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Tag: branding

What’s Up With Doubletree’s New Logo and Name?

Andrew Calvo | October 14, 2010 | 0 Comments

Almost 2 years ago I wrote a post about DoubleTree’s new logo based upon an advertisement that I had seen for the brand. At the time nothing was announced, but it seemed as though Hilton was going to be giving the brands logo a much needed refresh. Ever since that post went up, I hadn’t [...]

Metro Bank UK Ramping Up Promotions

Andrew Calvo | November 14, 2009 | 1 Comment

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”.

MetroBank Gets Served First Lawsuit For Its Branding

Andrew Calvo | July 8, 2009 | 1 Comment

Metro Bank was recently served its first lawsuit based on its branding. Surprisingly its not because of the name Metro Bank – of which there are 4 other banks throughout America with the same name – but its because of its big red M.

W Hotels Gets Its Own Fashion Director and Music Curator

Andrew Calvo | June 30, 2009 | 0 Comments

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.

Arrogance Forced Abercrombie and Fitch To Close Ruehl

Andrew Calvo | June 18, 2009 | 25 Comments

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

Metro Bank’s New Website Launched

Andrew Calvo | June 15, 2009 | 9 Comments

Metro Bank launched their new website this weekend at www.mymetrobank.com. Nothing major to focus on – but the Vernon Hill marketing machine will be starting up in a big way very soon.

Starwood Capital Purchases Golden Tulip Hotels

Andrew Calvo | June 14, 2009 | 2 Comments

I think we’ll be seeing more of this in the near future – but on Friday Starwood Capital announced their intentions to purchase Golden Tulip Hotels. This seems like it’s going to be a complete purchase of the company – management contracts, company owned hotels, and any future deals that Golden Tulip may be involved [...]

Starwood Capital Puts It’s Crillon Hotel On The Market

Andrew Calvo | June 10, 2009 | 6 Comments

Starwood Capital placed the Crillon hotel in Paris on the market earlier this week, an extremely surprising move since Starwood has spoken so highly of the asset, and even intended to create a hotel brand based on the initial, historic location in Paris.

Starwood Capital’s 1 Hotels and Baccarat Brands Expanding First Into China

Andrew Calvo | June 10, 2009 | 0 Comments

A story from the South China Morning Post states that Starwood Capital is investing $2 billion over the next 5 years in its 1 Hotel & Baccarat Hotel brands – in China. The story has so many conflicting statements, both within the story and based on news that’s occurred over the past few months.. I’m almost not sure to believe anything in the article!

Commerce Bank/Harrisburg Conversion into Metro Bank is Underway

Andrew Calvo | June 8, 2009 | 8 Comments

The eagerly awaited conversion of the Commerce Bank/Harrisburg brand into the new Metro Bank brand is finally beginning to become apparent to the regular folk who don’t exactly track Commerce/Metro like I do. Last week, Commerce Bank/Harrisburg put out a press release stating that over the next two weeks the Commerce Bank logo and brand [...]

Cosmopolitan Las Vegas Just Can Never Catch A Break

Andrew Calvo | April 24, 2009 | 0 Comments

The Cosmopolitan Las Vegas gets caught up in another delay – this time the lawsuit between Starwood & Hilton.

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