Ditch Airbnb: Seven new funky hotels you should stay in

By Julietta Jameson
July 30 2016 - 12:15am
Ticking all the boxes: Hotel Indigo Singapore Katong features immaculate design, serious eco and tech credentials and a glamorous rooftop pool.
Ticking all the boxes: Hotel Indigo Singapore Katong features immaculate design, serious eco and tech credentials and a glamorous rooftop pool.
Radisson RED Hotel Brussels.
Radisson RED Hotel Brussels.
A deluxe room at Hotel Indigo Singapore Katong.
A deluxe room at Hotel Indigo Singapore Katong.
Radisson RED Hotel Brussels.
Radisson RED Hotel Brussels.
Capri by Fraser, Hotel, Brisbane entrance.
Capri by Fraser, Hotel, Brisbane entrance.
Refinery Hotel, New York Executive Suite.
Refinery Hotel, New York Executive Suite.
Capri by Fraser, Hotel, Brisbane.
Capri by Fraser, Hotel, Brisbane.
Radisson RED Hotel Brussels. Photo: Soren Dam Thomsen
Radisson RED Hotel Brussels. Photo: Soren Dam Thomsen

When Airbnb launched in 2008, it saw a slew of open-minded travellers trading stays in traditional hotels for privately owned spare rooms, vacant lofts, backyard yurts and uninhabited holiday homes. Capturing imaginations and hearts and inspiring a sense of adventure and creativity, Airbnb grew from about 50,000 stays worldwide in the northern summer of 2010 to 17 million for the same period in 2015. Some pundits thought that might sound the hotel industry's demise.

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