Places: New Orleans

With some 5,000 rooms recently opened or in the pipeline through 2018, according to the New Orleans Convention & Visitors Bureau, the Big Easy is continuing to grow in the decade since Hurricane Katrina. Last year’s $14 million transformation of the Ambassador...

Karl Lagerfeld Launches Hospitality Brand

Karl Lagerfeld, head designer and creative director for Chanel and Fendi, has signed a long-term licensing deal with Amsterdam-based Brandmark Collective to build his new international hospitality brand Karl Lagerfeld Hotels & Resorts. The first Lagerfeld...

MKV Redesigns Lausanne’s Royal Savoy Hotel

London-based MKV Design has redesigned the historic Royal Savoy hotel in Lausanne, Switzerland. The seven-year reconstruction infused the Art Nouveau building with modern touches and also nearly doubled the preexisting hotel’s footprint with a new addition. Connected...