Genuine inclusion shouldn’t need a rainbow flag once a year. LGBTQIA+ celebrates hotels where everyone can arrive as themselves, without assumptions, awkward questions or raised eyebrows when Mr & Mr Smith or Mrs & Mrs Smith check in. Whatever your gender identity, sexuality or pronouns, it simply isn’t an issue. No pinkwashing, no performative inclusivity—just hotels where respect, openness and a genuine welcome are part of everyday hospitality.
Citadines Connect Sydney Airport, Australia A Retro-Futurist Airport Hotel That Brings the Glamour of the Jet Age Back to Travel Why DNA Hotels Loves It ● A rare airport hotel with genuine design personality, inspired by the glamour, optimism, and graphic style of aviation’s golden age. ● The top-floor Sky Lounge turns arrivals and departures…
read moreAlthough a new hotel, the St. George in Helsinki is set in a classic building completed in 1890 with parts going back to the 1840s. Designed by architect Onni Tarjanne, who was also responsible for the Finnish National Theatre, the building played host to the Finnish Literature Society and as printing house for the first Finnish newspaper, Suometar.
read moreLong Story Short is a casually hip hostel in the Czech city of Olomouc. Located in the old town, it is a short meander away from the main square and other ecclesiastical sights such as the Holy Trinity Column. The hostel is set in a 17th-century horseshoe-shaped building of 1,000m2 (11,000 square feet) that was used for military purposes. Inside, the restored building shows original details combined with a mix of (mostly Czech) vintage furnishings and simple materials such as wood, metal and concrete.
read moreWinner of the UNESCO architecture prize Prix Versailles 2017 (a global architecture prize for stores, hotels and restaurants) for its interiors, the boutique Hotel Spedition is located in a historically protected building in Thun, 30 km from Interlaken and 60 km from Gstaad.
read moreBoasting spectacular views of the glinting River Douro, Torel Avantgarde is an eclectic and charming boutique hotel that pays homage to the best of Portuguese arts and crafts. From the hand-laid wood floor to furniture and lighting, everything is is designed and made in Portugal.
read moreThe QVEST Hotel Cologne marries Neo-Gothic architecture with a museum-worthy collection of modern design, art, and photography.
read moreW Ibiza | Santa Eulària des Riu, Spain A colourful reinvention of an 1980s beachfront hotel, where Flower Power references meet contemporary resort architecture Why DNA Hotels Loves It ● Baranowitz + Kronenberg retain the massing of the original 1980s structure while radically opening it up, turning an inward-looking building into a much more social…
read moreA firm favourite with the Milanese high society since 1863 (and still private owned), and -more recently- with the fashionista incrowd, the Grand Hotel et de Milan is a classic grand hotel, yet always with that je-ne-sais-quoi atmoshere that is always in fashion.
read moreFamous for its eponymous university, Durham is laden with historic pubs, listed buildings, cosy cafes and spellbinding churches, surrounded by rolling countryside and quiet villages. A stone’s throw from the city’s cathedral and castle – which together make up the city’s famous UNESCO World Heritage Site – the Hotel Indigo Durham is also within easy walking distance from the train station.
read moreThe Princesa Sofia Hotel was for some years Barcelona’s InterContinental Hotel and for some years the Gran Hotel Princesa Sofia. Now, after a major revamp it is called just “Sofia”. The new Sofia is designed by Jaime Beriestain, a name familiar to many hotels on the DNA Hotels pages.
read moreL’oscar is a luxury boutique hotel set in a former church, in Holborn, a district in the West End of London. The heritage building dates from the early 20th century and retains its original tiling, flooring, and ornately decorated ceilings. Originally conceived as the Baptist Church headquarters in the UK, it fell into dereliction and remained empty for ten years.
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