HotelChatter - Tag: hotel openings

Düsseldorf: New and Neat Melia Hotel Düsseldorf Open Now

amandak — 2009-11-05T14:19:22-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3873/Melia_Hotel_Dusseldorf.jpg" class="top"> Popped into our Hotelchatter Flickr Pool recently (thanks, <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/14167012@N03/">jochenb</a>) were some pics of a new hotel in the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Sol%20Melia%20Hotels">Sol Melia Hotel</a> group: the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Melia+Duesseldorf/ian/328554">Melia Hotel Düsseldorf</a>, Germany. It's just opened up last month and is certainly lookin' neat and tidy, if the photos are anything to go by.More info about the new Melia: it's right in the center of Düsseldorf, and it's opposite the Hofgarten, famous for being the oldest public park in the whole of Germany. And it's close to shopping and sightseeing districts, and most conveniently, just a ten-minute drive from the airport.The Düsseldorf Melia has some opening offer rates starting with their basic double room at 99 ($145) or 139 ($205)

Torrance: Torrance Gets a Sleek, Green Japanese 'Hybrid' Hotel

Heidi Atwal — 2009-11-04T15:57:28-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/32083/miyako.jpg" class="top"> Los Angeles is just the kind of city that embraces cool cultural influences, particularly those from the far Eastand we're not just talking about the multitude of sushi restaurants in greater LA County. We've seen contemporary tea houses, high end hot spring spas, and we just got news that a thoroughly Japanese hotel, <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Miyako+Hybrid+Hotel+Torrance/ian/334748">The Miyako Hybrid</a>, will soon be opening its doors to the public. The Miyako line is apparently well-known in Japan for being ultra-modern and sleek, so its arrival in the City of Angels comes as no surprise. What's shocking is that you won't find it sharing block space in Beverly Hills or West Hollywood, but in Torrance of all places. We're scratching our

Morocco's New Mazagan Beach Resort Opens With a Bang

MsRebecca — 2009-11-03T10:15:23-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/30451/mazagan_fireworks.jpg" class="top"> Fireworks. Fire eaters. Snake charmersjust another night for Lindsay Lohan. (And, no, those are not euphemisms.) If <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/11/2/105530/352/hotels/Lohan_Gets_It_On_Allegedly_With_Gerard_Butler_at_Morocco_Hotel_Opening">yesterdays report</a> of LiLos alleged tryst with Gerard Butler got your heart racing and you want to follow suit, heres a little more info on where the action went down. The Mazagan Beach Resort is located in El Jadida, Morocco, about 55 miles southwest of Casablanca. So, yeah, romance is built right into the sand dunes. And theres a lot of em here: the resort sits on a 4.3 mile beach and you can see the ocean from many of the 500 5-star rooms and suites. The best way to picture the sprawl of Mazagan? Just think of

New York: Kimpton's Next Hotel in NYC Will Be Quite an Eventi

MsRebecca — 2009-11-02T11:59:48-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/30451/Eventi.jpg" class="top"> Now that <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Ink48/local/1019">Ink48</a> is up and running, its time for the seemingly unstoppable folks at <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Kimpton%20Hotels">Kimpton</a> to start focusing on their next New York property: Hotel Eventi in Chelsea. As with some of its other properties (such as Miamis Epic), the hotel will share space with apartments, in this case rentals. The Eventi will also share its entire-city-block with retail stores and an outdoor plaza with public seating. Even better, the developers plan to construct a 20-foot wide screen to be used in the plaza for public and private events. The hotels restaurant will also have a long dining terrace overlooking the plaza. Exterior construction has been progressing above Sixth Avenue in recent months, so

Casablanca: Lohan Gets It On (Allegedly) With Gerard Butler at Morocco Hotel Opening

juliab — 2009-11-02T11:17:54-05:00

Whatever Halloween horrors you saw this weekend, we doubt it can have been much worse than what Gerard Butler might just have woken up to yesterday morning.

According to the Mirror, Gerard had escaped all those cheap tacky parties in LA to go to the opening night of Sol Kerzner’s swish new Mazagan Beach Resort near Casablanca.

Unfortunately for him, it turned out a bit cheap and tacky anyway, as dear old Lindsay Lohan was among the fellow guests. And apparently, after a couple of bevvies, they went through the old dancin’-flirtin-kissin’ routine at the hotel’s new nightclub, Sanctuary, before “leaving the party together in a golf buggy.” A smooth touch there, Gerard. Really smooth.