Author: House & Hotel Magazine

Destination Vietnam. My hotel is straight into the heart of Hanoi. A chaming joyful place in a lovely surrounding. It is a French colonial-style hotel, built in 1901, retains all its charm with green shutters, wood panelling and lush courtyard lawn. The Sofitel Metropole Hanoi is located in Hoàn Kiếm area. The Sofitel Legend Metropole Hanoi is a 5 star historic luxury hotel in the French colonial style. After Vietnamese independence it became a place for ambassadors, chancellors, writers. With Graham Greene first staying here…Continue Reading “The famous Sofitel Metropole Hanoi” →

Contributed by Romana Miller A unforgetable journey to Seoul. The seat of government and it’s as crowded and competitive, if more homogeneous, as any other developed megacity. The largest metropolis of the Republic of Korea and second largest metropolitan area world-wide. Seoul’s history goes back more than two thousand years. It was one of the “Three Kingdoms of Korea”. Hotels that define the destination the Park-Hyatt (Seoul-City) One of my favourite hotels world woldwide is the Park Hyatt in Seoul. Truly a big “wow”. With…Continue Reading “Romantic time in Seoul” →

Contributed by feature reporter Jens Hoffmann covering Asia-Pacifique. Bangkok is gettin more and more modern but far from antiseptic, filled with luxuries, pampering and great thai cuisine and still affordable. Yet amid the chaos, visitors find charm and, above all, character. Somehow extremes coexist: skyscrapers and moldy tenements; high-end, cloth-napkin dining and tasty street food stalls; five-star hotels and fleabag guesthouses overflowing with backpackers; libidinous hedonism and Buddhist meditation. To travel across Bangkok is to see several worlds at once. The city of traffic now…Continue Reading “Tastemakers Bangkok – Treehouse Hotel” →

Destination Indonesia. Bamboo village in Ubud. Contributed by feature reporter Jens Hoffmann The sun slips into the sea, leaving behind a dreamy wash o peach and violet. Far away from 5star plus, nestled among the lush forests of Bali, near the hill town of Ubud, is one of the island’s most remarkable villages. It’s not just that each of the 18 homes of Green Village is constructed almost entirely from bamboo, it is more. The flights of fancy here are all about blending in with…Continue Reading “Islands we love – Bali / Indonesia” →

Vienna is special. When the world ends, I will go to Vienna. Everything happens years later there. I am in love with this city. We spent much of the afternoon and evening strolling through Vienna, as the weather was gorgeous. Vienna- once the seat of an empire. Later on we checked in at the hotel Imperial and were happy to spent the week-end here. The Imperial has a special retro style and is defintely different. The hotel is perfect located for walking around Vienna, as…Continue Reading “In Vienna veritas – Hotel Imperial” →

Come on Aussie, come on. We come from a land down under, where women glow and men plunder, we had a perfect time in Australia. By Jens Hoffmann The sun is shining, we enjoyed an occeaside pool where people and octopods swim naked and free. Checked in the QT a beautiful down under hotel. Not to far away from Bondi beach, preserving two of the city’s most iconic buildings, QT Sydney is a new landmark by reviving a rich and colorful past of theatre and…Continue Reading “Cities we love – today Sydney” →

Today: Mon amour fou – Breidenbacher Hof a Capella Hotel By Jens Hoffmann Dusseldorf is a special destination. There are design digs, places, uraban oases which want to be discovered. The state capital Dusseldorf is such a city. Famous for its legends Kraftwerk, Beuys, Immendorff, Wim Wenders, Campino and the Breidenbacher Hof hotel. People from all over the world moved to Dusseldorf to spend the night here and have fun. In the middle of the 19th century, it became the “Palace Hotel Breidenbacher Hof” the…Continue Reading “Next stop, Inspiration – Discover Dusseldorf” →

Cities we love – Vienna and the Palais Hansen by Kempinski Contributed by Jens Hoffmann Nice atmosphere in a historic building located on the Ringstraße. The hotel combines its rich history with a modern design, and offers an excellent starting point for a tour of Vienna. Some of the attractions drawing visitors to the Austrian capital in November and December are the countless Christmas markets filled with arts, crafts and goodies such as Lebkuchen (a baked Christmas treat similar to gingerbread) und Punsch (punch), as…Continue Reading “Vienna – Rock me Amadeus – Cities we love” →

Indonesia – Destinationreport “My Taman Bali” (Garden of Eden) Contributed by travel writer Jens Hoffmann The locals call the island “Taman Bali”, and indeed it is a “Garden of Eden”. A truly mystical and romatic island. Eden is now believed to be a joyful stay in fruitful, well-watered location. What we found here was joyful, the healing hotel COMo, set amid the tropical Ayung River valley. Beautiful, relaxing days, we shaked up our chakras at Bali’s most luxurious health retreat. The estate combines spiritual, luxury…Continue Reading “Bali – A far eastern symphony” →

Making tracks in Switzerland Geneva – city of hope and heaven of peace. Contributed by feature reporter Jens Hoffmann Geneva is nestled in the foothills of the Alps with views overlooking Lake Geneva and stretching as far as Mont Blanc (4807m), Geneva promises a city experience like no other. Easy to find interesting things from the international to local fun. During the day it’s a bustling city filled with students, businesspeople, UN- diplomats flown in for a day’s meeting and frontaliers who work in Geneva…Continue Reading “Scenic splendor – Swiss adventure in Geneva” →

Presstrip India. Contributed by Tim Walter Namaste – First of all India is incredible. We landed in Mumbai. Huge red buses, massive green cricket ground and the azure sea. All coverage on the canvas of this city. Skyscrapers and Victorian heritage. Mumbai presents past and and present in elegant ways. The “Gateway of India” was built in 1927 to commemorate Queen Mary and King George V, it is also the place from which the last of the British army troops left a independent India by…Continue Reading “Incredible India – Hotel Vivanta by Taj – Madikeri” →

Cities we love. Sawasdee Bangkok, I love it to be here. The Sukothai hotel is always my first choice. Its a great location on South Sathorn, near Lumphini Park and MRT Lumphini. Just nearby in Sathorn on Soi 1 I used to live for three years from 2006 – 2009. Luxury means different things to different people. For some people its a visual threat others define it in more sensual way both will be more than happy. The Sukothai staff makes guests feel at home…Continue Reading “The Sukothai hotel in Bangkok” →