Here are the Detes on The Delano's New, 'Light'er Look

November 21, 2011 at 3:12 PM | by juliana | Comments (0)

We learned last month that The Delano in South Beach, one of HotelChatter's 10 Best Hotels in Miami, was getting a major makeover for its restaurant and bar scene but it turns out the refresh is actually extending up into the guestrooms as well.

Come January, guests will be able to use their smartphones as keys. Finally! Someone else aside from the Holiday Inn near O'Hare airport and a random hotel in Sweden is doing this! We're actually so excited about this new technology that we're thisclose to booking a room in January just so we can try it out.

Guestrooms at the Delano, like many of Morgans Hotel Group's other properties, will also feature in-room iPads that will allow guests to order anything they like from the device whether it be room service, wake-up calls, valet parking, etc. While the hallway corridors and the signature poolside bungalow rooms will be updated, the rest of the guestrooms should remain the same.

But downstairs, the scene will be that of an invigorated and evolved Delano Hotel, thanks to the infusion of Las Vegas' Light Group, which Morgans recently acquired.

For starters, the Blue Door restaurant will be replaced with a new signature restaurant, Bianca, helmed by executive chef Brian Massie. Bianca will serve modern Italian fare (using farm-to-table organic ingredients) for breakfast, lunch and dinner throughout four different dining areas--the main dining room, lounge, veranda and lobby.

Blue Sea, the communal dining experience, will remain open but now with sushi classics from chef Massie. And this being the Delano, where design is paramount, Bianca will also show off a glam new interior:

BIANCA will feature extraordinary design elements, including its antique pillars imported from Southeast Asia, in addition to traditional Italian furniture with a contemporary twist. The windows will be flanked with natural wood blinds covered by gold linen drapes to allow an open and airy feel for guests that want to be part of the glitz and glamour of the iconic Delano.

Once you've finished dining, your options for "going out" will actually involve "staying in" at the hotel. The hotel's Rose Bar will get a mini cosmetic face-lift by including richer fabrics and colors but it's the renovation of the Florida Room where everyone who's anyone will end up this season.

Lenny Kravitz's old basement space will be named FDR after--you guessed it--Franklin Delano Roosevelt. While the description of the lounge only says it's an "invited escape speaking to the need for sexy evolved nightlife" we can confirm that hotel guests will have access to FDR and that it will not be some members-only joint a la Boom Boom Room. We hear it will actually operate very similar to how The Florida Room worked so if you wanna get in, we say get there right when the place opens for the night.

But just a reminder, all these crazysexycool changes won't be unveiled until the new year. So once you've recovered from your New Year's Eve and Day hangovers, throw on your sunglasses and head over to the Delano to test them out. We may even see you there!

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