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Barry Sternlicht Interviewed by Maria Bartiromo on Mentoring Madness during Global Entrepreneurship Week.

Barry Sternlicht was interviewed by Maria Bartiromo for the Mentoring Madness segment of the Global Entrepreneurship Week, provided a lot of insight into how he started Starwood Capital (broke and unemployed) and what his motivation is for 1 Hotels.

Nov. 16, 2009 | Andrew Calvo | 3 comments | Continued
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Metro Bank UK Ramping Up Promotions

Metro Bank UK looks like its finally coming to fruition. A number of unoccupied retail locations in London are now sporting advertising promoting “Love Your Bank”.

Nov. 14, 2009 | Andrew Calvo | 1 comment | Continued
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Starwood Sells Bliss Spas

Starwood Hotels has sold their red-headed stepchild – Bliss Spas -to Steiner Leisure Limited, while ensuring that the Bliss & Remede lines stay exclusive to W & St Regis.

Nov. 6, 2009 | Andrew Calvo | 0 comments | Continued
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1Hotels.com Finally Gets A Refresh

Starwood Capital’s 1Hotel.com website did a light renovation – demonstrating that the brand is not forgotten or canceled.

Oct. 19, 2009 | Andrew Calvo | 0 comments | Continued
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Starwood vs Hilton Going to Grand Jury

Starwood’s lawsuit against Hilton about the stolen documents used to create the Denizen brand may be close to an end – but it may end up with Hilton and its former executives having criminal charges brought against them.

Oct. 7, 2009 | Andrew Calvo | 0 comments | Continued
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Everyone is Jumping the Gun on the Cosmopolitan in Las Vegas

There has been of reports that Hilton will be managing and branding the new Cosmopolitan Casino and Resort in Las Vegas – but I think the odds of that are nil to none due to the Starwood/Hilton Lawsuit.

Jul. 29, 2009 | Andrew Calvo | 0 comments | Continued
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What Happened to Hilton’s Denizen?

Ever since Starwood sued Hilton over their Denizen brand no word has come from either party about Denizen’s fate. I don’t think anyone expects Denizen to ever see the light of day at this point – but still.. What’s going on?

Jul. 10, 2009 | Andrew Calvo | 2 comments | Continued
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MGM Mirage Working on ‘MX’ and ‘Emblem’ Hotel Brands

MGM Mirage has been working on two new hotel brands for their MGM Mirage Hospitality Group – no word yet when they will appear, or even if both brands will appear, but the information I’ve managed to find out is still pretty interesting and demonstrates a new direction that MGM is looking to go in.

Jul. 2, 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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Arrogance Forced Abercrombie and Fitch To Close Ruehl

Abercrombie and Fitch is closing their Ruehl concept stores – one of the best concepts I’ve seen in branding a shopping experience ever.

Jun. 18, 2009 | Andrew Calvo | 22 comments | Continued
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Hilton Ad from 2008 – “Family Value. Without Family Drama”

I just came across an ad from Hilton’s Management division that was published in Sept 2008 – highlight of the ad? Go with Hilton – there is no drama, everyone works like a family… I’m sure the Denizen developers wouldn’t say that today.

May. 1, 2009 | Andrew Calvo | 0 comments | Continued
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