Many visitors who don t look beyond the big all-inclusive resorts miss out on the rich variety that St Lucia offers, says Jennifer Cox, who toured the isle s locally-owned hotels.
As the traditional definitions associated with travel, work, and living continue to expand and overlap, hoteliers are also rethinking their approaches toward the transient space. Beyond recreating the creature comforts of home within guest rooms and amenities, these properties place an emphasis on culinary experiences, creative happenings, and communal spaces. They are geared not towards transitory tourists but rather towards promadic travelers and dynamically bringing them together with local communities.
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If the last 12 months have taught us anything, it’s that nature is tonic. More than a balm for uneasy times, the great outdoors offers a break from the daily urban grind, and an opportunity to reconnect with natural environments. From a series of cottages set deep in the forest in the Japanese town of Hakone, to an old-world hideaway in the Californian desert, join Design Hotels for an immersion in some of the world’s most inspiring natural settings.
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Amidst Andorra’s Incles Valley one of Europe’s most hidden corners sits the L’Ovella Negra Mountain Lodge; a rustic hideaway hewn from stone, wood, and concrete. An easy gateway to local hiking, snowshoe walks, and heli-skiing, the remote retreat fully embraces its adjacency to nature, and is seasoned with regular creative gatherings. A similar concept prevails in Switzerland’s Eastern Alps at Nira Alpina, a ski-in ski-out proper