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VICKY LANE, SARAH WARWICK
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when you’re travelling
for work,
accommodation can often be a staid
affair. Not so at this waterside hotel
in Germany’s handsome northern
city. Informed by Sofitel’s
‘art de vivre’
philosophy – an explicit focus on design,
gastronomy and culture – it’s got five-star
luxury and personality to boot.
The décor, a mix of glass, marble and
steel, and enormous conference rooms
might attract big business, but there’s
plenty for the non-corporate guest too.
Overlooking the city’s central canal,
Ticino restaurant serves international
cuisine, while a few minutes’ walk away is
the luxury shopping strip, Jungfernstieg.
The adventurous can even cruise off from
the hotel’s private boat dock. It’s fair to say
a stay here isn’t hard work at all.
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hotels.easyjet.com
Hôtel Félicien
by Elegancia
Paris
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Boutique
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From €133
you’d imagine
when the
design sketches for the Elegancia’s
latest property purchase were retrieved from Olivier Lapidus,
they were a jumble of vibrant scribbles.
That’s no bad thing. The brilliance behind the French
couture designer lies within his off-the-wall, avant-garde
creations, and the same is true at this, his first hotel. In
remarkable contrast to the quaint, flower-boxed borough of
Paris’s 16th arrondissement, Hôtel Félicien propels guests
into the abstract swirls of Lapidus’ mind with an interior that
at times resembles a Hollywood-esque space station.
Coloured lights bring a futuristic feel to dimmed reception
rooms and sleekly illuminate the oh-so-cool spa. Spindly,
alien-like wall prints of Lapidus’s original fashion sketches
peer down into the breakfast lounge, as you sit at pod-like
chairs and tables. It seems all that’s missing is an automatic
sliding door and retina-scanning panel.
For a change of scene, just two minutes’ walk from the
hotel brings you to the pretty River Seine with views of the
Eiffel Tower. It all acts as a reminder that Paris is itself a mix of
iconic design and fanciful whimsy.
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Sofitel Hamburg Alter Wall
Hamburg
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Luxury
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From €134
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Relax on the hotel’s
roof terrace
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One of its Creation
Collection bedrooms
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The on-site spa has
a pool and sauna
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