Friday 03 September 2010

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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.
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The Weinmeister: The new high tech boutique hotel of Berlin

• 9 Aug, 2010 • Catégorie: Germany, One hotel a day

Located in Berlin’s downtown, the new lifestyle hotel of Berlin the Weinmeister, opened on July 1st 2010. Halfway between Weinmeister Straße and Rosenthaler Straße, in the heart of Mitte, it’s a stone throw from the best art galleries, shops and night clubs in the city. Elaborated in a  minimalist contemporary spirit, it still remains [...]



Dolder Grand Hotel: Welcome to Olympus

• 28 Jun, 2010 • Catégorie: One hotel a day, Out of the city, Switzerland

You’ve always dreamed of seeing big? Then the Dolder Grand Hotel in Switzerland is for you! The resort installed on the heights of Zurich offers 173 rooms overlooking the lake and the Alps. Do not worry, behind the word “resort” and the greatness of the place lies a hotel entirely redecorated in 2008 by [...]



The Vincent, hotel for trendsetters

• 25 Jun, 2010 • Catégorie: One hotel a day, United Kingdom

Welcome to Southport, “the Paris of the north”, a seaside resort located on the coast of the Irish Sea, to the north of Liverpool. Famous for its jetty and for its Ainsdale sand dunes ranked as National Nature Reserve of England, Southport is also a paradise for golfers and fashion lovers. A cute English [...]



Pantone Hotel, Brussels: Travelling in color!

• 18 Jun, 2010 • Catégorie: Belgium, One hotel a day

Paris has the Champs Elysees, Barcelona Las Ramblas, New York the Fifth Avenue. That’s not a problem, Brussels has its temple of fashion and design: the Avenue Louise, in the city center, where the Pantone Hotel took up residence. A name that refers to the color specialist for nearly 40 years and gave birth [...]



A night in a pipe

• 28 May, 2010 • Catégorie: Austria, Unusual hotels

On the banks of the Danube, there is a place far from all the artificial beauties of this world. In Ottensheim, Austria, Das Park Hotel revisits concrete pipes to make an experimental complex of three rooms in the heart of the countryside.

Andreas Strauss’s unique idea, Austrian minimalist artist evolves around our essential needs. Here [...]



Night of drunkenness in the Netherlands

• 14 May, 2010 • Catégorie: Netherlands, Unusual hotels

Sleeping at the only hotel in the oldest village in the Netherlands may be an unique experience. But if in addition, this experience happens to be in old barrels of wine, it can quickly become an unforgettable adventure. The old port of Stavoren sees some old barrels coming directly from Switzerland and the hotel-restaurant [...]



Great Britain: the vibrant Bath

• 10 May, 2010 • Catégorie: Historic, One hotel a day, United Kingdom

For your next trip across the Channel is worth a visit by Bath, fully English city classified as World Heritage by UNESCO, and with beautiful surrounding countryside. It is one of the most beautiful places to visit in England. Known for Roman baths, the most visited city after London lives mainly on tourism. Easily [...]



Be Manos: make your bets!

• 7 May, 2010 • Catégorie: Belgium, One hotel a day

The essential question to plan a weekend to Brussels is whether you want to stay in a hotel or design one of the many business hotels that populate the Belgian capital. The be Manos, luxury 5-star, creates a mini-tsunami on the local hotel offers. The result is stunning: 60 contemporary rooms, which rhymes with [...]



Das Triest: the good Viennese taste

• 27 Apr, 2010 • Catégorie: Austria, Gourmet, One hotel a day, With my family

At the heart of the old city, close to Karlsplatz the luxury hotel Das Triest goes along with the time. A short walk from the Opera House, the Naschmarkt and the shopping street Mariahilfer Straße, very close to the Cathedral, this former barn has absorbed the Gothic expressionism that have plagued Vienna.  The city [...]



Cake Under My Pillow: Have fun in Amsterdam!

• 23 Apr, 2010 • Catégorie: Netherlands, One hotel a day, Unusual hotels, With my family

Being unique does not kill anyone, this is what the owners Siemon and Noam’s of  the B & B Cake Under My Pillow claim. Their love nest seems coming straight out from a fairy tale, a colored cupcake shop version. A cheerful bric-a-brac where you can find plastic pink flamingos, a spaniel in porcelain, [...]



Hotel Club in London: East End style

• 16 Apr, 2010 • Catégorie: One hotel a day, United Kingdom

You love confidential addresses? Hoosta’ll meet you in London at the Shoreditch House. It used to be a private club but since April 9th it is also a hotel. Certainly, we need a magic password to get in, but once inside, you just have to enjoy the moment. Charmingly located in a former tea [...]