25hours Hotel The Trip gets a new design • Hotel designs

When redesigning the 25hours Hotel The Trip, the focus was on the lobby and reception area with an attached shop, the new Nomad Day Bar and the inner courtyard. The “Library of Lost Lands” has also been reorganized. Michael Dreher, who originally developed the 152-room hotel under the motto “Around the world in one day”, was once again responsible for the design and project management. Together with local craftsmen, the individual areas were gradually adapted during ongoing operations without significantly affecting the well-being of the guests or the hotel operations.

Steffen Goubeaud, General Manager of the 25hours Hotel The Trip, was proud of the result: “Our district is anything but boring. We see ourselves as an urban hotspot and part of the creative energy that defines this district. With the renovation, we are once again setting an example: Our hotel remains a colorful starting point and at the same time a retreat in the middle of the most exciting district in the city – open to everyone who is looking for diversity instead of uniformity.”

The original idea for the design of the 25hours Hotel The Trip also came from Frankfurt creative Michael Dreher. In his designs, the conceptual artist always aims to emphasize the uniqueness of the space. This plays an important role, especially when designing the lobby. It is the first point of contact for arriving guests and shapes their first impression. At 25hours, however, the lobby is not just for check-in, but also serves as a living room, office, café and sometimes even a waiting room or club.

The design now offers additional community tables and various co-working areas with different seating options, as well as the new Nomad Day Bar with a wide range of drinks and light meals. The technically modernized reception, the newly organized maxi bar and the newly designed 25hours Things Shop with its curated range are also located here. The entire area has been adapted to the modern needs of visitors and guests. A visual highlight is certainly a window decoration designed by Michael Dreher himself, which now adorns the entire window front of the lobby and makes the room shine in different colors depending on the time of day. Typical motifs of the Frankfurt cityscape and its diversity can be seen.

A special place that requires the full attention of its visitors is the “Library of Lost Lands”. In the area in front of the hotel's meeting rooms there is a library about countries that no longer exist. New shelves offer space for over 300 books on this special topic and the appropriate lighting creates the mood. Comfortable furniture invites you to linger, read and think.

“By renovating the public areas, we were able to implement numerous measures that have been close to our hearts for a long time and that significantly improve the guest experience,” Goubeaud continued. “Our spacious ground floor has been redesigned and added generous opportunities for working and meeting in between. Areas such as our 'Library of the Lost Lands' as well as the roof terrace and the inner courtyard have also been functionally upgraded, reorganized and given a fresh new look. The library is my new favorite place and can be used as a breakout room for conference guests or as a chill-out area. Our motto 'Around the world in one day' has been consistently implemented again in all areas.” and numerous details are waiting to be discovered by our guests.”

Christoph Hoffmann, Kai Hollmann, Ardi Goldman and Stephan Gerhard were the founders and creative minds of the 25hours brand, which was built in 2005 and now operates 18 hotels in top European destinations such as Hamburg, Berlin, Paris, Copenhagen and Florence as well as in the international cities of Jakarta, Dubai and Sydney. The brand focuses on individuality, authenticity and personality and designs each of its hotels with different designers and unique styles under the motto “Who knows one, knows none”. Future destinations include Trieste, Troyena and Cairo.

Main image source: Stephan Lemke