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The Dubai Edition is an Ian Schrager and Marriott Collaboration Designed to Provide a Sensory Experience. Confused? Read On.

The Dubai Edition is an Ian Schrager and Marriott Collaboration Designed to Provide a Sensory Experience. Confused? Read On.

Sometimes, simply standing apart is enough to make you stand out. It’s certainly the case with The Dubai Edition, which purposefully eschews all of those Arabesque references and ornamentation that we see so often in other Dubai hotels to offer a travertine-and-timber vision of understa…

19 Jun 2022 By Official Bespoke 5 min

Creating a buzz: inside the achingly cool opening of The Edition Dubai
hotels · places

Creating a buzz: inside the achingly cool opening of The Edition Dubai

Marriott's newest luxury brand, conceived with Studio 54's Ian Schrager to make hotels that don't act like hotels, lands in Downtown Dubai with a soaring lobby, four restaurants and 275 rooms.

31 Mar 2022 By Official Bespoke 2 min

The Dreamy and Surreal Renovation of the Colony Hotel in Palm Beach Centres around De Gournay

The Dreamy and Surreal Renovation of the Colony Hotel in Palm Beach Centres around De Gournay

Once you set foot in the lobby of the Colony Hotel Palm Beach you are treated to an enchanting visual feast thanks to a remarkable collaboration between the iconic newly renovated and re-opened hotel and the artisan wallpaper brand de Gournay. The exquisite wallpaper has the feel of a h…

10 Mar 2022 By Official Bespoke 3 min

Majesty in Mystery: Oetker Collection Has Quietly Opened Geneva’s First All-Suite Five-Star Hotel
places · hotels

Majesty in Mystery: Oetker Collection Has Quietly Opened Geneva’s First All-Suite Five-Star Hotel

Oscar Wilde once said, “I’m a man of simple tastes. I’m always satisfied with the best.” And, after reflecting upon my stay at The Woodward, I’d imagine the owner of this property must live by a similar ethos. From the moment you’re met at the airport by a tailor-suited driv…

24 Jan 2022 By Official Bespoke 5 min

Capri Sun: How the Oetker Collection Plans to Restore Hotel La Palma to Its Former Glory
hotels · places

Capri Sun: How the Oetker Collection Plans to Restore Hotel La Palma to Its Former Glory

The ultra-luxe German group behind Hotel du Cap and Le Bristol makes its Italian debut on Capri, reviving the island's oldest property with two starry architects and a deliberately unhurried philosophy.

23 Oct 2021 By Official Bespoke 2 min

Inhabiting the rock: Jean Nouvel's subterranean Sharaan resort rises within the sandstone of AlUla
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Inhabiting the rock: Jean Nouvel's subterranean Sharaan resort rises within the sandstone of AlUla

In the virgin desert of north-west Saudi Arabia, French starchitect Jean Nouvel is carving a luxury resort into ancient cliffs, building not around the rock but hidden deep within it.

13 Oct 2021 By Official Bespoke 3 min

Inside Damien Hirst's Empathy Suite, the world's most expensive hotel room at the Palms
hotels · places

Inside Damien Hirst's Empathy Suite, the world's most expensive hotel room at the Palms

Damien Hirst has turned an entire two-floor Las Vegas suite into a living artwork, complete with formaldehyde sharks and a cantilevered Jacuzzi. At 100,000 USD a night, it is decadence on an industrial scale.

3 Oct 2021 By Official Bespoke 1 min

Inside Audemars Piguet's New Museum With Heritage Director Sébastien Vivas
places · Unusuals

Inside Audemars Piguet's New Museum With Heritage Director Sébastien Vivas

Heritage and Museum Director Sébastien Vivas reflects on showcasing Audemars Piguet's historic timepieces in Le Brassus, recalling how the idea took shape, how the architect was chosen, and how the hairspring-like design evolved.

1 Jul 2021 By Official Bespoke 10 min

Designed by the Late Great Zaha Hadid, The ME Dubai is a Hotel that Inspires You to Look Beyond the Conventional
places · Dubai

Designed by the Late Great Zaha Hadid, The ME Dubai is a Hotel that Inspires You to Look Beyond the Conventional

Taking pride of place in Dubai’s Business Bay district, which cradles the record-breaking sights of Downtown Dubai and waterside charms of Dubai Canal, ME Dubai by Meliá is a striking work of art by the late Dame Zaha Hadid. It’s the only existing hotel in the world to have had both its…

17 Jun 2021 By Official Bespoke 4 min

A Light Touch: Spacegroup's Movikheien Cabin Resort on Norway's Coast

A Light Touch: Spacegroup's Movikheien Cabin Resort on Norway's Coast

Set on Norway's east coast some two-and-a-half hours from Oslo, beside the country's largest national park, Spacegroup's Movikheien Cabin Resort was conceived as a quick-build answer to soaring demand for staycations.

24 Mar 2021 By Official Bespoke 3 min

Oetker Collection Announces it’s in the Process of Transforming Capri’s Oldest Hotel
places · hotels

Oetker Collection Announces it’s in the Process of Transforming Capri’s Oldest Hotel

OETKER COLLECTION HAS TODAY ANNOUNCED A NEW MASTERPIECE HOTEL IN CAPRI, WHAT CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT IT? Together with our owner partners, the Reuben brothers, we will transform and reimagine Hotel La Palma, the first and oldest hotel on the island, which dates back to the beginning of th…

23 Feb 2021 By Official Bespoke 4 min

Covered in a Mirror Cladding that Reflects the AlUla Desert, the Maraya Concert Hall is a Stunner
places · Saudi Arabia

Covered in a Mirror Cladding that Reflects the AlUla Desert, the Maraya Concert Hall is a Stunner

Florian Boje of Giò Forma — the studio behind AlUla’s mirror-clad Maraya, the world’s largest mirrored building — on designing an epic landmark that reflects its UNESCO surroundings and all but vanishes.

20 Dec 2020 By Official Bespoke 2 min