In our final movie filmed for the AHEAD MEA awards, Anne-Cecile de Chaumont of Rove Hotels explains how the mid-market Rove Downtown hotel in Dubai succeeded in a city dominated by luxury properties. More about The Rove Downtown hotel is "a new concept for Dubai" says Anne-Cecile de Chaumont
Columns adorned with golden eggs, intricate mosaic walls and giant bell-shaped lights are some of the eccentric features that Marcel Wanders has designed for the interiors of Doha's Mondrian hotel. More about Marcel Wanders uses mismatched patterns and oversized furnishings for Doha hotel
The success of the award-winning Four Seasons Hotel DIFC in Dubai lies in its surprisingly small scale, says general manager Carlo Stragiotto in this movie Dezeen filmed for the AHEAD MEA awards in Dubai. More about Four Seasons Hotel DIFC in Dubai designed by Adam Tihany as "a home away from home"
Vector Architects has transformed a disused sugar mill in China's mountainous Yangshuo County into a resort hotel featuring a group of gabled masonry structures designed to complement the existing industrial architecture. More about Vector Architects converts sugar mill into Alila Yangshuo hotel
Hospitality design in Dubai is becoming more restrained as hotels aim to appeal to a broader range of guests, say AHEAD MEA jury members in this movie Dezeen produced for the hospitality awards programme. More about Hotels in Dubai are becoming more tasteful, say AHEAD MEA awards judges
Architects and designers are taking a holistic approach to create Europe's most successful new hotels, say judges of the AHEAD Europe hospitality awards, in this movie produced by Dezeen. More about Europe's best hotels offer "experiences that create memories" say AHEAD awards judges
An iconic mid-century hotel in Scottsdale, Arizona, has been brought up-to-date while retaining its original modernist features by architect Edward L Varney. More about Hotel Valley Ho receives interior refresh to complement its modernist architecture
In this movie, designer Alice Lund explains the concept behind The Ned, a club, hotel and dining venue in a converted London bank, which was named hotel of the year at the AHEAD Europe awards last night. More about The Ned is "a hideaway from real life" says designer Alice Lund
Dezeen promotion: the winners of this year's AHEAD Awards for the Middle East and Africa include a safari retreat in Botswana and a five-star cliffside resort and spa in Oman. More about AHEAD Middle East and Africa announces 2017 winners of hotel design awards
Universal Design Studio's Hannah Carter Owers explains how her team transformed a brutalist bank headquarters into an art-filled hotel, in this movie filmed ahead of the AHEAD Europe hospitality awards. More about At Six was designed to be Scandinavia's best luxury hotel, says Universal Design Studio
Another mid-century modern building has become a boutique hotel, this time in New Orleans, where troweled concrete and colourful tiles were used to refresh a former motel. More about The Drifter Hotel occupies renovated 1950s New Orleans motel
Danish retailer Vipp has expanded into the hospitality industry – it is now offering guests the opportunity to stay in a prefabricated micro dwelling in a Swedish forest, or in a loft apartment on top of its Copenhagen headquarters. More about Vipp offers "out of the ordinary" hotel stays in a woodland cabin or an urban loft
Dezeen has teamed up with Design Hotels to give away a five-night stay for two at Phum Baitang – a luxury Cambodian holiday resort designed like a traditional village. More about Competition: win a stay at a boutique hotel in rural Cambodia
Chinese studio Neri&Hu has designed a luminous meeting room with glass brick walls in the Opposite House hotel in Beijing, which is furnished with bespoke pieces inspired by the city's traditional street food culture. More about Neri&Hu uses translucent glass blocks for walls of bright and flexible function room in Beijing
Dutch studio MVRDV has built a colourful, futuristic hotel, made up of nine rooms that can be moved into different configurations. More about MVRDV presents a hotel you can reconfigure at Dutch Design Week
The latest mid-century motor lodge given a new lease of life as a boutique hotel is this property in California, which has been refreshed with a colour palette reminiscent of its former heyday. More about AvroKO's interiors for Calistoga Motor Lodge and Spa look like "a fictitious Wes Anderson film"
UNStudio has unveiled plans for a Dubai skyscraper featuring a 300-metre-high ceramic-tile facade, which will be illuminated at night to make it look like the building is breathing. More about UNStudio set to build Dubai tower with "world's tallest ceramic facade"
Los Angeles studio Commune Design has used vibrant modernist furnishings to decorate the Ace Hotel in Chicago, in a nod to the city's architectural history. More about Ace Hotel Chicago features colourful mid-century-style interiors by Commune
Guests can stay overnight in former patients' rooms at this late 19th-century building constructed as a mental hospital, which New York studio Deborah Berke Partners has partially restored and redesigned as a hotel. More about Deborah Berke Partners transforms historic insane asylum into boutique hotel
Sid Lee Architecture has completed an extensive renovation for one of Montreal's most prestigious hotels, opening its lobby and public spaces to serve a broader clientele than just hotel guests. More about Sid Lee overhauls interiors of Montreal's iconic Fairmont Queen Elizabeth Hotel