Archive for March, 2008
1 Hotel Fort Lauderdale
Let me preface this post with the following disclaimer – this post is purely speculative on my part; but once you read through it, you’ll understand why I came to this conclusion. Today it was announced that the Sheraton Yankee Trader, located right on the ocean in Fort Lauderdale is being closed and converted in [...]
Stamper Square, and Starwood Hotel’s Expansion in Philadelphia
A number of years back I remember looking for hotels in Philadelphia – the first place I looked was Starwood’s website and to my surprise Starwood only had three hotels in the Downtown Philadelphia area – The Sheraton Rittenhouse Square, Sheraton Society Hill, Sheraton University City and the St Regis Philadelphia. I’m purposely not counting [...]
What Not To Do As A Public Relations Representative
I’ve been unsure about writing this post for awhile – going in between “ah, just let it go” to “maybe someone will learn something from this”, so, as you can see.. I’m going for the “Maybe someone will learn something from this” approach. One of the most important things for any brand in the world [...]
W Finally Coming to Las Vegas?
These are the types of stories that I drool over, because it demonstrates that even when things look bleak – there is still opportunity everywhere, especially in America. In yesterday’s Wall Street Journal (Subscription Required), it was reported that the “W Hotels Division” of Starwood Hotels, the Related Companies and an unnamed casino operator are [...]
Starwood’s Caesars Brookdale in the Poconos Sold to Silverleaf Resorts
A few months back I wrote about how Starwood’s four Caesars Resorts in the Pocono Mountains are being put up for sale. At the time no real information was provided by either Starwood or the resorts as to what exactly was going on except business as usual. Earlier this month it seems that Starwood has [...]
Why Bother Having a Resume?
Earlier this week Seth Godin published a blog post saying that most people should not need a resume to get a job. Recommendations, a tangible proof of concept of your qualities, a blog, or the like should be enough to get a company to have your attention, and hopefully hire you. I agree to an [...]
Element’s Website Launched; Opening Dates Changed for W Hoboken, aloft Lexington
Finally about a month and a half after the aloft Hotels website was launched (www.alofthotels.com), Starwood finally launched the Element website (www.elementhotels.com). Once again Starwood has done wonders with the branding – instead of the website being the same exact design and look as their other brands (like Hilton, or Marriott often do) the website [...]
Starwood Hotel’s Partnership With Jean-Georges Finally Appears
Waaaay back in mid-2006 Starwood Hotels & Resorts announced that they were partnering with the world-famous chef Jean-Georges Vongerichten for a new restaurant company which would encompass his current restaurants and allow him to open many additional restaurants throughout Starwood’s properties as well as add to his free-standing restaurants. Ironically this happened almost the same [...]
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