Hotel category: 346 books

建築師之眼的行家帶路！ 不接受公關˙實際投宿˙職人分析 此生必住一次，最值得體驗的世界之最50+ 30年搜集，最新名單！2008年暢銷書全面翻新升級 ◎絕對高度與代表性，建築師眼中的最頂級，從空間、設計、美食到服務…… ◎全新名單，全數實際投宿，無公關稿，嚴選全球之最 ◎四大類旅店新趨勢──歷史建築、地域文化、設計創意、國際風格 ◎體驗後會上癮的13種生活風格，古典時尚、設計高端、民族風情、古蹟文創…… 頂級旅館的定義，早已不是數學問題…… 因ARMANI、FENDI、普利茲獎建築大師而不凡的旅行品味＆享受 當世界旅館史還沒出現「設計旅館」時，建築師黃宏輝就已經嗅到未來性，三十年來，他不惜重金出遊，去體驗、去發掘這個與時俱進的創新趨勢。每一次旅店體驗，都是一次不可複製的精彩經驗，更是一次建築、設計、時尚的生活提案。這本書的出現不流於一般，不接受公關，有實際的投宿經驗、實地的觀察分析並提出非官方看法。頂級代表的不是高價，而是凌駕價格之上所帶來的價值。時尚品牌Ferragamo如何成功與旅店設計結合？原來建築大師ZAHA、安藤忠雄、蓋瑞都已有設計旅店的作品問世？中國上海的朱家角安鹿，如何在高端安縵飯店體系，再創頂級高峰？哪家設計旅店，又是當今話題最高，眾人趨之若鶩的體驗首選？ 刷新紀錄的設計創舉 阿拉伯杜拜Dubai...

From the people who've been delivering trustworthy guidebooks to every destination in the world for 40 years,Lonely Planet's 50 Places to Stay To Blow Your Mind will make your next trip an unforgettable one. From glass igloos in Finnish Lapland, to wooden spheres suspended in Canadian treetops;...

The Mayflower Park Hotel started life as the Bergonian Hotel on July 16, 1927. One of Seattle�s first uptown hotels, it was designed by architect B. Dudley Stuart and built by Stephen Berg at a cost of $750,000. In the midst of the Great Depression, the hotel was sold and renamed Hotel Mayflower. In...

Molti dicono che il mondo del turismo è in forte crisi. Le famiglie hanno sempre meno soldi, tendono a spendere meno e quindi, il più delle volte, a rinunciare alla propria vacanza, magari proprio nel tuo hotel. Ma allora perché ci sono hotel che non conoscono crisi? Perché mentre alcuni chiudono...

Dancing at the Fountain: In Conversation with World-leading Hoteliers is a unique book of conversations and interviews by Conor Kenny, a leading hotel and hospitality learning and development expert. The hoteliers interviewed in the book include: Kiaran MacDonald, The Savoy Hotel, London; Philippe...

This volume examines the hotel experience of Anglo-American travelers in the nineteenth century from the viewpoint of literary and cultural studies as well as spatiality theory. Focusing on the social and imaginary space of the hotel in fiction, periodicals, diaries, and travel accounts, the essays...

Indispensable information for away-from-home lodging, from the author of the New York Times bestseller The Travel Detective In Hotel Secrets from the Travel Detective, America’s best-known and most trusted travel authority reveals the insider knowledge that can make every hotel stay as comfortable...

On the corner of Central Avenue and Monroe Street, in the center of downtown Phoenix, is the historic Hotel San Carlos. Local Native Americans once worshipped a god of learning in this same area, and so early white settlers chose the site for the city�s first school, the Little Adobe School, in 1873....

A look inside New York’s icon of luxury: “Reading [The Hotel] is at least as enjoyable—and certainly less expensive—than staying at the Plaza” (Publishers Weekly). When it opened its doors in 1907, the Plaza was considered the world’s finest luxury hotel. Since then, the grand building...

When it opened in 1875, the Palace Hotel was the largest and most luxurious hotel in the world, a perfect symbol of one of the most remarkable eras in San Francisco history. Built at a time when Nevada's fabulously rich silver mines were pouring millions of dollars each month into San Francisco, it typified...

Designed by Richmond visionary Lewis Ginter, The Jefferson Hotel has been an icon in the community since 1895. From the alligators that used to roam the elegant lobby to the speakeasy housed within during Prohibition, the hotel has a fascinating and unparalleled history. Playing host to cultural icons...

Designed by Richmond visionary Lewis Ginter, The Jefferson Hotel has been an icon in the community since 1895. From the alligators that used to roam the elegant lobby to the speakeasy housed within during Prohibition, the hotel has a fascinating and unparalleled history. Playing host to cultural icons...

Salvador Dalí once asked room service at Le Meurice in Paris to send him up a flock of sheep. When they were brought to his room he pulled out a gun and fired blanks at them. George Bernard Shaw tried to learn the tango at Reid’s Palace in Madeira, and the details of India’s independence were...

A GHOST HUNTER'S GUIDE TO THE MOST HAUNTED HOTELS & INNS IN AMERICA includes visitor info and lots of photos: Discover the best places to see and maybe sleep with a ghost... Stanley Hotel...find out what happened to Author Stephen King during his stay that inspired him to write THE...