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Business Travelers, Take Note: Hilton Mexico City Reforma Coming Soon
Chalk this hotel opening up to some of the notable ch-ch-ch-changes of hotel goliath Hilton Worldwide (née Hilton Hotels). Following news of the company's logo and name change, and overall brand rebirth, comes what they are dubbing a "historic" announced opening in Mexico City.
The Hilton Mexico City Reforma—currently a Sheraton—is scheduled to open at the end of 2009 after a series of upgrades, making it the first full-service Hilton hotel in the city. Is it a happy coincidence that it happens to be located on the aptly named Reforma Avenue?
The announcement touts the future Hilton as being ideal for business and pleasure-seeking travelers, but their description is especially suit-and-tie formal: Hilton looks forward to building its "portfolio of brands throughout Mexico and Latin America;" it will strengthen their "presence in one of the most important markets with one of the most impressive products in Mexico City." Can we get a hedge fund with room service?
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The St. Regis Gets Some Mexican Flavor With New Hotel
Instead of getting that emergency dental surgery you so desperately need, head to Mexico, where the government will pay for your procedure and you can use your root-canal money on the newly opened St. Regis Mexico City.
And at $199 a night, you might have dough left over to treat yourself to a massage at the Remède Spa or to have a private dinner on the hotel's helipad (seriously). But be sure to save some money for Internet access, since it’s not free here.
Renowned architect Cesar Pelli -- whose credits include the Petronas Towers in Malaysia and the World Financial Center in Manhattan -- designed this 492-foot luxe hotel, which boasts floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking the Plaza of Diana and the city's first panoramic indoor pool. But hotel officials say that the 189-room tower will retain some local flavor:
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Christmas in Mexico City? :: Consider the Marquis Reforma
In Tony Cohan's excellent travelogue, Mexican Days, he writes of a surreal Christmas spent in Distrito Federal, what the natives call Mexico City. He found the streets strangely, uncomfortably empty, cleared of the usual throngs. Everyone was home celebrating the festivities but him. (The passage starts on pg. 77.)
While the Mexicans are busy sequestering themselves with families and friends during the Christmas days, it might be a good time to try out The Marquis Reforma Hotel & Spa's "Winter Holiday" package, if you're not headed off to the Mexican beaches.
Starting at $170 a night (double occupancy required) and available between December 15 and January 6 (another major holiday, the celebration of "Rosca de Reyes"), the package comes with a tour of DF's most deck-out neighborhoods. And the hotel is close to some of the City's biggest sights: Chapultapec Park, and the Museo de Antropologia.
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Celebrate 'The Day of The Dead' at the Marquis Reforma
You might think the whole Halloween thing is over once November arrives, but down in Mexico, they spend a bit more time honoring the dead with the Day of the Dead. Their festivities to celebrate the lives of the deceased run over November 1 and 2, and the Marquis Reforma Hotel & Spa is offering a special Day of the Dead package that hooks up with the Mixquic Festival.
Book into the Marquis Reforma for two nights and the Day of the Dead package will actually let you do a lotta living. For $820 per room you'll get the two nights in a Junior Suite, a tour to Mixquic including lunch, a spa treatment, daily breakfast and transport to Santa Fe shopping center when you're done celebrating the dead.
In Mixquic, on the outskirts of Mexico City, you'll see some of the most authentic Day of the Dead celebrations around, including dancing, decorated graves and special pan de muerto (bread of the dead). If you indulge too much you'll be able to rest up in the Marquis Reforma which is rated pretty highly on the list of 5-star hotels in Mexico City, and is apparently the only Mexico City hotel to belong to the Leading Spas of the World group.
[Photo: hankmancini]
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Relive The Matador Movie at Camino Real in Mexico City
The Camino Real Hotel in Mexico City may not stack up to the Four Seasons for service or the Casa Vieja four boutique hipness, but it's got something they don't: a starring role in a movie.
If you saw 2005's The Matador, starring Pierce Brosnan as a crumbling assassin and Greg Kinnear as a suppressed Mid-Westerner with lots of problems of his own, you spent a lot of time in this hotel. It's sleek, modern, minimalist, and has a reputation for being filled with politicos striking secret deals.
According to this interview with Greg Kinnear, they didn't shut the hotel down during filming and everyone just carried on. So when you see Pierce Brosnan walk into the lobby wearing nothing but a Speedo and cowboy boots, "only about half of those people who look horrified are actors."
If you're design-conscious, stylish, or need extra security because of your position determining the fate of the world, we hear this is a good choice. Just wear some real clothes while walking through the lobby.
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Embassy Suites Says Bienvenido a Mexico
Embassy Suites is getting around. Last week, we learned that they opened up a hotel in Waikiki, Hawaii. This week, Embassy has moved onto Mexico City. The 18-story, 162-suite hotel, which Embassy refers to as a "boutique hotel" has opened in the city's business and financial districts.
Full-service food and beverage options include EVITA, an Argentinean restaurant serving choice U.S. and Argentinean beef, 24-hour room service, as well as a Starbucks coffee shop. Additionally, the hotel's Lobby Lounge serves a variety of tequilas from all over Mexico. Traditions of the Embassy Suites brand in the U.S. will continue in the Embassy Suites Hotel Mexico City-Reforma, but with a Mexican flair.
