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Dubious Destination

Magical Elf of Hotel Design

February 20, 2006 at 12:05 PM | 0 Comments

Each week, we choose a destination recently featured in a travel glossy or weekend section that smacks of poor judgement on the part of their editors. For whatever reason, it doesn't pass our smell test. We then nominate it as a dubious destination. Got a dubious destination to recommend? Send it to tipsATjauntedDOTcom

This week's dubious destination is all about the little things. They can make a big difference, especially when it comes to picking a hotel.

Some hotels don't like to take a chance on those details. They like to hire someone to take care of them. And not just any hotel--The Hotel on Rivington does it.

The details are things like incidental reading material, the DVD library, and music on the stereo. But what kind of person could have such wide-ranging responsibilities? Why, the none other than the inimitable Nemo Librizzi.

Which is why we choose THOR as a dubious destination this week. We'll pass on staying in any hotel that hires someone named Nemo to oversee "esoteric minutiae" and whose title is "Superintendent of Luminous Detail". Know what we call a luminous detail? A lamp.

Perhaps that money would have been better spent on finishing construction on time.

[Image via sushicircus/Flickr]

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