Archive for December, 2007
Making Hotel Reservations – via PDA
Last weekend I was in Staten Island for a few days, and instead of traveling back and forth to my home, I was going to get a hotel room. Since this was a spur-of-the-moment decision, I hadn’t made any plans ahead of time. So I decided to attempt to find available rooms and pricing via [...]
Happy Holidays Everyone!
I wanted to post a quick message wishing everyone Happy Holidays and a Happy New Year! It has been a fun few months writing this blog and I’ve received a lot of feedback from readers and people within the hotel development industry who have enjoyed my insights and views on development. I hope that my [...]
How Tropicana’s License Woes Will Help Atlantic City
Yesterday the NJ Casino Control Commission denied the Tropicana’s Casino license renewal – a drastic and very abnormal action which had only been done once before in Atlantic City’s history. This does not mean much for the average Tropicana customer in the short term – it’s business as normal, as the casino is now being [...]
Atlanta, the New Luxury Hotel Capital of America
Ok, maybe I’m overdoing it a little, but it seems to me that almost every luxury brand that doesn’t already have an appearance in the Atlanta, Georgia area – or its Buckhead suburb will have one in the next few years. By and large – W Hotels is leading the pack. Currently there is 1 [...]
A Busy Week for Starwood’s LeMeridien Brand
I’m a few days late with this article – but things have been hectic and I haven’t exactly had the time to sit down and sort through the articles and put together my thoughts so a decent story can come out of it. This has been a pretty busy week for the LeMeridien brand from [...]
Renderings of the 1 Hotel & Residences in New York City’s Bryant Park
It’s no secret that Barry Sternlicht’s 1 Hotels & Residences is opening one of their first 1 Hotels in New York City’s Bryant Park, directly across from the New York Public Library on 40th Street; but what has been a “secret” are the renderings of the building which will be built on the site. I [...]
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