Hospitality
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How The Peninsula Hong Kong CEO is bringing retail expertise to an elevated hospitality experience
Founded in 1928, The Peninsula Hong Kong is known for its fleet of Rolls-Royces, Michelin-star dining and the kind of polished service that has long defined top-end hospitality in Asia. It’s here that Monocle…
“Choosing locations for hotels is like filling the gaps in a game of Risk.”
Gero Fasano on the strategy behind expanding a global hospitality brand
“We are the antithesis of standardisation. The big mistake is trying to be everything for everybody.”
Marugal’s Pablo Carrington on breaking rules to create a luxury hotel portfolio
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…
A Christmas eve forage is the perfect pick-me-up for the season
Mistletoe is a rather tenacious parasite so wresting it from a tree trunk can be difficult. Yet I relish that slightly hazardous Christmas Eve task – usually with my sister leading the charge, Niwaki…
How big-sky thinking is spurring a ranch revival out West
The American West has held the US in a kind of cultural trance of late. It’s visible in the collections on runways, the perverse popularity of rodeos and the resurrection of heritage bootmakers but,…
Bulgari bets on Bodrum: Inside the jewellery house’s vast luxury residence in Turkey
Italian luxury brand Bulgari is bringing its eye for detail to the Aegean, offering Monocle a preview of its newest chapter in design-led hospitality and discreet luxury living.
In an industry with a novelty addiction, restaurants need to stick to the recipe
The first time I ate the smoked-eel sandwich at Quo Vadis I was alone and new to Soho. Tangy pink onions. The sharp slap of horseradish. And a buttery crunch, the kind that only…
Designer Harry Thaler’s breathtaking Dolomites farmhouse transformation
Having converted their centuries old farmhouse at the gateway to the Dolomites into a guesthouse with five apartments, Christa and Andreas Klotzner called in designer Harry Thaler to supply some final touches.
A tour of the spectacular upgrade of Kämp, Finland’s first grand hotel
One of Finland’s oldest hotels is preserving its 19th-century charm while catering to the needs of the modern traveller.
