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Cosmopolitan Las Vegas’s “Secret” Website

After receiving an email from a reader, I found a new website for the Cosmopolitan Las Vegas which should relieve any fears from deposit holders about the fate of the development.

Jan. 25, 2009 | Andrew Calvo | 1 comment | Continued
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Cosmopolitan Las Vegas Is Rumored To Have 1,800 Units Under Contract

I found a great deal of information about the further progress of the Cosmopolitan in Las Vegas from a posting on GlobeSt.com. At the least the project is still well underway and people who have a deposit can be assured that they will not lose out.

Jan. 3, 2009 | Andrew Calvo | 6 comments | Continued
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What Happened to Baccarat Anguilla?

Whatever happened to the Baccarat Anguilla Hotel & Residences? It was supposed to be the centerpiece of the Temanos Anguilla development, but all references to it have been removed from Baccarats website, and all references to Baccarat have been removed from Temanos Anguillas website too.

Nov. 26, 2008 | Andrew Calvo | 0 comments | Continued
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SLS Hotels and Sam Nazarian’s Growing Empire

I’ve been wanting to write about the SLS Hotel in Beverly Hills for a few months now – before the website really even said anything constructive leaving the viewer to really speculate what the hotel was going to be like.
Now that the hotel is soon to open, and the website has launched with some detailed [...]

Jul. 23, 2008 | Andrew Calvo | 1 comment | Continued
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Element’s Website Launched; Opening Dates Changed for W Hoboken, aloft Lexington

Finally about a month and a half after the aloft Hotels website was launched (www.alofthotels.com), Starwood finally launched the Element website (www.elementhotels.com). Once again Starwood has done wonders with the branding – instead of the website being the same exact design and look as their other brands (like Hilton, or Marriott often do) the website [...]

Mar. 17, 2008 | Andrew Calvo | 0 comments | Continued
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The Chelsea Atlantic City’s Website Is Launched

So trust me when I say that I don’t intend for this blog to be a news breaker as to whenever a new website launches – but there is just something to be said when a company or hotel flips the switch to their new website because for people like me who get very excited [...]

Feb. 14, 2008 | Andrew Calvo | 7 comments | Continued
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Starwood’s aloft Launches Website!

Just in time for the opening of the ALIS Conference in Los Angeles, CA tomorrow, Starwood Hotels & Resorts launched the full version of Aloft’s website! The website can be found by visiting www.alofthotels.com or clicking on the aloft logo on the bottom of any of Starwood’s websites.
The aloft website features a new logo color [...]

Jan. 27, 2008 | Andrew Calvo | 2 comments | Continued
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Starwood Capital Group Redesigns Website

Normally it would not be news to anyone when a holding company redesigns their website – but today Starwood Capital Group redesigned their website, and finally explained some questions I always had about them, as well as put front and center their “Hotel Group”
StarwoodCapital.com had a website for years which really wasn’t very functional. Now [...]

Jan. 7, 2008 | Andrew Calvo | 0 comments | Continued
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Making Hotel Reservations – via PDA

Last weekend I was in Staten Island for a few days, and instead of traveling back and forth to my home, I was going to get a hotel room. Since this was a spur-of-the-moment decision, I hadn’t made any plans ahead of time. So I decided to attempt to find available rooms and pricing via [...]

Dec. 30, 2007 | Andrew Calvo | 0 comments | Continued
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Starwood Capital’s Baccarat Hotels & Resorts Launches Website

I just noticed today that Starwood Capital’s new Baccarat Hotels & Resorts launched their website at www.baccarathotels.com. Unfortunately, right now its nothing more than a placeholder with their logo and some emotional text which attempts to give a feel for the brand, along with a link to Baccarat’s first location Baccarat Wailea – not much [...]

Oct. 29, 2007 | Andrew Calvo | 0 comments | Continued
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Hilton’s Missed Marketing Opportunity

this has been bugging the heck out of me over the past few months.. all of the hilton brands have redesigned their websites – everything looks great, everything looks uniform, and its easy to get around within the website, and at the bottom of each website, they have a little color bar, one color for [...]

Aug. 24, 2007 | Andrew Calvo | 0 comments | Continued