During his keynote address at the Thailand Tourism Forum 2020 in Bangkok on 20 January, Bill Bensley launched his open-source “Sensible Sustainability Solutions” white paper for the global Hotel Industry, incorporating over three decades of experience from designing over 200 hotels around the world and in celebration of 30 years since he created BENSLEY.

The district where film stars like to congregate is now the setting for one of the biggest environmental projects in the USA: “One Beverly Hills” is creating green towers and gardens alongside legendary VIP hotels. A green “triangle” with master plan by Foster + Partners will offer public zones and – naturally – new luxury …

The summer issue 2022 of the THE Stylemate Magazine is available as a single issue for € 12 incl. shipping.

Take it slow.

Summer has arrived and the sun is warm. Everything appears to be somewhat slower and we’re allowed to let go, perhaps even embrace the slowness entirely. After a period of being driven by the busy times in between coronavirus variants, when we almost celebrated the exhausting of everything day and night had to offer, there’s now dawdling, inertia and perhaps even a rut to explore. It does us good, and allows us to internalise new things, because conscious slowing down should never be equated to inactivity …