All aboard Rome’s new hotel inspired by the Orient Express
Architect Hugo Toro transformed five 17th-century Roman buildings into the Orient Express brand's first hotel, drawing design inspiration from the Pantheon and Roman fountains.
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Inside Raffles London at The OWO
Raffles Hotels & Resorts has made its long-anticipated debut in London, opening the doors to Raffles London at The OWO (Old War Office). Comprising a hotel and residences, spa and ballroom, alongside an array of restaurants and bars, The OWO heralds a new chapter for Whitehall.
Twelve chalets scattered over the austrian alps become the peterhof alpe furx hotel
Speckled across the slopes of Austria‘s Alpe Furx ski resort is a new Peterhof hotel by Baumschlager Eberle Architekten. The cluster of twelve chalets stands as the replacement of a pre-existing hotel, offering tranquility and intimacy all with a contemporary timber warmth. These private timber chalets are grouped around a main building which hosts a place for gathering and social interactions among visitors.
Is There A Brave New Future For London’s Brutalist Hotels?
When Camden Council put their Euston Road annex up for sale in 2015, only one bid didn't want to demolish the building. Built in 1974, this concrete building had been an unloved feature of Kings Cross for 40 years. Now, as the Standard Hotel's first foray beyond the US it sparkles with a two-floor roof extension and an outside elevator that climbs up an exterior that was widely nicknamed the Eggbox by under appreciative locals in its former life (Londoners like nicknaming their building, see also the Gherkin and the Walkie-Talkie building.)
Beautiful or terrifying? Architect designs hotel suspended over a cliff
Norway's spectacular fjords make a dramatic backdrop for any building, and now a Turkish architectural design studio has proposed a boutique hotel built into one of the nation's famous cliffs. The concept would be built to look like part of Preikestolen, a 1,982-foot cliff in southern Norway that has become a popular tourist attraction.It features a large viewing platform on the top deck that doubles as the entrance to the building, with three floors of guest quarters below.Each level has a protruding balcony that provides stunning views over the surrounding landscape.On the lowest level, a long, narrow swimming pool juts out from the cliff face, with a viewing deck that provides a place for guests to relax.
Why Philippe Stark Calls This New Saint-Tropez Wellness Resort One of His ‘Most Successful’ Projects
When French media magnate Alan Weill called up the superstar designer Philippe Starck, asking him to redesign the hotel he had just bought on the Saint Tropez peninsula, at first Starck turned him down. He did not like the Côte d'Azur, and had not stepped foot in Saint Tropez in 50 years. But when Weill told him about this particular area, La Croix-Valmer, where his family had gone for generations, Starck agreed to check it out.
Why Historic Buildings Make Great Hotels
Growing numbers of historic buildings in the UK are now enjoying a second life as high-end and mid-range hotels. Former mansion Cliveden House, near Windsor, was once home to royalty while Roch Castle, in Wales, has been given a boutique-style makeover and Solent Forts, near Portsmouth, offers an off-shore stay with a difference at former sea-based defences.
Inside Germany's sausage hotel
What do you look for in a hotel interior? A calming color scheme? Crisp white sheets?Or what about wallpaper festooned with sausages, bratwurst-shaped cushions and IRL sausages hanging from hooks on the wall?Welcome to Boebel Bratwurst Bed and Breakfast, in the small village of Rittersbach near Nuremberg, Germany, which lays claim to being the world's first sausage hotel.Many -- including, but not limited to, vegetarians and vegans -- might rather not know how the sausage gets made. But for those curious about this meaty motel, proprietor Claus Boebel filled CNN Travel in on the in(nards) and outs of his unusual inn.
How the French family behind Club Med is reimagining urban hotels with Mama Shelter
The French family behind Club Med, the ubiquitous all-inclusive vacation resorts, has a growing hospitality venture that doesn't involve ski slopes or seashores, but rather cityscapes and skylines.
How Jacques Garcia Turned an Old Church into London's Hottest Hotel
Jacques Garcia is not personally in the business of seduction.
When History Goes Hip: How The UK's Country House Hotel Scene Is Being Reinvented | forbes.com
The UK's country house scene is having a moment. Where once many of these stately homes-turned-hotels offered little more than too much chintz, tired rooms and overblown, fussy service, these days innovative hoteliers are putting in place a new vision to refresh their historic rooms. The result is the opening of a new batch of glorious properties to entice a modern-day traveller.
