The Awards Series 2022: The Madrona
The BLLA Team sits down with The Madrona, Runner-Up for the Boutique Hotel of the Year – North America Award! Hear what Cory Schisler, Partner at The Madrona, has to say.
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Boutique Hotel Owners Set the Pace for the Future of Hospitality at the BLLA Conference in Los Angeles
BLLA, the Boutique Lifestyle Leaders Association, held its annual Boutique Hotel Owners Conference on October 24-26 at the breathtaking Westlake Village Inn in the Los Angeles suburbs. A few hundred global pioneers came together to celebrate the bold and groundbreaking industry that is boutique hospitality.
The Jury Members of the third edition of the LIV Hospitality Design Awards have been revealed
The LIV Hospitality Design Awards is pleased to announce the judging panel of the third edition of the program, celebrating Hospitality Architecture and Design Excellence. The selection of winners and honorable mentions of the award is entrusted to an impressively diverse jury panel of 42 top hospitality design experts from 23 countries.
The Kessler Collection Launches Contest With Billboard in Times Square to Discover Next Great Artist
The Kessler Collection, a portfolio of passionately created and artistically inspired boutique hotels, is holding a five-weeklong contest titled The Next Original to discover the next great artist. Today, a billboard inviting up-and-coming artists to submit their work for consideration went live in Times Square marking the official launch of the contest. The billboard, which contains a QR code to direct viewers to the contest page, will be live until Dec. 10 when submissions close.
Open for Business - Battersea Power Station, London
It felt quite strange when, for the first time, I saw the station name ‘Battersea’ appear on a dot-matrix signboard on a platform of the Northern Line a year ago. For some time I’d been reading in newspapers about the redevelopment of Battersea Power Station but I had no idea that this neighbourhood would also become home to one of the newest Underground stations in London.
By Iqbal Ahmed, Head Curator, Coldstream Publishers
Lessons for All from a Five-Star Travel Recovery Trip
With the pandemic over, everyone has been clamoring to get out and explore the world once more. In fact, we’d argue, in a take-a-candy-from-a-baby-then-it-cries sort of way, people are even more enthused about travel than they were in 2019, and we foresee this mindset persisting well into the decade ahead.
By Larry Mogelonsky and Adam Mogelonsky
The Awards Series 2022: Nile Tuzun
The BLLA Team sits down with Nile Tuzun, Founder & Chief Creative Storyteller at Studio Nilebrand and BLLA Board Member of the Year!
Winners of 2022 BLLA Boutique Lifestyle Hospitality Awards
The Boutique Lifestyle Leaders Association (BLLA) celebrated the 13th annual hospitality awards on October 25th during the organization’s Boutique Hotel Owners Conference, which was held in the Los Angeles suburbs at the stunning Westlake Village Inn. The Awards recognize global leaders, innovators, and icons in every corner of the boutique, lifestyle, and luxury world.
Marriott Bonvoy Launches “Travel by Design,” a Design-focused Platform Introducing Untold Stories to At-Home Streaming
Marriott Bonvoy® – Marriott International’s extraordinary portfolio of 30 hotel brands, award-winning loyalty program, and endless experiences – today announced the launch of Travel by Design, an integrated content platform showcasing never-before-told design stories that inspired some of the world’s most extraordinary hotels. Marriott Bonvoy is collaborating with Samsung to create the first-ever exclusive branded destination within Samsung’s free, ad-supported streaming service, Samsung TV Plus. Starting November 1, 2022, Samsung TV Plus viewers can simply select a tile on the service home screen to explore the on-demand library to immerse themselves in a curated collection of travel video content.
Radical Innovation Announces 2022 Winners
On October 18th, industry thought leaders, designers, architects, and real estate moguls gathered at the members-only Classic Car Club Manhattan for the 16th Annual Radical Innovation award ceremony and dinner. Eran Chen, Founding Principal and Executive Director of ODA Architecture and Design led the evening as the Master of Ceremonies, alongside Founder, John Hardy, and the esteemed jury.
Matters of Design
Members of Design Hotels around the world are known for their interior visions, some of which are created by up-and-coming designers and others by industry heavyweights. Be it the former or the latter, our properties excel in establishing visionary interior design concepts. The signature aesthetic languages found at these eight hotels—from New York City to an Italian village to a Maldivian atoll—are particularly worth highlighting.
