Archive for the ‘Mexico’ Category

By Dian Hasan | December 20, 2009

Ever since the arrival of Habita Hotel Mexico City, the term boutique hotel has firmly entered Mexico’s hospitality industry vocabulary. That first move by Grupo Habita has now expanded into a slew of boutique hotels across the country. And now it’s Mexico’s second city of business and trade, Monterrey to get a taste of chic hotel experience. Bienvenido, Habita Monterrey!

Habita Monterrey is sleek and spare but comfortable. All rooms are furnished with riffs on Midcentury Modern pieces by avant-garde designer Rick Owens. Read the rest of this entry »

By Dian Hasan | December 9, 2009

Cities! What would the human race be without them? The energy that they emanate, as hives of myriad of activities. From dawn till dusk. Home to contrasting realities, for the teeming populace defined by marketers and urban planner alike as specific socio-demographic niches. And today, increasingly cities are distinguished by their lifestyle offering. Cities are adept at re-inventing themselves, evolving with the times and changing needs, to become more astute at social and environmental responsibilities. With the ultimate goal to become more sustainable.

Perhaps the best way to experience the changing face of cities is through her Boutique Hotels. An apropos glimpse at a city’s distinctive style, character, personality, culture, and personalized service. In short, inseparable from the city’s brand!

Here’s a fascinating look at Mexico City, one of the world’s most enigmatic capitals. A city built on layers of old civilatizations. With a raw energy few cities can match. (click on any picture for more info)

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By Dian Hasan | December 9, 2009

Cities! What would the human race be without them? The energy that they emanate, as hives of myriad of activities. From dawn till dusk. Home to contrasting realities, for the teeming populace defined by marketers and urban planner alike as specific socio-demographic niches. And today, increasingly cities are distinguished by their lifestyle offering. Cities are adept at re-inventing themselves, evolving with the times and changing needs, to become more astute at social and environmental responsibilities. With the ultimate goal to become more sustainable.

Perhaps the best way to experience the changing face of cities is through her Boutique Hotels. An apropos glimpse at a city’s distinctive style, character, personality, culture, and personalized service. In short, inseparable from the city’s brand!

Here’s a fascinating look at Mexico City, one of the world’s most enigmatic capitals. A city built on layers of old civilatizations. With a raw energy few cities can match. (click on any picture for more info)

Read the rest of this entry »

By Dian Hasan | December 9, 2009

Cities! What would the human race be without them? The energy that they emanate, as hives of myriad of activities. From dawn till dusk. Home to contrasting realities, for the teeming populace defined by marketers and urban planner alike as specific socio-demographic niches. And today, increasingly cities are distinguished by their lifestyle offering. Cities are adept at re-inventing themselves, evolving with the times and changing needs, to become more astute at social and environmental responsibilities. With the ultimate goal to become more sustainable.

Perhaps the best way to experience the changing face of cities is through her Boutique Hotels. An apropos glimpse at a city’s distinctive style, character, personality, culture, and personalized service. In short, inseparable from the city’s brand!

Here’s a fascinating look at Mexico City, one of the world’s most enigmatic capitals. A city built on layers of old civilatizations. With a raw energy few cities can match. (click on any picture for more info)

Read the rest of this entry »

By Dian Hasan | December 9, 2009

Cities! What would the human race be without them? The energy that they emanate, as hives of myriad of activities. From dawn till dusk. Home to contrasting realities, for the teeming populace defined by marketers and urban planner alike as specific socio-demographic niches. And today, increasingly cities are distinguished by their lifestyle offering. Cities are adept at re-inventing themselves, evolving with the times and changing needs, to become more astute at social and environmental responsibilities. With the ultimate goal to become more sustainable.

Perhaps the best way to experience the changing face of cities is through her Boutique Hotels. An apropos glimpse at a city’s distinctive style, character, personality, culture, and personalized service. In short, inseparable from the city’s brand!

