Wednesday 30 May 2012
Yann Casparini I am a hotel manager. With a hundred of contemporary hotel managers we created this travel magazine to share our selection of addresses and tips.
Yann Casparini

Eccleston Square: the high tech made in London

• 19 Jan, 2011 • Catégorie: Design hotels in Europe, Let's talk about it, United Kingdom, Western Europe

The Olympic Games of 2012 are coming soon in London. The Eccleston Square Hotel knows how to attract visitors. 6.5 million Pounds later, this hotel with a Georgian style will be transformed into an ultra high tech hotel which will reopen its doors in May 2011! From futurist gadgets to an avant-garde design realized by [...]



Vertigo: the new hotel project of Jerome Foucaud

• 11 Jan, 2011 • Catégorie: Let's talk about it

Jerome Foucaud, creator of the Murano Resort and the Kube Hotel, has just upset again the hotel landscape with his original project named “Vertigo”. Pending the opening of this 5-stars hotel with a breathtaking view on the Mont-Blanc in Christmas 2012, an ephemeral scenography will be put in place. Each year, the decor will be [...]



The Palace of Versailles transformed into a hotel?

• 4 Jan, 2011 • Catégorie: Let's talk about it

Breaking new: an outbuilding of the Palace of Versailles will be transformed into an upscale hotel of 23 rooms. This establishment built in 1684 by Jules Hardouin-Mansart, allowed to fall into decay, will be renovated for the shoestring of €5.5M. The opening is estimated in 2011.
More information: In November 2009, a convention signed between the [...]



Resurrection of the Hotel de Paris in Saint-Tropez

• 10 Dec, 2010 • Catégorie: Let's talk about it

After facing a few storms, the mythical Hotel de Paris, the celebrities’ favorite in Saint-Tropez, will rise from the ashes. Resurrection in Spring 2012. At the controls of the construction site : Sybille de Margerie, the Parisian interior decorator behind the Hotel Le Petit Paris and the future Mandarin Oriental of Paris. It suffices to [...]



The wine experts’ paradise will open in 2013

• 24 Nov, 2010 • Catégorie: Let's talk about it

With nearly 700 cellars, Mendoza seems to be the wine capital of Argentina. In the heart of this region, just steps from the Andes, the “Bodega” ‘( the cellar ) Andean Vineyards will open in 2013. Situated on 136 hectares, this area combines a vineyard, a hotel with a Spa and an art gallery. The [...]



Shangri La Paris : in 30 days!

• 17 Nov, 2010 • Catégorie: Let's talk about it

After four years of restoration, the Prince Roland Bonaparte’s mansion promises to be one of the most beautiful places of the Parisian luxury hotel trade. Last of the Asian hotel group, le Shangri-La Paris opens its doors on December 17th with the promise of a dream meeting between the East and the West.

A historic [...]



Reopening of The Savoy Hotel in London

• 16 Nov, 2010 • Catégorie: Let's talk about it

After three years of renovation, the mythical The Savoy hotel, which formerly welcomed Claude Monet, or Charlie Chaplin and Marlene Dietrich, has just reopened its doors. The work have cost over 250 million Euros, and 100 million have served in the addition of thirty-eight suites and a royal suite. Pierre-Yves Rochon, who also worked for [...]



« The changing airports »

• 26 Oct, 2010 • Catégorie: Let's talk about it

An article of the « Réseau de veille en tourisme » ( the Quebec information reference concerning the international tourist trends on the web ) shows us how much the world airports change and turn into the XXI century lifestyle. Thus, we learn that the Changi airport, in Singapore, which won the first price of [...]



Hotel Le Germain : The new face of Toronto

• 14 Oct, 2010 • Catégorie: Green hotels, Let's talk about it

The famous hotelier group Germain ( which imposed the concept of the boutique hotel in Canada ) signs a new jewel of the kind in Toronto, contemporary and ecofriendly : the Germain. With its 166 rooms, the Germain could look like any chain hotel, without soul or originality. We forgot to mention the architectural firm [...]



Buenos Aires: The Hotel Fierro in the spotlight

• 8 Sep, 2010 • Catégorie: Let's talk about it

A new design luxury hotel in the heart of Palermo Hollywood? Locally, the news has already made the rounds of movie and TV stars and everybody is waiting for the opening on October 1st. Unless you have scheduled a trip to Buenos Aires at that time, you do not belong to the happy few [...]



Sirayane: The new 5 star Marrakesh

• 31 Aug, 2010 • Catégorie: Let's talk about it

All new, all beautiful. A prestigious new hotel is added to the Marrakech hotel landscape: the Sirayane Boutique Hotel & Spa. With a name that does not mean less than “One of the gates of paradise”, this 5-star hotel combines modern architecture style to the more traditional Moroccan riad. Managing the project, the Algerian [...]