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Chic no-frills hotels focus on getting travelers rested and on their way for less
RoomsThe Alt Hotel brand is a part of a new niche that also includes such soon-to-be-household names including citizenM, easyHotel, the Pod Hotel and Yotel. Catering almost exclusively to the aptly dubbed “no-frills chic” audience, these brands focus on delivering minimalist product with several near-universally appealing services and all for a competitive rate. Apart from [...]
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Hamburg hotel created for ‘next generation’ travelers wins European design award
RoomsA kitschy, retro-tinged hotel in Hamburg took the award for European hotel design of the year as well as prizes for its public area and bedrooms & bathrooms…The Superbude 2 hotel has built on the previous success of hotels like CitizenM and developed its own personality and design language. Delivered as a complete package, Superbude [...]
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Europe’s stylish hotel chain CitizenM is coming to New York City next summer
DestinationsBy next summer, there will be a very visible, 24-story tower Citizen M in the heart of New York City. Expect rates to be somewhere in the ballpark of around $250 a night. Levie…”is doing defining the guest and working backwards to the provisions you need to make to satisfy them. His starting point is [...]
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SkiftDesign: CitizenM: Pre-fab luxe hotel chain runs with the Ikea model
RoomsCitizenM is doing to hotels what IKEA did for furniture: using prefabrication to lower costs, using a process called Industrial, Flexible, and Demountable. Every room in a CitizenM hotel is pre-assembled in a factory owned by the brand in Holland. Designed by the Amsterdam architecture office concrete, the rooms arrive on-site nearly complete. Each hotel [...]
