Epoque Hotels News

June 26, 2007

 Monday, June 25th 2007 - Epoque Hotels inaugurates today a new destination: Bangkok, Thailand.

Dream Bangkok Hotel

Luxury 5-star hotel in central Bangkok: a world dedicated to dreams... Located in the heart of Sukhumvit road: Bangkok's pulse for fashion and entertainments. Dream Bangkok Hotel is near the city's top restaurants, shopping centers and businesses

June 26, 2007

Miami, Tuesday, 26th June. Epoque Hotels is proud to announce a new member of the Epoque Hotels Collection:

Eden Rock Resort

Small design concept boutique hotel, charming and unique in its genre, it offers a marvelous experience. The Eden Rock Hotel is positioned atop a hill dominating Florence. A breathtaking view of the hillcountry surrounding the city completes the spectacle.

June 22, 2007

Travel and Leisure magazine recognizes Placio del Bailio as one of the best new hotels in the world

Miami, FL June 8, 2007 - While Epoque Hotel’s Palacio del Bailio in Cordoba, Spain continues to stand as a new-age meets old prestige model in boutique hotels, it continues to gain accolades with a recent nod as one of the best hotels in the world in the “The IT List 2007,” published by the well known and renowned British Travel and Leisure magazine.

This list by T+L is yearly published, profiling the best new hotels in the world, among which Palacio del Bailio is ranked a Modern Classic.

Palacio del Bailío, opened in January 2007, has become a worldwide reference in only a few months after its opening. This stunning property, though having recently opened early this year, was also listed in the “Hot List 2007,” one of the finest worldwide hotel selections published by the recognized Conde Nast Traveller magazine.

June 15, 2007

The collection of boutique hotels talks about its first Press Conference and Cocktail Reception in Europe.

MIAMI BEACH, FL, June 18, 2007 – On June 7th, 2007, Epoque Hotels officially launched its European promotion at the Hotel Enterprise in Milan, setting up a press conference opened to tourism professionals and followed by a public cocktail reception. Contributing to the conference, before an audience of 150 among travel agents and journalists, were also representatives of the K-West Hotel & Spa - London, Hotel Le Tourville - Paris, Mirò Hotel - Bilbao, Hotel Grand Central - Barcelona and the 3.14 Hotel - Cannes, some of the finest properties of the collection. Since its foundation, the company had already participated to all the major Europeans trade shows. Yet, Milan has been chosen to put in place an event that was exclusively tailored for Epoque Hotels.  

Establishing itself in the last five years, starting in 2002 with 30 hotels and now reaching almost 300 boutique hotels globally, Epoque Hotels has embarked on a development program that includes organizing press conferences in major destinations worldwide. The first was held in Milan, where about 150 tourism professionals flocked to the halls of the Enterprise Hotel to attend Epoque Hotels' gathering in early June. "We were very excited to introduce ourselves to the Italian tourism professionals," says Gianluca Gorini, Epoque Hotels' Director of Development in southern Europe. "We elected Milan as the ideal location to launch our European campaign because the city is an important business hub as well as Italy's capital of fashion and the headquarters of the country's principal travel agencies and publishing companies."

  The meeting thus consisted of numerous travel journalists as well as the local TV network Telenova, which filmed part of the conference and interviewed Gorini and Francesca Suereth, Epoque Hotels' Director of Operations: "I was so pleased to see that the media was interested in our company and in the properties of our collection," explains Suereth. "At this event we were able to explain what we do and what we offer not only to the trade professionals, but also to the general public".

Among other issues, Epoque Hotels explained to the audience what boutique hotels are and why it is important to support this niche of the market. According to Epoque Hotels' co-founders David Maranzana and Juan Palmada, the goal of the company is to become a reference point in the industry while providing independent boutique hotels the means to compete with the larger hotel chains. "In a world where everything tends to be ever more standardized and identical," claims Maranzana, "our mission is to keep advancing the success of independent boutique hotels, wherever they may be. If everything looks the same, if the traveler finds the same products everywhere, the magic of traveling is gone," continues Maranzana: "Our wish is to prevent this from happening".
Back in Miami, the team is making preparations for the next big European event. In November 2007 Epoque Hotels will be in London for another conference and reception, this time at the K-West Hotel and Spa.

About Epoque Hotels

Epoque Hotels is a collection of worldwide avant-garde, trendy-chic, and luxury-classic boutique hotels based in over 100 destinations.
With almost 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.

June 13, 2007

Wednesday, June 13th 2007 - Epoque Hotels inaugurates today a new destination: Cordoba, Spain

Hospes Palacio del Bailio Hotel

Luxury boutique hotel, a careful equilibrium between design, history, harmony, space and light. Palacio del Bailio Hotel is centrally located in Cordoba's historical heart

June 07, 2007

The outstanding collection of international boutique hotels announces the first Press Conference and Cocktail Reception on June 7th in Milan.

Miami Beach, FL, June 6th, 2007 - Epoque Hotels goes to Italy. The American company continues to excel in establishing the most coveted collection of acclaimed luxury boutique hotels in the world, and is getting ready to introduce itself to the Italian public in Milan. On June 7th, 2007, Epoque Hotels begins the European campaign in the first city of Lombardy at the Hotel Enterprise, offering a conference dedicated to tourist professionals, followed by a cocktail reception open to the public. Attending the conference also the K-West Hotel & Spa - London, Hotel Tourville - Paris, Mirò Hotel - Bilbao, Hotel Gran Central - Barcelona and the 3.14 Hotel - Cannes, some of the finest properties of the collection.

Owing to its considerable growth and success in 2006, this innovative company closed the year with a high number of new top quality members of in the major worldwide destinations. At the beginning of 2006 Epoque Hotels counted 240 partners, now it has almost 300 members among the most trendy and luxury-classic boutique hotels in the world. Epoque Hotels was founded in 2002 by David Maranzana and Juan Palmada and it has expanded and renewed thanks to the vast expertise of the two partners on international sales and marketing and hotel management. An important step in the profile of this company is the creation in 2004 of a new line dedicated exclusively to the more modern and design boutique hotels of the collection, Avantgarde Hotels.

Each hotel of both the Epoque and Avantgarde lines is carefully selected for its own character, charm, quality and central location expressing the originality and the atmosphere of the city where it is situated. For these reasons, Epoque Hotels comprises of properties that were recently included in the Condé Nast Traveler 100 Best Hotels like Duomo Hotel of Rimini, Inn at the Roman Forum of Rome, Heritage Av Libertade of Lisbon and the Dream Bangkok, which are only a few stars of Epoque’s firmament.
 
"We wish to introduce ourselves to the Italian tourism professionals,” says Juan Palmada, vice-president of Epoque Hotels.  “We are an American company but our President is Italian, so it seemed natural to begin our promotional campaign in Milan”. This event is a unique opportunity to gather, the hotel professionals, travel agencies and the press in a relaxing and comfortable environment. The traditional and fashionable appointment of Thursday at the Hotel Enterprise becomes a special moment to socialize, sit back and to establish new professional connections.
 
Stefano Maranzana, Public Relations
Epoque Hotels
stefano@epoquehotels.com
+39 340 9123 536
http://www.epoquehotels.com
http://www.avantgardehotels.com 

June 05, 2007

Miami, Wednesday June 6, 2007 - Epoque Hotels is proud to announce a new member of the Epoque Hotels Collection:

Hotel Twentyseven

Luxury contemporary hotel with rooms designed in well-known Scandinavian tradition by leading Danish designers & architects. Hotel Twentyseven is situated in the heart of Copenhagen, just a few metres from the town square, in the middle of the historic city.