As the location for reception and waiting, the hotel lobby is the most important and prestigious area of a hotel. This is where the first contact is made with the guests, anything that happens here has a strong influence on whether their stay will be enjoyable. As with hotel restaurants and bars, the lobby is a place to both relax and communicate. This volume presents 101 different concepts by Corinna Kretschmar-Joehnk and Peter Joehnk, two renowned specialists in the field of hospitality design. According to the credo "Design follows Atmosphere" they find individual design solutions for the most diverse hotels in the world to create the atmosphere the user desire. The lobbies, bars and restaurants depicted include new designs in historic Grand Hotels, creative solutions for budget hotels as well as hospitality spaces for award-winning design hotels.