The Journal.
12 October 2026
How We Curate Our Hotel Portfolio
CinCin Hotels does not curate by stars. We curate by feeling, consistency and the question: would we stay here ourselves?
Sylt, Black Forest, Bavaria: German Addresses with Character
Germany is rarely considered a luxury travel destination. Wrongly so: Landhaus Stricker on Sylt, Hotel Bareiss in the Black Forest, Schloss Elmau in Bavaria — these addresses stand up to any international comparison.
Read more→Why Some Large Resorts Feel Intimate Despite Their Size
Some 300-room resorts feel more personal than boutique hotels with 15. The secret lies not in the size, but in the attitude.
Read more→Boutique Hotels with a Clear Point of View
The boutique hotel has earned a bad reputation. The best ones are the opposite: small, consistent, run by people who know exactly what they want.
Read more→Spa Architecture That Goes Beyond Looking Good
The worst spas look like a wellness brochure. The best are feats of architecture.
Read more→Private Villas & Chalets for Trips with Friends & Family
Some trips only work in a group. For these trips, private villas and chalets are the only right form of accommodation.
Read more→Lake Como vs. Amalfi Coast: Two Icons, Two Moods
Two of Europe's most beautiful coastlines, two completely different characters. You cannot love both simultaneously — but you can choose the right house.
Read more→Adults-Only, but Unstressed: Retreats with Real Calm
In the best adults-only properties, the concept does not mean exclusivity, but something else: silence, consideration and a particular kind of calm.
Read more→Culinary Hotel Destinations: Hotels We Would Book Again Immediately
There are hotels you visit for the location. And then there are hotels you visit for the kitchen — and both are true.
Read more→Design Hotels by the Water: Addresses We Are Watching
Water changes everything. The best design hotels by the water know this — and build their architecture so that the lake or sea is not a backdrop, but the centrepiece.
Read more→Beach Resorts for Families Who Want More Than a Kids' Club
The best family resorts act as though the children are not the main focus — and that is precisely what makes them so good.
Read more→City Break in Vienna: Three Houses for Grand Entrances
Vienna is one of the few European cities where the grand hotel still means something. Sacher, Imperial, Palais Coburg — these names are not hotels, they are institutions.
Read more→Why South Tyrol Does Wellness So Well
No other German-speaking destination has invested so consistently in wellness as South Tyrol over the last ten years — and it shows.
Read more→Santorini for Style Travellers: Five Addresses with a View
Santorini has long been a cliché. And yet it remains unmatched — if you know the right addresses.
Read more→Grand Hotels with Soul: Our Favourite Classics
Grand hotels often share one thing: they have stories to tell. That is the luxury no new-build can replicate.
Read more→Mallorca Beyond the Clichés: Design, Light and Favourite Coves
Mallorca has left its mass-tourism image behind. In the northwest of the island, a different Mallorca awaits — quiet, design-oriented and surprisingly uncrowded.
Read more→New Alpine Hideaways for Slower Days
The best new generation of mountain hotels has replaced activity programmes with silence — and that is not a limitation, but a promise.
Read more→Minimalism in the Mountains
Architects like Peter Pichler show how mountain hotels, through reduction to the essential, create a deeper connection to the landscape.
Read more→The Art of Alpine Wellness
From thermal springs in Bad Gastein to forest cuisine in the Dolomites — alpine wellness hotels are redefining rest.
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