Reading Time: < 1 minuteUS: Collision Works, a boutique hotel planned for Detroit’s Eastern Market, will be made from recycled shipping containers. Developers Detroit Hotel Project announced plans to

Reading Time: < 1 minutePortugal: The 47-room Mercy Hotel opens on Lisbon’s Rua da Miscórdia on September 1st. The seven-storey building has been refurbished, with designs by architect Miguel

Reading Time: < 1 minuteAustralia: Boutique operator Baillie Lodges has submitted a development application for a Sydney hotel, including a modern ribbed building joining two Victorian warehouses. The project,

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUS: Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants will officially open the doors of its newest hotel, Hotel Monaco Philadelphia, set in the city’s historic centre, in October.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUS: A boat which served as the Ellis Island ferry in New York has been converted to a five-room floating hotel, moored at Hoboken, New

Reading Time: < 1 minuteMexico: The El Dorado Generations Maroma, the newest property in the Gourmet Inclusive El Dorado Spa Resorts & Hotels by Karisma collection, has opened its

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUS: Developers Earl Ketry and Rocco Termini are converting the Webb Lofts building in downtown Buffalo to a 32-room boutique hotel. Ketry, the owner of

Reading Time: 2 minutesBrazil: The Botanique Hotel & Spa, set on a 700 acre site in the Campos do Jordão mountains, is due to open in November 2012.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUS: Napa Valley’s newest boutique hotel, the 59-room Napa Winery Inn, opened its doors last month. Owner Rick Swig said: “The Napa Winery Inn offers

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: The Wood Norton, a newly restored Grade II listed property in Worcestershire is set to open this autumn following a £4 million restoration. Before