HotelChatter - Tag: Orient-Express Hotels

New YOrk: The Donnell Library in NYC May Finally Become a Hotel (Suuuuuuure)

juliana — 2011-03-18T10:16:58-05:00

Stop us if you've heard this one before. The former Donnell Library on West 53rd Street in NYC is about to turn into a hotel. Oh wait, you have heard this one before.

We've been waiting for Orient-Express Hotels to work their hotel magic on this building since 2007 but thanks to the crappy economy, nothing has ever materialized. Indeed, Orient-Express even tried to back out of the deal but the New York Public Library system wouldn't budge. (You go, girl!)

Now Orient-Express is looking to sell the property to developers Tribeca Associates, who also did the Smyth Hotel in a partnership with Starwood Hotels. The NY Times reports:

Solidaridad: More Cool Hotel Jobs: Temazcalera at Maroma Riviera Maya

EricRosen — 2011-01-19T09:31:11-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/Temazcal1.jpg" class="top"> All this week, HotelChatter contributor Eric Rosen will be telling us about some of the <a href=http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2010/11/3/19512/1376/hotels/Six_Hotels_Jobs_That_Are_Way_Cooler_Than_Yours>coolest hotel jobs</a> out there. He reached out across the globe to talk to the dynamic folks who do everything from wrangling elephants (and guests!) to designing the latest high-tech gadgetry for your next guest room. So check back every day to see who hes talking to next. The next subject of our Cool Hotel Jobs Series, has to do with what usually turns out to be one of our favorite places in the hotel, the spa. This one is at the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Orient-Express%20Hotels">Orient-Express</a>-branded <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/12/11/91737/025/hotels/The_Mayan_Riviera_s_Maroma_Resort_and_Spa">Maroma Resort and Spa</a> on the Riviera Maya in Mexico, and it is performed by

Keswick: Keswick Hall Is Not Just a Hotel But Now Also, a Golf School

Jennifer Kester — 2010-07-02T10:56:01-05:00

If hearing that Tiger Woods' divorce settlement could cost him $750 million made you consider trying to get your own money career in golf, Keswick Hall can get you started with its Keswick Club's Golf School for the Novice.

Okay, the new golf school doesn't promise you'll be swinging clubs like Tiger, but you'll learn the basics, like choosing the right ball, hitting it out of the bunker and even talking like a golfer—apparently only amateurs say, "I'm going golfing"; proper par parlance is "I am going to play golf."

Keswick: Keswick Hall Plants the New Hotel Trend: A Vineyard

MsRebecca — 2010-05-05T09:34:50-05:00

Wine-pairing dinners at a hotel restaurant? Wine tastings in the lobby? These are all things we can get behind but we'll raise our glasses even higher to the newest hotel trend: hotel vineyards.

The latest hotel to get planting is Virginia's Orient-Express jewel, Keswick Hall, where they expect the first harvest in the fall of 2011 or 2012, depending on the quality of the vines.

Orient-Express Hotels Already Seeing Room Rates Go Up

juliana — 2010-03-26T15:48:11-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/keswickhallOE.jpg" class="top"> The Keswick Hall at MonticelloYesterday, we told you of how mission to seek out just what made <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2010/3/18/95731/2275/hotels/What_Makes_an_Orient_Express_Hotel_an_Orient_Express_Hotel_">Orient-Express Hotl an Orient-Express Hotel</a> during a meetup of general managers of <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Orient-Express%20Hotels">Orient-Express Hotels</a> worldwide. It turns out our efforts to "brand" this collection of luxury hotels was fruitless. The only things that the varied collection of O-E hotels have in common seem to be great service, a luxury experience and an interesting location. Which is not all that bad. (Although we're still hoping on a sort of loyalty program someday.) Nevertheless, while we were sitting there learning about Orient-Express, we Twittered out to <a href="http://twitter.com/hotelchatter">our followers</a> if there were any questions they had for the GMs. The