Author: House & Hotel Magazine

Destination Ilinois Contributed by feature reporter Jens Hoffmann Ilinois is located in the Midwest, the US-state offers a lot of agriculture, a wide, flat “fly-over-land”. But Ilinois is also a place for explorers and connoisseurs with scenic corners, interesting places, over 300 golf courses and Abraham Lincoln as the most famous citizen, he lived here 30 years before he was elected US President and moved to Washington in the White House. Great River Road in Illinois in the heart of America. It represents four centuries…Continue Reading “Real. Original. Adventure. – Great Rivers Illinois” →

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 “A gentleman likes to surprise – Tastemakers Bangkok – Treehouse Hotel” →

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” →

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 “Breidenbacher Hof a Capella Hotel – 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” →

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” →

Destination South-France After two 18holes days we checked in at the Hôtel Belles Rives It starts with the infatuation of a «Lost Generation» for the French Riviera, when American intellectuals and jet setters fell in love with this romantic stretch of sand and beaches. In 1925, Juan les Pins became home to Zelda and Scott Fitzgerald who rented a private sea side villa called the « Villa Saint-Louis ». Of course, this is where « Tender is the Night » was written. But it is…Continue Reading “Golftrip to South-France – Hôtel Belles Rives” →

My “Honey Moon” hotspot. Contributed by feature reporter and micro influencer Jens Hoffmann Yasou, white buildings pile atop each other, tumbling toward the water. You can lean out over the wall and look down, past the rounded blue roofs and jumbles of white houses, and see the cruise ships idling in the harbor. My press trip brought me to Thira. The largest town on Santorini, built into a cliff overlooking an ancient volcano, Thira caters mostly to upmarket travellers. Cruises let off day-trippers for shopping…Continue Reading “Places we love – Santorini (Greece)” →

Cities we love. The Big Apple – “The Mercer” – Soho’s luxury hotel By Jens Hoffmann My hotel is offering 75 guest rooms on six floors. A landmark Romanesque revival building in one of New York’s most funky neighbourhoods. Some rumours are connected with this place, Calvin Klein stayed in this place for a couple of month and probably he knows why, but when we talk about luxury accommodations, Manhattan has always a few rivals. Uptown, downtown and, especially, in midtown, the city is awash…Continue Reading ““The Mercer” – Soho’s luxury hotel – New York” →

Culinary delights at the Grandhotel Petersberg in Königswinter. I had fun at the fine dining event “Blogger vs Sommelier”. Contributed by feature reporter Jens Hoffmann Just like a castle, the striking Steigenberger Grand Hotel Petersberg stands tall over the “Siebengebirge” and the river Rhine. The 5-star Steigenberger Grandhotel Petersberg in Königswinter is a place of true grandeur and passionate about hotel culture. Guests from all over the world associate with this Grandhotel fascinating history, amazing architecture and the view of the Rhine Valley. The former…Continue Reading ““Blogger vs Sommelier” – Steigenberger Grandhotel Petersberg” →

Exclusive lifestyle in Heidelberg – “Europäischer Hof”. Contributed by Britt Freyberg. The charms of Heidelberg are legendary. Heidelberg is a lovely hotspot with a pretty old town, amzing castle. A cosy city with many historic buildings in good conditions, almost spruced up in a picture-book style, a romantic river flows through the the village you can easily fall in love with. So much beauty calls for an adequate resisdence: my select 5-star hotel offers elegance and timeless design for over 150 years. It’s a legend….Continue Reading “Extravagant ambience – “Europäischer Hof” in Heidelberg” →