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What You Get for $20K in The Stoneleigh's New Penthouse Suite

Go To The Hotel's Web Site Where: 2927 Maple Ave [map], Dallas, TX, United States, 75201
March 11, 2009 at 3:39 PM | by | Comments (0)

The Penthouse of the recently-renovated Stoneleigh Hotel & Spa in Dallas is a bit like a Texas woman: beautiful to begin with — but with tons and tons of accessories and add-ons that make her seem to some people a little, er...over-the-top.

But that depends on your tastes, of course. The top two floors of the Stoneleigh are, to say the least, lavish: originally designed by Dorothy Draper back in the '30's, the two-story, 7,200 square-foot suite was given a top-to-bottom makeover by Carleton Varney during the recent property-wide $36 million renovation. The Penthouse is made up of three bedroom suites, a dining room, a living room, a library and bar, a 590-square-foot terrace and seven bathrooms. Seven. Yes.

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Element Irving Delayed Until February

Go To The Hotel's Web Site Where: 3550 Highway 635 [map], Irving, TX, United States, 75063
October 29, 2008 at 10:00 AM | by | Comments (0)

For now, the Dallas/Fort Worth area -- who, it seems, is always one of the first cities in the country to see properties from new chains -- will have to make do with their sparkling new Alofts to get their Starwood fixes for now.

Element Irving, which we had originally heard would be opening on November 1st (this Saturday), is delayed. Per their website, the first Element in Texas won't be offering up its eco-conscious rooms until February 19th, 2009. While we'd like to think the folks out there changed their minds about the decidedly blah design and wanted to some extra time to jazz it up a bit, it's probably just another hotel construction delay.

Meanwhile, Aloft Las Colinas is officially up and running, though there are no reviews on TripAdvisor just yet and we haven't heard much about it (tipsters?). Aloft Plano, however, has us scratching our heads: last we checked, the hotel still seemed on track for its November 20th opening. Then we hopped on over to their website and saw they were taking reservations for arrival on or after November 13th; then we called, where an outgoing voicemail informed us the hotel would be "opening October 2008." So, Aloft Plano is, er, coming soon-ish.

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The Five Best Hotels in Dallas for Yankees

October 15, 2008 at 5:13 PM | by | Comments (0)

Dallas can be a daunting place for a Northerner. Big hair, big SUV's, big malls and big belt buckles (oh, we're not stereotyping -- lots of people wear big belt buckles, lay off us) are not as easy to handle as the innocuous ol' big skyscrapers up in the big Northern cities. Plus, people are like, nice and friendly and stuff. Which is...different.

Any Yankee might be nervous to venture down to the Big D, but HotelChatter's guide to the Five Best Hotels in Dallas for Yankees will help you navigate the glam city that everyone from JR to J. Simp has called home.

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Starwood Does Dallas :: Aloft Las Colinas Now Open, Plano on the Way

Go To The Hotel's Web Site Where: 122 East John Carpenter Freeway [map], Irving, TX, United States, 75062
October 9, 2008 at 9:45 AM | by | Comments (0)

You may remember the Dallas 'hood Las Colinas if you're up on your pop culture references: many folks say LC was the inspiration (and at least the partial filming location) for the suburban corporate town in the 1999 oh-so-relateable movie Office Space.

Accordingly, Starwood has put an Aloft there: it's got lots of office space (hehe), plenty of casual dining chain restaurants in which the waitstaff dons suspenders accented with pieces of flair, and there are plenty of business travelers going in and outta there.

Today, Aloft Las Colinas is open. It's the first Texas location of the Aloft/Element family to get up and running, and (like a Las Colinas mustang) it has pulled ahead of the rest of the planned Dallas metro area properties. Aloft Plano debuts November 20th, Element Irving (pretty much in Las Colinas, actually) will open up on November 1st, and Aloft Frisco and Aloft Grapevine will be arriving a little later in the year.

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