In this Dezeen movie designer Paul Priestman, one of the judges of the Inside awards, talks about current trends in hotel design.  More »

This tree-top hotel room by Swedish architects Cyrén & Cyrén is accessed via a bridge leading from the hilly forest to an entrance on the roof. More »

New York studio BHDM have completed the interior of this boutique gay hotel in Miami Beach, where visitors encounter a life-size statue of a polar bear holding a beach ball in the lobby. More »

This huge nest with a retractable staircase by Swedish designers Inrednin Gsgruppen forms part of a hotel in the trees in northern Sweden. More »

French designer Matali Crasset has created this Paris hotel in collaboration with Patrick Elouarghi and Philippe Chatelet, where visitors check-in, order food and exchange tips on the city with other guests via the hotel's online system and a plethora of screens throughout the building. More »

This 436 room hotel situated next to Malpensa Airport, Milan, has a rounded shell cut into seven bays, designed by Italian firm King Roselli Architetti. More »

Bangkok studio Department of Architecture have installed rippling fabric fins hanging from the ceiling of this hotel lobby in Pattaya, Thailand. More »

Photographer Julien Lanoo has sent us his images of the recently completed Sofitel Vienna Stephansdom hotel by French architect Jean Nouvel More »

Here are some photos of the recently-completed Nobis Hotel by Swedish architects and designers Claesson Koivisto Rune, where the Dezeen team stayed during Stockholm Furniture Fair. More »

French designer Matali Crasset has completed a hotel in Nefta where bedrooms are located in eight individual towers overlooking the Tunisian desert. More »

Here are some photographs of the completed Tree Hotel by Tham & Videgård Arkitekter, a mirrored glass box suspended round the trunk of a tree in Harads, northern Sweden. Update: this project is included in Dezeen Book of Ideas, which is on sale now for £12. More »

Tokyo 2010: the LLOVE exhbition currently on show in Tokyo comprises a hotel with rooms created by Dutch and Japanese designers, including this one by Pieke Bergmans filled with an enormous undulating mattress. More »

Stuttgart photographer Zooey Braun has sent us his images of this hotel in Ramsen, Germany, by Naumann Architektur, with tree trunks in guests' rooms. More »

Barcelona company Dream and Fly have sent us the latest renders of their miniature hotel rooms proposed for airports and train stations. More »