miércoles, 13 de octubre de 2010

Ice Hotels

An ice hotel is a temporary hotel made up of snow , sculpted blocks of ice , and some steel framing .They are promoted by their sponsors and have special features for travelers who are interested in novelties and unusual environments, and thus are in the class of destination hotels. Their lobbies are often filled with ice sculptures , and food and beverages are specially chosen for the circumstances.
 All of the ice hotels are reconstructed every year, and are dependent upon constant sub-freezing temperatures during construction and operation. The walls, fixtures, and fittings are made entirely of ice, and are held together using a substance known as snice , which takes the place of mortar in a traditional brick-built hotel.
  • Sweden
Existing each year between December and April, the Icehotel in the village of Jukkasjärvi , about 17 km from Kiruna , Sweden was the world's first ice hotel. In 1989, Japanese ice artists visited the area and created an exhibition of ice art. In Spring 1990, French artist Jannot Derid held an exhibition in a cylinder-shaped igloo in the area. One night there were no rooms available in the town, so some of the visitors asked for permission to spend the night in the exhibition hall. They slept in sleeping bags on top of reindeer skin - the first guests of the "hotel".
The entire hotel is made out of snow and ice blocks taken from the Torne River - even the glasses in the bar are made of ice. Each spring, around March, Icehotel harvests tons of ice from the frozen Torne River and stores it in a nearby production hall with room for over 10,000 tons of ice and 30,000 tons of snow. The ice is used for creating Icebar designs and ice glasses, for ice sculpting classes, events and product launches all over the world while the snow is used for building a strong structure for the building. About 1,000 tons of what is left is used in the construction of the next Icehotel.
Website:http://www.icehotel.com/

  • Norway

Kirkenes Snow Hotel
Kirkenes Snow Hotel is situated in the east most town of Norway, close to the Norwegian-Russian border.The hotel had its first season during winter 2006/2007, the hotel had 20 rooms and the largest snow dome in Norway (8 meters high and 12 meters in diameter). All the rooms were individually decorated by the ice artists from Finland and Japan. The west Snow Hall was decorated by a local sculptor Arild Wara. A night in the snow hotel is combined with a special dinner prepared on an open fire; the visitors can also get a sauna before or after staying at the hotel. There is also a reindeer park and a husky farm in the hotel area.
 Website:http://www.kirkenessnowhotel.com/


Sorrisniva Igloo Hotel, Alta
Sorrisniva Igloo hotel, Alta has been rebuilt yearly since 2000. It is Europe 's northernmost ice hotel, as it is located in the Finnmark region and is approximately 250 km from North Cape. The 2000 square meter hotel has 30 rooms, including 2 suites and it is decorated with numerous ice sculptures and ice furnishings, including lighting systems which enhance the different types of crystalline formations. Besides the bedrooms the hotel also contains an ice chapel, ice gallery and ice bar where drinks are served in glasses made of ice. The Sorrisniva Igloo Hotel in Alta has a changing theme every year. In 2004, it was a Viking theme, in 2005, Norwegian fairytales, and in 2006, the theme was wild animals of the region.. The guests use sleeping bags that sit on top of reindeer hides.



viernes, 3 de septiembre de 2010

Fox; Hotel de arte moderno en Copenhague

Copenhagen is a city full of charm and culture. The dreamers can enjoy the magic of the tales of Hans Christian Andersen, while art lovers enjoy the museums and galleries. For them nothing better than staying in a hotel that replicates both.



The Fox Hotel, located right in the Danish capital, is a place where tourists can enjoy the best art in their rooms, since each has a unique design trends related to modern art world.


With 61 rooms, is designed for tourists from around the world, those who make their reservations well in advance, since by its special features, you receive a heavy influx of visitors.


The Fox Hotel, owned by Volkswagen Automotive was thinking at first as a place of promotion for Fox model This is called young people to different artists each propose a unique design for each room of the place.


One thousand contestants from around the world flocked to the call of the company to submit their sketches to decorate the rooms. Finally 21 were the elect who poured all his creativity in the quarter, ranging from great styles related to modern and conceptual, as well as through specific themes such as nature, auto racing, geishas, etc..


Although it has only recently opened, is already one of the most requested facilities for tourists, who not only enjoy decorating their original rooms, but also the various events organized in their lounges and restaurants, each they aimed at different types of international cuisine.


But not everything stays in the decoration, as the Fox hotel provides a range of modern services, high-speed wireless Internet, flat screen televisions that can be used as a second computer monitor, access to international press rental iPod media players and for those who want to walk around the city, offers a bike rental system.


Night comes and life does not end in the rooms, as well as the hotel, the Fox is surrounded by a universe ready for the fun of the visitor. This transfer is offered free entrance to the best nightclubs in the city, and under the stars access to the gardens that are part of the hotel.


For those who want to experience each of the corners of the complex, there are packages that provide accommodation to stay at least three different rooms. A night at the Fox hotel has a cost of 81 €, which drops to € 70 for the following days. You can also access seasonal promotions.


It is completely banned smoking on the premises to preserve works of art that are the basis of the hotel, plus all the amenities and access for disabled people. We accept all major credit cards and children under four years can stay free of charge, that if it is not the ideal place to get small.


An innovative and unique experience in a city where everything can be, diving into the most modern creations of young artists that give the Hotel Fox air unlike any other establishment in the world.
moves around on tourism trends, even with warmth, be installed in the country: the themed hotels. The ingenuity and drive new business competition. That idea is precisely that


Whether to compete with large chains or seduce a specific audience, this is a different concept of accommodation, which provides not only accommodation and regular services of the hotel, but also a setting  dedicated to a particular topic, combined with activities and related courses.

