Kit Kemp and I are descending the wide oak and bronze staircase in her new hotel, the Whitby, which is in a Manhattan high-rise that plunges three stories into Midtown’s subterranean depths. The ...

How did it strike you on arrival? It's a bit disorienting walking into the Whitby, as Midtown has rarely seen anything so colorful, playful, and witty. Designer Kit Kemp has created a place that's the ...

The new Whitby Hotel provides 97,000 sf of hotel space in Midtown Manhattan wrapped up in a limestone façade reflective of the surrounding architecture of the neighborhood. Despite being located in ...

The Whitby hotel, the latest property from hoteliers Tim and Kit Kemp, is now taking reservations for stays from February 27, 2017. As the 10th Firmdale hotel to open worldwide, The Whitby will join ...

Kit Kemp oversees every aspect of each hotel's design and her attention to detail is clear. She chooses all the furniture and fabrics and even designs some herself. Specially commissioned artwork also ...

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AFTER looking at some of the best hotels Scarborough has to offer, it is only natural we give Whitby a fair chance, here are the top rated hotels in Whitby according to TriAdvisor. Now that Freedom ...

The British developer of two luxury boutique New York City hotels just scored a refinancing for both. Firmdale Hotels, a London-based brand from husband-and-wife team Tim and Kit Kemp, received a ...

The fans of the SoHo hot spot the Crosby Street Hotel finally have a place to flock on uptown turf: The British design group Firmdale Hotels — which operates the Covent Garden Hotel, the Charlotte ...

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A Whitby hotel offers guests a unique place to stay, where each of the nine rooms tells a peculiar tale of Whitby folklore and legend. The Jet Black Jewel, Skinner Street, is a boutique holiday ...

A fishing town in northern Britain would seem to be unlikely inspiration for a chic hotel in midtown Manhattan that’s densely layered in sumptuous materials, playful in its design sensibility and ...