We know how Barry Sternlicht loves to surprise and create puns and play around with words: he named W Hotels because it's the only letter of the alphabet with more than one syllable, and W's whole marketing is based around putting W's in their promotions and creating words based on W.

So we shouldn't have been too surprised when 1 Hotels updated their website to remove the Paris and Mammoth Mountain locations, but left the Seattle, NYC, Washington DC and Scottsdale locations and added a new page about One - even though we've heard numerous rumors about the brand being put on indefinite hold. ]]> AndrewC 2008-09-29T16:41:55-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/7/28/12729/5130 <![CDATA[<p> <img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/8580/1hotellogos.jpg" class="imgborder"><p> <p> With a very (very) heavy heart, we are reporting today on something from our sources: Starwood Capital's <b>1 Hotel &amp; Residences</b> brand is being substantially scaled back.<br> <p> We mean like.. Instead of the 6 locations listed on their website, and an additional three locations announced since then (<a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/6/16/10334/5185/hotels/Atlanta_s_Streets_of_Starwood_Capital_er_Streets_of_Buckhead">Atlanta-Buckhead</a>, <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/5/21/112051/041/hotels/More_1_Hotels_Are_Coming_To_New_York_and_Cleveland">Cleveland, Ohio</a> &amp; <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/6/26/101112/537/hotels/A_Look_at_the_Uber_Green_Goodness_Expected_to_Ooze_Out_of_The_1_Hotel_Vancouver_Island">Vancouver, BC</a>), the world will only see one or two 1 Hotels open in the next few years, as the rest have been permanently or temporarily put on hold due to market conditions.<br> <p> Our sources tell us that only the Vancouver, BC location and New York City location are still scheduled to be built, although the NYC location will AndrewC 2008-07-28T13:36:14-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/7/21/124957/042

Now we can add Baccarat Hotel and Residences to Dubai's ever growing portfolio of hotels. Over the weekend, Starwood Capital and Mr. S himself, announced the Baccarat Hotel & Residences at Dubai Pearl.

For those who gave up keeping track of Dubai's developments years ago - Dubai Pearl is made up of retail, hotels, residences, and commercial components and is located right at the foot of the Palm Jumeriah (you know, the smaller of the 2 man-made islands in the shape of a palm tree.) ]]> AndrewC 2008-07-21T12:54:24-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/6/26/101112/537

So two days ago we briefly reported how Starwood Capital and Marine Drive Properties is developing the 1 Hotel & Residences Vancouver Island in British Columbia (that would be Canada), within the Wyndansea development, but it took a day for us to realize just how cool this 1 Hotel location is.]]> AndrewC 2008-06-26T16:30:06-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/6/25/43426/5904

Things aren't going too well for the 1 Hotel Seattle.

If things weren't already bad enough for Barry Sternlicht's Seattle baby, Avalon Holdings (a significant partner and the original developer of the hotel) has sold its entire interest in the project to Starwood Capital. ]]> AndyG 2008-06-25T10:19:17-05:00 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/