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Francis Ford Coppola Could Use a 'Godfather' in Buenos Aires
Director/vintner/hotelier Francis Ford Coppoloa is having a tough go with his Jardin Escondido in Buenos Aires. The small boutique hotel got robbed the other night, for the second time. From the Washington Post:
Police say the robbers made off with money and valuables, but more details were unavailable about how or when the robbery occurred. The official news agency Telam quoted a hotel employee as saying nobody was hurt in the incident.
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Is Gisele Bundchen's Hotel Even Open Anymore?
Gisele Bundchen is one of the world's richest supermodels. Heck, she is probably one of the world's richest people having raked in about $45 million last year, according to Forbes.
Most of that money comes from looking pretty but she has other sources of revenue too like her Ipanema flipflops line and her skincare products, Sejaa.
But what's probably not a money maker is her hotel in Brazil, the Palladium Executive, a hotel with apartment-like rooms for business and executive travelers.
We first heard about this hotel back in 2008 but we couldn't find a website for it then. Fast forward three years and a diligent tipster has uncovered a website.
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The Case of the Karl Lagerfeld-designed Hotel Room Made of Chocolate
This is the photo setting the web on fire today, as legend-status fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld stands inside of a hotel room made entirely of chocolate, including a model painted with the sweet stuff. Lagerfeld has been working with the European ice cream company Magnum, and so far they've produced a short video with Rachel Bilson (watch it here) and this—the chocolate hotel room at an unnamed hotel in Paris.
No, you can't sleep in it. OMG—how cool would it be to stay here, though? Just to lay on the bed and lick it, or take a bite of the chair armrest? This is the stuff of drug-influenced dreams right here.
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Celebrity Smackdown at The Standard NYC
Samantha at left, Paz at right. Trust us, it is not easy to find a flattering photo of Paz.
Just when New York's Standard Hotel attempts to class things up by bringing in Salman Rushdie to hand-select the hotel library, two catty actresses have to steal the headlines. Apparently The City's semi-reality show star Samantha Swetra made some remarks that offended Boardwalk Empire actress Paz de la Huerta, and the b*tchslapping began. Actually, it was full-on punching, reports Fox:
The fight apparently began after Swetra made a few snide remarks aimed at de la Huerta -- prompting the actress to throw a glass and punch the reality star in the face
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'Mad Money's' Jim Cramer Hawks 'Executive Boutique Inn' in Jersey
It's not uncommon for celebrities to get into the hotel game but a famous TV money manager? That's new to us! But should you ever find yourself in the leafy suburb of Summit, New Jersey, "Mad Money's" Jim Cramer will welcome you to The DeBary Inn, a sort of bed and breakfast spot that's billed as an "executive boutique inn."
While there's nary a mention of of Jim Cramer's name on the inn's website site, the top banner of the page features Cramer doing his tough money manager crossed-arms pose. And there's also an "As seen on the Martha Stewart Show" link. When we clicked that link, it took us to the Martha Stewart website where there was a video of Cramer doing a hard sell on the Debary Inn from last March.
So is this joint up to corporate snuff? Considering that we've spent a lot of time in Summit (ok, we grew up there), we've never really heard of the DeBary as a place to stay. But maybe Jim has breathed some new life into it.
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My Own Private Island: David Copperfield's Musha Cay, the Bahamas
Where: Bahamas
All this week, HotelChatter contributor Eric Rosen will be taking us on a guided tour of the globe’s most exclusive, luxurious, over-the-top vacation retreats in our new Private Islands Series. We’ll venture from the Bahamas to Fiji, from Africa’s crystalline Lake Tanganyika to the emerald waters of Cambodia, and everywhere in between. That is, everywhere you can be ruler of your own little island.
Obviously we’re hotel folk at heart. We love checking out everything from the latest trends to how they’re stocking the minibars to the most fashionable uniforms, but even we have our antisocial moments…and in those moments, our minds drift to the various paradises of sumptuous solitude that we’ve come across in our reading: private vacation islands you can have to yourself. So come along with us as we sail from cays to atolls, and jet from secluded sandbars to isolated islets in our week-long series on Private Islands.
We begin our week with one of the most fabulous private islands in the world, and it’s actually close to home in the sandy atolls of the Bahamas on the private playground of no less an illustrious illusionist than David Copperfield! It’s called Musha Cay, and is in the secluded Exuma chain of islands, about 85 miles southeast of Nassau.
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Quarterback Joe Montana Now Fancies Himself a Hotelier
Go long...down the hallway, past the ice machine!
