spotlight magazine May 2012
event hotels-
Buddha Bar HotelPrague - Czech Republic -
Cosmo Fashion HotelBudapest - Hungary -
Kanapitsa Hotels GroupSkiathos - Greece -
Romney ParkCape Town - South Africa -
Buddha Bar HotelBudapest - Hungary -
Holiday Inn Lido BeachSarasota - USA -
ALTSTADT VIENNAVienna - Austria -
Mansion on Delaware AveBuffalo - USA -
Budapest Marriott HotelBudapest - Hungary -
Inkaterra Machu PicchuAguas Calientes - Peru -
Mirage Fashion HotelBudapest - Hungary -
Inkaterrra La CasonaCusco - Peru -
Hotel ClarisBarcelona - Spain -
La Prima Fashion HotelBudapest - Hungary -
A'JIA HOTELIstanbul - Turkey -
Hotel BankeParis - France -
Hotel CondesBarcelona - Spain -
Estilo Fashion HotelBudapest - Hungary -
Barceló RavalBarcelona - Spain -
Paradisus Playa d. CarmenPlaya del Carmen - Mexico
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Prague - Czech Republic: Buddha Bar Hotel Prague
A creative and innovative concept of Buddha-Bar presents the first ever Buddha-Bar Hotel in the world. This boutique hotel, located in the vibrant heart of Prague close to the Old Town Square, strives to exceed the highest standards of a luxurious hotel while enhancing every guest’s stay with a lifestyle atmosphere which caters to absolutely all senses, in a pure Buddha-Bar style.
The Buddha-Bar Hotel goes beyond expectations to ensure a relaxing and rejuvenating experience through its mystical fusion, exquisite designs and culinary delights served in two unique “eatmosphere” venues.
Highly personalised services, designer furniture, superb materials, state-of-the-art technology and top-end amenities turn the stay into pure joy. Trendy guest rooms are fitted with full HD Interactive TV Solutions (40 ́ ́ B&O) with the possibility to tune the chic compilations or live DJ, Nespresso Coffee Machines and Subzero Private Bars. Soothing comfort, flair and contemporary Asian-Colonial ambience create the perfect environment for a memorable experience. It is “not just another hotel, it’s a lifestyle...”.
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Budapest - Hungary: Cosmo Fashion Hotel
The classy 4-star Cosmo Fashion Hotel is located in the heart of Budapest, on Váci street. The trendy, stylishly furnished hotel offers 36 cosy, well-equipped rooms, providing comfortable relaxation for both business and leisure travellers.
The Cosmo Fashion Hotel won first place for Hotel room of the year in 4-star category – in 2010
The hotel provides:- Rich buffet-breakfast
- Free Wireless Internet access
- Secure parking nearby for extra charge
- 24-hour multilingual reception service
- Air-conditioned rooms & public areas
- Complimentary luggage storage area
- Special preferred discounted rates for car rental
- Non-smoking hotel
Room types:
- Single Room
- Twin | Double Room
- Connecting Rooms
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Skiathos - Greece: Kanapitsa Hotels Group
Kanapitsa Hotels Group is based in the island of Skiathos with offices in Athens, Greece.
The Group owns and operates Cape Kanapitsa Hotel Suites, a luxury hotel offering top Aegean sea views combined with luxurious accommodation and the highest quality services to make your vacation comfortable. In addition, the Group also owns and operates Kanapitsa Mare Hotel & Spa, a luxury hotel by the Tzaneria beach that offers 52 luxury rooms of all types, great Aegean sea views, a Spa center for your relaxation and a conference center for your business meetings.
In addition, Kanapitsa Hotels Group operates beach-front private luxury villas for rent by the Diamandi beach of Skiathos.
The luxury department is at your disposal to assist with any and all arrangements for your travel to Greece and Skiathos.
Kanapitsa Hotels Group looks forward to welcoming you in Skiathos.
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Cape Town - South Africa: Romney Park Luxury Suites & Wellness Centre
Romney Park offers 30 sea-facing suites, one or two bedrooms, en-suite bathroom, separate lounge and dining room, comprehensively equipped kitchen and private balcony. Facilities include a spa, restaurant, bar, lounge and a spectacular outdoor swimming pool. Secure parking is available. The hotel was awarded the Best All Suite Hotel in South Africa by the AA Accommodation Awards in 2010.
It also features an onsite Wellness Centre where guests are able to enjoy the benefits of rejuvenating treatments such as Mud Massage or La Stone Therapy. Half day, full day and even accommodation packages are available and designed exclusively with the client in mind.
Privately owned and managed, Romney Park assures an unforgettable stay that is welcoming and comfortable. Their attention to detail and generous hospitality is what makes the hotel so distinctive and a sure favourite with frequent repeat guests.
