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/ 22.03.2019
Rosewood Hotels arrives in Hong Kong
A new global icon for Rosewood Hotels & Resorts is established at the most distinguished address in its home city of Hong Kong… Rosewood Hong Kong has opened…
/ 22.03.2019
The Luxury Collection debuts in Armenia
The Alexander, a Luxury Collection Hotel becomes the first international luxury hotel in Armenia… Following plans to open 30 new luxury hotels this year,…
/ 21.03.2019
Marriott International announces three-year growth plan
The hotel giant Marriott International’s growth plans include the openings more than 1,700 hotels around the world… Marriott International has presented the company’s three-year growth plan,…
/ 20.03.2019
Crown Group’s third SKYE Suites hotel to open in Sydney
Crown Group will open its third luxury serviced apartment hotel, SKYE Suites Green Square, Sydney, in Q3 of this year as part of the…
/ 19.03.2019
In Conversation With: Damien Perrot on defining ibis Hotels’ new design era
The world’s most iconic budget hotel brand is undergoing a major redesign following the growing demands of the modern traveller. To understand all the…
/ 15.03.2019
Radisson Collection opens in Moscow
Radisson Hotel Group has announced the opening of the Radisson Collection Hotel, Moscow. The rebrand is now complete and the hotel has become the…
/ 15.03.2019
Accor’s new lifestyle brand to arrive in 150 destinations by 2030
With one hotel open, 10 in the pipeline and a further 50 under construction, Accor launches lifestyle brand Tribe… Accor continues to expand its…
/ 15.03.2019
Oceana to debut in Q2 following $25 Million transformation
Already underway with a $25 million head-to-toe transformation, the current Oceana Beach Club Hotel has announced it will re-emerge as the all-new Oceana in May 2019… A secluded haven…
/ 14.03.2019
Anantara to debut in Mauritius
Anantara Hotels, Resorts & Spas is entering the luxury hospitality sector on the Indian Ocean island of Mauritius with the announcement of Anantara Mauritius…
/ 12.03.2019
Ritz-Carlton, Berlin reopens after 40m Euro renovation
The recent renovation of Ritz-Carlton, Berlin showcases a chic, elegant design evoking 1920s Berlin with creative details and references to the golden era of…
/ 12.03.2019
Two new hotels with 500 rooms to arrive at Düsseldorf airport.
H-Hotels signs a new contract for H2 Hotel and H4 Hotel at Düsseldorf airport, both slated to open in 2024… H-Hotels Group is embarking upon the…
/ 11.03.2019
S Hotel Jamaica opens in Montego Bay
Making its highly anticipated debut, the new stylish S Hotel Jamaica in Montego Bay is poised as the ultimate trendsetting hotspot overlooking famed Doctor’s Cave Beach……
/ 08.03.2019
Kimpton Hotels arrives in Scotland
Kimpton Charlotte Square Hotel brings a new, approachable luxury hotel offering to historic Edinburgh… IHG has announced the opening of the first Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants…
/ 07.03.2019
HOTEL OPENING: Lincoln Plaza London’s design inspired by London Docklands
By taking note of the exciting and vibrant spirit of the London Docklands area, RPW Design was the design firm that sensitively designed the…
/ 07.03.2019
MEET UP LONDON: 3 weeks to go
Calling all designers, architects, hoteliers and suppliers: Meet Up London takes place on March 28 at Minotti London… Designers, architects and hoteliers can purchase…
/ 05.03.2019
Sustainable design transforms London boutique hotel
Each guestroom of the newly renovated Fuller’s Fox & Goose has been consciously designed to allow for the highest degree of sustainable and ethical…
/ 04.03.2019
Is this hotel California’s most luxurious beachside retreat?
