The ultimate sleep chamber: Equinox Hotels in Hudson Yards released first wave of details for the fitness as lifestyle property

 

 

First Equinox Hotels property to open June 2019 in New York City in Hudson Yards; Los Angeles, Santa Clara, CA, Chicago, Seattle and Houston to Follow.
Equinox Hotels designed rooms as the ultimate sleep chamber. 

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Equinox Hotels released the first wave of details for the property, including design partners, room features, and guest amenities. Built to inspire a community of like-minded individuals and anchored by fitness and culture, Equinox Hotels embodies the same holistic philosophy as Equinox Fitness Clubs.

With interior spaces by David Rockwell/Rockwell Group and exterior spaces by Ken Smith Workshop and Rockwell Group and building design by David Childs/SOM, the property, with its arrival experience set in a private plaza at 35 Hudson Yards, will feature 212 rooms, including 48 suites, as well as a Joyce Wang-designed Equinox Fitness Club and Spa.

From a room envisioned top to bottom for sleep as a non-negotiable, to fitness fueled by the world’s top talent and culinary offerings that feed every need, Equinox Hotels was conceived as a place where compromise simply doesn’t exist, say the hotels’ developers.

“In hospitality, lifestyle hotels have grown up and luxury hotels have gotten younger in their outlook and experience. Now, as health becomes the new wealth, Equinox is uniquely positioned to define an emerging category that is disrupting the entire industry. Equinox is the market leader and authority on fitness as lifestyle, and we are bringing our decades of experience to create the ultimate high performance luxury lifestyle hotels,” said Chris Norton, CEO, Equinox Hotels.

Amenities will further anchor a high-performance lifestyle offering with the largest-ever-built 60,000-square foot Equinox Fitness Club, as well as E by Equinox, the brand’s most personalized portfolio offering, featuring an elevated approach to holistic health with an emphasis on a bespoke hospitality experience for each member. Hotel Guests, who become Equinox Fitness Clubs members for the duration of their stay, have access to a comprehensive Equinox Hudson Yards experience including signature group fitness classes, private Pilates, personal training services, performance-driven spa, 25-yard indoor salt water pool, hot & cold plunge pools, outdoor leisure pool and terrace with culinary concept from renowned restaurateur, Stephen Starr, as well as a SoulCycle on the ground floor.

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Sleep is everything

Equinox Hotels designed rooms as the ultimate sleep chamber featuring total soundproofing and a total-blackout window system. The beds use CocoMat all natural fiber mattresses that perfectly adapt to any shape and form, and utilize a Scandinavian technique of two separate duvets that enable temperature regulation.

The expansive Spa offering emphasizes recovery

The Spa was conceived to serve as a central pillar within Equinox’s holistic philosophy on high performance living. Crafted collaboratively by movement performance, body, and skincare experts and backed by Equinox’s proprietary Health Advisory Board, the Spa emphasizes recovery-based treatments that feature the latest in science-grounded technology. The hotel will feature a restaurant and bar by Restaurateur Stephen Starr featuring an 8,000 square-foot outdoor terrace with views over Manhattan and the Hudson River.

Future Equinox Hotels are now confirmed for key international gateway cities including Los Angeles, Santa Clara, CA, Seattle, Chicago and Houston with several other sites under development.

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Artist Ignasi Monreal unveils “Four Seasons: The Art of Hospitality”.The real magic at Four Seasons happens behind the scenes.

 

 

This is not just another luxury book. Ignasi Monreal unveils its Painting Diary “Four Seasons: The Art of Hospitality”.

Artist Ignasi Monreal unveils Four Seasons The Art of Hospitality book
Artist Ignasi Monreal unveils Four Seasons The Art of Hospitality painting diary; photos: assouline

Ignasi Monreal is a celebrated multidisciplinary artist born in Barcelona and currently based in London. He is well known for creating Gucci‘s Spring/Summer 2018 campaign, the first of its kind to be fully digitally painted, for which he was shortlisted for a 2018 Beazley Designs of the Year Award, a global celebration of creative minds in design.

Monreal’s seven-week odyssey to eight Four Seasons properties around the world has lead to “Four Seasons: The Art of Hospitality” book. Four Seasons’ team unique stories are being told in a new book from Assouline Publishing‘s Fall 2018 Classics Collection titled Four Seasons: The Art of Hospitality.

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“It is the perfection that’s just there that you take for granted,” says Monreal. “True luxury is in the things you don’t notice or see. Of course, I experienced the stunning Four Seasons properties, but it was the warmth of the welcoming people, compounded by the lifetime of memories they create for their guests, that inspired the artworks found in this book – artworks that vividly portray the power of human connection, the potent significance of each personal story.”

“Spanish painter Ignasi Monreal is seeing double Gs everywhere,”. wrote vogue. “The artist has spent the last few years working alongside Alessandro Michele to create public and digital advertising campaigns for Gucci that feature runway clothes depicted in Renaissance-style portraiture. “For the Spring 2018 images, I was working for several months straight, 14 hours a day with no free weekends,” Monreal explains. “So by the end of it I was literally having Gucci hallucinations.”

From Hong Kong to Florence, Paris to St. Petersburg, Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts, one of the world’s leading luxury hospitality companies, has earned its reputation through extraordinary experiences delivered by extraordinary people.

“It is no small task to capture the spirit of our iconic brand through art, and Ignasi has done so beautifully. Through this book, I hope people are transported to the beautiful places of Four Seasons, and are inspired by these stories to create and craft their own memorable moments,” said Christian Clerc, President, Worldwide Hotel Operations, Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts.

“Ignasi’s unique approach to digital art combines traditional art forms with modern technology to express the timelessness of personal connections and the power of the Four Seasons story,” notes Clerc. “We are honoured to work with him and privileged to be the subject of Assouline’s celebration of luxury, culture, and lifestyle. Four Seasons: The Art of Hospitality is a testament to their vision and a one-of-a-kind addition to any library.”

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