The Dutch Hotel group citizenM hotels has signed a ground lease commitment with Aéroports de Paris for the development of an 'Affordable Luxury' citizenM hotel in the Roissypole district, close to Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport. The hotel will be directly connected to CDG's terminals through the free CDGVal, airport shuttle, as well as to the RER station (with trains to central Paris).

Forget bunk beds. In Hong Kong, capsule hotels just might be the next big thing for budget travelers. Hoping to capitalize on what seems like an ideal conundrum — a dense metropolis where both occupancy rates and per-night prices are high and centrally located land to develop new hotels is scarce — Galaxy Stars Limited, a local company, has started offering pod-beds for sale.

Marriott International, Inc. (NYSE: MAR) today announced five new hotels for EDITION, a luxury lifestyle hotel brand created in partnership with Ian Schrager. The company said that the brand is on track to have six hotels operating in major global gateway cities on three continents by 2015, including one of Manhattan's most beloved buildings, the "Clock Tower." New EDITION hotels being announced ...

Marriott International, Inc. (NYSE: MAR) today announced five new hotels for EDITION, a luxury lifestyle hotel brand created in partnership with Ian Schrager. The company said that the brand is on track to have six hotels operating in major global gateway cities on three continents by 2015, including one of Manhattan's most beloved buildings, the "Clock Tower." New EDITION hotels being announced ...

The Boutique & Lifestyle Lodging Association, (BLLA, www.blla.org), a leading hospitality industry association officially representing independent boutique and lifestyle properties and the suppliers worldwide, announced the much-anticipated release of its first research White Paper. This document, in a united voice of independent boutique hoteliers, serves as an important tool in developing a uni...

It's fair to say that hotels and travel are pretty much inextricably linked. Here at Black Tomato, we're always on the look out for those special places to lay your head. Those truly unique hotels that love to dabble in the eccentric and the extraordinary. Take a look at our pick of hotels that make for an exceptionally unique bed-time.

"Through the opening of W Paris - Opéra, fashionistas and global jetsetters can now be on the runway with W from New York to London and Paris. Unique lifestyle programming within a cutting-edge designed environment will bring a new and distinctive experience to Paris and the Parisians alike."

It has been a roller coaster of an economy, and that unpredictability has had an impact. New Year's resolutions will have consumers looking for more fun. They'll want to play games. Be entertained. Consumers will want something that enhances their product or service experience - but at a discount. They are savvier than ever before and are making informed choices by researching untold numbers of s...

Hotel Matilda (www.hotelmatilda.com), the trend-setting boutique hotel offering a lifestyle-focused guest experience, has become the newest member of Design Hotels, and the only member of the international collection in San Miguel de Allende. “Hotel Matilda was created with vision and passion, and endowed with a pulsating heartbeat of art and design, making us a perfect match with Design Hotels,”...

Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. announced today that it has signed an agreement to acquire 49.8% of the shares of Design Hotels AG from Arabella Hospitality SE, one of Starwood's longtime partners in Germany. Berlin-based Design Hotels, a publicly traded company and provider of distribution, sales, marketing and consulting services for hotels boasts a portfolio of over 200 member hotels...