'Boutique' is unique

Warsaw's new 'Rialto' Hotel, to open in the first quarter of next year on ul Wilcza 73, is a privately owned and operated concern, with no connection with the numerous others called the same dotted around Europe. ,We just liked the name," says General Manager John Quero, on the decision to give the city's first 'boutique' hotel such a familiar ring. In general, boutique hotels are, ,classical, individual and independent, small but not necessarily exclusive", says Roddie MacDonald, Hospitality Manager of the Edinburgh-based hotel and tourist consultants, RGA Ltd. "They offer something new," says John Quero, ,a 'lifestyle' environment and more personalized service. You don't have the five restaurants, huge swimming pools or nightclubs of the bigger luxury hotels. The emphasis is purely on design and ambiance." Independence The new hotel in Warsaw will be Art Deco in theme and design and each room, (of which there'll be forty-five), will be individualized with original fur