The American Trade Hotel, Panama
Oozing cool, the American Trade Hotel may have had its heyday in the 60’s and 70’s, but this smoking hot revival sets to rival that benchmark. Rich in historic character while still maintaining a contemporary homely feel, it’s not hard to imagine Picasso teaching Paloma how to sculpt a bird out of a leaf in the courtyard or Tilda Swinton sipping a Martini in the bar.
Originally built in 1917, the American Trade Building at four stories high was and still is, the tallest building in the old town of Panama City. Lucky if you’re a guest, as every room has a view over its charming neighbouring white-washed haciendas. We can almost feel the warm fragrant air waft in as you swing open the French doors to survey the panoramic surroundings. Everything is how it should be as you flop onto your crisp white bed realising that the old and the new meet with perfect clarity in this thoughtfully restrained interior.
The layering is sumptuous and inviting, it just reeks of good times!
What else would you expect from the the Ace Hotels crew? The American Trade Hotel is a heady mix of texture, colour, scale and details. Dark walnuts, rich colours and clean palettes are teamed with local flora, Bertoia wire frames and Viennese rocking chairs. The layering is sumptuous and inviting, it just reeks of good times!
The American Trade Hotel has the feel that it very well could be the new hotbed of cultural and creative hustle and bustle.
