Epoque Hotels News

October 22, 2007

The collection of trendy boutique hotels launches Live Chat available online from 9:00 am to 6:00 pm Eastern Time.

Epoque Hotels & Avantgarde Hotels has launched its new Live Chat service. The chat is already effective and is available online in both the Epoque and Avantgarde websites' homepage. A member of the staff will attend customers' needs during regular office hours (9:00 am to 6:00 pm Eastern Time).

The Live Chat is designed to allow customers to make reservations in a more convenient way. It is open to all without the need of logging in, only by filling name, question and email address. Any question can be asked with no restrictions.

The service will provide a convenient way to reach Epoque & Avantgarde Hotels. There will be no need to make a long distance telephone call, and the reply will reach the customer faster than email.

At the moment the Live Chat is only in English, but soon the service will be provided also in other major languages.

About Epoque & Avantgarde Hotels

Epoque & Avantgarde Hotels is a collection of worldwide avant-garde, trendy-chic, and luxury-classic boutique hotels based in over 100 destinations. With more than 300 hotels in its portfolio, divided into two lines: Avantgarde Line and Epoque Classic, it is rapidly establishing itself as the leading reference in the segment of boutique hotels. Headquartered in Miami, the Company has also sales offices in Italy, UK and France.

October 19, 2007

The Hospes Madrid, a gorgeous building dating of 1883, opens its doors in the central Plaza de la Independencia.
 
With its impressive views over the Alcalá Gate and the Retiro Park, the Hospes Madrid, an Avantgarde Luxury Hotel, now houses a combination of elegance, exclusivity, architecture, fine cuisine and well-being, along with easy access to the intense economic, cultural and artistic activity of the Spanish capital.
 
The renovation and interior work for the Hospes Madrid was assigned to the Hospes Design team. The establishment has 41 rooms, including a grand suite, a junior suite and four duplex suites. In all of them, warm tones, dark-hued fine wood and white marble ensure that the spaces are endowed with abundant light and tranquillity.
 
To meet and savour the offerings of Senzone, the culinary space, the Hospes Madrid provides multiple options, each with its own style and personality: the Restaurant, which surprises its customers with a mix of native tastes and a contemporary trendy touch; the Tapas Bar, which revives the spirit of the former Cafetería Independencia; the Lounge Bar, ideal for long conversations accompanied by magnificent views over the Alcalá Gate; and finally the Chill-Out Patio, an oasis in the centre of Madrid.

 
Guests and visitors seeking complete revitalisation are invited to enter the space created at the Hospes Madrid by Bodyna, which provides the group's well-being services. The Bodyna Spa is located in a small three-floor building facing the patio and offers a wide range of treatments and oriental and Mediterranean style massages, as well as a fitness room, soundproof relaxation room, pool-jacuzzi, dry sauna, wet sauna and hairdressers.
 
The Hospes Madrid is currently undergoing the soft-opening phase; the definitive opening is scheduled for early November.
 
With this new opening, Epoque & Avantgarde Hotels reaches its ninth affiliation with Hospes Hotels & Moments Group: Hospes Lancaster, in Paris; Hospes Palau de la Mar, in Valencia; Hospes Maricel, in Mallorca; Hospes las Casas del Rey de Baeza, in Seville; Hospes Palacio de los Patos, in Granada; Hospes Palacio del Bailío, in Córdoba; Hospes Amérigo, in Alicante; Hospes Villa Paulita, in Puigcerdà, and the recently opened Hospes Madrid.

October 11, 2007

Hotel Majestic Barcelona has been voted Spain's Leading Hotel and Spain's Leading Suite at the 2007 World Travel Europe's Ceremony in Newcastle.

The star-studded event, fittingly held at Newcastle Marriott Gosforth Park Hotel on October 9, was attended by more than 350 executives from the travel industry and high-profile media.

Established in 1993 to acknowledge, reward and celebrate the enormous achievements found in all sectors of the global travel industry, through the last thirteen years dedicated travel professionals and their clients have come to regard the World Travel Awards as the best endorsement that any travel product can receive.

As the "Travel industry's equivalent to the Oscar's" the World Travel Awards is the most comprehensive, the biggest and the most prestigious awards program in the global travel industry.

With thousands of votes cast by travel professionals from 167,000 travel agencies, tour & transport companies and tourism organisations in over 160 countries across the globe, winning a World Travel Award has become one of the highest accolades a travel product or organisation can achieve.

The two World Travel Awards cap off an exciting year for Hotel Majestic Barcelona, opening a new rooftop spa in the next months. This multi-award winning Barcelona city hotel, with its coveted Passeig de Gracia address, is also currently celebrating its 90th anniversary.

October 09, 2007

Bangkok's eclectic hotel—Dream joins Epoque Hotels

Miami, FL October 4, 2007 - Epoque Hotels is proud to announce its partnership with the eclectic hotel Dream in Bangkok, Thailand. This trendy hotel is part of a fashionable, fresh line: Avantgarde Hotels. Dream, Bangkok is a sister hotel to one bearing the same name and concept in New York, USA. Both properties allow its guests tranquil, neon-sophisticate experiences in their respecting cities.


Located on the fashionable Sukhumvit Road, this brilliantly designed contemporary hotel encapsulates Bangkok with its 100 rooms. Each room here is like a translation of a dream, all outfitted with the latest in hotel technology, including complimentary WiFi connectivity, huge plasma TVs, iPod player and digital sound, and ethereal lighting—even a glowing, under-bed light. Available amenities are like cherries-on-top to each stay, especially the soft 300 count Egyptian bed linens and comfy bathrobes.

A hospitable staff welcomes Dream's guests with first-rate service and smiley multilingual staff, who assures any need is fulfilled during stays, from giving tips on what to do and where to be in the city to childcare services. They will even gladly allow, upon request, a mobile phone as a convenience to guests.

Exquisite meals at the hotel's restaurants, lounge and bars are very 'Flava'ful. Flava Restaurant and Lounge allows its guests to contemporary Thai cuisine. The divine tastiness even extends to the rooms, with 24 hour room service, and a homemade cookie plate in each room made fresh every afternoon. For cigar connoisseurs, the Pipe Dreams cigar bar features some of finest cigars.
 

For a unique spa experience, the Dream's Avatar Spa is an extraordinary setting, where treatments are so exceptional that they are often prolonged. Its gym is even equipped with high quality equipment for the fitness minded, and an indoor pool and sauna to fulfill a vacationing swimmer. Also for those traveling for business or conference matters, two well equipped meeting rooms are available.