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Boutique hotels are often known as ''design Hotels'' or ''lifestyle Hotels'' and first made their appearance onto the International Hotel scene in the early 1980's in major cities such as London, New York and San Francisco. Boutique Hotels is the common term used to explain personal, usually luxurious and original, sometimes historic hotel environments. Boutique Hotels are a result of a universal quest to find an alternative to the typical Luxury Hotel chain Hotel, and present for their guests a revolutionary and individual view of Hotel Luxury and exclusivity.
Boutique Hotels are in the main owned by individual companies or individuals and the thrust of their engineering and design is created out of a passion to fulfil a dream, to provide an environment that is designed to be enjoyed by international travellers who recognise the beauty of singularity, who understand the value of comfort created out of a passion, a history or a theme. The aim of these hotels is not only to supply the discerning traveller with tailored comfort but to angle that comfort through a culture, an historical incline or an artistic influence.
In recent times many of the larger chain Hotels have recognised the importance of the Boutique Hotel and their escalating popularity amongst the world's most seasoned travellers and have created their own brand of Boutique Hotel. The Starwood Hotels boast their own W Hotel range, The Bulgari Hotels and the Kimpton Hotel group lay claim to their own designer range. The Phenomenon of boutique Hospitality has spread throughout the world and each country provides its own slant much of it influenced by their own individual historic environments and cultures. Miami boutique Hotels are often wrapped in impressive Art Deco buildings found on the waterfront moving abroad Spain, Thailand, Singapore, Bangkok, China, Tokyo, Turkey, Peru, Indonesia and most of Europe through their capital cities celebrate with great aplomb this type of establishment.
Cobbled streets, ancient historic quarters, leafy streets in secluded suburbs are where many of the Hotels choose to site themselves, and although they may be found in the hub of things providing their guests with easy access to the business centers, shopping centers, entertainment centers and historic monuments and buildings they still provide for their guests total privacy, seclusion and anonymity. It is for these reasons that so many celebrities, dignitaries and leaders of business choose this type of Hotel for their sojourn as they may indulge in exceptional luxury without the attendant fanfare they receive elsewhere and may relax with comforts specifically designed for their needs.
Architecturally the Boutique Hotels are described through a vast canvas of styles ranging from innovative architectural dreams combining glass, steel and wood softened with water and rich fabrics where the colour palette chosen is dramatic and stark offering guests a wildly decadent theatre in which to live life through a series of luxurious dreams. Alternatively an historic castle boasting romantic turrets and towers, complete with drawbridge may be the canvas upon which luxury, comfort and custom hospitality is detailed.
Regardless of the physical structure of the Hotels the main focus of these lifestyle Hotels is on the guest and to pre-empt all needs and wishes and to ensure from first contact to departure guests are at all times the main player around which all else revolves.
The interior decor of each Hotel is planned to sympathetically endorse and enhance the vision created by the architect and the environs in which the Hotels finds itself. First impressions are created by beautifully adorned entrance Porticos where well dressed attendant bellhops await guests delivered via limousine directly from the airports and oversee the delivery of luggage to accommodations.
It is the first steps taken into the Hotel's reception area, welcoming lounge, exposed atrium and classic lobby that first impressions of interiors are created, these are forever memorable. Striking works of art grace the walls and modern sculpture sits beside antique finds and rare artefacts, bright slashes of colour meld with traditional red velvets and black and white tiles. The Hotels interiors are never the same, each one entirely individual which makes visiting this particular type of establishment such an adventure just to discover the latest delights of talented interior designers.
The accommodations are all uniquely designed and fall within the overall design remit of the Hotels providing fabulous comforts through seating, dining and master bedrooms housing oversized king size beds that may be canopied, four posted or float on beds of air. Modern glass and mirror bathrooms, housing Jacuzzis compete with bathrooms hosting Victorian ball footed baths swathed in rich fabrics and dripping chandeliers. Some of the rooms are companioned with wildly innovative high tech gadgetry whilst others intentionally avoid all 21st century communication devices affording guests complete privacy and insured respite from a busy life.
The Boutique Hotels boast their own signature restaurants overseen by celebrity chefs who take immense pride in ensuring their restaurants are not purely places to eat but provide an experience, an adventure through a culinary journey whilst being encapsulated in surroundings meticulously designed to enhance the exceptional flavours and nuances of the cuisines presented. Many of these restaurants may be the most celebrated restaurants in the city.
The Boutique Hotels pride themselves on an exceptional level of personalised service, beautiful interiors in secluded environs provided guests with tailored comforts and unforgettable memories.
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