The Design Hotels Book: Edition 2009 is the most comprehensive encyclopedia to date featuring the most attractive international design hotels the world over. The book presents 170 luxurious, original and distinctive properties that are setting new standards in high-end hospitality. This rich compendium contains portraits of each member hotel through stunning photographs of its architecture [&hellip
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Ultraluxe. A byword for comfort, where the ambience is comprised of carefully crafted interiors, unrivalled amenities and superlative service; in which the most discreet of staff attend to their guest’s every wish – in locations ranging from the international hot spots of Paris and New York to far flung villages in Cambodia, to exclusive island [&hellip
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More than 400 international hotels are featuredHotel owners and designers recognize that the range of style options now available to appeal to hotel customers is not only endless but that creativity and distinction in this area of the hotel business is essential to success. Everyday, hotel owners give more and more freedom to today’s most [&hellip
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Written by one of the world’s leading trend spotters and proprietor of the widely-read www.coolhunter.net, Bill Tikos, The World’s Coolest Hotel Rooms opens the doors to more than fifty of the hippest, sexiest, newest, and most unusual rooms across the seven continents. Featuring the work of today’s top architects and interior designers, this book offers [&hellip
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Showcasing 30 hotels on five continents, this beautifully photographed travel book conducts a tour through some of the world’s most extravagant and lavish lodges, including the Four Seasons, the Peninsula, Aman Resorts, the Ritz-Carlton, and other famously luxurious hotels. The photographs visit world-class hotels in a variety of cities—from Bangkok and Capetown to New York [&hellip
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At these luxury hostelries, you?ll receive the levels of comfort and convenience you?d expect from the finest hotels, but you?ll also feel revitalized thanks to their emphasis on relaxation and wellness. Whether a fully equipped spa, where you?ll receive an array of pampering treatments, or a kitchen that emphasizes healthy and invigorating menus, here are [&hellip
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Hi-tech, environmental compatibility and good design are no longer a contradiction in terms. In fact, they can complement one another splendidly. Business with nature and the number of “Eco lodges” on offer is huge. Often this type of accommodation is lacking in style. And yet, particularly travel in harmony with nature should be something that [&hellip
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With more people embracing the concept of responsible travel, ecotourism is the fastest-growing segment of the travel industry. Exotic Retreats is a sumptuous collection of gorgeous holiday retreats. It features 40 remarkable hotels, ecolodges, and resorts from around the world… from the tops of mountains to tiny secluded islands, and from five-star luxury pads to [&hellip
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Sex creates odd cultural conventions everywhere, but nowhere has an institution quite like the Japanese love hotel. To be rented by the hour for amorous liaisons, the theme rooms revealed in this provocative collection of photographs are steeped in fantasy, their elaborate dcor ranging from simulated subway cars to religious bondage with much kink in [&hellip
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With ever-increasing numbers of savvy customers, and the growing exchange of information on destinations, hotels have discovered that they must constantly keep upgrading and improving in order to hold their appeal for discriminating travelers. The innovative designs in Hotel Design redefine the concept of what a hotel should be, from a design standpoint as well [&hellip
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Hip Hotels: City didn’t just identify a trend, it led it. This revised edition reflects that, introducing around a dozen stunning new hotels (all of which have opened since first publication) and at least three new city destinations (Delhi, Marrakesh and Tokyo). New hotels include One Aldwych, a superb example of the new contemporary luxury; [&hellip
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“Profiles inspirational locations on six continents…an atlas, a guide, a reason to daydream.”—Cincinnati Enquirer With Hip Hotels Atlas, Herbert Ypma created the ultimate guide to the world’s best places to stay. Now in a travel-friendly new format, the book is ready to be tucked into a carry-on as you venture off to one of these [&hellip
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Newly built hotels are being admired throughout the world by travelers andarchitects, and this strikingly illustrated survey features the best new designs. In the past several years, hoteliers have responded ever more boldly to their guests demands for both luxury and aesthetic sophistication. The result has been the emergence of new trends in hotel design, [&hellip
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