HotelChatter - Tag: Fontainebleau Hotels

Miami Beach: POTUS Hotel Hopping Hits the Fontainebleau in Miami

MsRebecca — 2009-10-27T11:59:17-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/30451/FbleauObama.jpg" class="top"> Miamis <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Fontainebleau+Resort/local/998">Fontainebleau Resort</a> is no stranger to celebs, from Frank Sinatra to <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/10/20/0279/0446/hotels/Dennis_Rodman_Continues_To_Be_The_Worst_Hotel_Guest_in_Miami">Dennis Rodman</a>. But last night the revamped resort got a <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/6/25/153128/654/hotels/Barack_Obama_Stops_In_at_the_Ritzy_Fontainebleau_in_Miami">return visit</a> from the most famous person on the planet: POTUS.President Obama has been on a bit of a <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/10/21/82030/525/hotels/POTUS_Dresses_Down_Wall_Street_at_Mandarin_Oriental">hotel tour</a> lately, doing his Democratic Party fund-raising at a series of fancy dinners across the country. Last night, his arrival at one of these events was marked with protests as about 200 people carrying placards lined Collins Avenue across from the Fontainebleau. Inside, around 450 people paid between $500 and $15,000 a head to hear POTUS talk, raising an estimated $1.5 million all up. (Were guessing thats just a little over

Miami Beach: More Financial Blues for The Fontainebleau

MsRebecca — 2009-09-17T16:48:08-05:00

You’ve probably already heard that the still-under-construction Fontainebleau Las Vegas went bankrupt. (Although the Miami Herald reports that the property’s lawyers won an additional three weeks in bankruptcy protection this week, as they try to sell the sucker off.)

But what about the Fontainebleau Miami? Well, things aren’t quite so sunny in SoFla either. While the former Rat Pack playground was re-launched with grand Victoria’s Secret-fanfare last year, it appears that the Soffer family who owns the landmark hotel might have overdone it with the $500 million they spent on renovations.

Las Vegas: The Fontainebleau Las Vegas Needs Money To Finish Up

juliana — 2009-04-24T09:01:43-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/Fontainebleau_1.jpg" class="top"> More bad news out of Sin City happened late yesterday as the Fontainebleau Las Vegas</a> filed a $3 billion lawsuit after a group of banks canceled a critical round of financing needed to finish the project. The <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124053251540150809.html">WSJ</a> reports:<blockquote> The suit says that, without the money, the project, "which was nearing completion, is doomed to failure, and thousands of Las Vegas residents will lose their jobs." Around 3,300 construction workers are employed at the site, and an additional 6,000 hotel and casino workers were expected to be hired to staff the resort, projected to open in the fall.</blockquote>Vegas has already been hit hard by the financing woes surrounding CityCenter and the shutdown of the Echelon Project.

Miami Beach: Kosher Caterers Now Have to Schlep to Fontainebleau

Jenna — 2008-12-10T11:15:28-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/6929/fontainebleauext.jpg" class="top"> Oh, Page Six. Not only can we always come to you for the dirtiest gossip, but we know we can always count on you for the classiest ledes. Like this one, kicking off a story about the newly renovated <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Fontainebleau+Resort/local/998">Fontainebleau in Miami</a>: "Miami Beach has changed a lot from the days when so many thousands of elderly Jews retired there, it was called "God's waiting room." Delicate wording aside, <a href="http://www.nypost.com/seven/12102008/gossip/pagesix/kosher_in_exile_143451.htm">Page Six</a> in today's NY Post does raise a pretty good question: where did the kosher kitchen go? Apparently, the property closed for the massive renovations and reopened minus the separate, entirely kosher kitchen. Oh noes! From the <a href="http://www.nypost.com/seven/12102008/gossip/pagesix/kosher_in_exile_143451.htm">Post</a>: <blockquote>Not that there won't be Orthodox

Fontainebleau's "Anticipation Vacation" Sweepstakes

juliana — 2008-11-25T16:48:31-05:00

The Fontainebleau Miami Beach just (officially) opened and already they are offering guests a chance to win a four-days/three-nights vacation to a Fontainebleau Resort of their choice (the Las Vegas property is opening Fall 2009)

Called the The Anticipation Vacation Sweepstakes, the contest asks guests to "share a memorable experience" they have had with the Fontainebleau. Or write up how they would spend their time at a Fontainebleau if they had the chance. Guests can also upload a photo if they so desire.