Papri, a must have for every hotel
11-10-2010
The Papri is a double-sided door hanger with ‘do not disturb’ on one sideand and a checklist for housekeeping on the other side. On the checklist guests indicate what work they want done. It provides a green and more efficient management and better communication with the guest. Since the checklist is marked with erasable ink, the card is reusable. This makes the Papri not only guest, but also environmentally friendly.
Lookotels introduces eco-friendly low budget hotels
10-10-2010
The Spanish chain Lookotels will build several sustainable low-budget hotels, each with 100 rooms. The rooms are prefabricated modules and offer a bed, tv, desk and chair, a telephone, airconditioning, wifi and a bathroom. By integrating a self-service check-in system personnel costs are being saved.
Skinny burger
19-9-2010
The Inter Continental Park Lane Hotel in London designed a special burger for the Fashion Week (September 17th to 22nd), the so-called “skinny burger”. The burger only contains 143 calories and 2.4 grams of fat. The burger is served with a glass of wild berry ice tea and costs 20,- pounds.
Boscolo Hotel cookbook
15-9-2010
In the hotels of the Boscolo Group, guests receive a cookbook in the room. The book is not only that but also the roomservice menu, the guests may take the book home with them.
Teaching Hotel Maastricht
12-9-2010
On Friday September 10th 2010 the Teaching Hotel Chateau Bethlehem was officially opened. This ancient castle has been decorated by contemporary Dutch designers. The hotel serves as a learning environment for students of the Hotelschool Maastricht.
Tipp-ex Shoot the Bear
4-9-2010
New way to play youtube videos. Perhaps an opportunity for owners of restaurants to interact with guests about what ingredients to use or not. Or in the future, to determine the colors of the hotelrooms with the help of guests. The movie is briljant.
Simple gesture of hospitality
31-8-2010
Sometimes it is oh so easy to create the ultimate feeling of hospitality. 4 people in one room, why don’t you give them 5 large towels!
Roof terraces in Berlin
31-8-2010
A roof terrace on top of a design hotel in East Berlin. Sofas are more expected in a city like Marrakech than up here in the north. Caransa hotel has a kind of roof (at the entrance), just like the Mövenpick Hotel in Amsterdam. It remains a special place, usually with a nice view.
Pantone Hotel
30-8-2010
Starting out as a paint manufacturer, Pantone now owns a hotel in Brussels. The design of the hotel is clearly based on the color chart of the paint manufacturer.
7th heaven
30-8-2010
At Hotel Seven in Paris the furniture in the room floats.They also made extensive use of perspex. Besides the 28 rooms the hotel has seven themed suites inspired by 007, Alice in Wonderland and Marie Antionette.