individual service reign on the Oranienburger Strasse. Harald Schreiber, an artist, designer and architect, who has decorated several Arcotel hotels with his extravagant yet cozy design, is responsible for the entire decoration. He has created a symbiosis between state of the art high tech and warm soft materials and colors. Berlin was almost bombed out of existence during World War II, its streets reduced to piles of rubble, its parks to muddy swampland. But the optimistic spirit and strength of will of the remarkable Berliners enabled them to survive not only the wartime destruction of their city, but also its postwar division, symbolized by the Berlin Wall. Today, structures of steel and glass tower over streets where before only piles of rubble lay, and parks and gardens are again lush. Welcome to the brand new Arcotel Velvet (opening March 2004, Berlin's homelike design hotel for individualists with 71 rooms and 14 suites. Austrian charm and