Tag: Design

End of the Line

The Romance of Rail Travel at Khao Yai Resort

InterContinental Khao Yai Resort is the likely last stop for 19 heritage rail cars that were saved from scrap heaps around Thailand and turned into truly first-class accommodations.

Local Knowledge

Hotel Palafitte’s Prehistoric Overwater Pavilions

Five thousand years ago farmers built stilted houses above the waters of — not a Maldivian atoll — but Switzerland’s Lake Neuchâtel. Far more recently, under the eye of the Alps, Hotel Palafitte has done the same.

Big Chill

The Coolest Hotels With Two MICHELIN Keys (U.S.A.)

It’s been said that restaurants with two Michelin Stars are the ones most worth looking out for. What about hotels with two Michelin Keys? We pay tribute to our parent company by picking the coolest Two Key hotels in the USA.

Ice Picks

The Coolest Hotels With Two MICHELIN Keys (Europe)

It’s been said that restaurants with two MICHELIN Stars are the ones most worth looking out for. What about hotels with two MICHELIN Keys? We pay tribute to our parent company by picking the coolest Two Key hotels in Europe.

Zero Tolerance

Solo Palacio Has No Patience for Perfect

In the mountains of northern Spain, Solo Palacio is a celebration of wabi-sabi, a condemnation of the pursuit of perfection, a steward of its surroundings, and a thoroughly singular hotel.

Unholy Obsession

Hotels and Horror in Old Religious Buildings

Hoteliers are almost as obsessed with putting hotels into religious structures as Hollywood is with setting its horror films in them. For your Halloween enjoyment, here are thirteen examples of the former, and absolutely no opinion on the latter.