Embassy also didn't skimp on amenities as each suite has high-speed internet, 32-inch flat-screen TVs and luxe bedding.
Mexico City isn't the final stop in Embassy's expansion plans either. Look for Embassy Suites in Lima, Peru, and Valencia, Venezuela in 2007.
[Photo: Bdebaca]
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Hola Conejito de Pascua!
Hello Easter Bunny! God has thrown a bone to his devout followers. Over Easter Weekend (April 14-16) the Four Seasons Mexico City is only $159 a night.
Amen! A Four Seasons we can afford, even on a bloggers salary! It's not the most glamourous of hotels at least as far as Four Seasons go. But as one visitor puts it:
The Four Seasons is not a character-filled mom-and-pop hotel. It is a multinational, business-focused urban hotel for the wealthy.
Er...we don't plan on doing business there. We just want to tell our grandkids that one time we were able to experience the high life in this massive 240-room hotel. Jesus did die and rise again for a reason!
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Tipster Visits Hotel Habita
A HotelChatter tipster tells us about the 32 room Hotel Habita in Mexico City:
Just got back from a two-night stay, despite its merits not sure I'd return.
What's good: Location in Polanco, boutiques, restaurants, close to many business addresses. Comfortable bed; sufficient desk space. The rooms feel uncluttered. Friendly service. Free access to PC (1) in business center. My room service club sandwich was awesome.
What's great: without a doubt the rooftop bar, the best place to be in the hotel
Uncomfortable: lighting is too bright in the rooms - impossible to create anything like a relaxed atmosphere, soundproofing is insufficient and if the noise from the street doesn't get to you the noise from the bar will (unless you are up there yourself which may not be practical if you have an early breakfast meeting). Tiny lobby space hidden away in a back corner of the ground floor. Awfully slow PC in business center.
Thanks Mareen!
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Montezuma's Revenge
Get ready to pack your Louis Vuitton and head to Mexico City. Starwood Hotels & Resorts has just announced plans to build the first St. Regis in Latin America.
Jeez. First W, then the NFL, and now St. Regis. Mexico City hasn't been this hot since Montezuma II was ruling the roost back in the 1500's.
Whether or not you can afford the St. Regis, it will undoubtedly be a landmark. Architect Cesar Pelli, who designed the taller-than-Sears-Tower (1,483-foot) Petronas Towers in Malaysia as well as the Torre de Cristal in Barcelona, will design this hot spot. The combination of Pelli, the St. Regis brand, and interior designed with Yabu Pushelberg's contemporary touch should make this 180-room hotel an experience in Latin luxury.
Just think - if you start saving now, by 2007 you could be one of the first to test the sheets.
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Mexico City's Habita Hotel
We have mentioned Hotel Habita in this space before, however, with all the recent Mexico City chatter, we wanted to make sure we brought Habita to the forefront again.
A recent Habita visitor had this to say:
It's a nice hotel, but it felt a little bit like a gay nightclub. It's very masculine, there were very few women staying there, and the design and electronica music make it feel like you're in a disco rather than a hotel.
Well, Habita is Wallpaper* Navigator's #1 recommended hotel in Mexico City, and it is the big bother hotel to the new Condesa DF.
Wallpaper* recommends a room on the third floor, where they say you won't hear the noise. We would grab a room on the third floor, head to the rooftop pool and order a shrimp taco. After washing down our taco with a margarita, or two, we are sure any potential unwanted noise would naturally dissipate--and we could fall asleep in peace in a rooftop lounge chair.
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Mexico City Weekend Deal
Dare we say this Mexico City thing is getting... muy caliente? Ugh, we said it. We still want to go there, hype be damned.
Marquis Reforma, a marble floored hotel in the middle of Mexico City is offering weekend overnight rates from $149. This "special" gets you a room for 40% off rack rate, a couple of massages, and breakfast. Furthermore, you will be within walking distance of Chapultepec, and the hip section of Polanco (where all the restaurants are).
This deal is good through the end of the year (Friday through Sunday only).
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Paris Christens Mexico City Boutique
Mexico City and its small collection of design hotels was quickly gaining a nice little buzz, and suddenly that little buzz became giant overexposure. Paris Hilton, the undisputed queen of over exposure has arrived in Mexico City to promote her new perfume: Paris Hilton by Paris Hilton. Redundant indeed.
The New York Post reports that Hilton, her mother Kathy, Tinkerbell, her trusty videocam, and an entourage of 15 were in town the other night at the hip CONDESA df hotel to the promote the perfume and to throw Kathy a birthday party.
What? You actually thought they would stay at the Hilton Mexico City Airport?
CONDESA df is a brand-new Mexico City hotel located on tree-lined street in the Condesa neighborhood of Mexico City, the hotel was designed by famed architect and interior designer darling India Mahdavi (Townhouse Hotel in Miami, APT club in NYC, Peacock Rowsley in the UK).
The hotel has only 40 rooms with most rooms opening up to the flora-filled courtyard. It also carries wireless connections, flatscreen LCD screens, DVDs and iPods in each room.
For recreation, the hotel has a sushi bar on their rooftop terrace and a basement bar, "Living it Up" where we are sure Paris and her mother practiced their table dancing moves.
Rates go from $145 to $395. The place is so new that their website is still under construction so more information can be found here.
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