NOT JUST A NOTEBOOK

Grupo Regina Hoteles, in collaboration with Le Cool Publishing, has just created their own guidebook publication for the customers of their hotels.

According to Luis Roig, General Director of Grupo Regina Hoteles (www.grhoteles.com), the intention of the book was “to offer our clients a unique and emotional gift”. “Guests often ask for recommendations at the front desk and they are usually given the typical commercial city guides. Our idea was to recommend them places that we really like, to experience something special and make their stay unique.”

Unlike other guidebooks, this publication combines the functionality of a guidebook with the design and inspirational qualities of a notebook. “There are thousands of guides in the world. We wanted to do something unique, personal, intimate, and take the guide format beyond the standard grid-trapped book. The book goes beyond any guide we've ever seen,” says René Lönngren, founder and director of Le Cool.

The book “Not Just a NoteBook” has all the best sights, bars, fine dining and urban secrets of ome, Paris, Buenos Aires and Barcelona, the four cities where Grupo Regina’s hotels are located.

This is combined with the elements of a notebook: notes written throughout the book as if he notebook had belonged to someone else, space for the reader to do the same. According to designer of the book Borja Martínez, “the light, imple design emphasises the participation of the users, finishing the design with their quotes, rawings and sketches”. “The result, it is a soft and poetic notebook, which gives the hotel clients a different way to understand a guide.”

Stephanie Ong, editor of the book, sums it up saying, “The simple text and design leads the reader through each city, inviting them to create their own journey. Where a guidebook tells you where to go and what to do, this notebook is an invitation to explore.”

‘Not Just a Notebook’ is available in each of Grupo Regina hotels. Customers who make reservations through the official hotel websites will be offered one free. However, everybody can buy the book for 10€ at reception desk.

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