Nickname: Ana

Review: ...Just 2 blocks from the Gladstone Hotel the 19 room Drake Hotel has been recognized as 'One of the Top 500 Hotels in the World' by Travel + Leisure Magazine. A meticulously restored boutique hotel, the Drake offers guests a comfortable mix of intimacy, bohemian luxury and high tech toys. In the four years since it first opened it doors in the vibrant Art + Design district of Toronto, the Drake Hotel has become a Toronto cultural, entertainment and culinary landmark. The Drake has come to be known as an energetic hub for visual & performance art, dining and hospitality, providing one of Canada?s most unique and sought after hotel and culinary experiences. We are more than a place to eat and sleep: we are a hotbed for culture. Come visit us online at www.thedrakehotel.ca X[OH!] DRAKE

Date reviewed: Sep 17, 2008 10:45 PM

Nickname: Aegean

Review: www.aegeandesign.com This is hot art from Seattle.

Date reviewed: Sep 2, 2007 2:33 AM

Nickname: Larry

Review: Check out New Majestic Hotel in Singapore (www.newmajestichotel.com). Just launched with 30 rooms uniquely interpreted by artists & designers. They hired specialists from Asian Art Options (www.asianartoptions.com) to curate the art -really cool stuff. There's this room sprouting psychedelic weeds (no doubt taking a mickey outta the nation's famous zero-tolerance for drugs) & another with anamorphic text messages decipherable only when lying on the bed or through the mirror. Pretty intelligent ideas. The Chinese sculptures in the restaurant are amazing. All this in a row of converted heritage shophouses (& they still managed to get a swimming pool on the 2nd floor with potholes looking into the restaurant below! Amazing!). I stayed at Sanderson & wondered why the ceiling paintings were so boring(& the same in each room).Schrager/Stark are brand names after all & somehow I can't shake off that chain hotel feel. For someone who travels as much as I do, gimme an interesting room anytime.

Date reviewed: May 30, 2006 10:20 AM

Nickname: mikmik

Review: If we have to tear up and destroy all the land and we all become millionaires where will we live? There will be no air, no clean water.

Date reviewed: May 27, 2006 6:35 PM

Nickname: AHCB

Review: Nice to see that Schrager is working with a former resident of the Hotel Chelsea, Julian Schnabel, to create a bohemian experience for the uber wealthy. www.hotelchelseablog.com

Date reviewed: May 25, 2006 8:49 PM

Nickname: John

Review: Good article. I have actually stayed at Hotel Max (in Seattle) many times. The local art work is amazing and the hotel has a uniqueness and character that you don't find in many hotels these days. If interested, here is the Web site address: www.hotelmaxseattle.com

Date reviewed: May 25, 2006 5:23 PM