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Budapest - Hungary: Buddha-Bar Hotel Budapest Klotild Palace
"Not just another hotel,... It's a lifestyle" is the motto of the brand new, fantastically located, truly unique 5-star Buddha-Bar Hotel Budapest Klotild Palace. Dashing luxury and pampering comfort awaits at the 2nd hotel of the world-wide famous, trendy Buddha-Bar concept hotel. It boasts an excellent setting at the foot of the Elisabeth Bridge, in a charming historic building from the 19th century, at the corner of the capital's number-one pedestrian shopping street, Váci utca. Faithful to the brand, a number of exciting dining venues comprehend to the entire Buddha-Bar experience that is a feast for the senses.
With great attention to details, Buddha-Bar Hotel Budapest Klotild Palace aims to exceed the highest standard of five-star hotels and features 102 luxurious rooms including a large variety of unique suites, the Buddhattitude Spa, world-class event facilities and multiple dining and shopping outlets.
First-class rooms and suites that have been carefully composed with luxurious materials, a unique Asian-Colonial design and the latest in technology, are ready to amaze the demanding guests.
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Sarasota - USA: Holiday Inn Lido Beach
The Holiday Inn Lido Beach, situated on a barrier island off the coast of Sarasota. It’s just steps away from the sugar white sands of Lido Beach and a short walk to St. Armands Circle with over 114 different shops, restaurants and evening entertainment spots. The hotel features a sophisticated, yet "Florida Casual" decor that combines a relaxed beachfront resort atmosphere offering breathtaking views of both the Gulf of Mexico and Sarasota's City and Bay.
In the Sand Dollar Rooftop Restaurant, high above Lido Beach, diners indulge in spectacular views of the Gulf of Mexico and food to match.
Refreshing drinks and "light" fare compliment the relaxed atmosphere in both their KoKonuts Lounge and Tiki Bar. Panoramic views of the Gulf of Mexico, Sarasota Bay and surrounding islands are standard features of the banquet rooms at The Holiday Inn Lido Beach.
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Vienna - Austria: ALTSTADT VIENNA
A carefully restored 19th-century Patrician house is the home of the four-star Boutique Hotel Altstadt Vienna, which is just a short walk from the Ring Strasse and the MuseumsQuartier.
The Altstadt is at once many things to many people. A meeting place for lovers of art and music, a haven for travelers that seek a hotel with character and outstanding service and to various travel publications the Altstadt Vienna is a remarkable example of affordable luxury.
All of the 42 rooms have been designed to meet individual needs, none of them is alike. Classic and contemporary furniture, high ceilings, honey-colored parquet floors and unusual lighting fixtures transform every room into your personal living room.
The owner´s collection of contemporary art is spread throughout the house with great esthetic awareness and a fine sense of humor.
The combination of a strong service, employee commitment and the courage to innovate has made them what they are today: a place of well-being and fine living that focuses on the art of hospitality.
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Buffalo - USA: Mansion on Delaware Avenue
Unexpected…perfect blend of historic and modern…cosmopolitan, European atmosphere in the middle of Buffalo….
The Mansion‘s historic architecture creates interior spaces, combining both grandeur and intimacy, that cannot be duplicated… but that‘s just the foundation. Award winning interior design is complimented by an original art collection. Installations throughout the hotel are thoughtfully chosen and updated by The Mansion‘s innovative curator to ensure that there‘s always something novel about a visit to MODA. Originality is thematic throughout your experience at MODA. Constantly evolving, MODA‘s food and beverage team creates award winning cuisine complimented by design driven presentation, sleek tableware and linens, unique food and beverage staging, creative wine pairings and fresh ingredients picked by chef from MODA‘s private city garden.
Exceptional is not an extravagance – it is simply their standard
Value-added services and amenities make meetings at The Mansion an exceptional quality at competitive rates. The Meeting Team, coordinator and captain, assist you with details from initial inquiry through contract and planning and onsite during event.
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Budapest - Hungary: Budapest Marriott Hotel
The Budapest Marriott Hotel, the only hotel in Budapest offering a magnificent Danube panorama from all of its 364 rooms. Every element of the guest rooms has been designed to create great style, luxury, innovation and ease. The property offers presidential suite, executive rooms, executive lounge, facilities for persons with disabilities and high speed internet. All rooms are equipped with air-conditioning, satellite flat-screen TV, two telephones with voice mail, in-room safe, refreshment centre and a hairdryer.
