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just as the boundaries between business and leisure have blurred in the last decade, so too have we started to expect more from a ‘good’ business hotel than merely high-speed internet and fax services. For professionals who choose to work while they play and play while they work, a stay at the Lindley is not only a breath of fresh air, it is literally the business. Here’s why:
Aside from high-tech gizmos, (flipcharts, projectors, Blu-ray players etc.) it’s the Lindley’s unrivalled communal spaces and all-inclusive vibe that really gets the creative juices flowing. Tell me, in which other business hotel can guests cook supper in a fully-equipped communal kitchen while using freshly picked herbs from an indoor garden? Feasting on schnapps and celery carbonara in the restaurant, spinning records in the Parlour, birdwatching on the rooftop terrace, revelling in a subversive acoustic concert performance in the Panopticon, inhaling the bakery’s oven-fresh sourdough bread or sipping a dirty Martini in the fifth-floor bar, these are just a few of the many other home-away-from-home extras the Lindley offers. The Lindley’s relaxed atmosphere is enhanced by the fact that all of the above can be enjoyed however you wish: alone, with new-found friends, dressed to the nines or in a bathrobe and slippers.
The pioneers behind the Lindley (the third concept to come from young German hotel brand LINDENBERG) refer to their creation as a guest community, not a hotel and rightly so. This no-hotel sets itself apart from others through its distinctive shared spaces which flaunt as much personality as its 100 artfully refurbished rooms. And here’s another way that the Lindley stands out from the rest: overnight guests are just as welcome as those looking for a second home for days, weeks, months or even years! I know I could spend eons there, what about you?
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Warmly,
Ilka Karl |
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