Articles tagged “boutique hotels”

Two out of three staff members at Martigny Boutique-Hotel in Switzerland are people with intellectual disabilities. We could all learn a lesson or two from the hotel's inclusive workplace and how the property maintains boutique standards.

Manhattan's former meatpacking district is becoming more about fine art and luxury goods than wild nightlife. So the local Gansevoort Hotel is adjusting with a $30 million revamp. Will it work?

There's always room for innovative entrepreneurs to create whitespace. Kapil Chopra, founder and CEO, thinks he's found some in the luxury boutique segment with his Postcard Hotel brand. Watch out, Aman, Six Senses, and One&Only.

The founder of Tiny Urban Escapes, Indiana’s first Black and female-owned hotel, is taking an innovative approach to sustainable, luxury travel in urban environments.

Atit Jariwala is willing to risk creating hotels that some people hate as long as enough guests love them. After doubling the value of his Montauk hotel in five years, Jariwala is going bolder with his next project, Dawn Ranch.

No, it's not a low-carb diet club. Palisociety is a brand of 15 boutique hotels. Its design philosophy represents a percolating sector trend.

Casetta is winning acclaim as a boutique hotel brand that renovates and runs old hotels and lodges with stories to tell. But will its "barely there branding" pay off for its investors?

Few people have given more thought to boutique hotels than Frances and Ariela Kiradjian. Today they believe boutique hotels need smarter local partnerships, more design that's functional as well as stylish for our post-Instagram era, and more wellness offerings than just yoga.

Many consumers are eating up experience-led storylines in travel. That gives an opening to independent hoteliers to compete with the global hotel groups on everything from hiring to word-of-mouth marketing.

Historical preservation in hotel design isn't new, but it remains relatively rare for hotels to honor the rich histories of their Black neighborhoods. The industry need more leaders like Larry Crosby, general manager of The Foundry Hotel, part of Hilton's Curio Collection.