Room Mate Debuts Three International Hotels

Emma is the first of three new hotels that will be launched by the boutique brand this year.

Nicholas Tamarin -- Interior Design, 9/4/2009

Emma, Barcelona

Room Mate Hotels is continuing its ferociously rapid expansion, this time with Emma, its first property in Barcelona.

The 56-room budget hotel opened on August 1 in the former Nadal Moneo architecture studio, located in the Catalan city's art nouveau Eixample District. Interior designer Tomás Alia conceptualized the hotel as a utilitarian space with a bright and futuristic environment, almost Kubrickian in its minimalism.


Emma, Barcelona

"Room Mate Hotels is thrilled to continue expanding our brand in Spain with the launch of the first Room Mate property in Barcelona," says company president and CEO Enrique Sarasola. "Room Mate is excited to bring our beautifully designed, centrally located, affordable hotels to more travelers worldwide."


Valentina, Mexico City

Emma joins the Spanish boutique brand's 13 hotels in Spain and lone New York property. Founded by Sarasola in 2003, Room Mate Hotels expects to operate 33 hotels around the world by 2012, offering a total of 2,400 rooms.

The next ribbon cuttings will occur at the Carlos hotel in Buenos Aires and the Valentina in Mexico City, both slated to open later this year. Plans for 2010 include the debut of its first Miami Beach hotel, along with a second New York property.

 
Carlos Hotel, Buenos Aires

Images courtesy of Room Mate Hotels.