From Brussel's stylish The Hotel to a Holiday Inn Express in Oklahoma, hotels are jumping on the hot "smartphone as room key" bandwagon. We don't blame them--we're sick of those flimsy little pieces of plastic. Now, Seoul's Hotel Skypark Central is one-upping everyone. Along with revolutionary accoutrements for the...
January 14, 2013
Sometimes, we have to take a step back and take a long, hard look in the mirror. No, not that mirror the one that doubles as a television the theoretical one. We admit it: Sometimes, were addicted to technology around here. Proof is in the pudding ...
October 12, 2012
If you've done some hotel hopping lately, you would have noticed the size wars underway. No, not the size of the bed--or your WiFi bandwith (we wish). We're talking about TVs. The size of flatscreens keeps ballooning--but none we've seen have been as impressive as the TVs at South Beach's...
May 23, 2012
Yes, Miami Beach already has a hotel with a recording studio--The Setai--but now, with the return of the rock-boutique Marlin Hotel, it will have a hotel with a recording studio and iPads in the guestrooms. Oh, and a helluva cool history. Back when, South Beach was Madonna's playground and the...
November 16, 2011
The forecast for 2012 in Miami? Hot as hell with a deluge of new and newly renovated hotels. In fact, there's been so much Miami Hotel Mambo-ing going on of late that we're getting dizzy. To help us all keep things straight, we created this Shortlist of Shiny New Hotels...
September 28, 2011
While the corner of 11th Street and Collins Ave in Miami Beach transforms into a living and breathing Dream South Beach, there is other Deco hotel action going on nearby, too. Lords South Beach opened late last year across the street and now up in the 1200 block, former Island...
April 25, 2011
Having already accused two South Beach hotel of reneging on hotel rooms, the NFL has served a third hotel with a lawsuit today. The Marlin Hotel allegedly failed to reserve 13 rooms for the NFL. They now join the South Beach Hotel and the Crest Hotel who, combined, allegedly backed...
January 09, 2007
Art Basel 2006 is a thing of the past now, but we're still getting tips about the crazy parties that went down. As we told you, artist Steven Keene was featured at the Budweiser Select Porch Project party at the Marlin Hotel. Also on hand was the rapper Noreaga...
December 22, 2006
The Art Basel news keeps on rolling in. Today we learn that The Marlin Hotel will be hosting the Budweiser Select Art Basel parties this week. (Who knew Bud was the art lovers drink?) On Friday and Saturday from 12 to 6 pm, artist Steve Keene (pictured above in action)...
December 05, 2006
Hot Chick Looking For A Modeling Cotract Dear Gabe, Im freezing my buns off up here at Depaul but Im not a trust fund baby like Samantha. My girlfriends and I have been saving up since freshman year and wed like to get down to South Beach, but we...
February 22, 2005
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