Marriott brings Edition brand to Barcelona 

Together with Ian Schrager and the owner and developer, KKH Property Investors, Marriott confirmed it will bring its luxury-lifestyle brand, “which combines the personal, intimate, individualised and unique hotel experience that Ian Schrager is known for,” to the Catalan capital. The 100-room The Barcelona EDITION will offer a convenient location in Barelona’s Ciutat Vella (Old Town in Catalan) district, nearly adjacent to the iconic Santa Caterina Market and within fifteen minutes of the beach. “We are delighted to announce what will be our third EDITION Hotel in Europe, debuting in one of the most sophisticated and vibrant cities in the regionEDITION continues to thrive following the recent and iconic openings of London, Miami Beach and New York City, and we couldn’t be more excited about the potential for the brand throughout Europe,” said Dan Flannery, global managing director of EDITION. The project will see an existing office building transformed into “a modern and contemporary” luxury-lifestyle hotel co-created by Ian Schrager and famed Spanish designer, Lázaro Rosa-Violán. The property will include three “distinct” restaurants, along with an activated lobby space, club and rooftop bar area. Ian Schrager, chairman and chief executive officer of Ian Schrager Company, commented, “I am proud to further the global expansion of the brand with this incredibly exciting project in Barcelona. The city represents a great, cultural epi-center of Europe, making it an ideal location for the region’s newest EDITION.” With the addition of EDITION in Barcelona, the brand is now in major cosmopolitan cities including New York, London, Miami and Istanbul, with hotels planned for Sanya, China (2016), Bangkok (2017), Abu Dhabi (2017), Shanghai (2017), Times Square (2018), West Hollywood (2018), Reykjavik, Iceland (2018), Bali, Indonesia (2018) and Dubai (2019).

The Barcelona EDITION - set to open in 2017