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The radiator brand Bisque saw the opportunity in 1979 to make the radiator a contemporary design product that can help to transform a space……

Hotels looking to create a distinctive look in their guest bathrooms can now create a standout statement feature with the new Alderley mock croc…

The leading events company, Forum Events Ltd, has added Catering Equipment & Services and Hospitality Tech & Innovation to its rowing portfolio… Following the…

The Vancouver-based company is able to replicate any map, town or city in crisp, detailed wallpaper… Point Two Design is a company using city…

DoubleTree by Hilton Carcassonne opens a Fairy-Tale Escape in the Heart of France’s Medieval City… France’s medieval city of Carcassonne has welcomed the country’s…

Editor of Hotel Designs Hamish Kilburn reflects on a busy week in the world of international hotel design with the top five stories… “Manchester…

Blue Sky Hospitality complete compelling story in the newly opened Hyatt Centric Gran Via Madrid… The interior design of the newly opened Hyatt Centric…

Laguna is one of the signature ranges from Chelsom’s latest collection, Edition 26… Rediscovered original 1960’s artisan glass moulds which had lain unused since…

Last night, more than 200 of the industry’s leaders and visionaries from within the hotel design gathered on the terrace of King Street Townhouse…

Hotel Designs Editor Hamish Kilburn caught up with Dimitris Manikis, the new Managing Director (EMEA) of  Wyndham Hotels & Resorts to find out more…

All month, Hotel Designs is shining the spotlight on Soft Furnishings, Fabrics and Textiles. Here are some five-star examples of hotels that nailed their…

Threading together design and sustainability, textiles expert Michelle Tonta explains why sustainable development should be on the minds of all designers when innovating new fabrics, soft furnishings and even…

New roster includes Benchmark, Established & Sons and Dare Studio among others… 100% Design has revealed updates to its exhibitor list for the 2018 show,…

Wyndham Athens Residence in Greece shelters 89 fully equipped apartment-style suites… Wyndham Hotels & Resorts and Zeus International have announced the opening of Wyndham…

The Principal Manchester commissions Brintons carpets for extensive refurbishment… Principal Hotel Company Ltd and Starwood Capital Group has commissioned premium carpet manufacturer Brintons to…

The Middle Eastern hotel market continues to grow as General Hotel Management Ltd announces opening of Al Bait Sharjah… General Hotel Management Ltd (GHM)…

The Royal Champagne Hotel & Spa is the region’s first five-star contemporary hotel set in the hills above the area’s most famous villages – Champillon…

Burgess Furniture launches new space-saving afold table, which has been chosen for the meeting spaces at Belfast’s new Grand Central Hotel… Priding itself on…

The Chilworth is the Montcalm Hotel Group’s newest generation of a boutique townhouse hotel… Located in a little London hideaway near Paddington, The Chilworth has…

On July 18, Hotel Designs will bring the successful networking concept of ‘Meet Up’ up North to Manchester… There are just three days left…

Malta continues to be a hotel design hot spot as London-based designer unveils 29 luxury suites in Malta’s The Westin Dragonara Resort… With the arrival…

Hotel Designs editor Hamish Kilburn breaks down the week with the top five stories… With our focus this month being on fabrics, textiles and…

Rockwell East is a new 57-key aparthotel owned by London-based property developers Marldon and designed by Waldo Works with deliberate clashes of textures and bold colours.. Located on the…

It was a collaborative effort to finish the highly anticipated Four Seasons Hotel Kuala Lumpur… Located within a glittering new skyscraper, designed by NRY Architects,…

Simon O’Mahony, Managing Director of Mitre Linen, explains how soft furnishings, linen and colour can help a hotel stand out from the crowd… Hospitality…

Interior design firm Graven completes IHG Hotel Indigo Dundee… InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) has opened Hotel Indigo® Dundee, in one of Europe’s rising design destinations…

Urban is the latest ready-to-go carpet range by Wilton Carpets… The latest ‘Ready to Go’ carpet range from Wilton Carpets captures echoes of urban…

With just over two months to go, 100% Designs has confirmed two more leading designers who will speak at this year’s event… 100% Design…

SB Architects has announced several new planned communities and destinations in China, including two new winery boutique hotels… From winery resorts in Dalian and Beijing…

Jim Thompson shared his love of Thailand by bringing hand-woven Thai silks to the world, complementing perfectly the Anantara passion for authentic luxury… The…

The new bathroom furniture unit from Roca combines sleek storage with subtle technology… Bathroom specialist Roca has announced the launch of the Stratum-N Bluetooth® connected…

Sleep + Eat has announced the theme for this year’s Sleep Sets, as well as the four design companies inspired to create the concept…

Stellar additions to this year’s Decorex line-up will offer new perspectives on materiality… Renowned applied arts critic and curator of Future Heritage, Corinne Julius,…

