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CitizenM
citizenM is a Netherlands-based, global hotel developer, investor, and hotel chain. It opened its first hotel at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport in 2008, followed by the city of Amsterdam in 2009. Its first overseas hotel in Glasgow opened in 2010, followed by London in 2012. citizenM has since expanded its portfolio across North America, Europe and Asia. Company citizenM was founded by Rattan Chadha in 2005. The branding and logo was developed by KesselsKramer. In March 2019, GIC Private Limited acquired a 25% stake in citizenM, valuing the company at $2.3 billion. KRC, APG, and GIC have committed to invest a further $847 million of equity for future expansion. Hotel architecture citizenM hotels embrace International Style with large glass windows cladding in black metal exterior wall (the hotel in Amsterdam using gray metal), making use of off-site modular construction for many of the components. Some of the locations make use of large scale public art, such as by Julian Opie at P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CitizenM Boston North Station
CitizenM Boston North Station is a CitizenM hotel in Boston's West End, Boston, in the United States. Description and history The 10-story, 272-room hotel opened in TD Garden's The Hub on Causeway on August 5, 2019, and has a 9,600-square-foot common area. It was designed by Concrete Architectural Associates, Gensler; Moriarty served as the contractor. The interior features artwork by local artists There is no concierge desk, and guests use kiosks for self-checkin. The hotel was CitizenM's third in the United States. It has been described as a "micro" hotel, with "pod-like" rooms. Reception ''The Daily Telegraph''s travel writer Linda Laban gave CitizenM a rating of 8 out of 10 and wrote, "Inside and out, the Boston outpost of the Amsterdam-bred citizenM brand is a striking addition to the city's old West End. It is positioned amidst a vibrant development that has extended the city's biggest arena into a multi-faceted dining and nightlife centre, with public transport right on t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CitizenM Glasgow Renfrew Street
citizenM is a Netherlands-based, global hotel developer, investor, and hotel chain. It opened its first hotel at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport in 2008, followed by the city of Amsterdam in 2009. Its first overseas hotel in Glasgow opened in 2010, followed by London in 2012. citizenM has since expanded its portfolio across North America, Europe and Asia. Company citizenM was founded by Rattan Chadha in 2005. The branding and logo was developed by KesselsKramer. In March 2019, GIC Private Limited acquired a 25% stake in citizenM, valuing the company at $2.3 billion. KRC, APG, and GIC have committed to invest a further $847 million of equity for future expansion. Hotel architecture citizenM hotels embrace International Style with large glass windows cladding in black metal exterior wall (the hotel in Amsterdam using gray metal), making use of off-site modular construction for many of the components. Some of the locations make use of large scale public art, such as by Julian Opie at Pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rattan Chadha
Rattan Chadha was the founder and CEO of Mexx till he sold it in 2004. Mexx had grown to 1,200 stores in 56 countries with annual sales of one billion Euro's and 6,500 employees. After the sale of Mexx, Rattan started his own private equity company KRC Capital B.V. to invest in hotels, real estate and leisure. He is founder and executive chairman of citizenM, a hotel chain that with hotels in Amsterdam, Rotterdam, London, Glasgow, Paris, Copenhagen, Zurich, New York, Boston, Seattle, Taipei, Kuala Lumpur, Shanghai. He is the president & owner of the Royal Mougins Golf Resort in Mougins (France) – a championship 18 holes golf course, with a hotel and spa. Besides the above, Rattan has various controlling investments in real estate developments in India and America. Awards In 2000 he was knighted by the Queen of the Netherlands as a “Ridder” for his entrepreneurial success and his various philanthropic activities. In 2004 he won the “Grand Seigneur” award of the Ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Amsterdam ( , , , lit. ''The Dam on the River Amstel'') is the capital and most populous city of the Netherlands, with The Hague being the seat of government. It has a population of 907,976 within the city proper, 1,558,755 in the urban area and 2,480,394 in the metropolitan area. Located in the Dutch province of North Holland, Amsterdam is colloquially referred to as the "Venice of the North", for its large number of canals, now designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Amsterdam was founded at the mouth of the Amstel River that was dammed to control flooding; the city's name derives from the Amstel dam. Originally a small fishing village in the late 12th century, Amsterdam became a major world port during the Dutch Golden Age of the 17th century, when the Netherlands was an economic powerhouse. Amsterdam is the leading center for finance and trade, as well as a hub of production of secular art. In the 19th and 20th centuries, the city expanded and many new neighborhoo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
GIC Private Limited
GIC Private Limited is a sovereign wealth fund in Singapore that manages its foreign reserves. Established by the Government of Singapore in 1981 as the Government of Singapore Investment Corporation, its mission is to preserve and enhance the international purchasing power of the reserves with the aim of achieving good long-term returns above global inflation over the investment time horizon. With a network of 10 offices in key financial capitals worldwide, GIC invests internationally in developed market equities, emerging market equities, nominal bonds and cash, inflation-linked bonds, private equity and real estate. The Sovereign Wealth Fund Institute (SWFI) had estimated the fund's assets at US$690 billion as of June 2022 while Forbes estimated the fund's assets at US$744 billion after legislation were passed to transfer about USD137b from the central bank. Besides GIC, Singapore also owns another sovereign wealth fund Temasek Holdings with managed assets at about U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
