Milan is known for many things—art, design, decor and most importantly, fashion—but when it comes to hotels, Milan continuously fights for the spotlight against its sister cities of Rome and Venice. So when Starhotels’ boutique E.c.ho. opened in September 2011, it brought not only a new energy to the hotel industry in the trendy Italian [...]
Hotels
Hotel Spotlight: InterContinental Moscow Tverskaya
Having already established itself as a solid business market, Moscow’s emerging hotel industry is receiving renewed attention from investors looking to tap into a burgeoning leisure class. Not surprisingly, branded assets are leading this new wave of development. Rising from the center of Moscow Centre, for example, is the InterContinental Moscow Tverskaya, which is set [...]
Hotels
Hotel Lobbies: The Original “Social Network”
Today’s hotel guest is starting to look at the hotel as part of the destination, and not just a place to lay their bags. In an effort to accommodate and engage the social savvy traveler, hotels are starting to recreate their lobby and public areas to invite a more “social space” for guests, and the [...]
