling, we’re back in action. Here’s what’s caught our eye in the web world.

- Whether you’re jetting to rural South Africa or urban New York City, there’s a perfect hotel for everyone. Start dazzling at 2011′s best new hotels. (Travel and Leisure)
- Dreaming of starry nights? Make your dreams reality at two New York Hotels. The Affinia Gardens and the AKA Central Park allow guests to sleep outside. (The New York Times)
- Chicago’s Hotel Palomar is promoting health and summer bodies with outdoor fitness classes — for free. (Hotel Chatter)
- California gurl Katy Perry’s U.S. leg of her California Dreams tour begins June 7th – and you won’t believe the list of demands she has for the 5-star hotel accommodations she’ll be staying in. (The Smoking Gun)
- Talk about pet-friendly hotels — a $500,000 sculpture of an 8-foot dog named Doggy John will be residing in the New York Palace’s outdoor lunch and cocktail venue, Palace Gate, through the fall. (The New York Palace)