2022 Can Earth’s Moon save our fragile planet?
Key elements of Moon World Resorts Inc.’s unique Destination Resort project, MOON, will be sustainability and net zero carbon emissions, deliverable on day one! Multiple leading edge Environmental programs throughout MOON will be overseen by industry expert, David N. Oswald, FRCGS, and his team at Canadian based DE Design + Environment Inc., a globally recognized leader in environmental design practice. MOON will expand the environmental boundaries well beyond current aspirations with an acute focus on demonstrating precisely how and why “it’s not too late for planet Earth.”
196+ hotelforum: PXNEL start-up wins Hospitality UPGRADE Award 2022
The PXNEL start-up has won the Hospitality UPGRADE Award 2022 at 196+ hotelforum. The award was presented for the fifth time, together with Hospitality Pioneers (Gastgewerbe Magazin), to young innovative companies, and was accompanied by GNERATOR powered by GIRA as a mentor from the industry for the third time.
Cloudbeds Reveals Top 10 Revenue-Generating Distribution Channels for Lodging Businesses in the United States
Cloudbeds, the hospitality management platform powering more reservations and happier guests for lodging businesses around the globe, revealed its top 10 revenue-generating distribution channels for lodging businesses in the U.S. The company found that the leading demand channels, Booking.com and Expedia, performed the highest for U.S. lodging businesses with Airbnb climbing the list to no. 3. Airbnb continues to perform as it rises in popularity with more traditional hotel businesses adopting the channel in recent years, signifying the continued convergence of the hotel and short-term rental industries.
Spectacular interiors of rediscovered Orient Express carriages revealed
For years, several vintage Orient Express train carriages lay, forgotten, at a small railway station on the border between Poland and Belarus called Malaszwewicze.One day in 2015, French railway fan Arthur Mettetal spotted the distinctive blue carriages in a YouTube video, kickstarting a journey across Europe to track down the lost trains.Hospitality group Accor purchased the rediscovered carriages and enlisted Parisian architect Maxime d'Angeac to meticulously restore them, ready for operation on a Paris to Istanbul rail route that's set to operate from 2024.The first glimpse of the renovated interiors suggest a glamorous travel experience combining Art Deco glamor with modern luxury.
How citizenM plans to dominate the US ‘affordable luxury’ hotel scene
With four new properties in its 2022 pipeline, citizenM is taking its ‘affordable luxury’ lifestyle brand and signature style to new cities and locations spanning the USA from coast to coast. Here’s what we know…
Once Upon A Time... There Was The Future Orient Express Train
140 years ago, Georges Nagelmackers turned his dream into reality by launching the first luxury Orient Express trains. Today, the legend continues with the unveiling of the future Orient Express train. Completely re-imagined, the old historic carriages, disappeared, forgotten, and then found again, are back in service. Prior to its launch in 2025, Orient Express reveals its never-before-seen décors revealed in Paris in an immersive exhibition.
Discover Your Inner Creativity at These Six Breathtaking Architectural Stays
To appreciate the amazing work that architects put into the beautifully designed buildings that can be found in every corner of the globe, World Architecture Day is celebrated every first Monday of October (which is 3 October in 2022). With 41%* of global travelers planning to pick a destination for their next trip based on the unique accommodation options available, and in honor of World Architecture Day, we delved into our more than 28 million reported listings across over 158,000 destinations around the world to share a selection of six inspiring architectural stays.
Podcast: The Brand Experience with James Bermingham
James Bermingham is responsible for delivering Virgin Hotels’ global growth, operational excellence, multi-award-winning customer experience, and unique culture. But where did he get his start? Well, James began his career in his hometown of Dublin, Ireland, followed by ten years in London, England, including executive roles with ITT Sheraton Corporation and the Luxury Collection.
The gigantic moon hotel that could be built in Dubai
Whether it's a blast into suborbital space or a hotel stay among the stars, space tourism entrepreneurs believe one day we'll all be opting for out-of-this-world vacations.The team behind Moon World Resorts reckon so too -- sort of.They want to build a series of gigantic dome-like hotels resembling the moon, sitting here on planet Earth.
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