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Crosby Bar at the Crosby Street Hotel, New York City
Latest Articles on Decor and Design
Looking for a stylish hotel? Look off the beaten path.
Koa Kea Resort Hotel at Poipu Beach
One-of-a-kind rooms: Tensing Pen
Every cottage at Tensing Pen is different. Garden Room A is seen here.
One-of-a-kind rooms: The Caves in Jamaica
The one-and-only Moonshadow cottage at The Caves hotel in Negril, Jamaica
‘Peek-a-boo’ bathrooms: Sexy or disgusting?
A Deluxe Ocean View Reoom at the Hotel Shangri La in Santa Monica, California
Brand Wars: The World’s Hottest Hotel Designers
Last week, we introduced you to the wonderful world of Italian luxury bedding, and the sheet brands that hotels love to brag about. This week, we’re going to discuss the most important brand names a hotel can boast: the names of its interior designers. A famous designer can ensure a hotel’s hot-spot status, or establish…
How Ian Schrager invented the boutique hotel
Small, heavily designed, and service-focused hotels existed long before Ian Schrager came along, but it took this American impresario to popularize the “boutique” hotel as a phenomenon — one associated with exclusivity, superstar designers and chefs, destination lobby-cum-lounges, and, above all, celebrity. Little wonder that Schrager famously started out in the nightclub business. He and…
Brand Wars: How the finest Italian sheets stack up
Guests at the hip Thompson LES sleep on 400-thread-count Sferra linens.