Category: hyatt
Cosmopolitan Las Vegas to Join Marriott’s The Autograph Collection
The hotel operator of the Cosmopolitan Las Vegas has finally been identified as Marriott under their Autograph Collection brand. Its a huge win for Marriott and puts to rest lots of speculation over the past few years as to what brand will run the hotel.
Global Hyatt Changes Their Name to Hyatt Hotels Corporation – Finally
Global Hyatt changed their name to Hyatt Hotels Corporation, to better reflect their brand, but the question still remains – why was it called Global Hyatt to start with? I always thought it was to make people think they were bigger than they really were.
W Hotels Gets Its Own Fashion Director and Music Curator
W Hotels is about to announce two new positions: Fashion Director and Music Curator. Two positions that you’d never think to find in a international boutique hotel brand.
Park Hyatt on Extell’s W 57th Property Discovered Through Sleuthing
Curbed.com & Steve Cuzzo from the NY Post found out that a Park Hyatt will be built on the property owned by Extell Development on W 57th Street, ending major speculation as to what will actually be built there.
Hawthorne & Microtel Integration into Wyndham
The integration of Microtel & Hawthorne Suites into Wyndham’s brand umbrella is going quite well thank you very much. It’s becoming more apparent as to how beneficial the purchase has been to Wyndham.
Cosmopolitan Las Vegas: Officially Foreclosed!! But Construction Will Continue
I’ve been keeping a close eye on the status of the Cosmopolitan Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas since the beginning of the year when speculation first arose that Deutsche Bank was going to foreclose on the property due to Bruce Eichner’s inability to get his financing in order. The Cosmopolitan is made up of [...]
Wyndham buys USFS (Microtel/Hawthorne Suites)
I’m not at all surprised by this announcement, but Wyndham Worldwide announced yesterday that they have purchased US Franchise Systems, which operates the Microtel and Hawthorne Suites brands from Global Hyatt. This is a perfect fit for Wyndham, and except for the possibility that private equity firms may jump in, Wyndham was always perceived as [...]
The Backstory of Bruce Eichner’s Cosmopolitan Resort & Casino
Since I’ve had a lot of people ask me for status updates on the Cosmopolitan, here are some article jumps if you just want to get to a certain point: Current State of Project W Hotels/Related Companies Status Bruce Eichner (Developer) Background I’ve been a subscriber to the Wall Street Journal online since it first [...]
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