Hotels on Stilts – Angsana’s InOcean Villas are Island-Free Vacations in the Maldives (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) The Maldives’ newly-opened Angsana Velavaru InOcean Villas are swanky hotel rooms on stilts. The luxurious collection of 33 two-story vacation homes are joined by a boardwalk but are completely isolated…

Singing Disco Showers – Retro-Chic Butlins Ocean Hotel Features a Fun Party Vibe (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) The latest addition to the growing list of groovy new retro-chic hotels is Butlins’ high-tech £20 million Ocean Hotel with spa in Bognor Regis, West Sussex.

In addition to the lavish range of spa treatments…

Luxury Bunk Bed Hotels – The Pod Hotel Offers Cute Manhattan Rooms Under $100 (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) NYC is a dream destination for many, but with these economically challenging times, traveling to the Big Apple just hasn’t been in the card for most people.

That could change, however, thanks to The Pod,…

Demolition by Fireworks – Hotel Destruction as Entertainment? (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Instead of July 4 fireworks, we’re showing you one of the best ways to celebrate in style: hotel trashing.

Staged hotel trashing has been offered at accommodations around the world, including luxurious…

Constantly Changing Museum Hotels – The Museumotel Utopia (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) In the town of Râon-l’Etape, France, the Museumotel Utopia offers nine “love” bubble bungalows for your next vacation. All of the decoration is drawn from the decorative and stylistic heritage of the…

Dancing in Tubes & $1,500 Vodka – “The Set” Club in Miami Beach (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Miami Beach is certainly one of the world’s most famous nightclub cities. Here’s a glance inside one of the hippest, most exclusive nightclubs on the Beach. The Set is from the Opium Group of developers.…

Pod Hotel (Review) – Citizen M Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) I announced the Citizen M Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, a new pod hotel concept in September last year. With a bunch of journalists and fellow bloggers, I was invited to their launch party on Tuesday June…

Top 30 Hip Hotels in 2008 H1

(TrendHunter.com) Next time you’re seeking a unique experience, check out some of the hottest new hip hotels. This year, we’ve seen everything from a death star hip hotel to an Ikea hip hotel.

Based on our page views,…

Luxury Teepees With Wi-Fi – Perfect Earth Tours (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Perfect Earth Tours has this quote from The 14th Dalai Lama on their web site: “We are visitors on this planet. We are here for ninety or one hundred years at the very most. During this period, we must…

Bribing Beijing Olympic Bloggers – Gehua New Century Hotel Offers Cash For Stories (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) After a lot of controversial media build-up, Beijing companies are trying to get some positive press about the upcoming Beijing Olympics. One hotel is actually offering cash incentives for non-traditional…

Billboard Hotels (REVIEW) – Etienne Boulanger Pod Hotel in Berlin (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) When I wrote about the now closed Berlin one-room billboard hotel in December 2007, I considered it more of an art project or experiment than a place people would actually sleep.

In March 2008, howe…

Red Swimming Pools – Hotel Unique, Sao Paolo (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Hotel Unique in Sao Paolo, Brazil has incredibly modern interior designs as well as very high tech features. While the hotel’s 85 rooms and 10 suites all look aesthetically fantastic, it’s the curved …

Rockstar Hotels – BackStage Amsterdam

(TrendHunter.com) If you’re a rockstar traveling through Amsterdam, where are you going to stay? You could book a room at the Backstage Hotel, a themed accommodation in the Netherlands.

It’s rumored that a few pop and rock bands have already stayed there, so if that’s true, it would be ideal if you’re looking to ho…

Mountain Cave Homes – Kokopelli’s Cave Bed & Breakfast (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) The Kokopelli’s Cave Bed & Breakfast is a luxury hotel located in New Mexico near the Mesa Verde National Monument. The entrance to this usual B&B;is located in the cliff face. It can only be reached by walking down a steep path in an alleyway which is paved with irregular sandstone steps. The cav…

Hip Gothic Church Hotels – Kruisherenhotel (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Who knew Gothic architecture could be so unbelievably funky and hip? Kruisherenhotel, located in Maastricht, Netherlands proves that it can be. We’ve seen renovated churches as homes, but this 15th century monastery is a beautiful example of how the ancient old world architecture can thrive today an…

Modern Art Hotels – HOMA Libre (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) The HOMA Libre, or Hotel of Modern Art in the Yanshan District of Guangxi, China can well be described as extreme eclecticism in terms of architecture and design.

With bedrooms featuring giant silver, padded headboards, the HOMA Libre mixes ultra modern furniture with rugged, Tarzan-style canopies…

Museum Hotels – 21C (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) If you’ve ever dreamed of living inside a museum, here’s your chance!

While Trendhunter.com has featured hotels that look like museums, the 21c Museum Hotel in Louisville, KY actually is one, it’s even funded by the International Contemporary Art Foundation!

The newly opened modern art hotel has …

Collaborative Hotel Designs – 20 Graffiti Artists Design Habita Hotel

(TrendHunter.com) The Habita Hotel, a design hotel in Polanco, Mexico City, recently covered a four story wall entirely in graffiti art. The purpose of the project was not only create a unique architectural facade but to support the street art so prominently displayed through the city.

The entire project took three…

Fake Jungle Dining – New Restaurant Tropical Rain Forest Theme (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) New Restaurant is a Swedish restaurant that is really, really determined to go green. This is like the European version of the North American Rain Forest Cafe.

Architectural firm Olssonlyckefors has created a jungle-like atmosphere complete with cascading walls of foliage, giving the New Restauran…

Glass Igloos – Fake Ice Hotels (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Ice hotels are now popular across the freezing north, showing off everything from ice bars to beds made out of ice. In Findland, cold-looking lodging have happened to become quite a hit.

For something more becoming, there are now glass igloos for those travelers who want extra warmth yet still wan…