There are many precedents for this type of hotel, being perhaps Las Vegas (USA) driving the great center of them. Here the themes and settings are as varied as impressive by the majesty of the buildings. Examples are the Caesar Park and decorated in the style of the Roman Empire, Circus Circus Hotel and ornamentation reminiscent Luxor Pharaonic times since its pyramidal shape.

Locally, Buenos Aires seems to pick a point at that bet, with dumps hotel establishments to tango, art and creativity. But it is the only city, as some destinations in the interior also emerge as pioneers through proposals related to wine and local indigenous cultures.
Tango wants to establish itself as the hallmark of the country, and also the City of Buenos Aires. In this context, emerging several establishments engaged in such activity as the Abasto Plaza Hotel, in a neighborhood that knows milonga.

On the ground floor of its 19 floors, this five-star luxury can be seen from the lobby that greets travelers with a. The samples vary regularly, always with works related to "Tango and Buenos Aires."

Among its 126 elegant rooms, are distributed several meeting rooms, with their names, pay tribute to some of the most important exponents of the tango: Mariano Mores, Homero Manzi, Piazzolla, Discépolo, Pugliese and Cadicamo. In the largest of these rooms, rest Waisgold winning images of the photographer, always giving a special touch on the topic.

The offer in his neatly decorated restaurant also recalls the theme with the plate "Pearl Authentic Tango" or dessert Cafetín de Buenos Aires "
The atmosphere "Winter Garden" also offers a tribute to the old Mercado de Abasto, through a sepia mural which depicted images of the past. In this context, there are issued free tango classes for guests who want to learn the tips of the dance. On the second floor, one can see images that accompany other serigraphs Piazzolla Artist Pérez Becerra.
The Garden House Buenos Aires residence boasts of search audience among travelers who want to share an artistic exhibition space as photography, painting and design, as we read on their website.

A little further away from downtown, within walking distance of the Botanical Garden of Palermo Soho, among tree-lined streets, the rooms retain the style of French construction imposed by the European immigrants of the early 1900s to the architecture of Buenos Aires.

The facility has private and dorm rooms, garden barbeque, study room and other common areas that invite you to meet and share part of the culture of the city.

In this sense, are organized on a permanent artistic courses, theme parties, exhibitions, open studios and video broadcasts. The creativity that floats in the air with each step cycle is complemented by live music.

Hotel pop

Painted Boquitas pays tribute to the writer Manuel Puig, in a space that seeks to unite the comfort and art from the furniture to the participation of different exhibitors, even sell their work there.

Right in the neighborhood of Montserrat, stands the mansion of the century, with a restaurant and lounge called Greta Garbo (Creole dishes and Germans, among otos). Its spiral staircase was also named in the subject, in this case the name of Alfred Hitchcock.

Not to be outdone, the rooms are presented as Gilda, Royal Suite, Santeria, Diana Romm and Chamber of Roses, with prices ranging between 120 and 285 pesos per night.

The establishment has the design of the sixties and seventies to 2000, and "flows gently into the elegant chamamé gamour-artist-pop created by architects, painters, photographers, sculptors, graphic designers, writers, cartoonists, and musicians diskjockeys "says their website.
The Art Hotel is one of the innovative art-themed hotel in Buenos Aires, in the neighborhood of Recoleta.

Occupying a 1929 building, remodeling, susa environments follow the original structure of what used to be a family home. Its 36 guestrooms are decorated with works by Argentine artists.

On the ground floor, runs an art gallery, where periodic samples exhibit of paintings, drawings and photographs, open to guests and the general public. Even the vast majority of its space pictures look on the walls, and almost all are for sale.

The Asterion Hotel is a 3 star superior, on National Route No. 11, after Formosa Airport and access to the provincial capital. Its location makes it suitable for the traveler is directed toward the Paraguay and Salta.

Its facilities and sells handicrafts are exhibited Aboriginal communities' legitimate provincial West as well as fine craftsmanship in leather, and chaguar yica, local sweets and liquors made with quality and good taste.

It boasts of being the first theme hotel in northeastern Argentina dedicated to the literary work of Jorge Luis Borges and culture of Formosa. Therefore, those who stay there combine the pleasure of rest and relaxation, with an area of local culture and aestheticism.

One of the owners is a professor of humanities and there Borges explains the appearance of the hotel
A library of reading Borges invited to share their writings and, why not discuss them. Also, every so often are staged some of his poems, with performances by local artists. The price of double room, per night, is about 80 pesos.
An alternative that appreciates the particularity of its region is the San Martin Apart Hotel in the resort of San Rafael Mendoza, where wine is the reason that dominates its surroundings.

In one of the most important avenues of the city, the building was constructed and decorated with a modern and minimalist, bonded light colors to go with the rest.

It has fully equipped apartments (one to six people, from 90-238 pesos a day) and warm rooms (between 74 and 180 pesos per night). In a land across the street, there is a barbecue area with grill and a pool exclusively for guests.

Among its thematic activities, tastings and wine tasting courses do not disappoint the guests.

But they also offer various tours (especially for adventure), but the specialties are tours of the nearby wineries, producing wines from some international recognition. Several of them can be enjoyed at the foot of the oak barrels that give a unique flavor.

THEME HOTEL