HotelChatter - Tag: Rosewood Resorts

Rosewood Hotels and Resorts Have a New Daddy

juliana — 2011-06-20T15:45:02-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/rosewoodmayakoba_sexiest.jpg" class="top">The Rosewood Mayakoba While fathers around the country were faking surprise over their new ties yesterday, <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/rosewood resorts">Rosewood Hotels and Resorts</a> were absorbing the news that they suddenly had a new daddy.Hong Kong hotel group, New World Hospitality, has agreed to buy Rosewood for $229 million dollars. The deal is set to close July 29 and it will make Rosewood New World's premiere luxury brand. Rosewood has 19 hotels and resorts worldwide, including <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Las+Ventanas+al+Paraiso/local/185">Las Ventanas al Paraiso</a> in Mexico (home to the infamous <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2010/10/19/13549/479/hotels/Las_Ventanas_Al_Paraiso_s_Director_of_Romance_Sets_the_Mood">Director of Romance</a>), the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2010/7/20/195259/603/hotels/HotelChatter_s_10_Sexiest_Hotel_Rooms_Alive_">Rosewood Mayakoba</a> with its sexy rooms and the hotel that we would like to die in, <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/7/24/95319/5925/hotels/Guess_The_Hotel_Revealed_Inside_the_Carlyle_Hotel">The Carlyle</a> in New York.But now that Rosewood is part

Menlo Park: Angry Birds Protect the Golden Egg at the Sand Hill Hotel

juliana — 2011-04-25T08:57:05-05:00

<![CDATA[ <img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/angrybirdsdisplay.jpg" class="top"> Angry Birds FTW! This might be one of our favorite hotel pastry concoctions ever. The pastry chef at the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Rosewood+Sand+Hill/ian/308710">Rosewood Sand Hill</a> in Menlo Park, Calif. created a special Easter display in honor of Angry Birds, the addictive iPad and iPhone <s>time-waster</s> app and video game. Considering that this hotel is in the shadow of Palo Alto and Silicon Valley, the Angry Birds were very apropro. The birds were put out for the hotel restaurant's, Madera, Easter brunch where ducks, chickens, dwarf goats, turkeys, sheeps rabbits and yes, pot-bellied pigs frolicked on the lawn out front. Although the display is made of edible ingredients, guests were not allowed to get the Golden Egg, er, we

Montecito: More Cool Hotel Jobs: Director of Privileged Pets at San Ysidro Ranch

EricRosen — 2011-01-25T16:06:13-05:00

HotelChatter contributor Eric Rosen will be telling us about some of the coolest hotel jobs 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 he’s talking to next.

Last week we told you about the Loan-A-Lab program at the Ritz-Carlton Bachelor Gulch and this week, we thought we’d also just mention another innovative dog program at another luxury resort, just as a way of looking at the other end of the leash.

San Miguel de Allende: Head South for the Winter at Mexico's Soon-to-Open Rosewood San Miguel de Allende

Jennifer Kester — 2010-09-01T10:56:30-05:00

It's time to start thinking cold-weather trips. Why not head South for the winter? We're thinking way South, like Mexico. One place to hit up San Miguel, which is 177 miles northwest of Mexico City. Not only is the town a UNESCO World Heritage Site with some amazing Spanish colonial architecture, but it's the location of the brand-spankin'-new Rosewood San Miguel de Allende.

The hotel, which will open in early 2011, is now accepting reservations for stays beginning February 1. It's offering a special grand-opening rate starting at $295 a night.

San Jose del Cabo: Las Ventanas Creates a Whole Mythology Behind Its New Uniforms

Jennifer Kester — 2010-08-25T09:19:29-05:00

While some hotel uniforms help set a sexy mood and others seem to have no purpose at all, the new threads worn by staff at Las Ventanas al Paraiso in Los Cabos have elaborate stories behind them.

Mexican designers Maria Rosario Mendoza and Alejandro Julian drew on their country's history and culture to create different get-ups for every department. Each uniform has its own embroidered design or color combo that symbolizes a particular job at the resort. But the hotel stretches the symbolism a bit too far, though.