Florian Siebeck
Meet the restaurant fixers: Three hospitality specialists helping get branding, uniforms and lighting just right
It takes more than a menu to make a restaurant successful. From dapper workwear to perfect ambiance, there’s plenty to decide before the first order arrives. Here are three top global talents to call.
Munich’s Arabellahaus could become a model for saving Germany’s ageing housing blocks
When the owner of Munich’s Arabellahaus announced in 2018 that the building would have to come down, residents were furious. Completed in 1969, the enormous, skinny, rectangular structure long functioned as a miniature city,…
Five of this summer’s best retail and hospitality concepts, from the UK to Italy and beyond
Museum dining has been given a welcome revamp at London’s V&A East, while ‘romantic’ British fare is being imported to Mexico city.
Wherever next? Four beautiful hotels that should be on your radar
Whether breathing new life into a run-down building or starting afresh, a cannily run hotel can help to boost a community, as well as those running it. Here are four that have caught our…
Why digital-first furniture brand Tylko chose Berlin for its first physical shop after a decade of online-only
Stop by the new Berlin showroom of Tylko, the technology-first Polish furniture firm that thinks we should meet in person.
Can building Africa’s largest airport turn Ethiopia’s fortunes around?
For many Ethiopians, a drive to Bishoftu – a town about an hour outside Addis Ababa – has long been a gentle escape from the capital’s frenetic pace. The climate is cool and the…
Berlin’s arson attack has exposed a long-standing German division
As the German capital went dark after an extremist group set fire to a cable bridge, leaving residents without power for days, the nation’s political deeper crisis came to light.
At Intertabac, Big Tobacco is rebranding for a future without cigarettes
Clearing the air at Intertabac in Dortmund, where the tobacco industry’s nicotine high priests discuss a ‘smoke-free future’. What’s rising from the ashes of this condemned industry?
How Stephan Bösch brought Brenners Park-Hotel & Spa back to life after its renovation
How do you breathe new life into a place where history lingers in every corner? Monocle sits down with Stephan Bösch – the new managing director of Brenners Park-Hotel & Spa in Baden-Baden, southwestern…
If Greenland wants more visitors, it must fix its airports
When the ribbon on Nuuk’s expanded runway was cut last winter, the message was clear: Greenland is open for business. The reality has been less triumphant. Over the summer, international security screening was abruptly…
