Blog Category: Hotels
Michelle says: “Hotels thrill me; I love the whole experience – the coming and going, the anonymity, the celebrations, the encounters, the travel, the just-passing-through.”
“As a luxury hotel photographer I am continuously visiting hotels, and occasionally I want to share a first-hand experience in a blog post. It may be about an Argentinian hotel´s spectacular flower arrangements, a legendary Sunday brunch in Los Angeles, the irresistible walled gardens of an Irish castle, or blissful, state-of-the-art spa installations in northern England. If a hotel inspires me, I hope it will inspire you too.”
The Wellesley Hotel, London
The Oberoi Rajvilas
The Mandarin Oriental, Singapore
Mandarin Oriental, Barcelona
The Mandarin Oriental Hotel, San Francisco, California, USA.
The Oberoi Hotel, Mauritius
Finca Cortesin, Casares, Malaga, Andalucia, Spain.
La Maison Blanche Tangier Hotel, Kasbah Tangiers, Morocco
The ME hotel Madrid
Hotel Palacio Carvajal Girón
The Amanjena Hotel, Marrakesh, Morocco
Hotel Capella, Singapore.
Hayman Island Hotel, Great Barrier Reef, Australia
Villa Kennedy, Frankfurt, Germany
The Fairmont Zimbali Lodge and Resort, Durban, South Africa
Sofitel Le Louise, Brussels, Belgium
Hotel La Val, Brigels, Surselva, Switzerland.
Casa Numero 7, Seville, Spain
The Pearl Farm Resort, The Phillipines
The Ritz Carlton Arts Hotel, Barcelona, Spain
Park Hotel Vitznau, Lake Lucerne, Switzerland
Napa River Inn, California, USA
My Top Ten Luxury Hotels for Flowers: “Time to Smell the Roses”
Text and hotel photography by Michelle Chaplow There is nothing more inviting for guests than being welcomed with fresh flowers, whether in a home or in a luxury hotel. Scientific studies have shown that flowers are a powerful positive emotion-inducer, while their...
Hotel photography for the ‘new normal’
Hotel photography in a COVID-conscious world by Michelle Chaplow Hotel photography is adopting a ‘new normal’ as the hospitality and tourism industries recover from the effects of COVID-19. As people begin to travel more, hotels need to demonstrate that they...
Riad photography at La Maison Blanche, Tangiers, Morocco
By Michelle Chaplow As a photographer I approach each hotel in a very different way, you can´t carry out a photo shoot for a luxury contemporary city hotel in the same was as a small boutique hotel or a spa resort, every property is unique. In this blog post, I want...
A new luxury spa with five posh pools in County Durham. Ramside Hall Hotel Spa
Ramside Hall Hotel Spa, County Durham By Michelle Chaplow Article December 2015 Spa-tastic a brand new luxury spa with five pools Ramside Hall in County Durham is a hotel that I remember well from my childhood. I have wonderful memories of family visits and in...