APG (pension Fund)
APG ( nl, Algemene Pensioen Groep) is a Dutch pension investment company based in the Netherlands. It is a direct subsidiary of Stichting Pensioenfonds ABP, the largest pension fund in the Netherlands. History APG was established on 1 March 2008 as an independent administration organization of Stichting Pensioenfonds ABP. In the same year, it merged with Cordares, which carried out pension administration for bpfBOUW (The Foundation for the Construction Industry Pension Fund). Overview APG manages investments for various pension funds in the Netherlands. It has three subsidiaries which are: * APG Rechtenbeheer (management advice, pension administration and pension communication) * APG Asset Management * APG Diensten (in-house service provider) APG has offices in Amsterdam, Heerlen, Brussels, New York, and Hong Kong as well as satellite sites in Beijing and Shanghai. Notable transactions * In 2010, APG and CPPIB each purchased a 25% shareholding in Westfield Stratford City ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hotel Chain
A hotel is an establishment that provides paid lodging on a short-term basis. Facilities provided inside a hotel room may range from a modest-quality mattress in a small room to large suites with bigger, higher-quality beds, a dresser, a refrigerator and other kitchen facilities, upholstered chairs, a flat screen television, and en-suite bathrooms. Small, lower-priced hotels may offer only the most basic guest services and facilities. Larger, higher-priced hotels may provide additional guest facilities such as a swimming pool, business centre (with computers, printers, and other office equipment), childcare, conference and event facilities, tennis or basketball courts, gymnasium, restaurants, day spa, and social function services. Hotel rooms are usually numbered (or named in some smaller hotels and B&Bs) to allow guests to identify their room. Some boutique, high-end hotels have custom decorated rooms. Some hotels offer meals as part of a room and board arrangement. In Jap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KesselsKramer
KesselsKramer is an independent advertising agency established by Erik Kessels and in 1996. It is based in Amsterdam with offices in London and Los Angeles, and a staff of about fifty. Tim Clark, writing in ''Time'', called KesselsKramer "legendary and unorthodox". Its notable advertising campaigns have been "The Worst Hotel In The World" for Hans Brinker Budget Hotel in Amsterdam, and "I Amsterdam" for the city of Amsterdam. KesselsKramer has also worked for brands such as Nike, Levi's, Diageo, and developed the brands citizenM, Ben NL and Bol.com. Among current clients are NEMO Science Museum, Van Lanschot, and the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam. In 2002, KesselsKramer arranged the "other final", a soccer match between Bhutan and Montserrat, and produced a documentary film about this, ''The Other Final ''The Other Final'' is a 2003 File:2003 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The crew of STS-107 perished when the Space Shuttle Columbia disint ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julian Opie
Julian Opie (; born 1958) is a visual artist of the New British Sculpture movement. Life and education Opie was born in London in 1958 and raised in the city of Oxford. He attended The Dragon School and then Magdalen College School, Oxford, from 1972 to 1977. He graduated in 1982 from Goldsmiths, University of London, where he was taught by conceptual artist and painter Michael Craig-Martin. Work Julian Opie’s artwork is similar to pop-art. Portraits and animated walking figures, rendered with minimal detail in black line drawing, are hallmarks of the artist's style. His themes have been described as "engagement with art history, use of new technology, obsession with the human body" and "work with one idea across different media". Similarly, the national art critic of ''The Australian'', Christopher Allen, laments Opie's "limited repertoire of tricks" and described his work as "slight and ultimately commercial, if not actually kitsch". When asked to describe his approac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vitra (furniture)
Vitra is a Swiss family-owned furniture company with headquarters in Birsfelden, Switzerland. It is the manufacturer of the works of many furniture designers. Vitra is also known for the works of notable architects that make up its premises in Weil am Rhein, Germany, in particular the Vitra Design Museum. History and corporate architecture Vitra – founded by Willi and Erika Fehlbaum, the owner of a shopfitting business – entered the furniture market in 1957 with the licensed production of furniture from the Herman Miller Collection for the European market - primarily designs by Charles and Ray Eames and George Nelson. In 1967 the company introduced the Panton Chair by Verner Panton – the first cantilever chair out of plastic. In 1977 Rolf Fehlbaum took over the management of Vitra. In 1984 the partnership that had been formed with Herman Miller was terminated by mutual consent. Subsequently, Vitra obtained the rights to designs by Charles and Ray Eames and George Nelson ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bellhops
A bellhop (North America), or hotel porter (international), is a hotel employee who helps patrons with their luggage while checking in or out. Bellhops often wear a uniform (see bell-boy hat), like certain other page boys or doormen. This occupation is also known as a bellman and bellboy () in North America. Duties The name ''bellhop'' is derived from a hotel's front-desk clerk ringing a bell to summon a porter, who would ''hop'' (jump) to attention at the desk to receive instructions. It is short for bell-hopper, and the first known use of the word was in 1897. The bellhop traditionally is a boy or adolescent male, hence the term ''bellboy''. Bellhops interact with a variety of people each day and duties often include opening the front door, moving luggage, valeting cars, calling cabs, transporting guests, advising directions, performing basic concierge work, and responding to guests' needs. While carrying luggage, they escort guests to their rooms. In most countries, it i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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