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The appeal of hospitality has driven a surge in transactions across Asia-Pacific in 2024, with JLL forecasting that the region will reach a record $12.2 billion in hotel deals by year end…
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Sweden's Icehotel for the 2024/2025 season is officially open for guests…
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Dubai: Is it time the hotel industry started thinking beyond five-star ratings?
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Even for the budget hotel sector, the cookie cutter approach of the past is no longer relevant delegates at the Resort & Residential Hospitality Forum in Athens were told.
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A newly completed hotel by WH Studio, known as the Nanxi Happy Pastoral Wild Hotel Treehouse, presents an evolution in treehouse-inspired design. Following the success of WH Studio’s 2019 Xianghu Senbo Resort Treehouse in Hangzhou (see designboom’s…
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James Gavigan, Co-founder and Creative Director at House of Kin, explores why hospitality spaces should consider what they classify as ‘family friendly’ and how designers can implement subtle changes to ensure the design is accessible to all ages…
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Los Angeles comedian Fahim Anwar was showering at an Austin hotel when he reached a boiling point. As water sprayed onto the floor, a shallow pool forming, he realized he could no longer stay silent about the partial door…
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The rise of the global economy has led to the rise of the business class, whose ceaseless travels have empowered the hospitality industry’s growing influence. During the last several decades, hotel chains have been expanding and battling for a share…
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PLANS for a £338million "world's tallest hotel" with 82 floors and over 1,000 rooms have been revealed. Ciel Tower in Dubai Marina will stand tall at 365m and has already received various awards for its groundbreaking design…
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A growing trend in the travel industry, particularly in the realm of hotel design, is reshaping the way travelers experience their surroundings. This movement, known as biophilic architecture, has captured the attention of global travelers and…
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In Albania’s capital Tirana, where a spate of new towers will soon transform the skyline, architects have revealed plans for a new double skyscraper that will bend elegantly like a ballet dancer’s plié, or a lover leaning in for a kiss…
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If you look out onto the Dubai skyline, you’re likely to be admiring the work of Yahya Jan…
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Architecture studio BIG and Japanese hospitality brand Not A Hotel have teamed up to design a trio of villas located on Japan’s Sagishima Island. Helmed by architects Bjarke Ingels and Leon Rost, the villas are a convergence of Japanese and…
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Jean-Michel Gathy is at the origin of the most beautiful hotels in the world. The award-winning Belgian architect and interior designer with over four decades of experience at the avant-garde of the hospitality industry, who describes himself as…
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After Aman Nai Lert Bangkok (Q3, 2024) and Aman Miami Beach (2026), Aman Beverly Hills is slated to be the next urban destination to open in 2027. Designed by Kerry Hill Architects, here are the first renderings of the forthcoming property…
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Singapore, Tokyo, London, Barcelona... Cleveland? While a list like that doesn't make a whole lot of sense at first blush, it does after you read Architectural Digest's ranking of the 27 best hotel lobbies in the world…
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WASHINGTON — There are three high-class hotels near the White House built by an Armenian-American architect. What are now St…
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After the fallow pandemic years, hotels are once again competing to provide the best short-term homes to holidaymakers and business travellers alike…
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