Glasgow hotel plan dropped in favor of student accommodation
A developer has progressed proposals for purpose built student accommodation in Glasgow city center after previously gaining consent for a hotel at the site. Caledon Property Group hopes to knock down the disused commercial buildings on the corner of Hutcheson Street and Trongate, and replace them with a 173-bed study housing facility. In February 2020, permission was granted by Glasgow City Council for a 157-bedroom aparthotel at the site. Revised plans by Mosaic Architecture + Design, based on the original submission, show a new internal layout to accommodate the change in use with the outward mass remaining as before. A…
Debate over $13M tax break for airport hotel ends in tie vote
A wide-ranging debate over whether a hotel project at the Ottawa International Airport should get a $13 million break on property taxes ended in an unusual tie vote Tuesday at city hall. City staff have determined Germain Hotels is eligible to pay $4.4 million in taxes to the City of Ottawa over 25 years if it builds a new 180-room Alt Hotel attached to the terminal — just 25 per cent of the $17.4 million in tax revenue it’s expected to generate. Germain Hotels was the first applicant under a new community improvement plan for the airport area approved by…
Satellite Worlds and the Bali Status Quo
After reading a story in the Australian Financial Review about the Bali digital nomad community yesterday, I decided to take a look at PARQ, north of Ubud. The owners of PARQ Ubud bill the place on their website as a city of the future. The article billed it as a Russian and Ukrainian enclave, full of digital nomads, setting up camp in Bali to escape the war in their East European neighborhood. The place is enormous. Someone obviously spent a lot of dollars or rubles to put it together, but I didn’t feel threatened by it, nor by the people…
10 Best Hotels In Santorini For A Luxurious Escape
Santorini enjoys high standing as the ultimate dream destination of travelers the world over — and with good reason. The southeastern Greek island is a confluence of the country’s most pronounced features, bringing together culture, history, tradition, and, of course, legendary scenic vistas all in one place. Santorini has something for everyone. While budget travelers can find plenty to do in Santorini, the grandeur of the island is best appreciated in luxurious poses. The fabled Caldera, the crescent-shaped remnant of an ancient volcano, is a hotspot of luxury tourism in Santorini. Picture-perfect sapphire domes overlooking the majestic Aegean Sea and…:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/TAL-villa-palladio-jaipur-over-top-logo-lead-ITLIST2023-8dd5c5a8c2db4b2d91a3f72e201c3d42.jpg "The 12 Most Over-the-top New Hotels of 2023"){kind=logo}
The 12 Most Over-the-top New Hotels of 2023
In 2022, Beyonce showed up in Dubai to christen one of the most expensive hotels ever built, and New Yorkers clamored to gain entry to the long-awaited Aman New York. If that’s not a banner year for luxury hotels, we’re not sure what it is. Here, the 12 most indulgent new stays around the world. Atlantis The Royal Dubai Brandon Barré Photography/Courtesy of Kerzner Most major cities have one hotel icon: the Ritz (Paris), Claridge’s (London), Raffles (Singapore), the Peninsula (Hong Kong). But Dubai, arguably, now has three. Atlantis The Royal joins the sail-shaped Burj Al Arab, which floats in…
Satellite Cities and the Bali Status Quo
After reading a story in the Australian Financial Review about the Bali digital nomad community yesterday, I decided to take a look at PARQ, north of Ubud. The owners of PARQ Ubud bill the place on their website as a city of the future. The article billed it as a Russian and Ukrainian enclave, full of digital nomads, setting up camp in Bali to escape the war in their East European neighborhood. The place is enormous. Someone obviously spent a lot of dollars or rubles to put it together, but I didn’t feel threatened by it, nor by the people…