Hotel Designs

Hillswood Furniture has launched a new collection called Desiree.The collection comes from Italy and is one of three new collections launched at this year’s Sleep exhibition.

With it’s unique style which is undoubtedly Italian and simple elegance this collection would complement any interior space be it hotel lobby, lounge and bar area, bedroom or dining room.

The frame is manufactured in solid beech polished to choice and can be upholstered from our extensive range of flame retardant soft fabrics or leather or COM.

New universal mobile device charging station is compatible with over 2000 devicesHotels across the globe are encountering frustrated guests who are desperate to re-charge and re-connect. TeleAdapt is pleased to announce an affordable, universal charging solution for hotels – the ChargeHub.

ChargeHub is a compact, mobile device charging station designed specifically for the hospitality industry. It comes equipped with 12 different device connectors, making it compatible with most major mobile phone brands used around the world.

A female USB port extends the charging convenience to guests who bring their own cable, for charging Bluetooth headsets, portable game consoles, and other USB powered devices.

TeleAdapt, founder and CEO, Gordon Brown said: “Convenient, universal power is and always will be a concern for hotels and their guests. A power outlet is just not enough when travellers forget their charging cables. With millions of guests checking in with mobile phones that have cable requirements unique to each country, a universal charger like ChargeHub is the only feasible solution to service their charging needs.”

ChargeHub has been designed to address the specific challenges hotels face when catering to a global audience. It provides the power, it provides the cable and it’s designed to fit within any room configuration.

ChargeHub’s patented design works well in a guestroom environment or installed in the business center and meeting room space. Four screw holes allow the unit to be secured in place anywhere in the room. Choose to install ChargeHub on a desktop, on the side of a desk, or built into a drawer for a more hidden application. An instructional decal is affixed to the top to conceal the screws and create a seamless look.

Hamilton Litestat is a UK-leading designer and manufacturer of decorative electrical wiring accessories including switch plates, sockets, card switches and lighting controls. With over 40 years’ experience supplying commercial and residential markets, Hamilton provides an ever-expanding, diverse range of quality, design-led products as well as producing bespoke commissions.The products range from traditional antique brass switch plates to up-to-the-minute lighting control panels finished in glossy piano black. Other finishes available across the Hamilton ranges include satin chrome and bright chrome, satin steel and bright steel, wooden finishes, satin brass and polished brass, and pearl oyster. Two of Hamilton’s most popular ranges, Hartland CFX and Linea CFX, feature entirely concealed fixings, perfect for ultra-modern rooms that require a smooth, minimalist feel.

Recently, Hamilton introduced another dimension to its comprehensive product range – Perfect Partners door furniture. Available exclusively from Hamilton in the UK, the handles perfectly match many of the stylish finishes found across the other accessories ranges. Designers of both residential and commercial interiors can now look to Hamilton to provide the complete range of finishing touches in order to give their rooms a sleek, co-ordinated look.

Although suitable for a wide variety of applications, Hamilton’s products have recently been installed in a number of hospitality interiors due to their combination of hardwearing functionality and design-led aesthetics. The slimline Hartland range has proved particularly popular, having recently been used in both Trewhiddle Village, a prestigious holiday villa complex in South Cornwall, and the luxury Jurys 4-star hotel in Great Russell Street, London. As the Jurys hotel serves international visitors Hamilton produced bespoke plates that incorporate American and European sockets, as well as matching card switches and dimmer plates.

Hamilton’s Managing Director, Rod Hamilton – one of the first people to introduce the dimmer to the UK market in the 1960s – believes that a combination of up-to-the-minute technology and high visual appeal is key to optimising electrical wiring systems. He said: “Being able to provide a whole range of wiring solutions that feature the same plate design helps to minimise cost without having to compromise visual appeal.”

“All of Hamilton’s wiring accessories may be combined with any of our self-designed inserts which include Euromod communication and data modules, grid fix solutions and standard box fit. This means that a whole range of wiring solutions may be achieved using the same plate design, with different inserts combined within one plate in order to integrate separate functions and streamline the overall scheme. Our Digital Mercury lighting control system may also be controlled from a plate specially designed to co-ordinate with the other switches and sockets in the scheme. At the end of the day, the two most important things in designing your electrical wiring system are that it works efficiently and blends in with the rest of the interior design,” he added.

As many of Hamilton’s plates are made in its UK factories, bespoke accessories may also be engineered to address specific requirements.

All of Hamilton’s products, including Perfect Partners, will be on display at the Interiors show in Birmingham from 24–27 January 2010; visit stand D18.

