HotelChatter - Tag: New Hotels

Chicago: Kimpton To Have A Foursome In Chicago With The Hotel Palomar

JetSetCD — 2009-10-09T08:48:34-05:00

On Monday, we went inside of Kimpton Hotels' newest property, the Ink48 Hotel in Manhattan. It had animal-print robes, free wireless internet, and pretty spacious rooms by New York standards; we liked it. This opening will hardly be the last in a while for Kimpton however, as in May 2010, they plan to open the Hotel Palomar over in Chicago, bringing another of their brands to the Windy City.

As it is, Chicago already has three other Kimpton Hotels: The Hotel Monaco, The Hotel Burnham, and The Hotel Allegro, so do they really need another?

The answer, after the jump.

Perth: Perth To Get A New, Old Six-Star Hotel

amandak — 2009-02-24T14:46:58-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3873/Old_Treasury_Building_perth.jpg" class="top"> The Western Australian capital of <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/city/Perth">Perth</a> has its share of high-end hotels, but nothing that's claimed to be six-star luxury--until now. Well, until soon, because it's just been announced that <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Amanresorts">Aman Resorts</a> and friends are in talks to redevelop a key city site into a luxury hotel.The Old Treasury Buildings are an historic part of downtown Perth and they've been empty for more than ten years now while everyone agreed on what should be done--being a heritage-listed site always makes it tricky. Now it looks like a slim tower will be added on to the back of the building and that will become the six-star hotel with up to 90 rooms.The older part of the

Atlantic City: The Chelsea AC "Isn't Just a Hotel With a Restaurant"

AndrewC — 2008-09-11T14:05:26-05:00

Curtis Bashaw describing guest reactions to The Chelsea

We had an opportunity during our stay at The Chelsea this weekend to catch up with Curtis Bashaw, the developer of The Chelsea and he gave us a tour of hotel including the as-yet unfinished portions of the hotel like Lite rooms, the Crystal Room, and the Sea Spa.

Since we had Curtis' undivided attention for a short while, we asked him a few questions that were on our mind:

Tempe: Le Meridien in Arizona So Not Happening Now

AndrewC — 2008-08-28T16:00:18-05:00

In one of the odder news stories about new hotels, the Hayden Ferry Lakeside development in Tempe, Ariz., which was to include condos, a hotel, retail and office space, has told Starwood's Le Meridien to take a hike.

The Valhalla Development Group, the developers of the project, are ready to have a groundbreaking in December, but Le Meridien isn't ready to commit to the project yet - so the developers decided to go with another 4-star hotel brand which has not yet been announced.

Atlantic City: AC's Chelsea Teases Us With Ribbon Cutting But At Least It's Partially Open

AndrewC — 2008-07-22T16:05:20-05:00

Last Friday The Chelsea, which is calling itself Atlantic City's first non-casino boutique hotel in decades had their ribbon cutting announcing their Grand Opening.. buuuuttt -- the real opening won't be until August 1st.

Huh?

Yep.. Guests have been staying at The Chelsea since the beginning of July, and the Chelsea's website has been taking reservations since then - but not all the rooms are finished, and none of the amenities are opening until August 1st.