World’s first voice-activated hotel rooms open for business

14th September 2016

Ben Brown reports on the arrival of the world's first voice-activated hotel rooms, which are being trialled in the US cities of Boston and Santa Clara. In two ...

Hotels

Micro stays: why people are booking hotels for ‘daycations’

25th August 2016

We have all heard of the staycation, whereby people choose to take a break in their home town or city instead of going abroad, but a new emerging travel trend i...

Hotels

Luxury hotels offer designer wardrobe room service

9th August 2016

A new trend in the luxury hotel market sees guests provided with a designer wardrobe full of outfits to wear during their stay. It means travellers can pack as ...

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Why Radisson Red hotels aren’t just for young people

21st July 2016

The first lifestyle hotel from Radisson Red opened three months ago in Brussels, with the aim of appealing to people with a “Millennial mindset”. Created...

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Social enterprise: floating Good hotel comes to London

17th July 2016

The Good hotel, which gives jobs and training to the long-term unemployed, will set sail from its current home on Amsterdam’s IJ Waterway to moor at Newham’...

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Why ‘personalisation’ will make airlines and hotels rich

6th July 2016

A survey of British consumers has revealed people are willing to spend up to £61 on hotel and airline extras that personalise their trip – be it champagne on...

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Green Rooms nonprofit hotel for artists opens in London

3rd July 2016

Green Rooms is an innovative new nonprofit hotel that opened in North London's Wood Green in June, designed for artists and people working in the creative indus...

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Extreme stays: the world’s most unusual hotel rooms

2nd July 2016

Chain hotels are so last century. These days people are looking to stay in unusual hotel rooms, in places with personality and a sense of the exotic. Alex St...

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Hotels with recording studios: new W Bali Sound Suite

14th June 2016

Sleep, eat, record, repeat. Jack Southan reports on the emerging trend for luxury hotels to install recording studios, with the arrival of the W Bali Sound Suit...

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New underwater restaurant opening in the Maldives

9th June 2016

Dubbed M6m (because it's Minus 6 Metres below sea level), this underwater restaurant in the Maldives is opening at new all-inclusive resort Ozen by Atmosphere o...

Hotels

Five luxury travel trends shaping hotels of tomorrow

2nd June 2016

The world’s biggest luxury hotel brand, Intercontinental Hotels Group (IHG), has teamed up with renowned futurist Faith Popcorn to predict the luxury travel t...

Hotels

Accorhotels buys luxury apartment rental site Onefinestay

16th April 2016

French hotel group Accorhotels announced in April that it has bought luxury peer-to-peer home rental platform Onefinestay for €148 million. Essentially Air...

Hotels

Generator opens posh hostel in Amsterdam

5th April 2016

The Dutch capital is proving to be one of Europe's coolest cities when it comes to hotel innovations. In the past year it has welcomed sci-fi capsule concept Ci...

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OK computer: why hotels are employing robot staff

20th March 2016

A woman walks into a hotel lobby and addresses a 2.5-foot tall white robot with a smile. "Hi Connie," she says. "How may I help you?" the toy-like automaton rep...

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Bio building: vertical forest resort to open in China’s Guizhou

5th February 2016

Set across 300 acres of natural landscape, the Cachet Resort Wanfeng Valley is located in Xingyi City, in the south-westerly province of Guizhou. Little known t...

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Giant floating island coming to Dubai’s Burj Al Arab hotel

22nd January 2016

One of the world's most luxurious hotels – the Burj Al Arab Jumeirah in Dubai – is set to receive a space-age extension in the form of a floating leisure de...

Hotels

Sci-fi capsule hotel opens in Amsterdam

21st January 2016

Aimed at tech-adept Generation Y-ers, City Hub in Amsterdam describes itself as the "hotel of the future", and comes complete with 50 high-tech sleep units, a d...

Hotels

Five cool hotels from around the world

1st January 2016

The first in our series on cool hotels, we bring you a round-up of five trend-setting properties that have caught our attention, from Hollywood to Israel. 1. D...

Hotels

Sleep small: Yotel capsule chain plans world domination

3rd December 2015

Between 2016 and 2018, sci-fi hotel brand Yotel has a mission to open 18 new capsule properties that will be ideal for jet-lagged flyers and city slickers on a ...

Hotels

Signature scents: Calming Park creates line of hotel amenities

7th November 2015

From Langham's Ginger Flower to W's Lemon Spritzer, hotels are working hard to invest in "subliminal environments", using signature scents to help lock in memor...

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Four Seasons launches photography competition

25th October 2015

Luxury hotel chain Four Seasons is inviting guests to share photos of their stays on Instagram with the chance to win one of three trips abroad. By using the h...

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Special delivery: now you can order room service with emojis

25th October 2015

The Aloft hotel in Manhattan has launched "Text it, Get it", a service for guests who are too lazy or hungover to call reception to order room service. "TiGi...

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Classic modernism revival: new AthensWas hotel

22nd October 2015

Described as “a throwback to the glory days of classic modernism”, this new Design Hotels property opened in April, on the foothills of the Acropolis, in Pl...

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Luxury hotel planned for London’s Battersea Power Station

21st October 2015

Designed by the creators of New York’s High Line Park, the Art’otel Battersea Power Station will have a stunning rooftop pool and urban garden extending the...

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