The Happier the Hotelier, the Happier the Guest!
Posted in Airport, Amsterdam, Been There, Dutch Design, Hoteliers, News, Pod Hotel, The Making of, Travel, Unusual on Jun 24th, 2008
He looks a bit tired, but here is Rattan Chadha, the founder of CitizenM and former owner of the Mexx fashion company who opened the press conference.
Some quotes as a starter:
They started 4 years ago.
Rattan traveled more in his prior life than many in the audience of the well attended press conference will ever do [...]
Posted in Art, Berlin, Germany, Hotels, Pod Hotel, Street Art, Unusual on May 30th, 2008
When I wrote about this now closed Berlin object of art/experimental one room billboard hotel in December 2007, I didn’t imagine that people would actually sleep in it. I visited it in March when I was in Berlin for ITB Berlin. Henri Roelings, who is one of the guys behind WiWiH (Who Is Who [...]
Posted in Architecture, History, Hotels, Unusual on May 28th, 2008
That’s a good idea: Open an architectural monument for a stay! Then you can enjoy the look and feel of the creation of the architect.
The Davidson House in Buffalo, US, a design of America’s foremost Arts and Craft movement architect Frank Lloyd Wright is open for a stay with a minimum of 2 nights.
Sphere: Related [...]
Posted in Airlines, Humor, Travel, Unusual on May 14th, 2008
I am glad I don’t have to fly a lot and certainly not in an airplane bathroom, but the USA is world famous for its frivolous litigating and this is just another example in my opinion:
According to Associated Press, via MSNBC, a New York citizen is suing JetBlue Airways Corp. for more than $2 million [...]
Posted in Airlines, Blogs, Internet, News, Unusual on Feb 28th, 2008
Captain Ian Wilkinson astonished passengers and onlookers by taking a Cathay Pacific Boeing 77-300ER low over the landing strip shortly after take-off for its maiden trip to Hong Kong from Boeing’s US manufacturing plant. The plane was loaded with VIPS including the CP Chairman.
The captain is said to be one of the most senior [...]
Posted in Art, Street Art, Unusual on Dec 4th, 2007
Istanbul Asus Laptop Cow
Catching up, because there are many posts in statu nascendi (draft form), but every time I want to catch up , something else draws my attention.
I always wanted to start a Street Art Tag.
This summer Istanbul served as background for the Cow Parade. I took some pictures in September. The three [...]
Posted in Australia, Greece, Hotel Design, Hotels, Italy, Spain, Sri Lanka, Unusual on Sep 7th, 2007
Thanks to the UK Independent we now know their five best Factory Hotels:
The
Alicia Room Mate Hotel in Madrid, Spain.
The Room Mate history is this:
3 friends, Kike, Carlos and Gorka, having drinks mentioned how there weren’t any hotels in Madrid that would satisfy their needs and those of their friends. So they started wondering what kind [...]
Posted in Hotels, Luxury, News, The Making of, USA, Unusual on Sep 7th, 2007
This week sees the opening of the former Boston Charles Street Jail reborn as The Liberty Hotel after an US $ 150 mio acquisition / refurbishment of 5 years.
The luxury hotel features 300 rooms (i.e. a US $ 500,000 investment per room) of which 10 lavish suites. Not all rooms are crammed in the old [...]
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