Luxury hotel brands unveil ultra-expensive VIP experiences
From diving for designer watches to private viewings of Fabergé eggs, Rosewood and Rocco Forte have both unveiled exclusive VIP experiences for guests, proving...
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Utah’s Camp Sarika by Amangiri to open in spring 2020
This April, luxury hotel group Aman will be opening a high-end 'glamping' site called Camp Sarika that is linked to its Amangiri resort in the Utah desert
Capsule chain Yotel reveals predictions for hotel room of 2050
From facial scanning entry systems to interactive mirrors, trendy capsule hotel group Yotel reveals predictions for the hotel room of the future
Hilton makes hotel soap recycling scheme a global brand standard
From 2020, Hilton is making its partnership with social enterprise Clean the World – which recycles used hotel soap for communities struggling with disease – a brand standard
Life House to unveil five USA hotels with luxury bunk rooms in 2020
Setting the trend for luxury bunk rooms, emerging boutique hotel brand Life House will be unveiling its third property in Miami in February, with another four US locations to follow in the first half of 2020
Airlines and hotel chains resolve to eliminate single-use plastic
From Air New Zealand to Mandarin Oriental, airlines and hotels around the world are working to eliminate single-use plastic to make travel more sustainable, as public appetite for eco-friendly alternatives increases
Ace Hotel Kyoto to open in spring 2020 as part of Japanese cultural hub
Coming to Japan in spring 2020, the Ace Hotel Kyoto will be part of a larger cultural hub and hipster hangout in a city famous for its Buddhist temples and Shinto shrines
Hoxton hotels offer free ‘Flexy Time’ 24-hour check-in/out
Hoxton hotels are encouraging guests to arrive and depart whenever they like with a new 'Flexy Time' concept, allowing free 24-hour flexible check-ins and check-outs
Von Braun space hotel will have restaurants, gyms and ‘artificial gravity’
Space may be the final frontier but it looks soon to be conquered thanks to Californian start-up, the Gateway Foundation, which wants to put a hotel called the ...
North Pole Igloos hotel will be popping up in the Arctic in 2020
The North Pole Igloos hotel is a luxury pop-up camp that will be installed for one month only on the North Pole in 2020. Only accessible by helicopter, it will ...
Tokyo’s hip Trunk House and Hotel bring ‘lifestyle stays’ to Japan
Up until recently, visitors to Tokyo mainly had the choice of business hotels, traditional ryokans, capsule hotels and Airbnbs, but now the trendy Trunk House a...
Tidal partners with sbe to create soundscapes for hotels
Music streaming platform Tidal has partnered with hospitality group sbe to create bespoke playlists for the hotels under its SLS, Mondrian, Hyde and Delano Hous...
Eight surprisingly cool things about the Bankside hotel in London
From an artist-in-residence programme to high-end vending machines, the Bankside hotel in London has a number of innovative features, demonstrating there is sco...
Is the 1 Hotel West Hollywood the world’s most sustainable city hotel?
Described as a 'sustainable city sanctuary', the new flagship 1 Hotel West Hollywood is decked out in salvaged pine, has beehives, an organic vegetable garden, ...
700,000 Heures: Japan is next stop for world’s first nomadic hotel
Named after the average human lifespan, 700,000 Heures is the world's first 'wandering' hotel, opening every six months in a new place before disappearing forev...
Marriott bets on ‘luxury all-inclusive’ trend with new resorts for 2020s
Marriott International is opening a series of new luxury all-inclusive resorts between 2022 and 2025, proving that even wealthy travellers don't like paying for...
Jo & Joe to open hybrid hostel-hotel-shop in central Vienna IKEA
A trendy Jo and Joe hotel is opening in an IKEA store in Vienna in 2021, where young people can sleep, socialise and shop for furniture. Anthony Pearce reports
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‘Playful, rustic and nostalgic’ Treehouse hotel comes to London
A new sister brand to eco-luxury 1 Hotels, the Treehouse hotel will open in London this November, complete with resident horticulturalists, 'farm-to-glass' co...
The Standard’s Lobby app lets hotel guests connect online
Trendy hotel chain The Standard has a dedicated social networking app called Lobby that allows guests to communicate with one another when they check-in. It is ...
Luxury Islas Secas eco-resort comes to remote Panamanian archipelago
After a soft launch earlier this year, the remote eco-paradise of Islas Secas will be opening as a full-service, off-the-grid resort in December 2019. It will...
Experiential retail: Stephen Kenn creates micro-hotel in LA
Have you every dreamed of staying the night in an furniture showroom, slipping into a comfy bed on the shop floor? Now, US furniture design studio Stephen Kenn ...
Does NYC’s Equinox Hotel feature the world’s healthiest minibar?
From kelp jerky to Moon Juice adaptogens, the new Equinox Hotel in New York has reimagined the minibar as a source of super-healthy goodness rather than shamefu...
Aman to open three luxury resorts in Saudia Arabia in 2023
Luxury hotel group Aman Resorts has announced its first venture into Saudi Arabia, suggesting the country will be opening up to tourism, at the same time as loc...
Inhabit: first ‘mindful’ boutique hotel opens in London
Inhabit, a new hotel brand with a homelike feel, has opened London’s first mindfulness boutique property in Paddington with anti-pollution filters, food-waste...