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apartment living, cities, global, hotels, luxury, travel

The rise and rise of the branded residence

Now that old-world glamour is having a revival via the relaunch of the Waldorf Astoria, which was the world’s largest and tallest hotel when it opened in 1931. An immaculate restoration has added condominiums above the 375 hotel rooms, and “The Towers of the Waldorf Astoria” (where apartments are for sale from $1.8mn, through Knight Frank and Douglas Elliman) have already attracted more than 12,000 inquiries. 

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bathroom, hotels, sustainability, the home, travel

ciguë creates a hotel room of the future that emphasizes water recycling

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For the Hôtel Métropole exhibition at the Pavillon de l’Arsenal, Parisian design collective ciguë recently showcased “Une chambre pour demain” (A Room for Tomorrow), an experimental redesign of a hotel room that champions water recycling. Created as a reaction against the amount of unseen excess and waste in the hospitality business, the pavilion takes the shape of a minimalist hotel room that uses a series of rainwater harvesting systems estimated to offer 70% water savings as compared to a standard hotel room. Read more (InHabitat)

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The Future of Hotel Design

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Mobile guest rooms, enhanced contactless room controls, robotic servers and pop-up dining areas are just a few of the ideas hotel designers are considering for the post-Covid travel world. Read more

Robotic food and drink service in hotels, illustrated in this rendering by R.C. Aradio, the owner of BlueCoreCreative, is among the many ideas that The Gettys Group, a Chicago-based hotel design, development and consulting firm, is mulling over with industry professionals.Credit…RC Aradio of BlueCore Creative