Graduate hotels open in Cambridge and Oxford
Graduate Hotels has opened hotels in Cambridge and Oxford. The two hotels – the Graduate Cambridge and The Randolph Hotel by Graduate Hotels – have opened for overnight stays, with the bars and restaurants opening in coming weeks…
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Porsche Design and Steigenberger to Establish Joint Hotel Brand
Functional design and a unique brand experience are about to merge at the very highest level. Dr…
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Watergate Bay’s CEO Will Ashworth on hitting the ‘suite’ spot with the hotel’s new Beach Lofts
After a transformation project, the former Jamie Oliver restaurant space at Watergate Bay has been reimagined into seven new suites that will define a new room category at the hotel and within the wider portfolio…
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IHG debuts next-generation Holiday Inn design in Australasia
IHG Hotels and Resorts has opened the first Holiday Inn property in Australasia to feature the brand’s next-generation design including an open lobby concept combining the hotel’s reception area, business centre, restaurant, bar and lounge…
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New York icon Ian Schrager has seen the high-end hotel future: We’re carrying our own bags
‘Who needs all those luxuries from Europe in the 17th and 18th centuries?’ Schrager says of his contemporary, Lower East Side hotel
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How To Improve Your Guest Bedroom's Hospitality Factor
As the saying goes, mi casa es su casa. When a loved one comes to your neck of the woods—be it for a quick moment or a longer trip—you jump at the chance to have them stay with you…
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Five space-saving tips to steal from this minimalist micro-hotel in Santorini
While we're drawn to admire hotels for their boutique furnishings and audacious color schemes, we never expected to find ourselves falling for their space-saving ideas…
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As with all things COVID-19, it’s time to rethink how your hotel gets the most out of its public spaces, Specifically, the hotel lounge, often part of the lobby, will return post-pandemic as a key point of differentiation for properties…
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LVMH Plans to Build an Ultra-Premium Hotel on Rodeo Drive
Just when you thought Rodeo Drive couldn’t possibly get any more luxe, LVMH is like, “Hold my martini.” The luxury conglomerate is planning to open an ultra-premium hotel on the famed thoroughfare to outshine all competition…
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Tiled sinks, café curtains, and other boutique tips from Le Moulin hotel in Provence
The recently renovated hotel sits on the fringe of Lourmarin's château near the mountain-kissed region of Pertuis…
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On sale: $125,000 balloon trips to the edge of space
If you're trying to avoid airborne viruses, heading to a near vacuum might not be the worst idea…
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Boom Supersonic aims to fly 'anywhere in the world in four hours for $100'
The aviation industry is in crisis, there's a global push to cut carbon emissions, and many of us haven't stepped on a plane or hugged far-flung loved ones in more than a year. Reviving the supersonic dream that died with Concorde's retirement…
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Novotel Launches New Era Of Design With A Global Mix Of Leading Designers And Non-Standardized Style
Novotel, a beloved midscale hospitality brand, is pleased to announce that it has teamed with four international design teams to bring the brand's new vision of modern, 21st century style to the world…
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Choice debuts new prototype for 40-year-old Comfort brand
A full year after it was planned and just in time for the upper-midscale brand’s 40th anniversary, Choice Hotels International has introduced a new prototype for its flagship Comfort brand.
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Choice unveils new Comfort prototype
Choice Hotels International Inc. has unveiled the new Comfort Rise & Shine prototype as its flagship, upper-midscale brand marks its 40th anniversary. The first new-construction hotels with the new prototype are expected to open in 2023…
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Luxury hotels urged to enliven social media offerings to tap into Chinese consumer market
Social media may be the best way for luxury hotels to tap in to China’s enormous consumer market, according to a recent study co-authored by Mr Xinhai Mou, Dr Lisa Gao of the School of Hotel and Tourism Management (SHTM) at The Hong Kong Polytechnic…
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Lifestyle Hotels Broaden Accor's Horizons
They are unique, in touch, and cater to every whim. The Lifestyle segment treats guests to a different experience at each hotel, every time. The concept is rocketing and nothing can stop it now. Accor was one of the first to glimpse its potential…
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World's first space HOTEL to begin construction in low Earth orbit in 2025
Work is due to start on the world's first 'space hotel' in low Earth orbit in 2025 - and it will come equipped with restaurants, a cinema, spa and rooms for 400 people.
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