Missoni Fashion Hotels To Open in 2009
What ever happened to those plans for the Missoni Hotels, a chain of design hotels from the Italian fashion house Missoni? Supposedly, the fashion hotel chain was to have 30 hotels open by 2010 and considering we're halfway through 2008 and there's nothing open yet, that might be a problem.
Yet it seems plans are still on for the Missoni Hotel Edinburgh, which will open next year. The hotel and others will be run by the Rezidor Group which also handles the Radisson SAS brand in Europe. My Fashion Life blog writes:
The hotels will reflect contemporary Italian life and style as well as having the Missoni stamp all over them. Features include a Missoni-themed restaurant , a Missoni coffee bar, a Missoni lounge and a Missoni spa (not to mention a fitness centre and swimming pool, too). And each one will be tailored to suit the area in which it is built.
The architect working on the first two hotels, Matteo Thun, has some images of what these Missoni Hotels will look like and it's pretty funky. The Rezidor lists the Missoni competitors as W Hotels, Morgans Hotel Group and the UK's Malmaison chain. But don't expect Missoni anywhere stateside soon. The hotel's initial push will be in Europe and the Middle East.
Indeed the Hotel Missoni Kuwait already has its own Wikipedia page. The hotel will open there in the city's shopping and entertainment district of Salmiya. All of the Missoni-branded services will be included.
What we're most excited for? Sleeping on Missoni bedding. Now that's luxury.
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