The Design Hotels Book

The Design Hotels Book
Author: Design Hotels
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2020-02-04
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 3791386328

A special 25th year anniversary edition of The Design Hotels™ Book presents an in-depth look at 25 boutique properties around the world that are changing the way we think about hospitality. For a quarter century, Design Hotels™ has been at the forefront of a movement in hospitality, curating a global collection of independent, design-driven hotels that function as social hubs and platforms for extraordinary experiences. In celebration of this benchmark, Design Hotels™ sent some of the world’s leading editorial and lifestyle photographers around the world to capture the unique character of 25 hotels at the vanguard of their hand-selected collection. Each hotel tells a story, rich with emotion and steeped in the history, culture, and nature of its local environment. The new, special edition of the brand’s wildly popular annual brings these stories to life through evocative photo essays and reportage. This edition of The Design Hotels™ Book is a distillation of a quarter century of pioneering design and original experiences, as well as a must-have for a worldwide community of travelers, likeminded in their pursuit of singular aesthetic environments, genuine local culture, and transformative, boundary-pushing travel experiences that defy conventional notions of luxury.

Hotel Life

Hotel Life
Author: Caroline Field Levander
Publisher: UNC Press Books
Total Pages: 225
Release: 2015-04-27
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1469621134

What is a hotel? As Caroline Field Levander and Matthew Pratt Guterl show us in this thought-provoking book, even though hotels are everywhere around us, we rarely consider their essential role in our modern existence and how they help frame our sense of who and what we are. They are, in fact, as centrally important as other powerful places like prisons, hospitals, or universities. More than simply structures made of steel, concrete, and glass, hotels are social and political institutions that we invest with overlapping and contradictory meaning. These alluring places uniquely capture the realities of our world, where the lines between public and private, labor and leisure, fortune and failure, desire and despair are regularly blurred. Guiding readers through the story of hotels as places of troublesome possibility, as mazelike physical buildings, as inspirational touchstones for art and literature, and as unsettling, even disturbing, backdrops for the drama of everyday life, Levander and Guterl ensure that we will never think about this seemingly ordinary place in the same way again.

The Hotel Book

The Hotel Book
Author: Shelley-Maree Cassidy
Publisher: Taschen
Total Pages: 414
Release: 2003
Genre: Africa
ISBN: 3822819115

Who minds sleeping under a mosquito net when it's royally draped over the bed in a lush Kenyan, open-walled hut, fashioned from tree trunks and shielded from the sun by a sumptuous thatched roof? This selection of the most-splendid getaway havens nestled throughout the African continent is sure to please even the most finicky would-be voyagers. Photos.

Grand Hotels

Grand Hotels
Author: Elaine Denby
Publisher: Reaktion Books
Total Pages: 316
Release: 2002
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 9781861891211

From its beginnings as the humble inn, the hotel has undergone enormous changes over the centuries. Elaine Denby charts the development of the Grand Hotel and how it has kept pace with technological innovations.

Living Downtown

Living Downtown
Author: Paul E. Groth
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Total Pages: 428
Release: 1994-01-01
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9780520068766

From the palace hotels of the elite to cheap lodging houses, residential hotels have been an element of American urban life for nearly two hundred years. Since 1870, however, they have been the target of an official war led by people whose concept of home does not include the hotel. Do these residences constitute an essential housing resource, or are they, as charged, a public nuisance? Living Downtown, the first comprehensive social and cultural history of life in American residential hotels, adds a much-needed historical perspective to this ongoing debate. Creatively combining evidence from biographies, buildings and urban neighborhoods, workplace records, and housing policies, Paul Groth provides a definitive analysis of life in four price-differentiated types of downtown residence. He demonstrates that these hotels have played a valuable socioeconomic role as home to both long-term residents and temporary laborers. Also, the convenience of hotels has made them the residence of choice for a surprising number of Americans, from hobo author Boxcar Bertha to Calvin Coolidge. Groth examines the social and cultural objections to hotel households and the increasing efforts to eliminate them, which have led to the seemingly irrational destruction of millions of such housing units since 1960. He argues convincingly that these efforts have been a leading contributor to urban homelessness. This highly original and timely work aims to expand the concept of the American home and to recast accepted notions about the relationships among urban life, architecture, and the public management of residential environments.

Guerrilla Tacos

Guerrilla Tacos
Author: Wesley Avila
Publisher: Ten Speed Press
Total Pages: 274
Release: 2017-10-10
Genre: Cooking
ISBN: 0399578633

The definitive word on tacos from native Angeleno Wes Avila, who draws on his Mexican heritage as well as his time in the kitchens of some of the world's best restaurants to create taco perfection. In a town overrun with taco trucks, Wes Avila's Guerrilla Tacos has managed to win almost every accolade there is, from being crowned Best Taco Truck by LA Weekly to being called one of the best things to eat in Los Angeles by legendary food critic Jonathan Gold. Avila's approach stands out in a crowded field because it's unique: the 50 base recipes in this book are grounded in authenticity but never tied down to tradition. Wes uses ingredients like kurobata sausage and sea urchin, but his bestselling taco is made from the humble sweet potato. From basic building blocks to how to balance flavor and texture, with comic-inspired illustrations and stories throughout, Guerrilla Tacos is the final word on tacos from the streets of L.A.

