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Marriott Creates “The Autograph Collection”

Marriott has announced a new “brand” called the Autograph Collection which will be made up of individual hotels keeping their own unique identity – but having the power of the Marriott affiliation behind them.

Nov. 14, 2009 | Andrew Calvo | 0 comments | Continued
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Starwood Capital Has An Impressive Showing In Hotel Magazine’s “325 Largest Hotel Companies”

This years HOTELS Magazine 325 Worlds Largest Hotel Companies list is showing that Starwood Capital is coming out of almost nowhere and jumping to number 8 on the list. Pretty impressive for a company that a few years ago seemed like it would never again be a major player in the hotel business.

Jul. 8, 2009 | Andrew Calvo | 1 comment | Continued
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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.

Jun. 30, 2009 | Andrew Calvo | 0 comments | Continued
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Hilton Moves To Washington DC

Hilton is moving their headquarters to Washington DC toward the end of 2009, from their current location in Beverly Hills, CA.

Jan. 25, 2009 | Andrew Calvo | 1 comment | Continued
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Hilton Will Announce Boutique Brand In January – But Are They Too Late?

Looks like Hilton will finally announce the details on their new boutique brand during the ALIS Conference in January. This is what Ross Klein has been working on and is much needed to finish out Hilton’s hotel brand portfolio.

Nov. 24, 2008 | Andrew Calvo | 0 comments | Continued
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What Ever Happened To The W Sunset?

Anybody remember the W Hotel – Sunset? Probably not.
All hotel brands experience the occasional deal falling through – sometimes even a year or so after it was announced, and sometimes even when construction has started. In fact, the current economic climate will show that more and more in the near future.
Usually whenever a hotel is [...]

Sep. 23, 2008 | Andrew Calvo | 0 comments | Continued
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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 the [...]

Aug. 15, 2008 | Andrew Calvo | 6 comments | Continued
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Hilton is Finally Creating a Boutique Brand

Ever since one of my first posts, I’ve been waiting for the day that Hilton Hotels (now known as The Hilton Group) will create a boutique hotel brand. It was even one of my predictions for 2008. They are the largest hotel brand in the world without a boutique brand, and its clearly noticable. Brands such [...]

Jun. 2, 2008 | Andrew Calvo | 0 comments | Continued
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DoubleTree’s New Logo

Last night while I was fast forwarding through the commercials on my DVR, a different logo for the DoubleTree Hotels flashed on the screen for a quick second – I rewound to the beginning of the commercial and it seems as though DoubleTree Hotels has a new logo.

New DoubleTree Logo
 

Current DoubleTree Logo
It seems to be the thing [...]

May. 14, 2008 | Andrew Calvo | 0 comments | Continued
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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 [...]

Mar. 24, 2008 | Andrew Calvo | 0 comments | Continued
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The Edition Hotels Logo

Last month with great interest from the hotel development community Marriott & Ian Schrager finally announced the name and details of their new venture together: Edition Hotels.
Not much information was revealed except for the usual – where the first locations would be, and the fact that each location would be unique and designed differently from [...]

Feb. 28, 2008 | Andrew Calvo | 0 comments | Continued
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