HotelChatter - Stories about Marques de Riscal http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2008-11-21T05:00:32Z HotelChatter HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelhotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/local/333 Toronto: Thompson Hotels Break Ground in Toronto http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/10/4/15724/3627 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/thompsontoronto2.png" class="imgborder"><p>The other day we told you that <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/thompson%20hotels"><b>Thompson Hotels</b></a> has plenty of other hotel projects lined up now that Six Columbus has finally opened its doors.<p>And they are moving fast. The <a href="http://www.thestar.com/Business/article/263472">Toronto Star</a> reports that ground-breaking is expected today at 550 Wellington St. W. in Toronto's King Street West area, which is described as similar to NYC's Soho neigborhood.<blockquote><p>The modernist condominium and hotel complex at 550 Wellington St. W. is expected to be completed by the summer of 2009. It will feature design by Estudio Mariscal, a Barcelona company that created a cutting-edge look for the hotel across from Frank Gehry's Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain.</blockquote></p><p>The <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Thompson+Hotel+Toronto/local/877"><b>The Thompson Toronto</b></a> will also feature condos and four juliana 2007-10-04T15:28:04-05:00 New York: Party Dispatch: Celebrando Con Starwood Spain y Portugal http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/6/27/223145/197

Looks like Starwood Spain & Portugal is in the midst of a vast media-massaging conspiracy: this week has seen the Super World Travelers stop in at the Marques de Riscal and last night's party at the W New York Union Square.

But far be it from us to pass up this opportunity to pile on. We trooped to the W to see what else is news in Iberia--and of course drink Rioja and munch tapas. Check out the full party report and pics, after the jump.]]> pbb 2007-06-28T09:30:01-05:00 40.736482 -73.988245 Elciego: The Jolie-Pitts Stay Over at Frank Gehry's Marques de Riscal http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/6/25/172026/022

Brad Pitt is practically BFF with Frank Gehry so it's no surprise to us that Pitt and his lady, Angelina Jolie shacked up at the Gehry-designed Marques de Riscal while visiting Spain. We even bet that Brangelina got comped for their stay. And some good news for the hotel babysitters---Brad and Angie left the kids behind in Prague.

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]]> juliana 2007-06-25T17:24:00-05:00 Elciego: Frank Gehry's Weird Titanium Hotel Roof Entices Us http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/3/4/233936/8561 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/marquis_de_riscal.jpg" class="imgborder"/><p>Architects with really "out there" ideas must be hated by engineers and drafters, but we love 'em. Frank Gehry, the man behind Spain's Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, has done it again by designing a spooky wave of a structure that's also a luxury hotel, described well in a recent <a href="http://travel.latimes.com/articles/la-trw-gehry4mar04?single_page=y">LA Times review</a> as looking "more like a preliminary, freehand sketch than a finished building".</p><p>This highly non-standard building is in fact the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Marques+de+Riscal/local/333"><b>Hotel Marques De Riscal</b></a>, located 75 miles south of Bilbao in vineyard country. It's one of those hotels where you almost wouldn't mind if the bed was uncomfortable or the food cold, because just living inside such a building is the key part of the amandak 2007-03-05T12:12:36-05:00 Elciego: Frank Gehry, Under the Influence http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2006/10/17/93430/576 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/gehry_hotel.png" class="imgborder"/><p>It may be one of the oldest tricks in the book: using wine to seduce someone your way. Apparently it worked with architect Frank Gehry.<p> At 82 years of age, Gehry is no new kid but he's still one of the world's best architects, holding Bilbao's Guggenheim to his name among many others to boast. Now he can add the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Marques+de+Riscal/local/333"><b>Marques de Riscal</b></a> to that list, an old winery in Spain's Rioja region. Not wanting to take on the project initially, the winery owners did what they do best, lured him in with their passionate red elixir:<p> <blockquote><p>At first, the Canadian-born architect did not want to tackle the small winery project because it would have required many Courtney 2006-10-17T14:15:12-05:00 Search HotelChatter Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/