URBN Hotels Will Be So Good For You and The Earth That Spelling Skills Won't Matter
No, it's not a misprint, although any search engine worth its salt will try to suggest you search for "urban" instead: but Shanghai is about to get the first URBN Hotel. The first of a planned dozen or so "design and carbon neutral" hotels, the URBN Hotels, Shanghai is due to open in December and should be taking bookings in November, apparently--although the reservations tab on their website doesn't seem to be functioning yet.
The concept behind the URBN Hotel is impressive: as well as being a designer hotel, it aims to be totally carbon neutral both by building and operating in a green way, and by buying carbon neutral credits to offset some of the necessary activities of the hotel once it's up and running.
As well as being eco-friendly, the developers want guests at the URBN to get more deeply involved with their destination, so they'll be adding services like tai chi, yoga, Chinese cooking classes and even basic Mandarin lessons.
In the near future, URBN hopes to expand to cities including Beijing, Hangzhou, Dalian, and Suzhou, following the same method of renovating an existing structure and "greening it up". China and green seem like a new combination to us and we're looking forward to following the evolution of URBN.
[Photo: URBN]
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