Morgan Stanley Building a Ultra-Luxury Casino in Atlantic City
Major investment firms such as Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, Credit Suisse as well as other investment/hedge funds are starting to invest in industries outside of the financial industry. Real Estate for one, has become one of the most popular forms of investment by these firms, look at Blackstone, earlier this year they made the largest [...]
Pritzker Family selling a portion of Global Hyatt Corporation
It was announced today that the Pritzker family is selling a $1billion stake of their Global Hyatt Corporation to an Investment company named Madrone Capital Partners (owned by the Waltons Family from Wal-Mart fame) and Goldman Sachs. Each company will pick up a $500million stake which will give them a board seat and a minority [...]
More Coverage!
My W Hotel post was mentioned in another blog today! hoboken411.com briefly mentioned my blog in their “Quarterly Post about the W Hoboken“. They also had some good pictures of the site when it was just the below ground level (parking garage) that was being constructed which was back in early 2006 and beyond – times when [...]
At Peace with Yourself
I want to share with everyone something that jumped out at me earlier today- A friend of mine introduced me to a book written by Keith Ferrazzi, titled “Never Eat Alone“. What’s it about? In one sentence – it’s about the power of networking. There are plenty of books out there about the power of [...]
whew..
I love writing and posting items on this blog. During the day, I’ll think about what it is I’m going to write about, and then at night I’ll usually peck away on my keyboard until it comes out “just right”. Today I’m going to keep the post pretty short. But I wanted to give you [...]
Asbury Park, NJ’s Renaissance
Even if you are not from New Jersey, or even the East Coast – there is a good possibility that you have heard of Asbury Park, NJ.. You may be familiar with it as the “Birthplace” of Bruce Springsteen (actually, he was born and grew up in Freehold, NJ, but he was first noticed at [...]
Blog featured on HotelChatter.com
So I was featured in a short article on HotelChatter.com this morning! (Read it here) I’ve only had this blog up for a few days, and it seems like I’m getting a good reaction to it already which is awesome. I just hope that no one gets the wrong idea about my “stalking” the W. [...]
Ian Schrager and Bill Marriott? Does anyone think this will work?
One of the biggest news stories to come out of the hotel industry in the last few months is how Ian Schrager (of the Hudson, Cliffs, & Morgans hotel fame) is teaming up with Bill Marriott & Marriott Hotels to design and develop about 100 new boutique hotels worldwide. Marriott will be managing the hotels, [...]
Progress of W Hoboken & W New York Downtown
A number of years ago I spent a night at the W Hotel Times Square, located in New York City – ever since that night, I have had the utmost respect, fondness, and love of the W Hotel brand. Before I even stayed at that W, I always thought Starwood Hotels & Resorts was an [...]
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