'Game of Thrones'-themed ice hotel opens in Finland | economictimes.com
'Game of Thrones' may return in 2019 but the winter is already here for the fans of the HBO epic fantasy drama who can now have a freezing experience in a new hotel that has opened in Finland, inspired by the show.
This Amsterdam hotel has 9 one-of-a-kind rooms created by different designers | businessinsider.nl
When you look for a hotel room, you usually choose what to book based on how many beds you need, the size of the space, and the amenities offered (like a minibar or room service). Rarely do you get a room that’s completely different than anyone else’s.
But the Volkshotel in Amsterdam has a unique setup. Guests can book a one-of-a-kind room specially designed by local architects and interior designers.
Hotel design inspiration on Berlin’s streets | hotelnewsnow.com
Highlighting individual human expression—even if it means looking in unexpected places such as street art—is one of our greatest tasks when it comes to hotel design. Art has always been an endless source of inspiration for both my design work and my personal life. Creative expression of all kinds allures and intrigues me. As an avid traveler —this past year took me to cities from Nashville, Tennessee, to Zagreb, Croatia, for work and for fun—art museums are often the first place I stop to absorb local culture.
Is this new hotel in Amsterdam the “Hotel Of The Future”? | contemporist.com
There’s a recently opened hotel in Amsterdam called “CityHub, which is aimed at Generation Y (currently 25-35 years old) travellers that are all about a digital lifestyle. Generation Y are connected 24/7 and are comfortable in a world filled with touch screens and quick service. Located in an old industrial warehouse, CityHub combines the privacy of a hotel, but the affordability of a hostel.
How Ian Schrager became London's hottest hotelier | gq-magazine.co.uk
Ian Schrager, 67, opened his third Edition hotel (in association with Marriott) in London's Berners Street in September. Here, the godfather of the "superclub" (he co-owned New York's legendary Studio 54, before going on to create design-led hotels such as Morgans, the Delano and the Mondrian) shares a little of the hard-won wisdom that's earned him the sobriquet "the Warren Buffett of boutique hotels"...
The Search for Hipness in Hotels | nytimes.com
As the trendy East London neighborhood of Shoreditch emerged as the city’s hub of technology and social media companies, it was inevitable that bars, restaurants and hotels would adapt to serve the young cosmopolitan types who work at such businesses. One of the newest examples of this transformation is the Ace, the international debut of an American boutique hotel chain that has revamped a former stuffy Crowne Plaza business hotel here.
Disco daddy: Ian Schrager, king of clubs and hotels, is back in London | standard.co.uk
Dressed comfortably in jeans, white socks and slip-on shoes, Ian Schrager appears pretty low key. The king of New York’s most famous hotels and nightclub — he is the man behind legendary hangout Studio 54 and is often credited as the father of the boutique hotel — is now 66 and his relaxed manner could lead you to believe he is taking it easy after a lifetime of cutting-edge design and partying. But when the rasping and gravelly Brooklyn drawl begins to explain why he is back in London, it’s clear Schrager is still as driven to succeed as ever.
Boutique Hotel Summit 2013: Five tips to beat the big brands |
‘Non-standard’, ‘trendy’ and ‘unique’. Just three of the words used to describe a boutique hotel at yesterday’s Boutique Hotel Summit in London. But with larger chains beginning to take a grip of the sector with the emergence of so-called lifestyle brands, how can independent boutiques stand out in an increasingly crowded segment?
Paris: Saudi Prince’s Hôtel de Crillon to Get Facelift by Lebanese Architect | nytimes.com
Since it opened to the public in 1909, the majestic Hôtel de Crillon has been an icon of French refinement. On Sunday, this iconic hotel, now owned by a senior Saudi prince, will close its doors for two years to undergo a major renovation intended to restore some of its former splendor. The facelift will be directed by the Lebanese architect and designer, Aline d’Amman. Ms. d’Amman, whose agency, Culture in Architecture, has collaborated on various design and decoration projects in the Middle East, has hired three interior decorators based in Paris, Cyril Vergniol, Chahan Minassian and Tristan Auer.