WELCOME TO OUR NEWEST MEMBERS

Design Hotels™ happily introduces its newest member hotels located in France, United Kingdom, Mexico, USA, and Israel.

LA PLAGE CASADELMAR (15 rooms – opening in July 2012) – Corsica, France

DOMAINE DES ANDÉOLS (10 villas - open) – Luberon, France

DORSET SQUARE HOTEL (38 rooms – opening in June 2012) – London, United Kingdom

ENDÉMICO (20 rooms – opening in July 2012) – Baja California, Mexico

DOWNTOWN (17 rooms – opening in June 2012) – Mexico City, Mexico

THE STANDARD, EAST VILLAGE (145 rooms – open) – New York City, USA

BROWN TLV (30 rooms – open) – Tel Aviv, Israel

For more information please contact Nicola Lichtenberg, Manager Membership Services: n.lichtenberg@designhotels.com

10 MEMBER HOTELS ON CONDÉ NAST TRAVELER’S 16TH ANNUAL HOT LIST

Design Hotels™ is proud to announce that ten member hotels are listed on Condé Nast Traveler’s Annual Hot List, featuring the best new hotels of 2012:

25HOURS HOTEL WIEN (34 rooms) – Vienna, Austria

HOTEL LONE (248 rooms) – Rovinj, Croatia

LA MAISON CHAMPS ÉLYSÉES (57 rooms) – Paris, France

NEW HOTEL (79 rooms) – Athens, Greece

HOTEL SCHWEIZERHOF BERN (99 rooms) – Bern, Switzerland

NIRA ALPINA (70 rooms) – Silvaplana, Switzerland

ECCLESTON SQUARE HOTEL (39 rooms) – London, United Kingdom

HÔTEL AMERICANO (56 rooms) – New York City, USA

ALILA BANGALORE HOTEL & RESIDENCE (122 rooms) – Bangalore, India

CASA DE LA FLORA (36 villas) – Khao Lak, Thailand

We congratulate all of them!

For more information please contact Nicola Lichtenberg, Manager Membership Services: n.lichtenberg@designhotels.com

Leisure hotel rates set new growth record in March

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Average daily rates paid by leisure hotel guests climbed +9.2% in March over 2011, beating the previous record of +8.3% set in December over 2010, according to the latest data from Pegasus Solutions.

In North America, hotels benefited from a climb of +8.5% in daily rates for leisure stays, which outperformed the +7.3% record set in February.

Rate gains in the corporate market approximated or surpassed year-to-date growth. Globally, ADR reached +4.5%, overtaking year-to-date growth of +4.0%, and climbed to +6.5% in North America, almost reaching the year-to-date growth of +6.8%. Outside North America, corporate rates increased +1.8% while leisure rates were up +3.9%.

Europe hotel results for February 2012

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The European hotel industry posted mostly positive results in year-over-year metrics when reported in U.S. dollars, euros and British pounds for February 2012, according to data compiled by STR Global.

“Europe reported a flat performance on a like-for-like basis compared to February 2011”, said Elizabeth Randall, managing director of STR Global. “Out of 27 countries we track across Europe, the majority of 15 countries still reported RevPAR increases in local currency for the month”.