Category: Luxury

The Suite

The Suite

The Suite opened after a renovation of Euro 2,3 mio on 1st June 2006.

It is located in the Amsterdam Okura Hotel.

It:

  • was designed by the London based firm RPW Design;
  • takes up the 17th and 18th floor of the hotel with a total of 485 sq meter;
  • thus covers an area that 4 average Dutch apartments usually cover;
  • has its own dining room seating 12 where the (michelin) star chef serves your private dinner;
  • has a cinema seating 14 persons;
  • has two bedrooms and two ballrooms as bathrooms;
  • provides butler en limousine service; and
  • has no price indication on the website…..

Kreta: Katalagari Country Suites

Katalagari

Even if I am not really searching for nice all suite hotels, I simply stumble upon them like these Katalagari Country Suites of Kreta, Greece. Probably because I am involved 7/7 with my own suites. My source was a young Utrecht based tour operator who in an original way sells special hotels and holiday houses in the countries around the Mediterranean Sea, Eliza was here.

Buenos Aires: Design Suites and Towers

Suites BA

Once I stumbled already upon their website Design Suites and now I want to share this with you, as they have interesting all suite developments in the pipeline for 2006 and 2007.

NL Hotel in Theme:NL

NL Hotel

With an article and this splendid photo on the 12th cover of »Theme:NL, a Dutch glossy devoted to the stylish part of Dutch hospitality industry, »NL-Hotel was nicely featured this month.

The Making of….Stadeshuys (part 2)

Stadeshuys Stavoren

In October 2004, I reported already about Stadeshuys Stavoren. Pim and Jane were still busy with their renovation process.

In the middle of 2005 the wedding location, the (wedding) party area and one suite only partly had been finished. We had a chance to test the half finished honeymoon suite.

Pim and Jane have both a full job. The renovation till then took so much of their time that they put the suite renovation process on the back burner. I had to keep the fantastic experience to myself for a long time.

Beginning this year they have taken up the renovation again and recently I got a report that they hoped to open in July 2006.

According to their site they now count 3 suites. I am curious about the final result.

From my own experience I can tell you that what I have seen already has grandeur (large class). The really fantastic view over the IJsselmeer, from Hoorn to the Dyke up north enclosing the IJsselmeer, is worth a special trip. A must see! Also the live webcam on their site gives you a panoramic view equal to the one from your bed.

Update 3 July 2006:
They did not manage to open on 1 July, but 1 August will be managed for sure.

Update November 2006:
Unfortunately their site is still only in the Dutch language.