Calling all designers, architects, hoteliers and key-industry suppliers: There is now just one week left until Hotel Designs takes the successful networking experience, Meet…

Hotel Designs is pleased announce the arrival of Phoebe Kasapi as the brand’s new media sales executive… Phoebe Kasapi has been appointed as media…

“Savona 18 Suites” is a new hotel designed by Aldo Cibic in the heart of Milan… Design firm Cibic Workshop has transformed a typical Milanese casa…

From stunning multi-tone herringbone to classic black and white ‘tiles’, we’ve rounded up five fabulous (and affordable) floors that are suitable for boutique hotels on…

The XSquare bathroom range from Duravit impresses with its contemporary – yet elegant design, high-quality surfaces and materials and striking chrome profiles… In conjunction…

Working with designers M Studio London, all 301 guestrooms and suites at the London Marriott Hotel West India Quay have undergone a full refurbishmnet to…

As the 2018 FIFA World Cup final approaches, Hotel Designs investigates the top design hotels in Russia… Riddled in history, Russia holds many hotel gems…

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

Hotel Designs reviews the latest piece of furniture, Sir-Pent, from Contract Furniture Store… Functional, quirky, and certainly different, the sinuous and stealthy Sir-Pent, designed by…

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…

The Duchess Rooms have been redesigned with the female solo traveller in mind… Mayfair’s quintessentially British five-star DUKES London looks to be ahead of the solo traveller…

Kaldewei is one of the leading bathroom manufacturers, producing more than 50,000 ways of designing the modern shower… The year was 1956 when bathroom…

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…

HB Design and Marques and Jordy are working to open Anantara Hotels and Resorts’ third property in Vietnam using traditional craftmanship and locally sourced…

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…

As the sun sets on June, editor Hamish Kilburn wraps up on what has been a tech-driven month full of interviews and looking into the…

New £20m Aparthotel launches flexible accommodation in Stratford, London… Roomzzz has announced it is launching its first London-based development in Stratford on July 1. The…

The new Sottini collections Fusaro and Ellero give bathroom designers robust ‘infinite possibilities’… Italian-inspired bathroom brand Sottini has launched two new product ranges, Fusaro…

The chic new bar will house books from the famous Bloomsbury Set, and other iconic authors… YTL Hotels’ elegant Gower Street property, The Academy,…

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…

Hotel booking sites are being advised by the UK’s competition watchdog to review the way in which they rank and display rooms online… Some hotel sites…

Offer ends June 30… designjunction has announced that anyone to register before June 30, 2018 will benefit from a 50 per cent discount. Taking place…

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…

Marking the final stage of a groundbreaking transformation, The Carriage House, designed by David Collins Studio, opens… Adare Manor has announced the completion of its…

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

Roman Limited has introduced a matt black profile to its Wetroom Panel collection. The Liberty matt black wetroom panel has been introduced to Roman’s…

As part of technology being in the Spotlight this month, Hotel Designs takes a first look at the extremely tech-forward hotel, which will shelter 219…

This year’s Clerkenwell Design Week saw the expansion of Morgan’s Pimlico collection to include two new sofas, the dramatic 148 high back booth sofa, and…

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…

Following Hotel Designs’ exclusive interview with Managing Director Martin Carroll, Duravit has opened its London flagship showroom… Bathroom specialist Duravit has opened its new…

The Lodging Econometrics (LE) global construction pipeline trend report suggests that Marriot is leading the franchises in the global construction pipeline. The construction pipeline…

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…

Opening outside of Vegas for the first time, Bellagio Shanghai’s 162 guestrooms and 22 suites have been designed to maximise the panoramic views of…

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,…

The opening of InterContinental Phu Quoc Long Beach Resort in Vietnam marks the 1000th IHG hotel opening in the Europe, Middle East, Asia and…

In 10 fusionist designs that artfully blend layers of abstract pattern and familiar floral and geometric motifs, Havana is the latest ‘ready to go’…

As Duravit opens its new Clerkenwell showroom, the editor of Hotel Designs, Hamish Kilburn, went behind the scenes to ask the Managing Director of…

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…

Hamilton is confirmed to exhibit at this year’s newly-rebranded SLEEP + EAT exhibition, Stand C52, taking place on November 20-21, 2018 at the new location…

Working to a Martin Brudnizki Design Studio design, lighting specialists Dernier & Hamlyn produced a stunning two-tier chandelier almost 1.5 m across that forms…

Regardless of their location, the world’s finest hotel bathrooms are designed to evoke a sensory experience. Moosa Adam investigates how hoteliers can simply create…

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 hotel, located near Reading in England, has unveiled the results of £20 million grand transformation… De Vere Wokefield Estate has unveiled the result…

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…

Featuring the Icelandic blue of Fjord, rich ochre of Demerara, rust tone of Burnt Copper and deep grey of Gun Metal; Creations is the…