One of the city’s largest hotel based convention centres is located on the Mezzanine level of the hotel on 1700 square metres, and can accommodate up to 1700 people. The well designed function rooms range from hospitality lounges to the grand ballroom, offering flexible break-out opportunities, an extended exhibition area, and high-speed, broadband internet. The hotel offers a fully equipped Business Centre, concierge service and a gift shop. Car rental and parking facilities are also available.
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Aguas Calientes - Peru: Inkaterra Machu Picchu Pueblo Hotel
Inkaterra Machu Picchu Pueblo Hotel is set on 12 acres of mountainside reserve at the foot of the Machu Picchu Sanctuary.
With the look and feel of a rustic Andean village, this welcoming retreat offers guests an authentic travel experience in an atmosphere of refinement and top-notch hospitality.
Comprised of 85 casitas and villas, the property’s spectacular grounds are laced with paths that wind past waterfalls, gardens and wild forest. Highlights include a garden of native orchids in their natural habitat – 372 species in total, a world record according to the American Orchid Society - an organic tea plantation and garden, both of which provide the hotel with organic products, and the Andean Spectacle Bear Rescue project.
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Budapest - Hungary: Mirage Fashion Hotel
The elegant 4-star superior Mirage Fashion Hotel, opening in 2012, will be set at a charming villa from the 19th century. With its rejuvenation, this lovely, eclectic-style cupola and a Mediterranean-style open terrace, overlooking the famous Heroes’ Square. The appealing hotel will offer 37 elegantly-furnished rooms, 21st century conference and banqueting facilities and a modern, oriental-style café and open summer terrace with direct street access.
Features will include:- Modern, oriental-style café and summer terrace
- Conference & banqueting facilities
- Free Wireless high-speed Internet access
- Air-conditioning in the entire building
- 24-hour reception
- Rich buffet breakfast
- Wide range of programmes and sightseeing tours
- Taxi and transfer service
- Car rental
- Laundry and dry cleaning service
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Cusco - Peru: Inkaterrra La Casona
Inkaterra La Casona is an 11-suite luxury boutique hotel and the first and only Relais & Châteaux property in Peru.
Set in an exquisite 16th century colonial mansion, La Casona is located in the heart of the historic Inca capital of Cusco. Dating back to the Spanish conquest and once the home of Simon Bolivar, La Casona has been carefully restored to retain its historical heritage and effortlessly presents modern luxury without sacrificing authenticity.
The present-day accommodations are evocative of the area's colonial past, from the rustically lavish suites adorned with colonial-inspired furniture to bathrooms with antique free-standing tubs.
La Casona is available for private rental and is the ideal location for a business convention in an intimate setting.
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Barcelona - Spain: Hotel Claris
Located in the Palau Vedruna, a building that dates from the beginning of the 20th century and that was converted into a hotel only in 1992, Hotel Claris emanates elegance and refinement in its impressive architecture.
Situated right in the centre of Barcelona, the hotel hosts an Egyptian museum exhibiting 70 pieces from Ancient Egypt as well as a 400-piece art collection distributed throughout its rooms and common areas.
The hotel also boasts a gym, sauna, meeting rooms and La Terraza del Claris restaurant, located on the rooftop next to the outdoor pool.
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Budapest - Hungary: La Prima Fashion Hotel Budapest
Offering an ideal city centre location in the main business and tourist area of Budapest, the 4-star La Prima Fashion Hotel Budapest, with its 80 rooms is a prime choice for business as well as leisure travelers. Stylish interior decoration and modern hotel features, including high-tech conference facilities, a restaurant and a fitness salon and free wireless internet access, creating a refreshing stay while in Budapest.
Conference features:- Conference facilities for up to 123 persons seated
- 2 multifunctional meeting rooms
- Elegant board room for 6 people
- Pre-function area
- Wireless Internet access
- Natural light and blackout system
- Projector and overhead projector
- Business corner
Awards:
- Turizmus Trend „Iránytű” Award in webpage category – third place
- Best of Budapest Award – 2011 / 2012
- Hungarian Tourism Quality Award – 2012
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Istanbul - Turkey: A'JIA HOTEL
A jewel of a boutique hotel, A'jia is a traditional Ottoman mansion set on the Asian shores of the Bosphorus. The hotel was recently awarded the 2009 Condé Nast Johansens Award for Excellence as 'Most Charming Hotel in Europe'.
With its 16 rooms featuring breathtaking views over the Bosphorus, A'jia offers a private hideaway with easy access to the historical and cultural attractions of the city beyond. Each room is uniquely designed, furnished and equipped with the latest gadgets and amenities that blend effortlessly with the timeless elegance of the 1800s.
Restaurant A'jia is an exclusive venue delivering exquisite and creative menus cooked to perfection. For a special occasion, guests can book a private event or dinner at A'jia and the hotel will guarantee a unique and unforgettable experience.
