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Hotel Designs’ editor Hamish Kilburn breaks down the week with the top five stories… This week at Hotel Designs we have identified fabric and…

Taking inspiration from nature and natural objects, Tom Dixon has unveiled its AW18 accessories collection… Design studio Tom Dixon has unveiled its AW18 accessories…

Palm Court Restaurant, Bar & Piano Lounge will open in to Chester’s Grosvenor Pulford Hotel & Spa this month… A dining experience with a…

Young designers Mac Collins and Antonia Packham were chosen from more than 3,000 designers to bring their creative vision to life at the Cadogan Hotel… Luxury travel brand Belmond…

Under blue, cloudless skies in London’s Clerkenwell district, Hamish Kilburn meets Mutina’s Ronan Bouroullec to understand more about his interior design partnership with Domus…

AFSO explores designer concept ‘modern reflections’ in four new projects around the globe… Following the recent completion of the Pavilion Suites at the Berkeley…

Hotel Designs explores how Alex Kravetz Design used comic inspiration to create the interiors of Antwerp’s new design hotel on the block… There were…

Meliá Hotels International is set to debut new $110 million exclusive vacation experience at Dominican Republic property… Meliá Hotels International has announced its newest…

As part of our spotlight this month on soft furnishings and fabrics, Jewel colours are said to be an in-season trend at the moment……

M7 Contemporary Apartments in Florence, designed by the Italian studio Pierattelli Architetture, presents a new hospitality concept that combines the comfort of a home…

Designer Martin Hulbert has thrown back the curtain of a 14-guestroom pied-a-terre townhouse residences in London… In the heart of London’s Mayfair overlooking Green…

For more than 40 years, Decorex International has been the show of choice for the luxury interior design market, and the go-to destination for…

The Luxury Collection has announced the brand’s first hotel in Corfu with the signing of Domes Miramare, a Luxury Collection Resort, Corfu… Domes Miramare, a…

Hotel Designs’ editor Hamish Kilburn caught up with new Managing Director of WATG London Martin Pease to discuss what’s next for the integrated design…

To kick-start our spotlight this month on fabrics and soft furnishings, here are some of the hottest trends we are seeing at the moment……

Manchester’s King Street Townhouse will be the stage of the inaugural Meet Up North… Taking place in Manchester’s King Street Townhouse on July 19,…

MarBella Corfu completes a €1.5 million lobby renovation, marking the finale of the large-scale investment to the property… MarBella Corfu has recently completed a €1.5 million…

Hotel Designs investigates why the conventional bathroom could soon be a thing of the past… As we come to the end of technology’s month…

Priya Paul, the businesswoman with much to celebrate, joins editor Hamish Kilburn to discuss 50 years of THE Park Hotels and how the Indian hotel…

Data from Adia suggests that the ‘now economy’ has led to the hospitality industry consistently growing at approximately six per cent a year since…

Leading firms Lightstone, TAO Group, Rockwell Group and Yabu Pushelberg rejoin forces following the successful launch of Moxy Times Square to deliver Moxy Chelsea… Said…

Intrigued to find out to what extent the power of interior design can lift a building, editor of Hotel Designs Hamish Kilburn checked in to review…

The inaugural Meet Up North will take place in Manchester’s King Street Townhouse on July 18, 2018… With less than a month to go…

Here are the top 5 stories of the week, as selected by Hamish Kilburn, editor of Hotel Designs. This week we collated all the…

The 79-key Soho House Amsterdam will open in the city’s The Bungehuis building in July 2018… Following the coverted launch of White City Soho…

Throughout July, Hotel Designs will be putting the spotlight on two super-important areas of hotel interior design, namely: soft furnishings and fabrics/textiles… Next month,…

As part of this month’s spotlight on technology, Hotel Designs’ editor Hamish Kilburn sat down with the co-founder of Chargifi, Dan Bladen, to find…

Architecture firm Philosophy of Space Rita Gabriel led the €1m renovation to the Praia D’el Rey Marriott Golf & Beach Resort… Inspired by nature…

The competition drew to a dramatic climax this weekend with 15 professional design houses – and three student teams – all competing to be this…

With more and more design firms announcing their involvement in cruise ship interior designs, Hotel Designs’ editor Hamish Kilburn dived beneath the surface to…

The latest addition to Belfast and the seventh hotel in the Hastings Hotels portfolio, Grand Central Hotel, which features Ireland’s tallest bar, has opened its…

