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White Sulphur Springs: The Greenbrier to Offer Hotel Dororthy Draper Decorating Classes Next Year

juliana — 2011-12-01T16:26:22-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/vintagedraper_greenbrier2.jpg" class="top"> Welcome to our newest new feature, Design Thursdays! Thursdays are now our day to focus on hotel design through photo tours, video walk-throughs and interviews with hotel designers. Got a cool hotel design story we should know about? <a href="mailto:tips@hotelchatter.com">Let us know</a>.Hey there aspiring interior designers! Eager to get into the world of interior design or decorating but watching reruns of "Top Design" and "Million Dollar Designers" isn't cutting it? Then consider heading to the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/GREENBRIER/local/1583">Greenbrier Hotel</a> in West Virgina for their new one-week interior decorating courses named after the hotel's legendary decorator, Dorothy Draper. <a href="http://www.dorothydraper.com/School.html">The Dorothy Draper School of Decorating</a> will offer limited enrollment for the weeks of February 26, March 25, April 29

White Sulphur Springs: The Greenbrier is Back With a New Casino Club and Celebs

juliana — 2010-07-06T08:56:03-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/celebsatcasinoclub.jpg" class="top"> Just a few years ago, the sprawling <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/GREENBRIER/local/1583">Greenbrier Resort</a> in West Virginia was on the brink of closing. While it looked like <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/8/3/101212/2563/hotels/Greenbrier_to_Marriott_Let_s_Call_the_Whole_Thing_Off_">Marriott</a> would come in and take over the resort, in the end, West Virginia's multi-millionaire Jim Justice swooped in and bought the property for just $20 million. And it looks like he found a way to make the property exciting again while at the same time, bring in some crazy revenue--he built a casino.<a href="http://www.thegreenbrier.com/site/casino-comingsoon.aspx">The Casino Club</a> opened on Friday with loads of celebs in attendance. <a href="http://voices.washingtonpost.com/reliable-source/2010/07/big_money_big_stars_for_openin.html">The Washington Post</a> spied the following at the grand opening: Jennifer Garner, Ben Affleck, Jessica Simpson, Brooke Shields, Lionel Richie, Charles Barkley, Shaquille O'Neal, Jane Seymour,

White Sulphur Spring: The Greenbrier Resort Is Looking Sexy

KatieK — 2009-11-03T10:59:21-05:00

Last week we shared the good news that West Virginia’s iconic Greenbrier Resort seems to be back on its feet — and freshly pedicured feet at that. But in addition to adding a new resto and coming-soon casino, C2 Limited Design Associates is injecting the resort with some mod accents.

Indeed, the ol’ Greenbrier is looking sexy — and not even in that Sean Connery distinguished sort of way. Check out the photos below.

Right on trend, the Greenbrier’s new lobby is awash in pink, gray, and black.

Yes, the old pink and white candy-striped awnings remain but those are a Greenbrier tradition.

White Sulphur Spring: The Greenbrier Resort Might Be Back On its Feet After All

KatieK — 2009-10-28T10:51:10-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/6929/greenbrierext.jpg" class="top"> Its been a little while since we checked in on the owners-swinging <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Greenbrier/ian/119687">Greenbrier</a> in West Virginia. Well spare you the saga from this summer (<a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/8/3/101212/2563/hotels/Greenbrier_to_Marriott_Let_s_Call_the_Whole_Thing_Off_">click here for a quick summary</a>) but we were encouraged to hear the iconic resort is on its feet enough to have opened a brand-new steakhouse, Prime 44 West. Designed by C2 Limited Design Associates, Prime 44 West replaces Greenbriers outdated dining venue with a restaurant that honors basketball legend and West Virginia native, Jerry West. Not to mention, C2 Limited is also designing Greenbriers new, $25-million, 50,000-square-foot casino and entertainment venue, set to debut next April with coffee, wine, sushi, ten retail shops, and a nightly 8 p.m. good-luck Champagne

White Sulphur Spring: Greenbrier to Marriott: 'Let's Call the Whole Thing Off'

Jenna — 2009-08-03T10:16:09-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/6929/greenbrierext.jpg" class="top"> This year's drama at the <A href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Greenbrier/ian/119687">Greenbrier</a> in West Virginia unfolded a bit like this: the resort was having some issues, so it shed about <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/1/12/182731/134/hotels/Greenbrier_Saves_Some_Green_by_Shedding_Employees">half of its staff</a>. Then the rumor goin' around town was something about <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/3/19/162450/557/hotels/Will_Marriott_Save_The_Greenbrier_Resort_">Marriott coming in to purchase and save </a>the resort (um, and by "rumor" we mean there was a contract involved) but then another buyer stepped in and <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/5/8/85029/70228/hotels/Someone_Steps_In_Front_of_Marriott_to_Save_the_Greenbrier">snapped it up</a>, and furloughed employees were <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/5/13/12133/5144/hotels/The_Greenbrier_Asks_For_Its_Employees_Back">called back</a>. But then the new buyer <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/5/18/14030/6323/hotels/Marriott_Involvement_Adds_Another_Layer_to_The_Greenbrier_Saga">reached a tentative marketing agreement</a> with Marriott, where the chain would receive "a special fee for every Greenbrier guest booked through the hotel chain's marketing network" and if it didn't work