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Design Hotels
Don't Wear a Skirt On The Gray Hotel's Crazy Floating Stairs
November 14, 2008 at 11:55 AM | 3 Comments
Contemporist featured a few shots of the 21-room Gray Hotel in Milan, designed by Florence architect Guido Ciompi, that totally turned us on. All 21 of the hotel's guestrooms are unique and, if you ask us, pretty stunning — we do love us some design hotels.
But a photo of a particular feature caught our eye. Behold: the famed floating stairs (which have been making the rounds on the Internet this week) in one of the rooms.
As always, we have several questions: do we see a handrail? We're clumsy and, well, we know we wouldn't make it up these stairs without some sort of an incident. Second: as a Contemporist commenter so eloquently pointed out, "Not to be prudish, but couldn’t someone sitting at the bar/table see up m’lady’s skirt?" Um, so true — though we're pretty sure this is a guestroom and not a public bar so it may be less of an issue. Thank goodness.
Doubletree Hotels
Milan's First Doubletree Does Indeed Have Cookies
November 4, 2008 at 2:43 PM | 0 Comments
There are usually three reasons to visit Milan: on business, on vacation or for fashion. But it sounds like there are only two reasons to stay at the new Doubletree by Hilton Milan: on business or for Expo 2015, because it’s smack-bang in the northern business district of Milan and surrounded by fair grounds.
This Doubletree is a bit special, not for the usual cookie-related reasons, but because it’s the first Doubletree in continental Europe. The group is already stocking up on hotels in the UK and so Europe seems to be the next target.
Fitting with our image of hip Milan, this hotel sounds edgy enough to suit, with a glass and wood exterior and 240 rooms that are meant to be stylish enough to fit too.
Doubletree’s regularly promoting the fact that this hotel will be perfectly located for the Expo 2015. But um, don't you think that's a little too far off to be promoting Doubletree? It's not the Olympics here. It's just some world fair, which doesn't even garner live streaming from NBC.
Whatever their reasons, we just wanted to make sure that the Italian Doubletrees will still be handing out cookies. And they will, so we’re happy.
[Photo: Wikimedia]
Milan Hotels
A Fashionista's Fantasy :: Moschino Hotel Unveils Plans for Fairy Tale Rooms
October 24, 2008 at 2:02 PM | 0 Comments
It was back in the first days of 2007 when we caught wind of plans for the Moschino Hotel -- the latest in the fashion hotels trend -- and we hear from Women's Wear Daily today that the hotel is slated to open up in Milan next year.
The property is taking shape in a former railway station near the trendy Corso Como area. In charge of the design and concept (officially, a "fairy tale theme") is Moschino creative director Rossella Jardini.
Hotel Butlers
Seven-Star Hotels Have Perfect Personal Butlers
February 26, 2008 at 9:15 AM | 0 Comments
At an average price of around $2,300 a night, the seven-star Town House Galleria in Milan has got to be fairly exclusive. And it is. Every guest even gets allocated their own personal butler, who is responsible for all manner of duties designed to make your stay more comfortable.
Basically, your butler will do anything for you. Craving a particular kind of chocolate bar? They'll run out and grab one for you, or a whole bag full. Needing tickets so you can skip the queue at any Milan attraction? No worries at all.
The butlers at Town House Galleria are also available to take care of all the needs of your small dog (large ones, apparently, are not included).
Luxury Hotels
Bath Towels Too New at Chedi Milan
April 26, 2007 at 9:36 AM | 0 Comments
Milan seems like a good city to indulge in a luxury hotel, simply adding that to your massive credit card bill after you've been shopping there as well. So why not add another luxury hotel to the market with the recently opened The Chedi, Milan. Other Chedi hotels can be found in Asia, including Phuket and in Indonesia, but this is the first one to open in Europe. Its design has kept this Asian influence, with an Indonesian look, and a heavy serving of Thai and Indian food.
The first guests have come and gone at the new Chedi, and although things sound positive overall, there are still the usual opening problems:
Since this is a very new hotel the reception was very slow but people working there are very friendly and helpful ... The bathroom is quite big, with big shower and nice toiletries. The bath towels were so new that you could hardly dry yourself using them, I guess as soon as they wash them many times it will become better.
Other teething problems included the fact that not all facilities are up and running, with the finishing touches to the pool and health club area still going on (and no warning about this on the website or during the booking process). The great news is that the Wifi does work already.
[Photo: Arturas]
Related Stories:
· Chedi Milan reviews [TripAdvisor]
· Seven Stars (Maybe) Means Not Unpacking Your Bags Yourself [HotelChatter]
· The Chedi, Milan [UK Guardian]
Luxury Hotels
Seven Stars (Maybe) Means Not Unpacking Your Bags Yourself
April 19, 2007 at 10:44 AM | 0 Comments
We were sceptical last year when we previewed Milan's Townhouse Galleria. Seven stars? How can any hotel be perfect enough to get seven stars?
To get things straight, the Townhouse in Milan doesn't yet have its seven stars, but it claims to be the first hotel in the world to have applied to Swiss accreditors SGS to get them. Apart from having (we admit) a fairly luxurious looking website, it also claims to be "a precious jewel in the crown of Italy's fashion city" and to have "unparalleled ambience". They also provide quite impressive services like playing your favorite music in the luxury car that collects you from the airport, sending a pianist direct to your suite if you want, and providing a butler to unpack your luggage for you.
Inside the suites, the accessories are--if they live up to the website--no less impressive. Including, they say, "the best Italian coffee machines and the most sought after books", seven-star luxury means everything you want should be at your fingertips. Even for kids, apparently: illustrated fairy tale books, adventure games and jigsaw puzzles are amongst the kit they can provide. Suites can cost up to $5300 a night so we're probably talking pretty privileged kids here. Since the Townhouse Galleria opened last December, none of its guests have left reviews at TripAdvisor--is that because their WiFi doesn't work or 7-star people are not the type to share their experiences?
[Photo: Malcolmm ]
Related Stories:
· Townhouse Galleria reviews [TripAdvisor]
· Future WiFi Hell in the World's Next 7-Star Hotel? [HotelChatter]
· Milan Hotel Aiming For Ultra-Deluxe Seven-Star Rating [e-hotelier]
Fashion Hotels
Moschino to Open Latest Fashion Hotel
January 2, 2007 at 11:56 AM | 0 Comments
Moschino is the latest designer clothing line to join the bunch of fashion hotels. As per usual, this hotel will first open in Milan in the fashion district, Citta della Moda, and if successful, will expand to other cities. Says a Moschino exec:
"We want to create a different hotel from what is the typical scene, one that will reflect Moschino's philosophy and whimsical image."
To get a feel for Moschino's whimsical image they dressed up alien space dolls in Santa hats for part of their Christmas card. Also since we are keeping tabs here, other Italian fashion houses that have opened hotels include Miss Sixty, Bulgari, Versace, Armani, Ferragamo and Missoni. Not that we are begging for a Banana Republic hotel but shouldn't some American designers step up to this trend?
[Photo: Julie3Jax]
Related Stories:
· Moschino to open hotel [MPD Click]