This time next month, hoteliers, designers, architects and suppliers will gather at Kings Street Townhouse hotel in Manchester for the inaugural Meet Up North… Taking the…

It’s been a busy week for the industry, with plenty of news in the air to digest. This week Hotel Designs has seen the launch of a…

Award-winning architecture firm Zaha Hadid Architects designed the Morpheus as a simple extrusion of the existing abandoned foundations… Asia’s most popular entertainment destination, Macau…

Hyatt Hotels has announced the continued expansion of the Hyatt Regency brand in China with the opening of the first Hyatt Regency property in…

The new restaurant, located in the heart of London’s Chelsea district, is Goddard Littlefair’s first London restaurant project… Hans’ Bar & Grill, a new…

All carpet tiles and luxury vinyl tiles at Interface are now included in new Carbon Neutral Floors™ programme… Modular flooring company Interface is the first…

Travellers worldwide are invited to book their voyage on The Ritz-Carlton Yacht Collection’s new custom-made luxury yacht… Claiming to be the first luxury hotel group to…

Lighting company B Light has lit up the interiors of the new chalet-like hotel in the Swiss Alps… A luxury hotel surrounded by the…

The design for the brand-new Rosewood Baha Mar creates a luxurious yet intimate atmosphere that invites guests to feel immediately relaxed… Following Rosewood Hotels…

Glasgow’s only five-star hotel has revealed a stunning new two-bedroom penthouse… Following a multi-million pound refurbishment, The Principal Blythswood Square Hotel has recently unveiled a luxurious…

Hotel Designs editor Hamish Kilburn caught up with Richmond International’s award-winning designer, and this year’s headline speaker at Meet Up North, Fiona Thompson, to…

In five years, the hotel brand plans to open properties in Lisbon, Paris, Barcelona, Porto and a third hotel Florence… The Student Hotel (TSH) has…

The new brand, voco, is slated to add more than 200 hotels for IHG over the next decade, with the first voco hotel opening late…

Following the reopening of Radisson Blu, Nice, Hotel Designs caught up with design firm Trevillion to find out what challenges it faced when refurbishing…

Designed by visionary Firm Michaelis Boyd, RYSE by Autograph Collection is being described as “exactly like nothing else”… Autograph Collection, Marriott International’s distinctive collection of…

The rise in innovative lighting technologies is pushing the boundaries of what can be achieved in hospitality interiors, both aesthetically and in terms of…

Here are our top 5 stories of the week… 1. Mandarin Kensington Fire: Hotel issues statement Not surprisingly, our top story of the week was…

Analysts at Lodging Econometrics (LE) report that the construction pipelines for the Middle East and Africa continue to grow resulting in 875 projects/216,045 rooms…

Claridge House Chicago opens after a multi-million-dollar renovation which included the transformation of all spaces… Design firm The Gettys Group has turned a classical…

Ahead of the opening of University Arms, Cambridge, Hotel Designs went behind the scenes to find out how the design concept developed between interior designer…

The five-star The Edinburgh Grand opens in the heart of the city’s vibrant St Andrew Square in the former RBS Building… Two years in the making,…

Hotel Designs caught up with co-founder of luxury design powerhouse AB Concept to discuss technology, trends and what’s next for AB Concept Following on from last month’s…

Hotel Designs is delighted to announce that it has become an official media partner for designjunction 2018. Connecting the world’s most renowned design brands, designjunction…

In our technology feature this month, we’re discussing how tech, placed thoughtfully, can help to create a relevant and modern in-room experience. With 73…

Taking the keynote address at this year’s Hotel Summit, Trivago gave delegates an in-depth insight on travel trends in London and the South West……

designjunction is set to transport to the cultural hub of London’s South Bank with a showcase of world-class design for the annual London Design…

The hotel is undergoing an extensive renovation and restructuring, following the impact of Hurricane Irma in September 2017… Eden Rock – St Barths, the Caribbean…

Interior design agency Nic Graham & Associates allows W Brisbane to rises in the Sunshine State to open 312 guestrooms and 32 luxe suites… The heat is…

Grand Hyatt Abu Dhabi Hotel & Residence Emirates Pearl opens its doors in the United Arab Emirates… Hyatt Hotels has announced the opening of Grand Hyatt…

Poised to set a new standard for wellbeing in the Heart of the Capital, The Westin London City, designed by Dexter Moren Associates, is…

The Middle House, located in the heart of Shanghai within bustling HKRI Taikoo Hui building, has officially opened embracing a ‘modern-day Shanghai’… The latest…

