Category: Luxury

Dutch Design (3): Lute Suites to open 13nd January, 2005

Lute Suites
After Haagsche Suites (Suites of The Hague) that opened 29th September 2002 and after Maison le Dragon in Bruges, we now see a new Dutch small all suite hotel initiative in Ouderkerk a/d Amstel, just outside of Amsterdam. Ouderkerk is boarding on the small Amstel river from which Amsterdam derived its name: The Dam in the Amstel.

Lute Suites is developed by Peter Lute, from Restaurant and Marcel Wanders of Marcel Wanders Studio

Seven picturesque small houses for rent as suites with or without breakfast, with or without personal shopper, with or without dinner in either the restaurant or served in your suite. No lobby, but a mini reception desk, because it is not supposed to be a hotel. More suites to follow in Amsterdam.

I like the idea and the design, but not the Lute website design, because of its cumbersome accessibility.

Update: Discovered the term Notel, created the Notel category and added this post to it.

Last edited by gje on December 13, 2016

Ruin….Just 2 Suites

Janneke and Peter Schoenmaker had set up and sold Spaarne 8, a two suites hotel in Haarlem, The Netherlands. The new owner discontinued the operation of Spaarne 8 as a hotel.

In the mean time Janneke and Peter are rebuilding a mansion in the South of France, “Just 2 Suites”.

Getting there with a front that looked like this:

Just 2 Front Old

and changed into this:

Just 2 Front New

Update: In the meantime they sold this B&B as well and bought another building project.

The new owners of Just 2 Suites renamed the premises into Tresbos Farmhouse and it is now for rent on a weekly basis.

Last edited by GJE on March 4, 2012 at 3:40 pm

XO Private Collection

XO Private Collection Log
XO is another way of saying Extra Ordinary. Extra Ordinary Hotels, but also XO experiences and XO things to do.

Get a taste of it at xoprivatecollection.

Who the XX are Mr and Mrs Smith?

Another approach for a Hotel Guide cum Hotel Portal: Where does Mr Smith spend the night with Mrs Smith? The first part reviewed suitable hotels in the United Kingdom. The second part describes the rest of Europe. See their website for an impression.

Dutch Design (2): The College Hotel

Amsterdam College Hotel Front
The Amsterdam College Hotel Front

The College Hotel is being created by a local hospitality school in the Amsterdam Musea Area. It is expected to open officially on December 22, 2004. Not only a hotel in an old school, but also a hotel that will serve for the students of the hospitality school as practice on the job. It will be operated by the Spanish Stein Hotels Group.