HotelChatter - Tag: Hotel Renovations

HotelChatter - Tag: Hotel Renovations http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2009-11-23T17:31:03Z HotelChatter HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Hotel%20Renovations Miami Beach: The Loews Miami Beach Gets a Facelift To Keep Up With Hot New Neighbors http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/11/23/111853/77 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/loewsrenorooms.jpg" class="top"> Image is everything in South Beach. And keeping up with the hot new things requires maintenance. So, with all those swank new hotels opening up further up the beachthe <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/W+South+Beach/local/126">W South Beach</a>, <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Hotel+Gansevoort+South+::+Paradiso+Miami/local/125">Gansevoort South</a>, et. al.one of Miami Beachs stalwart oceanfront hotels, the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Loews+Miami+Beach+Hotel/ian/150417">Loews Miami Beach</a>, is getting a facelift. A $50 million facelift at that. The Loews has been a Miami Beach landmark for 10 years now, so its probably time for a bit of a spruce up. As one of the chains most visible properties, the hotels renovations were a priority for Loews Chairman and CEO, <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/jonathan tisch">Jonathan Tisch</a>. It was Tisch who asked for a more dramatic, open, and MsRebecca 2009-11-23T12:10:12-05:00 Washington: Washington Marriott at Metro Center Gets Spiffed Up http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/11/20/94614/108 <![CDATA[ <img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/fireandsageresto.jpg" class="top"> In recent years, Washington DC's downtown has transformed into a destination you might actually want to hang out. Or at the very least, those safe-clean-friendly claims being made about it a few years ago are now much closer to being true! Think haute restaurants, quality theatre and galleries, and much, much more foot traffic. (There's even a trendier name for the 'hood: Penn Quarter.) For Marriott's part, they've responded to the neighborhood's spiffier image with an $11 million renovation at the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Marriott+At+Metro+Center/ian/107184">Washington Marriott at Metro Center</a>, just in time to celebrate the hotel's 15-year anniversary. The 459-room hotel recently unveiled its new contemporary look and feel, which includes 32-inch plasma screen TVs, tech-friendly plug-in panels, KatieK 2009-11-20T12:09:30-05:00 New York: Trump International Will Stay Open During 2010 Renovations http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/11/16/105718/31 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/30451/Trump_reno.jpg" class="top"> With all the breathless anticipation over the February opening of the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Trump+Soho+/local/274">Trump SoHo</a>, we almost forgot that the Don and the kids had other properties. (Almost but not quiteafter all, how can you miss those towers cutting off your access to the sun?) But you don't expect the Trumps to let their flagship baby languish while the cool kid downtown gets all the attention, do you? Of course not! So it will come as no surprise, then, that the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Trump+International+Hotel/local/1579 ">Trump International Hotel & Tower New York</a> (that big sucker at the bottom of Central Park) is getting a multimillion-dollar spit and polish come January. While the Forbes (formerly Mobil) Five-Star Hotel has always MsRebecca 2009-11-16T11:14:40-05:00 New York: Reality Star Gives Makeovers in Madeover Suites at The Kimberly Hotel http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/11/12/103451/19 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/30451/ShearGenius.jpg" class="top"> We know what youre thinking: reality TV stars at hotelsno, thanks. But this tale does not involve Speidi or Omarosa or a certain single father of eight. No, the reality TV dude in question here is Danish hairdresser Rene Fris, who was one of the judges for Bravos Shear Genius. Here he is wielding his scissors in a suite at the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Kimberly+Hotel/ian/114198>"Kimberly Hotel</a> in Midtown Manhattan. But before you get too excited, Fris has not started a salon residency in the hotelhe was there to give a few lucky folks a makeover. The hair, make-up, and styling session bestowed upon Fred and Susan Denischuk and their daughter Melanie Jaskiw was a silent auction prize at the MsRebecca 2009-11-12T11:09:37-05:00 Palm Springs: The New Spa at The Parker Palm Springs Believes in a Good Stiff Drink http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/11/10/11047/307 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/PSYC_pool_yoga_tent.jpg" class="top"> Heading down to the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Parker+Palm+Springs/local/717">Parker Palm Springs</a> for a relaxing weekend in the desert? It turns out there's more to do there than just lay by the pool and sip on cocktails. The hotel has just finished renovating their <a href="http://www.palmspringsyachtclub.com ">Palm Springs Yacht Club</a> spa (PSYC) and it's not exactly what you would expect. Take a look at the spa's mission statement: <blockquote> We believe in the American country club experience: mixed doubles, a long steam, and a stiff cocktail. </blockquote>And indeed the new spa space makes access to a cocktail just as important as access to a heavy-handed masseuse.The spa has created a new lounge with dark leather chairs, coffee tables and lit by juliana 2009-11-10T15:42:13-05:00 Search HotelChatter Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/