The Design Hotel opened in 2003. It is located very close to the Istanbul Convention & Exhibition Center, Concert Hall, shopping areas, banks, bank branches and airline offices. All the rooms are individually and especially designed to create their own atmosphere of comfort and relaxation. The rooms are equipped with direct phone and internet access allowing the guests to work from their room in a comfortable atmosphere. The product of Milanese architects Piero Lissoni and Nicoletta Canesi's creative inspiration, the Bentley Hotel is a temple to radiance and light. A few minutes from Istanbul's most popular shopping streets, in the center of the city's European section, the construction was three years in the making, proving the maxim that good things come to those who wait. A meeting point for an international young elite, the hotel's lobby bar become a meeting point also for local trendsetters, setting the tone for a chilled-out, lounge atmosphere. In contrast to the pulsating, jumbled city, the Bentley Hotel's 40 guestrooms and 10 suites are heavens of minimalism. Pale blue, beige, green and gray hues are employed to establish a transparent, light-flooded scene, enhanced by warm parquet flooring, multi-functional, dark wood furniture and oversized windows.