News & Stories
New York. Leading, Leading, Leading... More often than ever the predicate „leading“ is added under the roof of The Leading Hotels of the World. Their latest creation: Leading by Design. Only one architect and designer from Germany has become member of this new circle.
New York. The legendary Plaza Hotel in New York, belonging to the North American Fairmont Hotel Group, will close April 1 to become a luxurious apartment building.
Duesseldorf. The former luxury hotel Breidenbacher Hof in Duesseldorf will finally be torn down on Friday, 18 March 2005. However, it is still unclear if Ritz-Carlton will be the new operator of the succeeding project.
Berlin. At the push of a button the desired music is played when entering, the wall paper and carpet brighten up the room, a capsule in the carpet crumbles releasing your favourite scent, the sun sets behind the bed, sweet smelling tropical rain splashes out of the shower head, the make-up table transforms into a desk with just one move. Impressions of the hotel room of the future.
Cube tactics
Savognin. Private investors now take the "Cube" concept from Austria to Switzerland. In the mountain village Savognin, the "entertainment combination" of mountains, leisure time and holidays gets an expensive new face worth 15 million Swiss francs.