HotelChatter - Stories about The Standard Miami

Miami Beach: The Roof Caves In at The Fontainebleau

juliana — 2009-06-08T08:37:08-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/fontainebleau_roof.jpg" class="top">UPDATE: A Fontainebleu rep tells us that contrary to early reports, LIV and Blade sushi were NOT totalled but rather just closed that evening as a safety precaution. All of the Fontainbleau outlets were open and fully operational the next day. Over the weekend, a rough bunch of storms swept through Miami Beach and did some may-jah damage to <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Fontainebleau+Resort/local/998">The Fontainebleau Hotel</a>, which opened only seven months ago after nearly $1 billion renovations were finally completed. While South Florida has been dealing with heavy rains for several days, the storm that blew in brought along with it hail, something maybe those renos didn't account for. According to <a href="http://southflorida.metromix.com/bars-and-clubs/article/the-fontainebleau-is-flooded/1231439/content">Metromix South Florida</a>, parts of the roof in

Miami Beach: Yo' Momma's So Hip...She Goes to the Standard Miami

Jenna — 2009-05-05T12:14:50-05:00

Alright, we can probably quit it with the "yo momma" jokes (mostly because it is no longer 2002 and they are no longer the funny or cool thing), but as Mother's Day approaches — just a few days 'til Sunday the 10th, kiddies — we're gonna keep coming atchya with some last-minute Mother's Day deals.

This one comes from the super hip-n-trendy Standard Miami, whose spa is tres excellent — but the rest of the hotel may have a super-trendy vibe that some of the, er, more tea-and-crumpets-type mothers may not take a liking to (we know our own mothers may not be so down for Standard-ish environs).

Miami: Five Hotels in Miami Under $300 for President's Week

juliana — 2009-02-03T14:03:19-05:00

<![CDATA[Hotels probably consider February one of the most wonderful times of the year, even in a rough economy like this. Aside from lovers taking Valentine's Day getaways, hotels have the opportunity to capitalize on families with children who have the week off in the middle of the month known as President's Week which celebrates the birthdays of U.S. presidents Abraham Lincoln and George Washington. (You know, we almost forgot about this significance since for so long it's usually meant "vacation" for us.)This year, President's Week starts on February 16 and lasts through the 20th. We decided to look at the rates in <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/miami%20hotel%20mambo">Miami</a> for those dates. Why Miami? Because it's easy to get to and because it's warm, especially

Miami Beach: A Fitness Retreat That's Hardly Standard

KatieK — 2009-01-08T15:29:48-05:00

We’re going to wager that most of us would need a little detoxing after a week in SoBe. But why wait until the hangover wears off when you can get reinvigorated before the hangover even starts?

That’s our take, at least, on the Standard Miami’s new fitness retreats. As loyal readers will know, the Standard Miami is already known as somewhat of a bastion of Zen--at least in a yoga party sort of way. But now they’re partnering with NYC-based Method Fitness to offer weeklong retreats that really do sound pretty divine.

Miami: Art Basel Inspires The Standard and The Raleigh's Towel Art

Jenna — 2008-12-04T10:25:24-05:00

Rejoice: we have found the perfect holiday gift that you can distribute to that artsy sister of yours, your hotel-geek friends and your "practical gifts only" mother. Though today's HotelChatter holiday shopping recommendations were not half as fun to spend time researching as the collection of items we picked out at the HHonors store (they have raincoats for dogs! Come on!), this is still kinda kickass: towel art.

Yeah, that sounds fairly unexciting and likely conjures up images of monkeys and elephants built from cruise-ship towels, but think of it like this: you can wrap your body in art, people. The artwork is printed on the towel.