Independent hotel index
Clutch Hoopers is a short, edited list. Art hotels, capsule hotels, casino hotels and one hotel made of ice — each described in plain prose, so you can decide what fits before you go looking for dates.
Scroll on. Each section settles on top of the last.
01 of 043 hotels
Some of these hotels commission work. Others were shaped by one designer from the floor tiles up. All three are places where the art is part of the stay, not a lobby afterthought.
Il Sereno · Villa Lena · Hôtel Lutetia
Open Art Hotels02 of 043 hotels
Small rooms, stacked pods and lofts reached by ladder. The trade is simple: less private floor, more city on the doorstep. Each one pairs the tight sleeping space with a common area worth leaving the bed for.
Book and Bed Tokyo Shinjuku · Anshin Oyado Akihabara · Zoku Amsterdam
Open Capsule Hotels03 of 044 hotels
These are large hotels first: towers of rooms, restaurants, theatres and spas. The gaming floor sits inside that mix. Four Canadian properties, each tied to a landmark — a waterfall, a river, a lake, an Expo site.
Montreal Casino & Hotel · Fallsview Casino Resort · River Rock Casino Resort · Casino Rama Resort
Open Casino Hotels04 of 041 hotel
One hotel, in Swedish Lapland, made from the river that runs past it. Artists shape new suites every winter; a permanent building keeps the ice going year-round.
Icehotel
Open Ice HotelsThat's the whole index. No rankings, no ratings, no booking engine — just eleven hotels, described carefully, with the rest of the decision left to you.