Design & Architecture Asia Pacific News

December 13, 2016

Le Meridien Hotels & Resorts Unveils Collaboration with Chinese Art Collective X+Q Art

Le Méridien Hotels & Resorts, part of Marriott International, Inc. (NASDAQ:MAR), today announced the brand's first-of-its-kind collaboration with Chinese art collective X+Q Art, founded by renowned artists Qu Guangci and Xiang Jing. Encompassing eleven distinctive artworks, themed after the 'Ai Mei • Midsummer' sculpture of a young girl, the initiative shares a passion for diversity, celebrating the unique sense of place of the eleven Le Méridien hotels across Greater China. Unveiled for the first time on 9 December at Le Royal Meridien Shanghai, the sculptures embrace the 'Destination Unlocked' spirit of the Paris-born brand, helping guests discover their destination through the brand's three filters: culture, coordinates and cuisine.

Marriott

China

Press Release

September 19, 2016

A studio in Shanghai wins the 1st Innovation and Design Contest of Hotel Spaces, awarded by Eurostars Hotels

The Play & Display project by FOUR O NINE studio in Shanghai has won Eurostars Hotel Lab, the First Innovation and Design Contest of Hotel Spaces, launched at the beginning of the year by Eurostars Hotels. In addition, the jury has named two runners-up that will receive €1,500 each. Namely, the Box of Choice project submitted by Integrated Field studio from Bangkok; and the Square One project by Magdalena Viegener, Santiago Peña and Agustín Llobera from Buenos Aires.

Hotusa Hotels S.A.

Shanghai, China

External Article

August 5, 2016

An Exclusive Look At Airbnb's First Foray Into Urban Planning | fastcompany.com

Airbnb announces a brand-new innovation lab called Samara, whose first project is a novel community center in Japan. Two years ago, the founders of Airbnb were asking themselves what the company could become, now that its vision of becoming the world's largest home-share community had come true beyond their wildest expectations. That’s when they happened across a list of the top 10 tech companies of the 1990s. They were stunned—and scared. Nine of those once-hot companies were now floundering or dead, and they had all done everything right. But by simply focusing on their core businesses, each of those startups had allowed competitors to copy them. Brian Chesky, Joe Gebbia, and Nathan Blecharczyk realized that if they weren’t thinking of what else their business might become, Airbnb would eventually become a dowdy has-been.

fastcompany.com

Japan

Opinion Article

July 5, 2016

Container Hotel and Prefab Bungalow: Modular Building Construction in China

With a fast changing economic environment and society coming to terms with the 'new normal' in China, hotel developers are seeking for more carefully planned and executed projects, based on a sound economic footing to ensure sustainable operations. Under such circumstances the modular building system might become one possible remedy to bring momentum to hotel development in China, particularly in remote areas. This publication provides a brief introduction of China's modular building construction for the hotel industry. Why modular building? Modular building is a process in which a building is constructed off-site, under controlled conditions in a factory, delivering the consistent quality designed to the same codes and standards as conventionally built hotel units. The controlled environemnt and 'massproduction' allows for a significantly expedited construction timeline, saving as much as half the construction time. Companies like CIMC-MBS and Deepblue Smart House are the trailbalzers for modular construction in China and has provided numerous modular building solutions for different projects around the world, including residences, student accommodation, camp accommodation, hotels, beach houses, overwater bungalow etc.

By Wayne Wei and Daniel Voellm

China

External Article

June 2, 2016

Chinese park turns abandoned buses into Hello Kitty, Mickey Mouse hotels | cnn.com

Abandoned vehicles may not shout holiday charm, but a resort in northern China is attracting customers with its unique, cartoon-filled bus hotels. Owners of the Tai Tai Mountain Park in the city of Taiyuan, Shanxi Province, have converted more than 30 old buses into mini-hotels featuring private kitchens, bathrooms and colorful interior and exterior designs. Each bus hotel has its own theme, mainly popular cartoon characters like Mickey Mouse, Hello Kitty and Doraemon.

cnn.com

Taiyuan, China

Press Release

November 26, 2014

Luxury Hospitality Design Roundtable Declares Specialisation And Segmentation As The New Watchwords

Specialisation and segmentation are key future trends for Asia's luxury hospitality design industry, according to the regular roundtable series hosted and organised by BLINK Design Group. The group of experts, representing some of the most prestigious names in the hospitality industry and covering operators and owners, gathered recently in Hong Kong at the Yah Toh Heen restaurant in the InterContinental Hong Kong on the fringes of the annual HICAP event.

BLINK Design Group

Hong Kong, Hong Kong (SAR)

External Article

May 29, 2014

OVA studio enables traveling container hotel rooms with hive-inn | designboom.com

the ‘hive-inn’ is a hotel structure designed by hong-kong-based OVA studio that allows containers to travel in and out of it. offering maximum flexibility and mobility, the project envisions possibilities for applications such as emergency housing or medical care units. the rooms can be shipped to whatever location is required and used for multiple functions such as offices, leased to various individuals or companies who temporarily need space. focusing on sustainability, recycled containers are used for the modular pieces that are then slotted and plugged in independently of what is above or under them – enabling the building grow and or decrease in relation to demand.

designboom.com

Hong Kong (SAR)

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Why Hospitality Net Leads B2B in Hospitality

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Hospitality Net

Press Release

May 23, 2013

Marco Polo Hotels Launches a New Lifestyle Magazine

Marco Polo Hotels, one of the leading hospitality brands in the Asia Pacific region recently launched its signature lifestyle magazine. The powerhouse location of the three Hong Kong properties from the Marco Polo Hongkong Hotel, Prince Hotel and the Gateway Hotel in synergy with the seven Marco Polo hotels in mainland China and three hotels in Southeast Asia will be harnessed and will be one of the most influential sources of information and inspiration across its portfolio.

