Hotel Lobbies: The Art Of Making An Entrance: People. Stories. Places

Hotel Lobbies by the acclaimed (travel) writer Lee Tulloch explores the hotel lobby as a stage for human drama and cultural meaning. Through striking examples from around the world, Tulloch combines sharp, witty essays with interviews-from a bellboy to a hotel manager-to reveal the lobby as more than a waiting space. It becomes a place of encounter, performance, and quiet observation, shaped by design and behaviour alike. Blending insight with storytelling, the book shows how lobbies influence experience and appear in film and culture, capturing fleeting moments of connection in a transient world. AUTHOR: Lee Tulloch is the founding editor of Harper's Bazaar Australia and has written extensively for international titles such as Vogue, Elle and Harper's Bazaar. She writes a weekly travel column for The Sydney Morning Herald. She has also written several novels, among which is The Woman in the Lobby. SELLING POINTS: . Where the world checks in . A selection of the 35 most interesting hotel lobbies in the world combined with smart, stylish cultural commentary . With interviews with 'lobby people' from a bellboy to a hotel manager essays on the cultural significance of hotel lobbies etc . Written by acclaimed travel author Lee Tulloch 100 colour illustrations