The Book of Boutique Hotels

The Book of Boutique Hotels
Author: Alex Buchanan
Publisher: Primo
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2017-06-30
Genre: Travel
ISBN: 9780993532719

The World Boutique Hotels Awards showcases the finest luxury boutique hotels around the world, and is distributed internationally to the rooms of every member hotel and other luxury locations. Building on the highly successful and internationally recognized World Boutique Hotel Awards, this unique coffee table-style book not only promotes the extraordinary hotels but also tells the fascinating stories of the people behind them: the owner's journey, their business ethos, and their vision to create truly unique experiences.

Digital Media Marketing Hotels

Digital Media Marketing Hotels
Author: Ian R. Clayton
Publisher: Tourism Online
Total Pages: 116
Release: 2018-04-05
Genre: Travel
ISBN: 9781980271253

As the digital revolution has dominated the modern business world, successful online marketing is made a necessity, not a luxury.If you're determined to embark on digital marketing for your hotel or tourism company, but you 're deterred by the complexity of the task, we have news! If you're set on giving your business THAT upward trend, with most efficient digital marketing strategies, this book is exactly what you need! Get Your Hands On A Rich Collection Of Marketing Wisdom!A pioneer in Digital Media and Technology, founder of Barbados.org, most popular Caribbean travel site for Barbados, best-selling author of Website and winner of the Atlantic Canada Award for Innovation in Technology, featuring in New York Times (NYT 2011 nytimes.com/2011/04/19/business/19hotels.html) & The Financial Post, on Canadian TV and countless media...... Ian R. Clayton, author of Marketing Hotels & Tourism Online needs no further recommendation! And he is sharing with all ambitious hotel & tourism business owners a wide range of life-changing tools, tips and techniques to expand your customer base through the smart use of the social and digital media.Get On The Map, Ensure High Ranking & Skyrocket Your Bookings!If you think it's time to save time and tons on money on poor or zero result marketing strategies, you're definitely in the right place!No more theories! Get the first-hand knowledge you need to embark on successful online marketing through tried, tested and proven marketing techniques, precious tools and sound promotion advice:- turbocharge your business digital potential with the high traffic it deserves- get highly ranked and easier to find - build a stellar reputation- get featured in the press- get in charge of the marketing game and ahead of the pack! Walk Your Path To Success With Confidence!Easy-to-follow and comprehensive, this book is a real gem for practical guidance with the last trends in digital marketing, which will help all hotel and tourism professionals feel inspired, supported and empowered to start their own success story!Order Yours NOW & Turn Over A New Leaf On Your Hotel Or Tourism Business! ### Authors Notes The Marketing Hotels and Tourism Online Series are three books, WEBSITE, DIGITAL MEDIA & TECHNOLOGY, that provide simple but powerful, practical and actionable advice and know-how for hotel and tourism professionals, owners and marketers. These books will get you inspired, focused and ready to take direct control of your online marketing, reputation management, and public relations. All Books include actual case studies, illustrations and examples from tourism. The strategies, tools and resources apply to any business and the book is especially reliant to small business owners, manager and industry professionals. Book 1 is for digital novices are requires little or no knowledge of the internet. It explains how to perfect your website for the digital age. Book 2 digital media is still at the introduction level but it introduces more advanced topics featuring what you need to do to drive traffic to your website and build your brand online. All at a easy to follow level. Book 3 is the most advanced level and build on book 1 and book 2. It looks at Artificial Intelligence and technology to Build your brand, market, engage, inspire and close business.

Bell'Italia È Per Sempre

Bell'Italia È Per Sempre
Author: Christiane Reiter
Publisher: Taschen America Llc
Total Pages: 300
Release: 2010
Genre: Design
ISBN: 9783836515818

The author brings to life some of Italy's most amazing landscapes, such as Venice, Lake Como, Florence, the Amalfi Coast and the Aeolian Islands. She explores legendary hotels in which novels have been set, movies made and love stories consummated.

Hotel

Hotel
Author: A. K. Sandoval-Strausz
Publisher:
Total Pages: 375
Release: 2008-10-31
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780300142020

When George Washington embarked on his presidential tours of 1789-91, the rudimentary inns and taverns of the day suddenly seemed dismally inadequate. But within a decade, Americans had built the first hotels--large and elegant structures that boasted private bedchambers and grand public ballrooms. This book recounts the enthralling history of the hotel in America--a saga in which politicians and prostitutes, tourists and tramps, conventioneers and confidence men, celebrities and salesmen all rub elbows. Hotel explores why the hotel was invented, how its architecture developed, and the many ways it influenced the course of United States history. The volume also presents a beautiful collection of more than 120 illustrations, many in full color, of hotel life in every era. Hotel explores these topics and more: · What it was like to sleep, eat, and socialize at a hotel in the mid-1800s · How hotelkeepers dealt with the illicit activities of adulterers, thieves, and violent guests · The stories behind America’s greatest hotels, including the Waldorf-Astoria, the Plaza, the Willard, the Blackstone, and the Fairmont · Why Confederate spies plotted to burn down thirteen hotels in New York City during the Civil War · How the development of steamboats and locomotives helped create a nationwide network of hotels · How hotels became architectural models for apartment buildings · The pivotal role of hotels in the civil rights movement