Here’s a fascinating look at Mexico City, one of the world’s most enigmatic capitals. A city built on layers of old civilatizations. With a raw energy few cities can match. (click on any picture for more info)

Read the rest of this entry »

By Dian Hasan | December 9, 2009

Cities! What would the human race be without them? The energy that they emanate, as hives of myriad of activities. From dawn till dusk. Home to contrasting realities, for the teeming populace defined by marketers and urban planner alike as specific socio-demographic niches. And today, increasingly cities are distinguished by their lifestyle offering. Cities are adept at re-inventing themselves, evolving with the times and changing needs, to become more astute at social and environmental responsibilities. With the ultimate goal to become more sustainable.

Perhaps the best way to experience the changing face of cities is through her Boutique Hotels. An apropos glimpse at a city’s distinctive style, character, personality, culture, and personalized service. In short, inseparable from the city’s brand!

Here’s a fascinating look at Mexico City, one of the world’s most enigmatic capitals. A city built on layers of old civilatizations. With a raw energy few cities can match. (click on any picture for more info)

Read the rest of this entry »

By Dian Hasan | December 9, 2009

Cities! What would the human race be without them? The energy that they emanate, as hives of myriad of activities. From dawn till dusk. Home to contrasting realities, for the teeming populace defined by marketers and urban planner alike as specific socio-demographic niches. And today, increasingly cities are distinguished by their lifestyle offering. Cities are adept at re-inventing themselves, evolving with the times and changing needs, to become more astute at social and environmental responsibilities. With the ultimate goal to become more sustainable.

Perhaps the best way to experience the changing face of cities is through her Boutique Hotels. An apropos glimpse at a city’s distinctive style, character, personality, culture, and personalized service. In short, inseparable from the city’s brand!

Here’s a fascinating look at Mexico City, one of the world’s most enigmatic capitals. A city built on layers of old civilatizations. With a raw energy few cities can match. (click on any picture for more info)

Read the rest of this entry »

By Dian Hasan | December 9, 2009

Cities! What would the human race be without them? The energy that they emanate, as hives of myriad of activities. From dawn till dusk. Home to contrasting realities, for the teeming populace defined by marketers and urban planner alike as specific socio-demographic niches. And today, increasingly cities are distinguished by their lifestyle offering. Cities are adept at re-inventing themselves, evolving with the times and changing needs, to become more astute at social and environmental responsibilities. With the ultimate goal to become more sustainable.

Perhaps the best way to experience the changing face of cities is through her Boutique Hotels. An apropos glimpse at a city’s distinctive style, character, personality, culture, and personalized service. In short, inseparable from the city’s brand!

Here’s a fascinating look at Mexico City, one of the world’s most enigmatic capitals. A city built on layers of old civilatizations. With a raw energy few cities can match. (click on any picture for more info)

Read the rest of this entry »

By Dian Hasan | December 9, 2009

Cities! What would the human race be without them? The energy that they emanate, as hives of myriad of activities. From dawn till dusk. Home to contrasting realities, for the teeming populace defined by marketers and urban planner alike as specific socio-demographic niches. And today, increasingly cities are distinguished by their lifestyle offering. Cities are adept at re-inventing themselves, evolving with the times and changing needs, to become more astute at social and environmental responsibilities. With the ultimate goal to become more sustainable.

Perhaps the best way to experience the changing face of cities is through her Boutique Hotels. An apropos glimpse at a city’s distinctive style, character, personality, culture, and personalized service. In short, inseparable from the city’s brand!

Here’s a fascinating look at Mexico City, one of the world’s most enigmatic capitals. A city built on layers of old civilatizations. With a raw energy few cities can match. (click on any picture for more info)

Read the rest of this entry »

By Dian Hasan | December 4, 2009

Mexico has been developing its modern tourism for a good few decades, securely placing itself as among the world’s most formidable travel destinations. The lessons Mexico has learned from the inception of building cookie-cutter highrise hotels with little character in Cancun and Acapulco, in the 1960s and 1970s, has now evolved into a new approach.

Hotels, and notably the resorts, that are more eco-oriented, place-specific, with a more distinctive cultural and design statement. The end result are hotels that are generally low-rise, have fewer rooms, and blend in with their immediate environment.

Riviera Maya, a resort development south of Cancun, along Mexico’s Caribbean coast is one case in point. And the chic Mandarin Oriental Riviera Maya exemplifies this new breed of hotels impeccably.

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