Tag: branding

Work Is Suspended on Hilton’s Denizen Brand

| April 21, 2009 | 9 Comments

Things have gone from bad to worse for Hilton. They were recently served a subpoena for their actions involving Starwood, which has forced them to suspend all activity on the Denizen brand development as well as placing most of the employees involved in Hilton’s Prestige Portfolio on paid administrative leave – including Ross Klein and Amar Lalvani.

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Hilton Launches New Extended Stay Brand: Home2 Suites by Hilton

| January 26, 2009 | 3 Comments
Hilton Launches New Extended Stay Brand: Home2 Suites by Hilton

Hilton announced their new extended stay hotel brand called Home2 Suites by Hilton at the ALIS Conference. It’s meant to be less expensive than their Homewood Suites brand and cater to the “millennial generation”.

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Starwood’s Annick Goutal Brand Direction

| January 6, 2009 | 1 Comment

In October I wrote about Starwood’s purchase of Annick Goutal perfume. Now it seems that Starwood Captial is on a fullscale expansion plan for the brand throughout the world.

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MetroBank – “America’s Next Great Bank” – Coming Soon

| December 12, 2008 | 15 Comments
MetroBank – “America’s Next Great Bank” – Coming Soon

Vernon Hill – the creator of Commerce Bank is onto his next venture: Creating “America’s Next Great Bank” which seems like it could be better than Commerce Bank – with an international twist.

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