The new 81-room Country Inn & Suites by Carlson Washington at Meadowlands has opened for business at 245 Meadowlands Blvd. The hotel is the first Country Inns & Suites by Carlson in the greater Pittsburgh area. The non-smoking hotel features an indoor pool, whirlpool and new fitness centre with strength and cardio equipment.

Other amenities include a complimentary hot breakfast and meeting space is also available. The hotel offers a variety of guest room styles including standard rooms, studio suites, one bedroom suites, Jacuzzi rooms and an extended stay suite. All rooms feature complimentary wired and wireless high-speed Internet access, microwave, refrigerator and HBO.

Located near Interstate 79, the hotel is only minutes from the Meadows Race Track and Casino and Tanger Outlets. The hotel is less than 30 miles from Pittsburgh International Airport and taxi service is available.

Country Inns & Suites by Carlson features traditional architecture and a residential interior design with the brand’s plank lobby flooring, lobby fireplace and front porch. It has furnishings that blend rich woods and natural earth tones throughout the hotel.

Country Inns & Suites by Carlson, executive vice president, Steve Mogck said: “We’re very excited to bring another Country Inns & Suites By Carlson to this region. All employees will participate in our ‘Be Our Guest’ service training program, to ensure consistent delivery of quality customer service at our hotels.”

Home2 Suites by Hilton, the extended-stay hotel chain, has announced the groundbreaking of its first hotel.The 119-room Home2 Suites by Hilton Fayetteville, N.C. is being developed by Alabama-based LBA Properties. The hotel is expected to open in the 2010 fourth quarter.

Hilton Worldwide, global head of brand management, Bill Duncan said: “Developer response to this brand has been extremely gratifying. We launched Home2 Suites by Hilton less than 11 months ago in the midst of the worst recession since the Great Depression. Since January of this year, we have broken ground on the first property, received 67 applications, approved 53 franchise agreements, with commitments to move into construction shortly, and have more than 30 additional properties in the early stage of development pipeline. We believe Home2 is the fastest growing brand to launch in Hilton’s history and based on the current pipeline, we expect the 100th Home2, a pivotal milestone, to open in 2013.”

The four-story hotel will feature a number of amenities, including an integrated guest laundry and fitness room, outdoor living rooms, grills, outdoor exercise course and wireless internet accessible from all areas of the hotel. It will also feature the Oasis, a flexible community space that includes gathering and individual work zones, a pantry, complimentary breakfast service area, activity room and indoor pool.

Guest rooms provide separate media and bedroom areas, as well as a fully accessorized kitchenette, containing a refrigerator/freezer with icemaker, dishwasher, microwave/convection oven and coffee maker. The living area has a queen-size sofa/sleeper, 42-inch flat-screen TV, roll-around ottoman, ambient and task lighting.

All guest rooms include a “working wall” that incorporates the kitchenette and flexible working space with a moveable desk and adaptable storage options. Environmentally conscious appointments include low flow showers and faucets, bulk bath amenities, dual flush toilets, recycled flooring and other sustainable product selections.

Regal Kangbo Hotel, when it opens next year, will be the only five-star international hotel in Dezhou, Shandong Province, China. The hotel is strategically located in Dezhou Economic Development Zone (DEDZ) and will be surrounded by the Municipal Government Office Tower and the DEDZ Office Tower.

The hotel will pose as the highest building in the city with 100m height and a total gross floor area of about 40,000sqm, and will be a tall diamond-shaped tower in appearance.

The 22-storey Regal Kangbo Hotel will feature 215 deluxe and spacious guestrooms and suites, offering a wide range of dining options, comprehensive meeting facilities with a 750sqm grand ballroom befitting all kinds of conferences and banquets.

The hotel offers well appointed health club with indoor pool, Jacuzzi, sauna and complete massage facilities as well as other recreational facilities like chess rooms and karaoke.

The Regal Kangbo Hotel is due to open in the third quarter of 2010.

Hyatt Hotels & Resorts and Stonestreet Hospitality Realty Corporation have opened Hyatt Place in Uncasville, Connecticut, US. The hotel is the first newly built hotel to open in Uncasville since 2001.Hyatt Hotels & Resorts and Stonestreet Hospitality Realty Corporation have opened Hyatt Place in Uncasville. The hotel is the first newly built hotel to open in Uncasville since 2001.

Hyatt Place Uncasville features 176 guestrooms, all of which have a 42-inch HDTV, the Hyatt
Grand Bed and an eight-foot sectional sofa-sleeper. There is complimentary Wi-Fi access throughout the hotel and a complimentary continental breakfast.

