A tent hotel concept for Burning Man fans, a food blogger’s boarding house, and an in-room hedgehog gone wild. This week’s must-reads from your ever-vigilant HOTELS editors.
Chelsea Hotel meets New York fashion week: New York’s Chelsea Hotel may not be ready for business (according to a check in with BD Hotels developer Richard Born, they’re looking at a late 2018, early 2019 opening), but that didn’t stop New York-based fashion designer Alice + Olivia from imagining what the new walls might look like. Inspired by the hotel and all its creative types, she had nine artists design eight Chelsea-themed spaces that then served as the backdrop of her line. And yes, Bruce Willis and Demi Moore’s kids, Scout and Tallulah Willis, are behind two of them. —Chloe Riley
Camp for grown-ups: Hopefully this new concept from entrepreneur Oliver Ripley has survived hurricane season and will continue to grow, as I love the idea of creating retreats where the focus is on food and music – big emotional connectors that create lasting memories and a desire to return. —Jeff Weinstein
To be fair, you’d need a tiny pair of handcuffs: No arrests were made after a guest of the Mong Kok hotel in the Chinese city of Xi’an claimed to have been attacked by a hedgehog found hiding in a pillow in her room. A photo of the suspect manages to be both adorable and disturbing. —Barbara Bohn
More at South China Morning Post
Pioneer hotel: Ree Drummond – the life force behind the successful Pioneer Woman blog and more recently a restaurant concept – is making her way into the hotel sphere. Well, almost. Technically, she’s calling the eight-room hotel in her hometown of Pawhuska, Oklahoma a “boarding house,” but we all know the truth. —C.R.
The evolving Trump Hotels guest: The clientele of Trump Hotels is changing. Where once it was non-politically charged guests looking to rent a room, now the company’s properties are attracting a new sort: customers who want something from the man associated with the brand. —C.R.