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CREATING BONDS The Mob Hotel encompasses an open environment designed for continuous movement with its bar-restaurant , organic produce from cooperatives , food trucks and well-tended gardens , and even a well-equipped space to relax before check-in times and after check-out during the inevitable wait for departure flights .
Entertainment facilities include an outdoor cinema and a live stage . Activities from meditation to cookery , music to books and film to workshops aim to create lasting bonds between guests as well as to welcome locals . Each project will have a huge garden and a rooftop , and preferably rooms with terraces , or Aouizerate says he will not proceed .
The rooms are designed to be warm and welcoming with beds worthy of a luxury hotel . Wi-Fi is free and rooms are surrounded by terraced gardens .
Imagine entering a hotel where the lobby is a market promoting a rotating selection of local and handmade goods . You are greeted by two artisans at handmade pop-ups who describe their wares and offer you a small arrival gift , maybe a pen . Then you check in at a rotating table in the same space with a multi-tasking staff member who is allowed to be personal and maybe even offer a brief touch on the arm to express a warm welcome .
To further enhance the Mob experience , management invites 10 or 15 young companies that benefit from a free working space at the hotel for one year with Internet , Wi-Fi , a printer , coffee and meeting space . In return , the invited entrepreneurs are asked to present to guests their concepts in an open exchange of ideas .
In addition , every week , two or three local organic fruit and vegetable producers build stalls to meet Mob Hotel guests and neighbors . Mob Hotel is committed to buying a percentage of organic products for the hotel kitchen as it encourages guests and neighbors to eat well , taste
Rendering of the outdoor terrace for the first Mob Hotel in Paris
26 hotelsmag . com April 2017