Rosewood Miramar Beach has opened as the first ultra-luxury beachside resort in Southern California to offer guestrooms set directly over the sand… Located in Santa Barbara’s picturesque Montecito community, Miramar, meaning ‘to behold…
/ 01.03.2019
Marriott to add more than 30 luxury hotels internationally in 2019
Hotel giant Marriott International plans to add hotels across its eight luxury brands… Marriott International has announced that it is projecting to open more than 30…
/ 01.03.2019
Ruby Hotels to open first Nordic hotel
The 142-room property in Finland’s Helsinki is the latest installment in ‘lean luxury’ hotel brand’s expansion plan… Ruby Hotels, since unveiling plans for UK and…
/ 28.02.2019
CASE STUDY: Furnishing Grand Central, Belfast
Hastings Grand Central is more than a hotel, it’s an ode to a spectacular city. Recommended Supplier Style Library Contract explains how it helped to style…
/ 28.02.2019
Rosewood’s lifestyle brand, Penta, makes comeback in Russia
Pentahotel Moscow, Arbat unfolds a new neighbourhood lifestyle hotel category and opens as the brand’s first step into Russia… Penta, the neighbourhood lifestyle brand under…
/ 27.02.2019
Moxy NYC Chelsea opens an urban design jungle
Refined yet playful, hand-crafted yet modern, the 349-key Moxy Chelsea reimagines the urban jungle, blending botanically-inspired design with Italian romance… Rising 35 stories high…
/ 22.02.2019
Millennium Hotels and Resorts opens 40th property
Deyaar Development and Millennium Hotels & Resorts MEA open Millennium Atria Business Bay… Millennium Hotels and Resorts, Middle East and Africa (MEA) – one…
/ 19.02.2019
INNSiDE by Melia opens first hotel in France
Spain’s largest hotel brand, Meliá Hotels International, unveils the new INNSiDE Charles de Gaulle located at Paris’ international airport… Meliá Hotels International’s INNSiDE has…
/ 18.02.2019
Four Seasons Hotel Montreal incoming this spring
Architects Lemay and Sid Lee Architecture and interior design firms Gilles & Boissier and Atelier Zébulon Perron will complete Four Seasons Hotel Montreal this spring… Heralding the city’s…
/ 18.02.2019
FIRST LOOK: Savoy Palace unveils design concept
Ahead of its highly anticipated opening this summer, Savoy Palace in Funchal has unveiled the first glimpse of its interior design concept… Savoy Palace,…
/ 15.02.2019
Top stories of the week: design love from Bangkok, hide and seek architecture and a new hotel chapter
With architecture and construction firmly in the spotlight, Hotel Designs has witnessed another jam-packed week full of interesting stories that highlights our love in…
/ 15.02.2019
Chapter Roma to open this spring
The 42-key hotel, designed by Tristan Du Plessis of Studio A, will be the first property to open in the newly established Chapter Italia…
/ 14.02.2019
The Sound Hotel opens to celebrate all senses in Seattle
The Hotel Group and Hilton have announced the grand opening of The Sound Hotel Seattle Belltown, Tapestry Collection by Hilton. Woven into the fabric of Belltown, one of…
/ 13.02.2019
EDITION arrives in New York’s Times Square
The Times Square EDITION is the brand’s second hotel to open in New York… There simply has never been anything like it before in…
/ 12.02.2019
It’s a hat trick for Scape Design Associates as it completes three landscape design projects for Grecotel
Internationally acclaimed landscape design practice, Scape Design Associates, has completed the refurbishment of three Grecotel resorts in readiness for the 2019 holiday season… Design…
/ 08.02.2019
Hyatt Regency Valencia completes multi-million dollar renovation
The 244-key hotel’s renovation in Valencia California has been designed for the modern traveller in mind… Hyatt Regency Valencia and Dimension Development has announced the completion…
/ 07.02.2019
Melia Hotels International opens first property in Prague
Meliá Hotels International, Spain’s largest hotel brand, unveils INNSiDE Prague Old Town, its latest property and first hotel in the Czech capital… Designed by Spanish…
