The music world looks to Berlin!

It’s a concert marathon, an international market place for the music industry and a meeting place for musicians: the Berlin Music Week taking place at the beginning of September is the biggest music event in the annual music calendar. This of course is no real surprise with the Berlin music scene being one of the [...]

Video: True Blood star Alexander Skarsgård films ‘It Gets Better’ clip

True Blood star Alexander Skarsgård has filmed an ‘It Gets Better’ video for LGBT young people. In the sombre clip, the Swedish actor, 34, urges parents to teach their children that homophobic bullying and discrimination are unacceptable. He says: “We have to teach our children, not only by our words but by our actions, that [...]

Gay Avenue Q Puppets to Wed in NYC Sunday

Producers of the Tony Award-winning musical Avenue Q have announced that Rod and Ricky, the gay male puppets who have fallen for each other onstage 3,267 times since the show’s opening in 2003, will line up at New York’s City Hall July 24 to make their union legal. Playbillreports that after taking their vows, the [...]

Axel People, the new social network of Axel Hotels has been launched to allow you to be everywhere, with everyone, at any time

Find out who is in the room next door, interact with the rest of the hosts, follow live the Hotel’s events, enjoy exclusive promotions, and above all, live through the Axel philosophy. These are only some of the options offered by the new Social Network Axel People. To all the experiences that accompany any stay [...]

Before the Dawn of Tom

Tom of Finland is the best-known gay erotic artist of the 20th century, but paving the way for his iconic erotic art was a group of American artists who created more subtle, coded artwork that led to new freedom from censorship.   Tom of Finland’s first submissions to the underground gay magazine Physique Pictorialcame in 1956. [...]

NY passes gay marriage law

Sources: New York Times ALBANY — Lawmakers voted late Friday to legalize same-sex marriage, making New York the largest state where gay and lesbian couples will be able to wed and giving the national gay-rights movement new momentum from the state where it was born. The marriage bill, whose fate was uncertain until moments before the [...]

T-Dance: a different way to end the weekend

The Gay T-Dance – Is there anyone out there who hasn’t experienced this icon of gay partying? What started out as an underground scene on Fire Island in the 1960s became a well-known, and openly gay, event by the 1970s. The T-Dance continues to be a staple of gay culture the world over, but strangely [...]

Barcelona awaits you with the best discounts

Start the year with the best prices and enjoy the fantastic city of Barcelona. Stay at the Axel Hotel Barcelona, a unique hotel, centrally located and design, recently renovated and expanded. In addition, if you stay more days with us, you will get better discounts! Minimum 3 nights> 16% off Best Available Rate Minimum 4 [...]

Interview to Epiphany

As we have done with our blog in Spanish, we’re pleased to open our Celebrities section in English with the presence of the famous drag queen Epiphany at the Axel Hotel Berlin. In this section we want you to know a little more about those famous that, for different reasons, visit our hotels. First of [...]

Berlin Gay Pride, your date with Axel in the German Capital

In June we have another key event in the Axel Hotel Berlin. The Gay Pride Berlin awaits you with the best atmosphere in the German capital. In addition, we host the set-up for one of the most entertaining events in the city: the Gay Pride Warm Up Party June 24. The next day the week [...]