Design Hotels

Add one more travel segment that Forbes Travel Guide (“FTG”) is now affording its star rating: river cruises.

Tella Thera—whose name stems from Tellus, the ancient Roman goddess of the Earth, and the Greek words “therós” (summer) and “therismós” (harvest)—is a new, nature-inspired resort located in northwest Crete.

Representatives from The Slate beach resort in Phuket were in Australia last week to provide an update on the award-winning property. Australia is a top five source market for the 20 year-old five-star retreat, vying for top market share with French, German, Swiss and US travellers.

Design Hotels has introduced short duration trips in Europe. The new initiative with Design Anthology UK – an influential media brand in the European design scene – offers like-minded individuals the opportunity to commune, connect, and create while discovering unique corners of the world.

Design Hotels has signed agreements for 29 new members and 10% growth of its global portfolio within the last 12 months.

Design Hotels has welcomed a second property in Singapore to its global portfolio with the addition of the Lion City’s newest heritage boutique hotel, 21 Carpenter. A heritage structure dating to the 1930s augments a striking five-storey cubic extension with a rooftop infinity pool and street-level neo-bistro and bar helmed by Michelin-starred chef Andrew Walsh as the culinary director.

Design Hotels appoints Stijn Oyen as managing director

On 9 May 2023, Design Hotels hosted a family breakfast at Wilmina in Charlottenberg, Berlin, to celebrate and honour the life achievements of German physician and sexologist, Magnus Hirschfeld.

Design Hotels has introduced eight new members to its collection of independent properties around the globe. The latest additions reach from El Paso in Texas, USA to the Lech am Arlberg village in Austria, and from Mykonos in the Greek Isles to Georgia in the Causcasus.

Marriott is poised to take full ownership of Design Hotels, a Berlin-based representative group that provides marketing and digital distribution to over 300 luxury and boutique independent hotels in 60 countries.

A month-long initiative by Design Hotels aiming to engage travel professionals with the company’s member properties around the world has been praised by local frontline sellers. Design Hotels’ ‘Virtual Retreat’ concept was the first online forum of its kind, running from 24 August through to 26 September. The Virtual Retreat was developed in response to the hospitality landscape adapting to new parameters in how it communicates, collaborates and works with partners.

Palace Hotel Co. Ltd. has announced plans for a Q3 2020 opening of Zentis Osaka, the first property of its new hospitality brand.