Inspired by original private members clubs of its time, Ochil House in Gleneagles is a collection of exclusive use spaces for meetings and events…

Decorex will return to the historic Syon Park from September 16 to 19. Once again, the show will open London Design Festival as one…

We took a closer look at the timeless details that make up the new hotel on the block, The Orient Jerusalem by Isrotel Exclusive…

Union Investment and bulwiengesa announce that growth is in both traditional hotel segment and in new concepts – despite Airbnb… The investable hotel market in…

Hotel Designs Brit List 2018 returns on November 22 at BEAT in London… Following much anticipation in the industry after launching last year, Hotel Designs…

Interior design firm GA Design was appointed to create the new London and Garden Suites in one of London’s finest hotels… Corinthia Hotel London…

Northern Ireland’s largest hotel in Belfast will shelter 300 rooms as well as the highest bar in Ireland… Hastings Hotels has announced that it…

Following the recently launched Edition 26, Hotel Designs editor Hamish Kilburn caught up the father-and-son duo Robert and William Chelsom to understand how the firm is…

Wearing his comfy shoes, Hamish Kilburn heads into London’s creative district to discover what Clerkenwell Design Week 2018 has to offer… I arrived at…

The Bodrum Edition will open next month with the aim to redefine luxury for a new kind of resort unlike any other in the…

Introducing a new level of luxury to San José del Cabo, the Reimagined 194-room Viceroy Los Cabos Captivates Guests with Futuristic Design that was inspired…

Located in between Hong Kong Park and the Botanical Gardens, The Murray Hotel opens and its interiors “breathe new life into the classic Hong Kong…

After opening its doors almost a year ago in one of the most sought-after address in the Balearic Islands, Nobu Hotel Ibiza Bay is…

Hotel Designs editor Hamish Kilburn sits down with Constantina Tsoutsikou to discuss emerging trends, common pitfalls and future projects… “We would never design a hotel…

Hotel Designs recently caught up with Bee Osborn, owner of Osborn Interiors to discuss her design process and why it is so important to believe in your…

The Hotel Designs Meet Up North takes place at the King Street Townhouse, in central Manchester on 18 July. And Hotel Designs is delighted…

SORAA has always been a fixture in lighting design projects that incorporate strong artistic and design elements. So when world-renowned lighting design firm Worktecht…

Throughout May Hotel Designs will focus on two essential components to a hotel’s make up – bars & restaurants and catering equipment… If you…

Hannah Moses of Better Bath shares her views on the importance of choosing the right linens for your hotel bedrooms and bathrooms and why…

Airbnb is well covered on Hotel Designs. Here, Nakul Sharma, CEO and Founder of Hostmaker shares his thoughts on the online marketplace and hospitality…

Join us at the Hotel Summit this summer and you’ll get exclusive insights into Trivago’s consumer insights research. The Hotel Summit is the hotel…

With two months to go until the 20th anniversary edition of the Hotel Summit, we are pleased to confirm support from a huge array of industry…

Modular construction is an ever-growing market, with everything from hospital wards to student accommodation being built offsite and then shipped to the construction area….

Nicholas Sunderland, design director of Twos Company Interior Design and NS Interiors, discusses the need to work closely with contractors. If you are an interior…

What is it, exactly, that interior designers do? What keeps them awake at night? Are they basically just like the hosts of Changing Rooms,…

The first thing visitors see on Bill Bensley’s website is the word disruption in block caps. The word is scrawled over a photograph of…

The world’s first fully vegan room service has launched and we’ve had a peek inside the London hotel heralding it, which has central London…

A new TV series aims to understand the world’s most famous hotels, “where the past, present and future converge”. Fronted by iconic US journalist…

The distinctive indie-rock style of pioneering band The Libertines will set its stamp on the interior design world now that the band are opening…

The philosophy behind Italian furniture designers LEMA is the concept of slow living, the harmonious enjoyment of life through beauty. This vision is behind…

Victory House, London Leicester Square – MGallery by Sofitel has opened, offering a cosy escape in the heart of the vibrant West End. Overlooking…

Offering unrivalled access to a host of London’s most bustling business and leisure hubs, the new 196-bed ibis London Canning Town hotel delivers style,…

He has been dubbed the ‘Lady Gaga’ of design – a moniker I’m not entirely convinced Marcel Wanders fully appreciates – and has been…

InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG), one of the world’s leading hotel companies is proud to announce the opening of three new hotels – in Los…