Wharf Hotels

Hong Kong, Hong Kong (SAR)

Press Release

March 13, 2013

Le Meridien Shedding New Light on Modern China Through Eyes of Contemporary Artists

Le Meridien Hotels & Resorts continues its imaginative program encompassing interactive art and cultural experiences to inspire guests, commissioning a short film which explores three Chinese cities and the lives of local artists who live there through the eyes of film-makerKiki Allgeier. TheNew York-based filmmaker embarks on her 7-day "Creative Journey" from the 6th to12th March 2013.

Starwood

Shanghai, China

Press Release

December 4, 2012

2013 Hotel Plus - the Mockup Hotel Room Show Launched in Shanghai

China's tourism industry has now entered a new era featuring industrial development and popularisation. Furthermore, tourist brands are becoming increasingly important in China. The quality and quantity of star-level hotels are linked directly to the development of China's tourism, its cities and commercial real estate. Moreover, the high demands from business travellers for business trips, enterprise meetings, out-house training and incentive travel are all factors driving the development of the hotel industry in China.

Sinoexpo Informa Markets

Shanghai, China

Press Release

May 16, 2012

Hyatt Announces 2012 Beijing Architecture Forum

Hyatt Hotels Corporation (NYSE: H) today announced that the "2012 Beijing Architecture Forum" will be held in Beijing on Thursday, May 24. Coinciding with the "Pritzker Architecture Prize", which is often called "the Nobel Prize of architecture," the conference will be co-hosted by the Beijing Municipal People"s Government and the Hyatt Foundation; and jointly organized by the Beijing Municipal Commission of Urban Planning, Hyatt Hotels Corporation and the School of Architecture, Tsinghua University. It aims to provide a unique opportunity to gather many of the world"s most recognized international and Chinese architects, academics and future leaders in the field to collaborate on and debate a wide range of architectural topics of relevance today with a focus on urban harmony.

Hyatt

Beijing, China

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Hospitality Net

External Article

January 26, 2012

Capsule hotels may stack up in Hong Kong | msnbc.msn.com

Forget bunk beds. In Hong Kong, capsule hotels just might be the next big thing for budget travelers. Hoping to capitalize on what seems like an ideal conundrum — a dense metropolis where both occupancy rates and per-night prices are high and centrally located land to develop new hotels is scarce — Galaxy Stars Limited, a local company, has started offering pod-beds for sale.

msnbc.com

Hong Kong (SAR)

External Article

July 8, 2011

Boutique hotels in China: The second-tier rush is on‎ | cnngo.com

No one needs reminding of just how keen Chinese consumers are on branded goods. Hong Kong’s Louis Vuitton stores seem perennially beset by queues of mainland Chinese tourists and super cars parade the streets of second-tier Chinese cities. But this obsession with brand names also extends to travel. According to a survey released last month by leading publishing group Hurun Report, 64 percent of the 463 Chinese millionaires and billionaires interviewed admitted that ‘brand’ was an overriding factor when it comes to choosing hotels.

cnn.com

China

External Article

March 21, 2011

Singapore exhibit is also a hotel room | bangkokpost.com

The temporary hotel isn't like any other hotel in the world, with only one luxurious suite and the magnificent Merlion statue watching over its well-off guest. Fortunately, an overnight stay doesn't include a wake-up splash, as the Merlion won't be spouting water over you. This may seem like a reinvention of Singapore's iconic landmark but take a closer look _ it's inspiring art created by Tatzu Nishi, who's known for his amazing series of hotels rooms built around public monuments. For this new piece, the Japanese artist also designed the red wallpaper to go along with the red carpet and furniture.

bangkokpost.com

Singapore

Press Release

December 15, 2009

Rockwell Group Europe Completes Redesign for World-Renowned Wasabi by Morimoto and Harbour Bar at the Taj Mahal Palace & Tower Hotel in Mumbai

Rockwell Group Europe ("RGe"), the Madrid-based architecture and design firm, has completed the redesign of two popular dining destinations at the world famous Taj Mahal Palace & Tower Hotel in Mumbai, India. The Wasabi by Morimoto restaurant and the historic Harbour Bar boast new and contemporary interiors by the talented team led by Diego Gronda, Managing and Creative Director of RGe.

Rockwell Group

Mumbai, India

External Article

October 19, 2009

Hotel Review: 3+1 Bedrooms, Beijing | nytimes.com

With its cool, white interiors and raw concrete finishes, Beijing’s new 3+1 Bedrooms is as minimal as its name. Hidden behind a sliding steel door on a quiet hutong, or traditional alleyway, this stylish little hotel has only three rooms and one suite. Too intimate to be pretentious, it has all the amenities (well, almost all) of a larger boutique property — minus, of course, the scene. Still, if it’s the latter you’re looking for, you won’t have to go far. The hotel comes from Cho, as he’s known, a Beijing night-life whiz whose popular Bed Bar is just a few doors down; his Café Sambal and Paper restaurants are also nearby.