Tag: Design

It Takes All Kinds

As we near the halfway point of 2019, it’s a good time to look at the hotels that have gotten us the most excited so far this year. Since January, we’ve added a crop of thrilling new hotels to the Tablet selection that are especially remarkable for their diversity and range of styles.

Rule of Three

It’s hard enough to find success with one line of boutique hotels. To be responsible for three of them, like the Sydell group, is extraordinary.

Don’t Call It a Comeback

Art Deco has been back in fashion before, most recently in the 1980s, but its latest return to visibility is quite different from its last.

The Mad King

If Neuschwanstein Castle looks familiar, it’s because you’ve seen it at Disneyland. The inspiration for Sleeping Beauty’s palace was the obsession of a 19th century king whose untimely death is still debated today.

National Bird

The Overwater Bungalow: At Home in Maldives

The overwater bungalow is one of the most impressive hotel species in the world. The very first were found in Tahiti in the 1960s, but the islands of the Maldives are now their dominant habitat.

Automatic for the People

Southern Hotels and Songs by R.E.M.

One of the greatest bands of the American South meets some of its greatest hotels.