Luxury Hotels Beach Resorts (Luxury Books) [Hardcover]

Martin Nicholas Kunz (Editor)

Book Description

Series: Luxury Books | Publication Date: October 15, 2004

Distinguished by masterly architecture and exemplary interior design, the beach hotels introduced in the pages of this lavishly illustrated coffee-table book are the ultimate refuge for those needing respite from their hectic lives and everyday routines. Whether well-established names or hidden gems, the reader is presented with a visual tour of Oceanside resorts that range across the continents and around the world - luxurious places where tastefulness and simplicity are often valued over richly decorated formality.

Editorial Reviews

From the Publisher

Sumptuously illustrated full color profiles of beach hotels ranging across continents and around the world that offer the best in style, service, and design. The newest in teNeues' series of beautifully produced coffee-table books on the most luxurious hotels in the world.

About the Author

Martin Kunz writes six Trendcity Guides per year for the architecture and design magazine Atrium and has edited several books in teNeues' architecture and design (aNd Guide) and Cool Restaurant series.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 220 pages
• Publisher: teNeues; Mul edition (October 15, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 3823845926
• ISBN-13: 978-3823845928
• Product Dimensions: 12.8 x 10.2 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,050,258 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Martin has more than 25 years of experience in magazine & book publishing as well as digital media and public relations. He started his career as photographer and editor with www.dva.de, Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt (Random House). He managed several magazines, such as "design report" and was in charge for electronic media. After 3 years of senior vice president with www.designhotels.com he co-founded fusion publishing and visaya publishing which creates and packages bestselling books on lifestyle, travel, architecture and design. He edited and produced more than 150 books, many of them about hotels, restaurants and travel. For the German art & design book publisher www.avedition.de he branded the book series best designed and green designed. With teNeues publishing group, www.teNeues.com, he co-created the bestselling book series Cool Hotes, Cool Restaurants, Cool Shops, Cool Cities, AAD Art, Architecture, Design City Guides and Luxury Hotels. If he is not seeking for new hotels and shooting photos, he is most likely creative director either in Berlin, Zurich, New York or Los Angeles. in L.A. he co founded www.visayafilms.com.

Customer Reviews

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26 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Good concept-sloppy execution, January 9, 2005

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This review is from: Luxury Hotels Beach Resorts (Luxury Books) (Hardcover)

I recently ordered this book - what a disappointment! This book profiles luxury beach hotels around the world and includes leading hotels in locales such as the Seychelles, Maldives, Oman, Bora Bora and numerous other places. There are two problems however. First, the quality of the pictures is inconsistent - some pictures are good but there are too many that are blurry. Also, many of the pictures are from the hotels themselves. The problem with this is that the pictures can be found on the websites of these hotels already and can be viewed for free. Second, the descriptions of the hotels are poorly written and provide next to no information. I could go on but why bother - Skip this one!