Hôtels Accueillants by Jessica Lawson (book)

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Hotels accueillants / Welcoming Hotels (Book) by Jessica Lawson, José Luis Hausmann (Photographer), Catherine Paulian (Translator). Like New, Hardcover, 174 pages, 2004. French language.

We tend to think of hotels as cold places. Perhaps this is because they often contain impersonal, characterless atmospheres. In Welcoming Hotels, we offer 18 examples of hotel establishments that have been decorated with the greatest care to convey a hospitable atmosphere. Of course, warmth is not only measured through physical spaces or facilities.

It maintains a relationship with a set of elements that are difficult to dissociate, such as the philosophy of the hotels and the treatment offered by each of the employees who ensure that, every day, the clientele receives the best service. This book offers a journey through different countries from the rooms to the gardens of hotels that stand out for their charm. These hotels have achieved the difficult goal of making you feel at home while you are in an exceptional place.

We will see diverse atmospheres. Some are full of magic, like a fairy tale setting, inhabited by elves and paper butterflies. There are some that are imbued with poetry and bathed in colors, dreamlike corners. Others flaunt refinement and luxury, dressed in delicacy and elegance. Leafing through the pages of a few chapters will be like taking a journey through time, returning to the origins of humanity, to the heat of the fire reflected on the stone walls of prehistory, to the mystical era of feudalism or to the palaces that existed hundreds of years ago; a living source of history and heritage, music for the eyes.