Hip Hotels: City didn't just identify a trend, it led it. This revised edition reflects that, introducing around a dozen stunning ...

A collection of retreats in idyllic places all around the globe. Mexico, Morocco, India, South Africa, Tahiti, Jamaica, Cuba, Columbia, Chile, Bali, Portugal, Spain & Australia
- this book seeks to cover the full range of potential escape experiences. From the Renaissance beauty of J.P. Getty's villa on the shores of Italy to a handful of luxurious tents on a remote island in the China Sea, here are options which are simple yet sophisticated, catering to both our instinct for escape & desire for comfort. Ralph Lauren, Jean Nouvel, Renzo Mongiardino & Alain Ducasse are just some of the famous names in contemporary architecture, design & gastronomy who have had a hand in creating these retreats.
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France has it all
- a rich history, an incredibly varied geography, a gastronomic culture that is unsurpassed, & a tradition
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About this series: Herbert Ypma, creator of a whole new genre of style & travel books, has cherry-picked from across the world a galaxy of destination hotels that make travel dreams become reality. Every one combines fabulous design, incredible architecture & spectacular locations & is, in every sense, a Highly Individual Place (HIP). ...

Once again this title in the Hip Hotels series collects information & pictures of some amazing establishments. These are very special places which link the concept of hospitality with the experience of a very specific decor. It

Includes:: the utterly refined Hotel Raya on the Aeolian island of Panarea, a converted Franciscan monastery in Taormina & Castello di Falconara, a Norman castle right on the beach in Sicily, fashion designer Alberta Ferretti's Carducci 76 & the stately neo-gothic Villa Feltrinelli on the shores of Lake Garda.

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The Orient has held sway over the Western imagination since the days of Marco Polo & Genghis Khan. & that remains true in the 21st century, even if the world east of Istanbul is today a very different place, where potent symbols of age-old cultures exist alongside bold expressions of modernity & futuristic style. These are some of the most extraordinary Hip Hotels yet. Live like a maharaja
- with a maharaja
- in the Umed Bhawan Palace in Rajasthan, a splendid art deco fantasy designed between 1929 & 1932. Or relax in a guest villa of King Sihanouk, now the setting for Cambodia's sophisticated new Aman hotel. One of the most remarkable projects here is the Commune by the Great Wall, a highly innovative development by an all-star cast of Asian design talent for a stunning location beside China's most famous ancient monument. & then there's Benesse House on the remote Japanese island of Naoshima, the Zen-like retreat designed by renowned architect Tadao Ando. From Istanbul to Indonesia, from Luxor to Laos, Hip Hotels: Orient promises to be Herbert Ypma's most exciting book to date.

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Hip Hotels Paris is one of two special Hip Hotels editions publishing this spring, the first book in the series to focus uniquely on cities. In a smaller, more easily portable format than usual, these beautifully designed & lavishly produced books offer up a breathtaking selection of destination hotels. Whatever your taste, whatever your budget, & whether you are travelling for business or pleasure, Hip Hotels will never fail to inspire. ...

Hip Hotels is all about winter action & sharp style. With ever more people catching on to the thrill & spectacle of the mountains, the choice of ski hotels has become mind-boggling
- & overwhelmingly mediocre. In this volume Herbert Ypma, himself an avid skier, proves that there are alternatives to the tired formulae of the typical resort hotel. You can go for a remote lodge in the Canadian Rockies or Wild West authenticity, alpine log cabin or sleek contemporary style.
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For this latest addition to the HIP Hotels series, Herbert Ypma has journeyed almost 4, 000 miles in search of that special combination of authenticity & style that defines a HIP Hotel. His travels have taken him beyond the big cities & deep into the famously lush & beautiful British countryside, which boasts an exciting range of contemporary, hedonistic hotels & retreats. With a fresh look but all the style & vision that have made HIP Hotels a travel publishing phenomenon, this new volume is guaranteed to appeal to HIP Hotels devotees everywhere. ...

For Hip Hotels: USA, Herbert Ypma has taken to the road, travelling the length & breadth of that vast land in search of Highly Individual Places to stay. Every HIP hotel has its own unique character. It is timelessly stylish, it is attuned to its location in design, ethos & cuisine, & it achieves that subtle balance between attentiveness & discretion that marks the best of modern service. The natural magnificence of the US is stupendous. Many of these hotels invite you to immerse yourself in wilderness. Restore your perspective in a spectacular private treehouse 50 feet up a giant cedar in the heart of Mount Rainier National Park, or come back to earth in your own lakeside cabin in Wisconsin designed by a disciple of Frank Lloyd Wright. Experience Old World gentility in the Renaissance palazzo of Wheatleigh, amid the steeples & clapboard farmhouses of New Engl&, where an immaculate makeover has restored the grace & understated privilege of the world of Edith Wharton (but added all the discreet modern luxuries you might mention). Or live out your Rat Pack fantasies as you lounge poolside with a cocktail surrounded by mid-century modern classics
- furniture by Bertoia, Eames, Saarinen
- in an authentic 1950s motel in Palm Springs.

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