Design & Architecture

Work From Hotel: How Hotel Design is Adapting to Accommodate the New Guest

During the pandemic, working from home became a way of life that grew out of necessity. After COVID subsided, people were hungry to travel again after being trapped at home. They realized that working from home did not mean one has to be at home or in the office to work. Technological advancements allow the office to travel where the laptop goes. Enter bleisure travel.

Re-Imagining Retail - Approaching Mixed-Use Design through a Hospitality Lens

In conversations around the future of brick-and-mortar retail in the United States, claims have been made about the rise of e-commerce (especially mobile e-commerce) bringing about the supposed downfall of the shopping mall. The COVID-19 pandemic significantly disrupted the retail industry as people opted for online ordering from home rather than visiting an enclosed mall, for health and safety reasons and the convenience of one-click ordering. According to World Economic Forum, department store sales in the first quarter of 2020 and those from other "non-essential" retailers declined by 25%, and in the second quarter, the decline was up to 75%.

ibis brings its passion for music to 'The Voice'

ibis and 'The Voice' join forces once again in this new edition of the popular Antena 3 programme presented by Eva González. ibis, the leading international hotel brand in the economy hotel sector, with more than 1,200 establishments worldwide, has a passion for music as its brand, which is essential to the internationally recognised ibis MUSIC concept. Therefore, this alliance with 'The Voice' is a natural and mutually enriching partnership: music brings people together, encourages the exchange and mixing of different cultures and ibis also provides opportunities for emerging talents, something in which it fully agrees with 'The Voice'.

Radical Innovation Competition, Produced by The Hardy Group Announces the 2023 Finalists – Vote Now

Radical Innovation, conceptualized in 2006 by The Hardy Group, is an annual award competition that has been shifting the norm in the global hospitality industry, by recognizing excellence in design, architecture, travel, and products. The initiative challenges creative thinkers and design visionaries at the professional and student level to pioneer compelling innovations that fuel the future of hospitality. Radical Innovation is pleased to announce that voting is officially open for the 17th annual competition.

Orient Express Celebrates Its 140th Anniversary, Embarking on ‘Beyond a World of Dreams’ Celebrating 140 Years of the Legend

In a tribute to the past, celebration of the present and looking toward the future, Orient Express proudly marks its 140th anniversary today, October 4th, 2023. Commemorating the very moment when Georges Nagelmackers’ Orient Express embarked on its inaugural journey from Paris to Constantinople in 1883, Orient Express is not merely celebrating a legacy, it embraces its rebirth. The Orient Express legend lives on today through a collection of travel experiences: the highly anticipated launches of its legendary trains, a collection of luxury hotels, and Orient Express Silenseas – the world’s largest sailing ship.

Canaves Oia Announces New Luxury Villa Collection

Three new luxury villas were introduced to the Canaves Oia collection of resorts and villas in Santorini, Greece this season. The villas, along with the company’s Eden Villas complex, join the newly established Canaves Oia Villas Collection, which offers travelers to Santorini the perfect blend of privacy and space afforded guests of a luxury villa, along with the amenities and distinguished services of a luxury hotel, such as daily breakfast, room service, 24-hour front desk, twice-daily maid service and more.

Boutique Group Signs MoU with Sommet Education

Boutique Group, a hospitality company fully owned by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, merging the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's culture and heritage with contemporary elegance to develop historic and cultural places into ultra-luxury boutique hotels, has signed an MoU with Sommet Education, a leading international network of hospitality management and culinary arts schools. Sommet Education encompasses prestigious institutions such as Swiss originated hospitality business schools Glion Institute of Higher Education and Les Roches, together with culinary and pastry arts school École Ducasse.