/ 07.02.2019
W Hotels arrives on The Palm, Dubai
The 350-key W Dubai – The Palm opens, complete with disruptive interiors, to design its own narrative and lead the ever-changing hospitality scene in the Middle…
/ 06.02.2019
Deadline for 30 Under 30 applications announced
Hotel Designs is broadening its search to find 30 young inspirational designers, hoteliers and architects. The deadline for applications for its 30 under 30…
/ 05.02.2019
Nadler Hotels arrives in Covent Garden, London
The fifth boutique property in the Nadler Hotels Group’s luxury portfolio opens in London’s bustling Covent Garden… Overlooking The Strand in a restored Edwardian…
/ 04.02.2019
Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts to open nine hotels in 2019
The luxury hotel brand, Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts continues with a steady portfolio expansion with openings in new markets and much-anticipated debut of first-ever…
/ 02.02.2019
Top 5 stories of the week: Lighting the mood, surface trends and Meet Up developments
Concluding January and looking ahead to the future of lighting, surfaces and hotel development, Hamish Kilburn writes the top five stories of the week……
/ 31.01.2019
Editor checks in: January ’19
When two trendy worlds collide in January… Excitement and optimism are both thick in the January air. My train carriage on the Eurostar is…
/ 25.01.2019
IHG unveils five-year expansion plan for Kimpton Hotels
Outlook for the luxury boutique brand, Kimpton Hotels, is at its strongest in its 38-year history with more than 25 hotels under development… InterContinental…
/ 23.01.2019
Nobu Hotels announces plans to arrives in Poland
Nobu Hospitality, a global luxury lifestyle brand founded by Nobu Matsuhisa, Robert De Niro and Meir Teper, has announced its continued global expansion into…
/ 23.01.2019
Unveiled: First upscale boutique hotel in the heart of New Hampshire
With the city of Concord, New Hampshire, being in the middle of a cultural renaissance, The Hotel Concord opens as the city’s first upscale boutique…
/ 22.01.2019
Ritz-Carlton Istanbul completes renovation
Entering a new chapter, Ritz-Carlton Istanbul completes multi-million-dollar renovation… The Ritz-Carlton Istanbul has completed a two-year, multi-million-dollar renovation across all guestrooms, ballrooms and events…
/ 18.01.2019
Top 5 stories of the week: Lighting the future, Madrid arrivals and Nobu expansion
From lighting insights to hotel group milestones, here are Hotel Designs’ top stories of the week… As we continue our Spotlight On hotel openings, this week’s…
/ 15.01.2019
BLESS Collection Hotels opens brand’s first luxury property
The luxury hotel brand, which sits under the Palladium Hotel Group umbrella has opened the 111-key BLESS Hotel Madrid designed by Lázaro Rosa-Violan… BLESS Collection…
/ 15.01.2019
Courtyard by Marriott expands its UK portfolio with Oxford opening
The first hotel to opening following the aim to expand portfolio in the UK to seven hotels will be Courtyard by Marriott Oxford South… …
/ 11.01.2019
Top 5 stories of the week: Suites in the sky, defining trends and X marks the spot in Toronto
In the same week Hotel Designs’ announced a new floating hotel in Edinburgh, a mountain of so-called 2019 trends and major openings were among the…
/ 11.01.2019
Hyatt Regency opens its first hotel in Ethiopia
Hyatt Regency Addis Ababa opens in Ethiopia following the brand’s aim to strengthen its presence in Africa… Following Hilton Hotels’ announcement to double its footprint…
/ 10.01.2019
Palacio Can Marques opens in Palma, Mallorca
The former private palace in Palma, Palacio Can Marques, has opened its doors to the public for the first time in 250 years as a…
/ 08.01.2019
Five-Star hotel becomes Italian Hospitality Collection’s first ski venture
The hotel group’s first ski resort sits at the foot of Mont Blanc… As the ski holiday industry grows even further in popularity, despite factors such…
/ 02.01.2019
Could this be 2019’s hottest new wellness spa hotel?
