Hotel Okura Amsterdam

This multi-storey, multi-tasking and very smart business-class stopover (the choice of Japan Airlines) has everything captains of industry need: a top-floor, top-of-the-range French restaurant, Le Ciel Bleu; a full-size pool and health club (open to non-guests); state-of-the-art conference facilities; and sushi bars. Rooms offer no surprises in terms of facilities - they've got the lot - or looks. They're done up in suitably masculine style and range from small standards to the huge (and, as such, hugely expensive) Presidential Suite on the 21st floor.