HotelChatter - Tag: element hotels

Element Hotels Open in Denver and in Dallas

juliana — 2009-09-21T12:33:56-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/element_lexington_room.jpg" class="top"> <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/element%20hotels">Element Hotels</a>, a spin-off of the <a href="Http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/westin hotels">Westin Hotels</a> brand, are slowly but surely expanding. The green extended-stay hotel chain has announced the openings of their fifth and sixth hotels in <a href="http://www.starwoodhotels.com/element/property/overview/index.html?propertyID=3161">Denver Park Meadows</a> and at Dallas Ft. Worth Airport North.Rates at the Element Denver, which is actually on the outskirts of the city near the Denver Tech Center, start at $144 a night for a room with a king bed and a queen sleeper sofa and that rate includes a full hot breakfast. You can also make your own meals in the full kitchens that come with every room. Rates at the Dallas Airport location were not available yet as the hotel is

Lexington: Get Charged at the Element Lexington

MsRebecca — 2009-09-09T15:28:49-05:00

We told you about the electric car-charging station at the Element Lexington when they announced that they were installing one back in July. But now we can bring you photos of the charger in action. And doesn’t it look cute?

Element Lexington Gets an Electric Car-Charging Station

Jenna — 2009-07-20T16:35:47-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/6929/elementlexington.jpg" class="top"> We'll give a thumbs up to this initiative even though it's just another notch in <A href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/element hotels">Element's</a> green bedpost (teehee): Starwood's new eco-friendly, low-priced chain announced today that they'll be installing an electric car charging station at its <A href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Element+Lexington/local/1265">Lexington property</a>. Almost as cool as the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/4/21/232919/285/hotels/Best_Green_Hotels_in_the_U_S_for_Earth_Day">Charles Hotel's Juice Bar</a>, Carbon Day Automotive has established a partnership with Starwood to split the cost of installing one of their ChargePoint Charging Stations in Lexington, slated to be up and running tomorrow. These stations offer universal plug-ins for electric cars, buses, Segway scooters and bikes, and "subscriptions" are sold in units of "sessions," which the Chargepoint site describes as a "transaction that covers the entire charging

Brands Born in the Recession: Where Are They Now?

Jenna — 2009-06-22T13:16:58-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/2009BER.jpg" class="top"> It's no secret that the economy has had a massive impact on the hotel industry. Hotel openings have been delayed; construction has been halted on properties in development; jobs have been lost; room rates have been slashed but the last several years also saw a boom in the introduction of new brands and a handful of entirely new, supposedly game-changing segments (the "budget chic" pack, for example). Naturally, with the introduction of each new brand came a wave of hype and some big, big expansion plans and then came the recession. Needless to say, those big plans changed. Here's a look at the current state of some of those newer brands a progress report,

Element and Aloft Are Coming to Manhattan. Someday.

Jenna — 2009-06-12T10:49:00-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/6929/elementhouston.jpg" class="top"> Not to bum you out on a Friday or anything, but we were hearing some sorta-sad whispers about a pack of budget hotels planned for Manhattan that are getting seriously delayed. Specifically, budget hotel guru <A href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Sam%20Chang">Sam Chang</a> the dude behind many, many affordable hotel developments in the NYC area and his McSam Hotel Group have delayed starting construction on five projects planned for Manhattan. We already knew McSam's <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Tri-Pack%20Hotel">Tri-Pack </a>hotel was having some issues and delays, but some of the upcoming hotels are already facing major setbacks before any shovels have hit the dirt. But what hotels are they? We took a lookie-look at the glorious <a href="http://www.hvs.com/staticcontent/library/nyu2009/survey/NewSupply.html">HVS Hotel Market Overview</a> this morning