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Hotel Blog Watch :: Aloft Washington-Dulles North

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7/14/2008 at 10:35 AM
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With the Aloft hype machine in full-effect as Starwood begins to close in on world domination, it's refreshing to see an Aloft property that has taken things (albeit ever-so-slightly) into their own hands as far as making the hotel feel a bit less, well, corporate.

The Aloft Washington-Dulles Airport, which is slated to open in early November, has their own blog and, honestly, we're really happy it exists, if only because it doesn't look like it was created by the pink-loving, sometimes slang-abusing Starwood marketing squad.

While a good bit of the content on the blog is no more than copied-and-pasted press releases, some of the stuff is very honest-to-goodness, community-specific news and updates on the project's construction progress.

Our fave entries are the staff intros because they give the property an identity and the personal entries help to tone down the one-of-many feeling of the rapidly-multiplying brand. Also, fun fact: the biggest fish the GM ever caught was "a 4.5 feet long / 2 feet in girth Rockfish."

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IHeartJennaB
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bangerang
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Re:Aloft Washington-Dulles North (none / 0)

agreed.

by bangerang on 7/14/2008 at 11:27 AM



philadelphiaguy
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Re: Hotel Blog Watch Aloft Dulles North (none / 0)

Is the link you have in this story the right one? Blogger says it has no blog at that name and it's available for purchase. Could this have been taken down already??

by philadelphiaguy on 7/14/2008 at 11:51 AM



philadelphiaguy
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Re: Hotel Blog Watch :: Aloft Dulles North (none / 0)

Spoke too soon...
found it at aloftdullesnorth.blogspot.com

by philadelphiaguy on 7/14/2008 at 11:55 AM



GMILLERatPMHS
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Aloft Washington-Dulles North (none / 0)

Thank you for taking notice of our efforts to provide relevant community information and personalized stories.  Our preopening team is truly the best we have ever assembled led by  Milan Patnaik as GM with capable assistance from our Sales/Relationship Guru Becky Davis & our worldly Dir of Ambiance William Chang.  Now in the final stages of construction and fit-out, the aloft is located in a park-like setting in beautiful Loudoun, VA (Discover Loudoun here: www.visitloudoun.org).  Not far from one of the world's biggest international airports, we are blessed to have the Blue Ridge Mountains and spectacular Shenandoah Valley nearby.  Speaking for the team, we look forward to hosting you at our new sassy savvy space.
Best, Greg

by GMILLERatPMHS on 7/14/2008 at 11:51 PM


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