Last week we posted the most excellent Jamie xx Boiler Room Mixtape, which we played on repeat all weekend. Well another mix the Boiler Room crew have in their arsenal is Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs’ back-to-back set with Friendly Fires, all performed at the W Hotel London live on November 14th specifically for Boiler Room TV. […]
11
Dec
The W Hotel London plays host to 55-minute B2B set
15
Mar
An hour-long Thursday mix crafted exclusively for W Hotels
DJ Hoff rarely disappoints. The man knows his music categorically, and always manages to assemble a well thought-out, intelligently sequenced and paced set that inevitably keeps your head nodding. This latest Cool -Ish mix, made exclusively for the W Hotel chain, is no different and features an as-yet-unheard acapella from Spank Rock sprinkled throughout. Put […]
3
Jun
Signature Global Glam eyewear for Austin, Taipei and Mexico City
Here’s a first look at the W Hotel’s collaboration with eyewear maker Contego for the hotel chain’s three Global Glam locations. Taking Contego’s standard Kipling frame, the duo have re-imagined a pair for each of the Global Glam hotels: Austin, Taipei and Mexico City. Austin gets woodgrain frames, Taipei red frames and Mexico City gets […]
13
May
Europe’s flagship W opens in London, but can the transatlantic cool of the brand be translated?
The second edition of our Checking In series, Lost In A Supermarket’s quest to cover all things we hold most dear (see our review of the gleaming new Ritz-Carlton Hotel, Hong Kong). In this review we jump continents from Hong Kong’s Ritz — now the highest hotel in the world — to the W Hotel […]
