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.
Radisson Collection - Radisson Hotel Group’s luxury lifestyle collection of iconic properties - is proud to announce their third brand ambassador as part of their global Art Series program. This week sees the launch of surrealist photographer Minh T’s exhibition with the exceptional backdrop of Radisson Collection Hotel, Palazzo Nani Venice during the city’s key artistic moment of the year: La Biennale.
Hyatt Hotels Corporation (NYSE: H) today announced plans to expand Hyatt’s Inclusive Collection – a new global portfolio of distinct luxury all-inclusive resort brands – with five all-inclusive resorts in Bulgaria. Less than one year since the acquisition of Apple Leisure Group, a leading resort brand management platform, Hyatt continues to strengthen its leadership position in the luxury all-inclusive category. The planned expansion further demonstrates the strength and reputation of Hyatt’s all-inclusive brands as they grow in new markets outside of the Americas to attract diverse groups of travelers seeking immersive all-inclusive resort experiences.
WorldHotels announced today the expansion of its hotel offerings in Switzerland with the addition of the Modern Times Hotel in Vevey on Lake Geneva to the WorldHotels™ Elite Collection.
Having joined forces to launch the Palazzo Donà Giovannelli hotel project in Venice, Orient Express and Arsenale S.p.A. have come together again for the opening of the next Orient Express La Minerva Hotel in Rome, a prestigious address acquired by Arsenale in February 2022.
The winner of the "Hotel Design Award 2022" is the Hotel Casa Cook Samos in Greece. The prize was awarded for the first time yesterday during the 196+ forum Milan.
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.
A heady mix of powerful architecture, refined culture, impressive art, a rich culinary history and an insatiable love of the good life has made Madrid one of the most captivating and alluring cities in the world. The arrival of the EDITION brand further boosts the Spanish capital’s attraction with a refined offering that encapsulates the city’s beguiling individuality and essence. “Madrid, for us, is a truly world-class capital,” says Ian Schrager, the visionary pioneer of the boutique and lifestyle hotel concept, EDITION hotels, PUBLIC hotels and many other innovative and groundbreaking ideas. “It’s just a beautiful city that marches to its own beat and goes its own way.”
Bergman Design House has an enviable portfolio of international projects at some of the most exclusive addresses. Co-founded in 2017 by Marie Soliman and Albin Berglund, the firm is regarded internationally as leading creative movers and shakers in the industry. With over 25 years of combined experience, Marie and Albin, a dynamic husband and wife duo, have created a luxury design studio that specialises in the hotel, commercial, residential and superyacht industries.
Triton Construction has been appointed as main contractor to preserve and redevelop the historic, Grade 2 listed Hyde Park Picture House in Leeds. The £2.8 million contract follows news that the treasured venue has secured a National Lottery Heritage Fund grant with match funding from Leeds City Council to secure its future.
Hyatt Hotels Corporation (NYSE:H) announced today that a Hyatt affiliate has entered into franchise agreements with Story Hotels Holding AB to bring three hotels in Sweden under the JDV Hotel brand, helping to grow Hyatt's independent collection brand in Europe. The three boutique hotels - Story Hotel Riddargatan and Story Hotel Signalfabriken in Stockholm, as well as Story Hotel Studio Malmö, Sweden - will all retain their individual hotel names and unique identities. The three Story Hotels will be available for reservation through Hyatt's booking channels and for World of Hyatt members to earn and redeem points for stays starting April 15, 2021.
Traveling and providing services to travelers is what gives to a big percentage of the world's population a colorful tone to their reality. Including myself.
Travelodge the UK's first budget hotel chain has gone artistic and created 'headboard art', a headboard that is a piece of art - titled 'Sleeping in Edinburgh'. It's the first of its kind within the UK branded hotel sector and has been commissioned to celebrate a double celebration, the company's 35th birthday and 30 years of trading in Edinburgh.
Evolution Steigenberger goes Art: Just as most Steigenberger Hotels & Resorts are starting to reopen, a new cooperation agreement has been concluded between Steigenberger and KENSINGTON Art GmbH. Over the coming weeks and months, exclusive works of art promoted by Kensington Art will be displayed in all existing and future hotels operated under the Steigenberger brand. The plan is to stage around ten to twelve exhibitions per year, each of a duration of eight to twelve weeks. Some of the works on show will be by renowned artists such as Günther Uecker, Heinz Mack, Otto Piene, Markus Lüpertz, Mel Ramos, STALE, Alexander Höller, Jacob Gils, Maxim Wakultschik, Theresa Kallrath. In addition, new discoveries on the art market will be featured alongside regional artists from areas near to the individual hotels. The first exhibitions are scheduled to take place from September 2020.
In an effort to bring top minds in the boutique lifestyle space together in a closed, intimate setting to discuss worldly topics and opportunities as well as issues we are facing for 2020. BLLA organized another dinner in London co-hosted by the Inhabit Hotel in Paddington.
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.)
Crowne Plaza® Hotels & Resorts unveils its new public space design for the first time in Europe at Crowne Plaza® Paris - Republique. The transformed lobby and public spaces, called 'Plaza Workspace', are the future direction for the brand globally. The newly launched spaces at Crowne Plaza® Paris - Republique have been designed in collaboration with leading global design studio Conran + Partners. The hotel has maintained its unique nineteenth-century architectural features, whilst re-thinking its public spaces, approach to guest service, and food and drink offering to ensure it meets the needs of today's society, who are blurring the lines between business and leisure.
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.
From ultra-connected millennial adolescents to time-pressed business travelers, guests are becoming more aware of digital innovation when traveling. That's why Aparthotels Adagio is planning to overhaul its 2.0 concept apartment. Guided tour with Zac, the personalized speech-driven assistant!
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.