http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2012-02-15T01:30:19Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/21C%20Museum%20Hotels http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/12/6/234114/726 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/21cmuseumhotel_crystalbridges.jpg" class="top"><p> Now that Wal-Mart heiress, Alice Walton, has opened the <a href="http://crystalbridges.org/"><b>Crystal Bridges Museum of Modern Art</b></a> (it was her millions and her incredible art collection that got the museum off the ground), cultured visitors to the museum in Bentonville, Ark. are in need of an equally cultured place to stay.<p> Fortunately, ground has broken on the new <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/21C+Museum+Hotel/local/347"><b>21c Museum Hotel</b></a>, which will be modeled after the original <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/21C+Museum+Hotel/local/347">21c Museum Hotel</a> in Louisville. And yes, it's also being bankrolled by the Waltons.<p>The hotel will be located in the city's downtown arts corridor but Bentonville is a small town so the Crystal Bridges museum will still be walkable. The four-story contemporary style building will have 103 rooms, juliana 2011-12-07T10:20:31-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2010/6/8/154023/7570 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/21cmuseumlobby.jpg" class="top"><p> <i>The 21C Museum Hotel in Louisville.</i><p>The good news is there's going to be yet another <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/21C%20Museum%20Hotels"><b>21C Museum Hotel</b></a> opening. That will make four 21C Museum hotels--the original in Louisville, the second in Cincinnati, a third in <a href="http://www.21cmuseumhotel.com/futureprojects/">Austin</a> and now, a hotel near Bentonville, Arkansas.<p>The odd news is that the people who are making this third hotel possible are some Wal-Mart people. The Waltons, the heirs to the megastore that famously bans music and books for being too provocative, are now supporting an art hotel. <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703303904575293011211756690.html?mod=WSJ_hpp_MIDDLENexttoWhatsNewsTop">The WSJ</a> reports: <blockquote><p>A Walton family investment arm and partner 21c Museum Hotel of Louisville, Ky., are scheduled to disclose Tuesday that they will construct a $28 million, 130-room hotel juliana 2010-06-08T16:10:57-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2010/1/27/155724/584 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/redceramicpenguins21c.jpg" class="top"><p> <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/21C+Museum+Hotel/local/347"><b>The 21C Museum Hotel</b></a> is one of the funkiest, quirkiest, art/design hotels in the world but if you can't find a way to get to Louisville, Kentucky, don't worry, there's still a way for you to bring home a piece of the hotel's sensibility--through its newly launched <a href="http://shopat21c.com/"><b>Online Shop.</b></a><p>Items from the hotel like scented candles from Malin + Goetz, jewelry from local designer Elva Fields, chocolates from TCHO and 21c-branded items like water bottles ($10), umbrellas ($30), t-shirts ($21, heh) and even mint julep cups ($48.)<p> And for those still lusting after <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2010/1/26/155613/939/hotels/Wrap_Yourself_Up_in_These_Hotel_Bathrobes">hotel bathrobes</a>, the 21c Museum Hotel robe starts at an affordable <a href="https://shopat21c.com/item/23/">$72.</a> However, our favorite item is the 6 1/2" tall<a juliana 2010-01-27T16:05:03-05:00 38.2571396 -85.761490 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/11/5/02842/5577 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/21cmuseumlobby.jpg" class="top"><p> <i>The 21C Museum Hotel in Louisville.</i><p>A reader in Ohio tipped us off last night about this excellent news for downtown Cincinnati--<a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/21C+Museum+Hotel/local/347"><b>The 21C Museum Hotel</b></a> in Louisville, Kentucky will open its second hotel in the old Metropole Hotel next year. And in living up to the museum part of its name, the new hotel will play a huge role in the city's burgeoning contemporary art scene. <p> Here are some detes from the <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS196100+04-Nov-2009+PRN20091104">press release</a>:<blockquote><p>The new 21c Museum Hotel in Cincinnati will be located adjacent to the Contemporary Arts Center and across the street from the Aronoff Center for the Arts. 21c Museum Hotels is working with the Cincinnati Center City Development Corporation on the restoration, juliana 2009-11-05T08:44:22-05:00 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/