As we continue to focusing the spotlight on Hotel Openings and Spas, a new spa hotel in Alvor, slated to open in June 2019,…
/ 14.12.2018
Top 5 stories of the week: Controversial colours, London reloaded and a Manchester arrival
With 2019 on the horizon, and the focus in the international hotel design market being firmly fixed on what the future brings, Hamish Kilburn…
/ 12.12.2018
Wyndham Hotels & Resorts to expand in Dubai
The hotel chain giant is expected to open a further three hotels in Dubai… Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, with a large global presence of…
/ 11.12.2018
Hotel Elephant Weimar reopens to capture the property’s artistic and architectural heritage
Following an Extensive Renovation, Hotel Elephant Weimer Joins The brand’s portfolio of four independent hotels in Germany… Autograph Collection Hotels, Marriott International’s distinctive collection…
/ 07.12.2018
Top 5 stories of the week: Festive interiors, predicting 2019’s colour trends and sleeping with the lions
From understanding Zimbabwe’s answer to luxury to finding the world’s best festive interiors, here are our top stories of the week… This week has been…
/ 07.12.2018
Savoy Palace slated to open in Funchal in summer 2019
With the aim to open a ‘modern take on an island steeped in history and tradition’, the only Leading Hotels of The World property in Madeira is…
/ 06.12.2018
Former 1920s bank in Zagreb opens as new luxury hotel
Amadira Park Capital in Zagreb has been sensitively created by interior design firm HBA London… Working in collaboration with project developers Ugo Group Zagreb,…
/ 06.12.2018
Avani Hotels & Resorts unveils sharp interiors in upscale resort in Koh Samui
The new upscale hotel in Thailand’s Koh Samui opens as Avani Hotels and Resorts’ 24th property, with a further 15 currently in the pipeline… Avani Hotels…
/ 03.12.2018
Ikos Resorts begins construction on €150 million development project
The resort will be the company’s fifth property in the Ikos Resort portfolio and first outside of Greece, slated to complete construction in 2020… …
/ 26.11.2018
New luxury hotel heading for Palma de Mallorca in Spring ’19
A new luxury hotel in Palma de Mallorca, designed by Swedish interior designer Magnus Ehrland, is slated to open in spring 2019… A new…
/ 23.11.2018
Top five stories of the week: Brit List success, artistic talents and a hotel unlike any other
Following last night’s The Brit List, here are the top five stories of the week, as selected by editor Hamish Kilburn… In my editor’s…
/ 20.11.2018
FIRST LOOK: London’s Belmond Cadogan Hotel to open in February 2019
The luxury hotel, which is ideally located in the heart of London, will open its decadent doors in February 2019… With luxury brands and…
/ 19.11.2018
InterContinental Shanghai Wonderland has opened as the brand’s 200th hotel
The luxury hotel, InterContinental Shanghai Wonderland, becomes the brand’s 200th hotel and unveils apt art installation to honour the milestone… InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG),…
/ 16.11.2018
First look inside the revamped Athenaeum Hotel & Residences
Following an intense renovation led by the award-winning designer Martin Hulbert, the five-star Athenaeum Hotel & Residences has opened to unveil 134 contemporary guestrooms, 10 new…
/ 16.11.2018
Overcoming Grade II listed challenges to create £1.8m boutique hotel
A suite overlooking cathedral gardens, original fireplaces and character windows are just some of the features included in a new £1.8m boutique hotel in…
/ 08.11.2018
Westin Brisbane: rewriting the approach to luxe hotels
With its evolution of the hotel check-in, and grounded in a deep sense of place, Woods Bagot has designed a new, luxe prototype with…
/ 06.11.2018
Amsterdam named top city for hotel investment for third year in a row
Deloitte’s European Hotel Investment Survey 2018 reveals that Amsterdam is the number-one hot spot hotel investment, as London climbs to second… Investors have named…
/ 05.11.2018
Bahia Principe celebrates the opening of its 25th Hotel
With a £70 million investment, Fantasia Bahia Principe Tenerife celebrates the opening of its 25th hotel… Bahia Principe, the leading all-inclusive resort brand with properties…
/ 01.11.2018
First look at Liverpool’s latest design hotel
Seel Street Hotel by EPIC is slated to open its dynamic interiors and design in December 2018… New design renders have been released showcasing Liverpool’s latest design hotel,…
/ 29.10.2018
Rixos Hotels opens first hotel in Abu Dhabi
The hotel group opens a 378-key luxury hotel in Abu Dhabi, the brand’s fourth hotel in UAE… Turkish-grown hospitality brand Rixos Hotels has opened its first resort…
/ 18.10.2018
Westin Hotels & Resorts heads to the Maldives
The opening of The Westin Maldives Miriandhoo Resort signals a new wave of well-being in the heart of the Maldives… Westin Hotels & Resorts…