Sydney is set to welcome its first authentic custom design hotel – The Collectionist Hotel  – where no room is the same and the choice of room is firmly in the hands of the guest.  Described as a real-life “choose-your-own-adventure”, the eclectically designed hotel is setting a new standard on individualised guest experiences. 

Harnessing the talents of seven designers from four leading design firms and 13 artists to create 39 uniquely designed rooms, The Collectionist will open its doors early May 2018 in the emerging inner-city precinct of Camperdown.  The non-descript former warehouse space has provided the perfect blank canvas for the designers to create a diverse range of rooms designed to appeal to varying tastes and preferences.

“I would be surprised, and a little disappointed to be honest, if there weren’t some divided opinions on the rooms designs – we have purposely set about creating rooms that will challenge the ‘norms’ on hotel room design,” says Daniel Symonds, CEO & Co-Founder of Collectic Hotels, who headed up the development.

Guests at The Collectionist will be welcomed with a drink at the bar which will serve as an informal check-in area, and invited to peruse available rooms to make their selection based on the style, colour, texture and design - just as they would a work of art.  A revolutionary change to the traditional hotel check-in process where rooms are pre-allocated and room design is limited.

“It is frustrating to turn up to a hotel to find your room isn’t ready, simply because the room you’ve been randomly allocated hasn’t yet been cleaned.  That scenario will be avoided at The Collectionist by allowing guests select their room of choice from those available at the time they check-in.”

There are also no boring hotel room numbers at the Collectionist – rather, an eclectic selection of names that reflect the room design.  Guests can choose to stay in the 'La Chamber Noir'; the 'Queenie Fah Fah'; the 'Cloud Runner' or the 'Kyoko' rooms, for example, each with their own unique story to tell.

Symonds and business partner, Toby Raphael, are also responsible for the pop-up accommodation concept, Freespaces - which utilises unused rooms on university campuses in peak periods.  Freespaces was named in the AFR's Fast 100 List in 2017. They were also behind the rejuvenation of the old Newtown RSL building which has now been converted into The Urban Newtown hotel.

Click here to view The Collectionist Hotel website.

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