One of the recent trends in the hotel industry is 'decorating a swimming pool'
The swimming pool, which used to be a simple leisure space, is evolving into an immersive content space that combines media art.
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The luxury Four Seasons hotel franchise is taking on the high seas
The superyacht cruise ship, dubbed the Four Seasons I, is being kitted out with "sea limousines", luxury restaurants, a cigar room and even a four-story private penthouse suite.
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B&B HOTELS advances sustainable building with first modular Timber Hotel in Germany
B&B HOTELS is set to complete its first hotel using modular timber construction in Neustadt in Holstein by autumn 2025…
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What is fuelling the hotel conversion frenzy?
The US hotel market is in the grip of a full‑blown conversion boom - and investors are here for it. Rising construction costs, tight zoning and a thirst for speed to market have pushed brand‑to‑brand and adaptive‑reuse projects to the front of deal…
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Painful Passion Thrives in Asia: Ita Bags, Ita Cars, and Now… Ita Hotel Rooms?!
A budget hotel in China just turned a standard suite into a shrine for anime fans—and the internet has thoughts.
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We’re having sex inside Moby Dick! The wild architectural world of Japan’s love hotels
From cruise ships to UFOs, from King Kong to a giant whale, half the sex in Japan may take place in its dazzlingly imaginative love hotels. But have some become just too seedy? Our writer checks in
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The Trump Organization and DarGlobal have announced plans for the Trump International Hotel & Tower in Dubai. The skyscraper will reach 350 meters (1,148 feet), making it one of the tallest buildings in the city…
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Goes Big in Italy for Annual Dioriviera Beach Collection
BEACHY STATE OF MIND: “White Lotus” may have moved on to Thailand, but Dior is going big in Italy for the rollout of its annual Dioriviera bDioreach collection.
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‘Shining’ Hotel Borrows $300 Million to Cater to Horror Fans
The hotel that inspired Stephen King to write his bestseller The Shining is turning to the municipal-bond market to pay for a sweeping overhaul in a bid to cement its status in the film industry, particularly among horror aficionados…
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Meyer and Morfield Unveil Plans for Floating Hotel in Cardiff
Meyer Floating Solutions and Morfield Floating Hotel have unveiled plans to bring a landmark floating hotel to Cardiff Bay, an on-the-water hospitality destination designed to enrich the city’s waterfront and elevate visitor experiences…
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What is Hospitality’s Role in an Age of Disruption?
Around 35 years ago, I helped found an organization to promote British excellence and drive business development for the UK’s top firms and today, the group is called Walpole which includes more than 250 members representing the best of British…
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Top 10 Ways to Make Your Hotel's Social Media Stand Out in 2025
Your hotel's most valuable asset on social media in 2025 isn’t the view—it’s the human experience.
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Biophilia beyond the buzzword – OCCA on the subtle art of sensory design
Rounding out March 2025’s editorial focus on ‘nature in design‘, Hotel Designs caught up with OCCA Founder and Principal Kate Mooney to discuss the contemporary nature of biophilic design…
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Goddard Littlefair designs Andalusian retreat for Iconic Luxury Hotels
Iconic Luxury Hotels has announced that it will launch a new hotel in Marbella in late Spring, designed by Goddard Littlefair.
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The current pace of hotel conversions “has started to pick up” with owners, developers and investors now looking at this path vis-à-vis PIPs, according to Michael Cummings, senior vice president and divisional leader within the CBRE Hotels Advisory…
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Will IKEA’s Hotel blow you away, or send you flat packing?
It’s the biggest furniture company on the planet, with 480 stores, but only one IKEA hotel to its oh-so-recognisable name. Jenni Mortimer heads to Älmhult Sweden to check it out.
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An airline built a hotel. It crashed and burned
At Sunseeker Resort Charlotte Harbor, sunburnt guests in Michigan and Ohio State gear — the unofficial uniforms of Southwest Florida tourism — wait at the poolside for long-delayed fruity cocktails. The scene captures the essence of a property that…
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Hotels, We Need to Talk: A Love Letter to Better Stays!
From mirrors that give you an unexpected front-row seat while on the loo to hotels that believe orange juice belongs in a shot glass – these are just a few things that could be tweaked to make travel even better. And before you say it, no, this…
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