If you're NFL great Joe Montana and you want to open up a luxury hotel, where are you gonna do it? Why in Santa Clara, Calif. right across the street from where your old team, the San Francisco 49ers, hope to build a brand-new 68,500-seat stadium. And indeed, that's what Joe Montana is hoping to do.
The San Jose Mercury News reports Montana and former 49ers owner Eddie DeBartolo Jr. have petitioned the city of Santa Clara to give them an 18-month exclusive negotiating agreement for about seven acres across from the proposed stadium site that would include a luxury hotel, sports bar, upscale restaurant and entertainment venue.
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Karl Lagerfeld Is Designing Hotels...On His Own Fashion Island, Of Course
Feast your eyes on Fashion Island! No sign of Posh Spice, as was the early rumor, but Karl Lagerfeld? He's all over it. Of course. It's a man-made island with luxury boutiques, 150 villas and three highest-of-the-high-end hotels.
The fashion blogosphere is in a lather over this news, as you can imagine, and we're also pretty damn excited about seeing what Uncle Karl has in store for us hotel-wise. After all, you know he's going to want to blow Armani Hotels and Missoni Hotels out of the water.
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Marlon Brando's French Polynesian Resort to Open in Late 2012
Imagine...all of this...for you.
This might be the first posthumous celebrity hotel we've heard about--Marlon Brando's vision for a Tahitian resort on the islands of Tetiaroa will come true nearly eight years after the legendary actor's death. The Brando is now expected open in late 2012.
Purchased by Marlon Brando in 1965, Tetiaroa is a 13-island chain circled by a coral reef offering a tranquil and pure paradise 35 miles from the island of Tahiti. The Brando is a product of Brando’s vision to create a project which will resonate with visitors and also foster opportunities for guests to get to know both the place and the people of French Polynesia.
On-site The Brando will have 47 deluxe bungalow villas (each with private plunge pools) along with your typical resort amenities like a spa, fitness center, community pool, two restaurants and access to island activities like scuba diving and local tours.
But, in accordance with Brando's wishes, the resort will also give guest the opportunity to explore not only the island but French Polynesia's culture and history with activities such as guided archaeological tours of Tahitian sites.
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Oh No, Not Again. Paris Hilton Wants To Open Her Own Hotels
Very disturbing news on the celebrity hotels front today--aging party heiress Paris Hilton has recently expressed her desires to get into the family business. Yes, that's right. Even after witnessing her sister Nicky fail to open a hotel in Miami, after much, much, hype, Paris still thinks she can open her own brand of hotels. From Fox News:
“I've pretty much done all you can do, but my next project that I'd like to do is get more involved in real estate – just from being in the business and growing up in it my whole life, it's always something I've been interested in,” Hilton told Pop Tarts last week at the launch of her 10th fragrance “Tease,” inspired by the classic beauty and glamour of Hollywood goddess Marilyn Monroe. “And right now that I've done everything I’ve wanted to do, that would definitely be the next step, to open my own hotels.”
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Five Boutique Hotels for Your Palm Springs Getaway
Grounds of the Parker Palm Springs
If you can take the desert heat, Palm Springs is the ultimate retro retreat. It was the playground for Hollywood stars in the 1950s, and remnants of that era can be found in the midcentury-modern hotels that now serve stars like Twighlighter Kellan Lutz and blond sweethearts Kate Bosworth and Alexander Skarsgard. We offer five boutique hotels for your consideration when you want to hang in Coachella Valley.
Find out our five Palm Springs picks after the jump.
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The Margaritaville Beach Hotel: A Place for Parrotheads To Um, Rest Their Heads
Parrotheads, your long-awaited dream has come true. No need to escape to the Banana Republics to find a cheeseburger in paradise or waste away in Margaritaville. You don't even need to make changes in latitude to get drunk (and screw) as the first-ever Margaritaville Hotel inspired by the "lyrics and lifestyle" Jimmy Buffett will open this summer in Pensacola Beach, Fla. on the Gulf of Mexico.
There have been many talked-about locations for Margaritaville Hotel before but it looks like this hotel made it the easiest for Jimmy to agree to use his name.
According to a press release, the hotel's owner, Marilyn Hess, President of Little Sabine, Inc., was finalizing the details on this hotel last month when she had the opportunity to meet with Buffett in Panama City Beach at his Margaritaville Cafe there. She liked him, he liked her offer and as Buffett himself says, "I guess you never quite know what is going to happen when you take a road trip east on Highway 98; sometimes things come together for a reason."
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