HotelChatter

Over the weekend, commenter KeatyKat dropped this little gem into our Quinn comment thread:

A friend who works for a vendor of Hilton told me that they sent this enormous freight to Berlin to be revealed at their opening event and it had a Q on it in different color. Could that be the clue? Hello?

Hmm. But we've been hearing that the new name is going to be Denizen. We've also heard other names of Kendara and Social.

What makes all this particularly interesting is that HC's own Andrew Calvo had recently pointed out the possibility that the mysterious Cosmopolitan development would be Global21's birthplace, based on the timing of all the announcements that were set to happen this week. So will this be the new Quinn/Denizen/Kendara/Social? Only time will tell. We'll of course be reporting back whatever we hear as soon as it happens.

But for now, let's go back to this newest name thrown into the ring: Denizen? Officially, this is "a person admitted to residence in a foreign country; especially: an alien admitted to rights of citizenship." Hmmm. That doesn't particularly scream "comfy hotel rooms" or "chic lifestyle brand" to us — but we suppose we'll wait for the official word before we get distraught.

Anyone got any more last-minute news on the mysterious Project Global21? Send it our way.