Luxury hotel chain InterContinental is to trial iPad devices for its concierge staff from next week.
InterContinental Hotels and Resorts, which owns 166 high-end properties, will roll out the devices to trial hotels in four cities as part of a global program.
A spokesman for the brand confirmed to Relaxnews that if the trial was successful, the chain will consider rolling the scheme out globally.
Using the devices, hotel staff will be able to provide high-resolution satellite maps, close-up street views and short video clips of local attractions to guests.
Fashion brands launching their own hotels and the latter playing host to fashionable events are old news.
However, the link between the two industries has never been more evident, with W Hotels now becoming the first ones to hire a fashion director.
According to the WSJ, Amanda Ross will be responsible for staff uniforms and the look of the hotel’s general appearance including the room design.
Set to open in Milan in 2011 is the Armani Hotel, situated in Via Manzoni, one of the most prestigious streets in Milan’s fashion district.
The designer’s name will become muse to ninety-five luxurious guest rooms, a gourmet restaurant and Armani Spa.
The hotel will occupy floors two to eight of the historic building, which was built by architect Enrico A Griffini in 1937.
What do you do with 4,000 decommissioned oil rigs in the Gulf of Mexico? Instead of blowing them up – costing millions and killing aquatic life – Morris Architects’ Hotelier At Sea project turns them into luxury hotels.
According to BldgBlog, approximately 4,000 oil rigs in the Gulf of Mexico will be decommissioned within the next century.
Morris proposed to convert this space into exclusive, self-sufficient eco-friendly, high-end resort islands off the Gulf of Mexico.
Earlier in the year, The Monarch Dubai was named Middle East’s leading new business hotel and its exclusive Monarch Suite was named as the Middle East’s leading suite, before going on to be named the leading suite in the world.
At 1,130 Sqm, the Monarch Suite, conceptually designed and a project managed by Roya International Hospitality Consultants, is the largest suite available to the public in the Middle East and is The Monarch Dubai’s crowning glory.
The Atlantis Hotel on the Palm Jumeirah in Dubai opened last Thursday with a multimillion-dollar star-spangled party, and a spectacular display of lighting and pyrotechnics.
Having spent $1.5 billion, the owners of the Atlantis hotel, which they hope will become the new symbol of excess in a region already replete with towering statements of wealth, splashed out $20 million on its opening.
In the lobby of the Atlantis about 2,000 guests sipped Dom Perignon. Outside, A-list celebrities from Robert De Niro to Lindsay Lohan walked the red carpet.
