Hospitality
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Premium pit stops
Most service stations are a means to an end: a quick stop-off beside a motorway to refuel and stretch your legs. But can they be more? We park at cultured conveniences revving things up.
Full steam ahead
The Scandic Grand Central hotel is breathing new life into one of Finland's most beloved buildings: Helsinki's main railway station. With stunning design and keen sense of history.
Fixed abode
A respectful restoration of a rundown modernist masterwork, the six-room Casa Pani has become a home away from home for creative thinkers.
Inner beauty
In sleepy Maebashi, businessman Hitoshi Tanaka transforms a defunct ryokan into an architectural destination, with Sou Fujimoto leading a six-year renovation of the historic Shiroiya Hotel.
High tides
There’s a swell time to be had in the Swiss Alps. Visitors are ditching crampons and taking to the waves at a pool hundreds of metres above sea level. Surf’s up!
Come together
Pandemic travel restrictions offered the Uruguayan resort of José Ignacio time for a rethink. Now local firms are working in tandem to overcome obstacles and elevate the town's offering for visitors.
Staying power
When travel restrictions hit Hoshino Resorts, the firm had to change tack. CEO Yoshiharu Hoshino tells us how his company turned a crisis into an opportunity, proving adaptability is key.
Breakout space
Long overlooked by travellers, the southern half of Mexico’s westernmost peninsula is now luring independent-minded visitors, making it fertile ground for savvy hoteliers looking to tap into its relatively untrodden terrain.
Open spaces
Robin Hutson's seventh Pig hotel transforms a 15th-century Cornish house into a coastal retreat where kitchen gardens, local foraging and visiting pigs create an authentic farm-to-table experience.
Rise again
Set in the sweeping hills of Tuscany’s wilder neighbour, Castello di Reschio adds a keen eye for historic Italian design to its rustic setting.
