The Villa By Barton G
Gianni Versace's Mediterranea mansion where he was tragically murdered in 1997. It turned into a private club in 2000 with a few hotel rooms for very, very VIP people. But in December 2009, the hotel was blindsided by an investor with ties to a ponzi scheme. Yet the plans are to reopen the place as a hotel/restaurant/private event space helmed by events planner Barton G. The building will also be rechristened, The Villa by Barton G.
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Hotel Coverage: The Villa By Barton G
Which Hotels Do Miami Locals Love? You Might Be Surprised...
Forget all those fancy, glossy travel magazine awards--don't you want to know the inside scoop on the best hotels from the locals? The Miami New Times has just put out its annual Best of Miami list, and hotels are getting a lot of play. Since much of the dining and...
June 20, 2011
Trawling The Gilded Halls Of The Villa By Barton G
What we we were really hanging out for was the afternoon tea service that kicks off at The Villa By Barton G on November 1. But since we were in town last week, we asked for a tour of the property anyway and were pretty happy with our consolation prize:...
September 30, 2010
The Villa by Barton G Now Serving High Tea with Versace
When we typically think Hotel High Tea, we think: New York, London, Beverly Hills (and--now--Katy Perry!). But Miami? Not so much. But it makes complete sense that the super-ritzy Villa By Barton G in introducing an afternoon tea tradition. They have the Versace china to serve it on, after all....
September 14, 2010
Got $2,100 to Spare? Villa By Barton G is Now Open
If you were bummed that you didn't get a chance to stay at the Versace Mansion when it was operating as Casa Casuarina, here's your second chance. (Or third, if you turned down an invitation to visit Gianni way back when.) After being rescued from a Bernie Madoff-like mess...
March 18, 2010
Casa Casuarina To Reopen as The Villa By Barton G.
That was fast. Just the other day, it looked the Casa Casaurina was going to get a lump of coal in their stockings from Santa Claus, but the Miami Herald reports that the hotel will reopen immediately under the direction of events planner and restauranteur, Barton G. Weiss, who...
December 10, 2009
Ponzi Scheme Shutters Versace's Casa Casuarina in Miami
Things might have been popping in Miami Beach over the weekend, thanks to Art Basel but one place that had the lights off was the old Gianni Versace mansion-turned-exclusive private hotel, Casa Casuarina. The NY Post reports that the hotel's owner, Peter Loftin, closed the gates after a major...
December 08, 2009
Versace’s Former Mansion to Turn Into Nightclub
Widely considered the third most photographed house in America (behind the White House and Graceland), Casa Casuarina is set to become South Beach’s newest nightclub. More than a decade ago, telecommunications magnate Peter Loftin snapped up the Ocean Drive mansion after former owner, fashion icon Gianni Versace was gunned...
August 10, 2009
Janice Dickinson in Miami Terrorizing Hotels
Janice Dickinson is shooting the newest season of her reality show The Janice Dickinson Modeling Agency down in Miami and in an effort to get some/any press, the former supermodel is terrorizing the hotel scene.First, she staged a photo appearance with panty shot on the steps at Casa Casuarina in...
October 01, 2007
'Top Chefs' Cut It Up at the Fontainebleau Resort
We were traveling last week so we had to miss the premiere of one of our newest fave shows ever, Top Chef. But yesterday, we hunkered down in front of our TiVo and caught up on all that we missed (Entourage, Flight of the Conchords and Lauer's interview with the...
June 20, 2007
Checking in on Miami: Casa Casuarina
We wonder when Gianni Versace's mansion will be turned into a regular hotel instead of this private membership club.Casa Casuarina cost $40,000 a year to belong to on top of the $5,000 a night it will cost you to stay there. Yet there seems to be some trouble at the...
February 28, 2006
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