HOTEL REVIEW LE BLEU
PREVIOUS PAGE: The hotel features a white and blue colour scheme, with bed runners and cushions
in deep turquoise silk THIS PAGE (ABOVE): The lobby is light and spacious (ABOVE RIGHT) Corridors
feature cobalt-blue lighting
were faithful to my vision. I like that the building is The result is a sleeping area which feels much more White with blue (what else for a hotel with the colour
totally unique in the area, a landmark on the horizon.” spacious than the square footage suggests (rooms, embedded in its name?) is the decor statement,
For owners Globiwest, a family-owned hospitality firm including ablution spaces measure 12’ x 20’), thanks with bed runners and cushions in deep turquoise silk
based in California. a boutique hotel was indeed a to a bathroom in which only the toilet is partitioned lending a touch of both luxury and warmth to an
departure. The company had hitherto been embedded from the bedroom by a frosted door. The sink and essentially cool and minimalist approach. Egyptian
in the value sector, with Marriott Courtyard, Best large walk-in shower cubicle are both integral, the cotton bedlinens, goosedown duvets, bathrobes and
Western and Hilton Garden Inn franchises across the latter offers privacy by a curtain which draws around botanical toiletries carry through the sense of comfort
US as well as a slew of Holiday Inn Expresses within a corner rail. On the opposite side of each room, a in the sleeping and bathing experience.
its 15-strong portfolio. complete glass wall opens to a balcony and city views. Mindful of the need to make an interior statement
Given a tight budget, Escobar knew he was facing a There is no skimping on furnishings - both the (the bold lines of the sleek tower, wrapped with tiers
challenge in delivering daring design and a sense of ergonomically designed beds, topped with mirrored of bow-fronted balconies, and a striking transparent
luxury to his nine-storey steel and glass tower: “It’s headboards, and built-in workdesks are oversized - and column filled with blue light does this for the
a very tight area of small spaces, with all rooms the all rooms enjoy a wall-mounted 42-inch plasma TV exterior), Escobar addressed himself to the elevator
same size, but I was able to persuade the owner to with an integrated Bose DVD Wave System, and an and corridors.
minimise interior walls and replace them with glass.” iPod docking station with built-in alarm. “I wanted to create an interesting travel experience”,
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