Category: Starwood Capital Group
I’ve Been Profiled in the New York Post!
Today I was profiled as part of an article in the New York Post (Page 50) about what unconventional menthods some people go through to get a job. I knew about this for a few weeks now but didn’t want to say anything in case something happened with the story (in fact, it was delayed a [...]
Hyatt’s Andaz Liverpool Street Officially Opening November 15th
Thank goodness for newspapers – otherwise no one would have any idea about Hyatt’s first Andaz opening in London on November 15th. The Andaz Liverpool Street (linked to its current Hyatt Hotels page) the first hotel which will be opened under the Andaz brand will be followed by another Hyatt Conversion – The Hyatt West [...]
LodgeWorks LP: Under Funded Serial Hotel Brand Creator?
I’m sure not too many people have heard of LodgeWorks, LP, or even the two men behind it – Rolf E. Ruhfus, and B. Anthony Isaac, but I’m sure you’ve heard of the hotel brands they’ve created, and subsequently sold – you know, small, local brands (sense the sarcasm) such as Residence Inn, Summerfield Suites, [...]
Starwood’s aloft and element Development Updates
As all frequent readers of this blog have found out by now – I’m a huge fan of two companies, Starwood Hotels & Starwood Capital (and no, its not a coincidence – both were started by Barry Sternlicht), so with that, I frequently check the websites of the companies and their future hotel brands a [...]
Will Hilton/Blackstone Develop A Boutique Brand?
One thing about the business world is imitation of a good thing. For example, once Apple came out with the iPod in the early 2000′s, most of the world never heard of portable MP3 players, and within a few short years, not only did Apple single handedly create a market, they also created an industry [...]
A Starwood Capital Hotel Coming to Port Chester, NY?
It looks like Starwood Capital Group is looking to build one of their three hotel brands in Port Chester, NY – on the grounds of the former New York United Hospital Medical Center which has been closed since February 2005. An article in Monday’s The Journal News states that Starwood Capital purchased the 14 acre [...]
Starwood Capital’s 1 Hotel Comes to Washington, DC
It really hasn’t been a secret that Starwood Capital was building a 1 Hotel in Washington – for one it is listed on 1 Hotel’s website (www.1hotels.com) as a future location for the brand. It has been known for a while that the 1 Hotel was going to be located on the West End of [...]
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