Hoosta Magazine

This exciting series focuses on the vitality and uniqueness of the world’s greatest cities. Each volume is superbly designed and produced, yet ingeniously practical, with lavish photography, easy-to-read maps, and informed and enjoyable texts. From off-beat cafés and cutting-edge restaurants to the most stylish stores, hotels, and neighborhoods, StyleCity uncovers all the special places where […]

Claus Sendlinger, founder of Design Hotels
Sendlinger, whose hotel group prides itself on its design, says: “Minimalism is going strong. It is really difficult to get right, but you can still have an 80sq m room with two pillows on the floor and have it look cosy. You just need to get the textures and […]

Sinclair Beecham, owner of the Hoxton Hotel, London
People need to “stop wasting hot air talking about service” and “give guests what they really want”, says the no-nonsense Beecham, who has moved into hotels after co-founding the Pret a Manger sandwich chain. “Everyone talks about ‘improving service’, but then they don’t actually do anything.”
Guests want “practical […]

Caroline Raphael, editor of the Good Hotel Guide
Foreign staff at British hotels are “fantastic” and the more that come to work here the better, says Raphael. Why? “Wonderful people from Poland and the other East European countries have a tradition of high-quality service.” She admits that this has a drawback: “In some ways it’s a […]

Hempel, Hutson and other top brains of the hotel business predict how rooms will change
From The Times - March 29, 2008
Chris Blackwell, owner of Island Outpost Hotels
“Simplicity is the key to future hotel success”, says Blackwell, founder of Jamaica-based Island Outpost hotels and the man who brought Bob Marley to the world on Island Records. […]

Design Hotel in Osaka - Japan

Modernity developed through the examination of essential truth.The Dojima Hotel renovation entails not just a surface that modernizes the old hotel, nor does it simply incorporate isolated artifacts from its past. The entirety of the hotel from inside and out is instead molded in a modern design that is […]

Stockholm’s oldest inn overlooks the bay of Brunnsviken. In the mid-1600s, Queen Kristina used to stop at what was then stable-master Ebbe Håkansson’s farm. Ever since colourful restaurateurs have kept the proud traditions alive. Stallmästaregården of today is a modern restaurant, hotel, banquet and conference venue – yet retaining the timeless ambiance and traditions […]