http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2012-02-14T16:05:01Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Seattle%20Standard http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/1/10/1512/69255 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3/standard_hotel_seattle.png" class="imgborder"> <p><br> <b>HotelChatter Exclusive</b><br>Weeks ago we told you that HotelChatter readers were chirping about <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2006/12/5/13059/0325/hotels/Andr_Balazs_To_Seattle_Rumors_Part_II">Andre Balazs opening up a Standard Hotel in Seattle</a> now today, an "anonymous" tipster sent us a tip from a not so anonymous email address, and gave us a semi-believable scoop. <p>The scoop centers around a former AB Hotels consultant, a man named Michael "Mic" Neumann a former Seattle native now living in NYC who, through his company <a href="http://www.popdetail.com/">Pop Detail</a>, introduced Andre to the Rudy's Barbershop franchise (which was founded in Seattle) and who also hooked up Andre with various companies that have become tried-and-true Standard Hotel partners. <blockquote><p>Neumann's last act of consultant work for Balazs...was to align Balazs with Seattle real juliana 2007-01-10T16:50:56-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2006/12/5/13059/0325 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3/andre_balazs_beaver_bar_open.png"><p><br> A tipster, who we are not naming, but one whom has proven trustworthy in the past, had this to say on the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2006/12/4/175348/044/hotels/PM_Linkage_Balazs_Seattle_What_Do_You_Know_">Andr&#233; Balazs to Seattle rumors</a>:<p> <blockquote><p> I know that AB wants to open a Standard hotel in every major US city a la W Hotels - there is a huge need for affordable, but stylish, hotels for the 20 and 30 somethings who are traveling now, and want something more exciting than the Holiday Inn.<p> I don't know of any specifics about one opening in Seattle, but Michael Rawson - the former VP of Operations for Hotel AB, Cornell Hotel School '81, and the real hotel brains behind ABs hotels - left the organization to markj 2006-12-05T13:13:09-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2006/12/4/175348/044 Links:
· Hawaii Earthquake Hotel Update [Hawaiirama]
· Christine Delsol on Hotel Del Sol, We Kid You Not [SFGate]
· Birtish Hotels Want To Bring SexyBack in 07 [TimesOnline]
· Check In, Check Out: Goes To Sunny Isles. [NY Times]
· TripAdvisor Blog Doesn't Name Hotels? [tripadvisor.typepad.com]
· Do You Know Something We Don't Know? [HotelChatter/Google]

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