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Hyatt Hotels
Hyatt Andaz Coming to Austin and Midtown Manhattan
October 17, 2008 at 2:50 PM | 0 Comments
A rendering of Andaz Austin.
Andaz fever is spreading (we think we just had an Andazm? No?): Hyatt's funky new brand, which first debuted in London and is headed to West Hollywood and Wall Street in the next year or so, has announced plans for two new locations: Austin, Texas and Midtown Manhattan.
First up will be Andaz Fifth Avenue in midtown Manhattan, opening in late 2009. The 144-room property will be directly across from the New York Public Library and will feature a restaurant and bars, one of which is a wine bar and vino shop downstairs in the cellar. The interior spaces will be designed by Tony Chi, who is known for his work with the Park Hyatt Beijing and the MGM Grand Skylofts.
Hotel News
Austin's Las Manitas Shuttered to Make Way for Marriott
September 3, 2008 at 5:19 PM | 0 Comments
Shut. Up. Las Manitas -- the Austin institution that served up Mexican food with a cult-like following among Southern foodies -- has been (unexpectedly to most, it seems) shuttered.
And why? To make way for -- drumroll please -- a Marriott complex.
In her Texas Monthly dining blog, Patricia Sharpe reports:
The shaky detente between the purchaser of the property (White Lodging Services Corp., parent company of Marriott hotels) and Las Manitas's proprietors, Cynthia and Lidia Perez, came unglued at the end of last week for reasons that are-I'm just going to say they're fuzzy, in order to avoid stepping in a bear trap.
Fortunately, the plan is for Las Manitas to eventually move down the block into another building -- but things look sad over there right now: there's a sign in the window that reads "CLOSED FOREVER." We hope not.
[Photo: Texas Monthly]
Austin Hotels
PM Linkage: Rooms Under $200 for SXSW Festival in Austin
February 20, 2008 at 6:06 PM | 0 Comments
The South By Southwest Music Festival begins March 7th and even though all the official hotels were sold out a while back, there are places to stay in Austin if you wanna be there.
We found a boatload of hotels under $200 on Expedia from March 7-10. Sure, these hotels have zero personality (i.e. Radisson Hotel Austin North, Super 8, Marriott Airport, etc.) but a deal is a deal. For more info how to "do" SXSW, check out Jaunted's Back of the Envelope Guide.
In other news:
· Drunk driver causes havoc on the Rocks in Sydney, smashes into a car at the Park Hyatt. [SMH]
· Just because you're in Cleveland doesn't mean you can't lodge in style.[Bizweek]
· The Waldorf-Astoria collection adds the Dakota Mountain Lodge in Park City to its portfolio.[Centre Daily]
· Times Square's Naked Cowboy a hotelier? [Page Six]
[Photo: Mayhem]