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Paris - France: Hotel Banke - Derby Hotels
Hotel Banke, a superior four-star hotel, is located in the Opera district in the very heart of Paris and a stone's throw from Boulevard Haussmann and the Galeries Lafayette.
The hotel occupies a building dating from the beginning of the 20th century designed by architects Paul Friesse and Cassien Bernard, and the stately site sits at the junction of Rue La Fayette and Rue Pillet Will. The spacious lobby, closed off by a crystal dome installed 19 metres from the floor, retains the old counters from the former bank around a large mosaic; at present the hotel's bar and restaurant are found behind them.
Hotel Banke has 94 rooms, meeting rooms, a hamam steam room, sauna and gym. It also offers a unique opportunity to combine Spanish tradition and creative cuisine at Josefin Restaurant. There is also a glamorous cocktail bar, Lola Bar, that aims to become one of the most in-vogue spots in Paris.
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Barcelona - Spain: Hotel Condes de Barcelona
The four-star Hotel Condes de Barcelona is situated in the centre of Modernist Barcelona, on the elegant Passeig de Gracia opposite Antoni Gaudí's world-famous 'La Pedrera'.
The hotel is housed in two magnificent and recently restored 19th century mansions and offers 235 spacious, light-filled bedrooms, each designed to ensure maximum comfort with modern interiors that elegantly compliment the building's unique heritage. All rooms enjoy views of either some of Barcelona's most famous architecture or the hotel’s peaceful garden courtyard.
Trend-setting chef Martin Berasategui brings his unique style of cuisine to Michelin starred restaurants Lasarte and Loidi. From the modern terrace bar to the outdoor pool and solarium the rooftop is a true escape, and with its magnificent views has become one of the city's most celebrated nightspots. Guests who need to work while staying at the hotel have plenty of options - there are nine meeting rooms designed for holding conventions, press conferences and social events.
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Budapest - Hungary: Estilo Fashion Hotel
Opening in 2012 on Váci utca, Estilo Fashion Hotel will offer 70 stylishly decorated rooms, equipped with all 4-star hotel facilities necessary for a successful business or leisure trip.
Features:- Mediterranean restaurant
- Lobby Bar
- Conference Room
- Board Room
- Business corner
- Free Wireless Internet access
- 24-hour reception
- Complimentary luggage storage
Room types:
- Single Room
- Twin | Double Room
- Connecting Family Rooms
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Barcelona - Spain: Barceló Raval
Situated in the fashionable heart of Barcelona, Barcelo Raval is housed in a truly emblematic building that symbolises the modernity of this newly revamped district. The hotel offers a new and multifunctional B lounge, a meeting point as much for guests as for locals, where delicious tapas and an extensive cocktail menu are served daily.
Its privileged location in the Raval, just a five-minute walk from the MACBA and CCCB contemporary art museums as well as the famous Ramblas boulevard, makes Barcelo Raval the ideal base from which to explore the city. With perfect metro and bus connections to everywhere in the city, the airport is only a 20-minute taxi ride away.
The hotel offers a gymnasium and solarium swimming pool, 360º views from the roof terrace, light-filled meeting rooms, and a lounge bar with flexible services for à-la-carte breakfasts, lunches and evening meals.
A fine selection of deluxe rooms, junior and superior suites all enjoy a modern and sophisticated design that offers maximum comfort in every detail. Rooms include all the necessary elements for work, comfortable beds and pillows, a 32” flat screen TV, an iPod loader, a safe, a Nespresso coffee maker, wireless Internet access, a complete minibar and a large variety of amenities.
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Playa del Carmen - Mexico: Paradisus Playa del Carmen
Located in a small yet stunning bay, the family hotel Paradisus Playa del Carmen La Esmeralda and the adult-only hotel Paradisus Playa del Carmen La Perla, are at the best of all of the luxury hotels in Riviera Maya.
Combining a prestigious Caribbean setting with world-class facilities, including Family Concierge and Royal Service, the ultimate in spa treatments, a relaxed ambience, and flexible meeting spaces with state-of-the-art equipment. This elegant resort has a Mayan ecological feeling, and an oceanfront location surrounded by a lush tropical mangrove preserve and with views of Cozumel Island. Take your senses on a culinary tour through eleven remarkable restaurants serving delicious cuisine from all around the world and ten bars serving unlimited international Premium brand drinks. Enjoy life-enriching experiences such as tango dance classes, sushi-making, and sensorial experiences.
Paradisus Playa del Carmen La Esmeralda and La Perla offer a large Convention Centre, 14 meeting rooms including a theatre and a ballroom, registration area for groups, and 4,305 square foot foyer with state-of-the-art audio-visual capabilities, bilingual staff and business centre.
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