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 ...
Hotels
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 boutique 'lifestyle'...
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...
Trendy package holiday hotel Casa Cook opens in Ibiza
Casa Cook is a trend-conscious boutique hotel brand from package holiday company Thomas Cook. It opened its fourth property in Ibiza this summer. Jenny Southan ...
How much does room service cost in London hotels?
With an increasing number of travellers cooking their own meals in Airbnbs or ordering food to their room via apps such as Deliveroo, how can hotels continue ju...
Alibaba’s FlyZoo hotel in Hangzhou is staffed by robots
The sci-fi FlyZoo hotel in Hangzhou is staffed by robots, Chinese guests can check in with facial recognition and rooms are voice controlled. Anthony Pearce rep...
Futuristic Kachi Lodge hosts stays on Bolivian salt flats
Amazing Escapes has built lunar dome hotel Kachi Lodge on the white salt flats of Salar de Uyuni in Bolivia, meaning travellers can now stay in this remote, pri...
City forecast: rise and fall of global hotel room rates in 2020
American Express Global Business Travel has revealed its forecast for the state of the global hotel industry next year. The Hotel Monitor 2020 reveals that 10,0...
Infinite Explorer: a train-hotel for touring the American Wild West
Travelling along the defunct passenger rail lines of America's Wild West, Infinite Explorer is an innovative new concept from SB Architects, which takes the for...
The Green Apple Foundation is upcycling hotel waste in Cartagena
Globetrender speaks with Portia Hart, founder of nonprofit social enterprise the Green Apple Foundation, which is based in Colombia's Cartagena, about how it is...
Airbnb Luxe curates extravagant villas and private islands for rent
Airbnb has launched a new luxury arm, Airbnb Luxe, offering well-heeled travellers “spectacular properties with dedicated trip designers”. Samuel Ballard re...
On-demand food deliveries could replace hotel room service
As on-demand food delivery apps such as Uber Eats, Just Eat and Deliveroo gain traction, hotels are noticing a trend for guests shunning room service from on-si...