Today's selection of hotels are provocative in that they push us to think beyond what we've grown accustomed to in terms of holiday, leisure and comfort; and architecturally, they're selling us new concepts of living.
The provocation proved provocative.
Another celebrity chef, Jean-Georges Vongerichten, is behind the Asian-inspired menu at Chambers Kitchen, a busy, unfussy restaurant at the Chambers Minneapolis (901 Hennepin Avenue, 612-767-6999; www.chambersminneapoluxurym), a luxury hotel filled with provocative works by Damien Hirst and other contemporary artists.
Mr. Lichtenstein's plans for the hotels include creating a provocative advertising campaign and instituting the type of sophisticated pricing models that were pioneered by airline companies.
MOSCOW — Anna Chapman, the young Russian who garnered more attention for her looks than her skullduggery in the espionage scandal this summer, resurfaced here this week with the publication of provocative photographs of her posing in a hotel room overlooking the Kremlin.
For a provocative analogy, think of countries as if they were hotels and citizens as guests.
"Why" is a provocative but necessary question, whether it's ticket charges, hotel fees or car rental extras.
Terlecki's answers at this meeting under the questioning of General Ryba, a former military prosecutor, were typically provocative; when the general asked what time Terlecki had left the hotel on 29 November, the ŁKS forward said 08 00.
You may not agree with all of her choices (the 1,000 places include about 240 hotels), but author Patricia Schultz and her researchers have pulled together a provocative inventory of destina- tions.
More provocative still was the agitprop performance art commissioned by the Drake, which sometimes took aim at the hotel itself and its role as a neighborhood gentrifier.