Every guestroom is also equipped with a media centre that allows electronic devices to plug directly into the 42-inch high definition television, giving guests instant access to the technological amenities they’re accustomed to accessing at home or in the office.

Within the hotel there is also about 260sqm of meeting space, a large lobby space, a fitness centre and a coffee and wine bar serving Starbucks coffee.

The Guest Kitchen offers made-to-order breakfast, lunch and dinner entrées around the clock, and specially trained Hosts are on hand to offer assistance with everything from directions to check-in to a freshly made meal.

Hyatt Place Uncasville is under the leadership of general manager Merrielee Beetham
Turley, assistant general manager David R. LaValley and director of sales and marketing
Eileen M. Wert.

Hyatt Place Uncasville, general manager, Merrielee Beetham said: “We’re thrilled to be Uncasville’s first newly built hotel to open in eight years and believe that city residents and travellers will find Hyatt Place Uncasville worth the wait. Located just one mile from the Mohegan Sun and a short drive from the area’s historic attractions, Hyatt Place Uncasville gives business and leisure travellers instant access to everything Uncasville and the surrounding area have to offer.”

Coastal interiors have always incorporated elements of the outdoors but lately, designers and homeowners everywhere are embracing the easy-yet-elegant al fresco d?cor associated with warm climates ? regardless of geography.Chella Textiles president Lee Menichella is not surprised by this collective determination to rest easy and soak up the sun when we can ? literally and figuratively.

Menichella said: ?The shift toward living in the moment makes perfect sense in light of recent unprecedented worldwide events. Even those living in cold climates half the year want to make the most of their outdoor spaces.?

Santa Barbara-based Chella has created virtually maintenance-free fabrics for a decade. Menichella said: “The difference is that now, the easier lifestyle they afford is what everyone wants.”

Equally at home indoors and out, Chella?s solution-dyed acrylic fabrics, sheers and trimmings for upholstery and drapery resist sunlight, stains, water, wine and the like.

Quodes has introduced cabinets designed by Japanese designer Nendo.

Nendo drew inspiration for Collar from the collar of a shirt. Quodes have extended the range with an affordable bookcase and show case.

Modern, contemporary and funky furniture, the Collar range offers bookcases, chests of drawers and cabinets with doors. Collar cabinets can be used standalone or as a composition of several models

The configuration on the left is 200 cm long with a height of 40 / 80 cm. It is composed of a lowboard with 4 drawers (L200 H40 D55cm) and a metal bookcase module (L50 H40 D35 cm).

Bookcases are made of powder coated metal. Chests of drawers and cabinets with doors have a MDF corpus and metal fronts / shelf.

The colours available include:
Pantone Cool Gray 3 C
Pantone Warm Gray 3 C
Pantone Cool Gray 8 C
Traffic White

JAL Hotels Co., Ltd. has announced it will open Hotel Nikko Saigon in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, in October, 2011. The company jointly signed a hotel management agreement with Fei Yueh Vietnam Co., Ltd., the owner of the hotel.Hotel Nikko Saigon will be JAL Hotels’ second hotel in Vietnam after Hotel Nikko Hanoi, which was opened in 1998. Fu Tsu Construction Co., Ltd., the parent company of Fei Yueh Vietnam Co., Ltd. and one of the major construction companies in Taiwan, also owns two Nikko Hotel International properties: Hotel Royal Taipei and Palau Royal Resort.

JAL Hotels has had management contracts to operate these hotels since Hotel Royal Taipei opened in 1984, and the two companies have enjoyed a relationship for the past 25 years.

JAL Hotels has been seeking an opportunity for quite some time to open a hotel in Ho Chi Minh City, the largest centre of commerce in Vietnam. The contract for the management agreement was based on mutual benefit for both parties.

Hotel Nikko Saigon will be built in the newly-developed large-scale commercial complex ‘Royal Centre Project’, located in Ho Chi Minh City. Construction of the hotel is expected to be completed as the second phase of the development.

The hotel will have 22 floors above ground and 3 basement-level floors, with 335 guest rooms occupying a total of 58,437sqm (including 19,249sqm at the basement level).

The hotel’s main guest rooms will provide a 40sqm, larger than most guest rooms in hotels of the same class in the city. The hotel’s facilities will include an all-day dining facility that includes Japanese cuisine, as well as a Chinese restaurant, and will also provide guests with banquet rooms, a business centre and fitness club.

The hotel is expected to cater to the demands of both business and leisure clientele. The first phase of the development opened in December 2008 with a shopping mall and office space. The third phase will be completed in 2013 with four luxury residential towers.