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Hilton's Homewood Suites and Garden Inn Coming to Brooklyn

April 24, 2008 at 10:05 AM | 0 Comments

Hilton's Homewood Suites is coming to New York City for the first time and it's just five miles from midtown Manhattan! Wait, what?....Yeah, that's what it says on the press release but these peeps are actually talking about Brooklyn. Still, nice try. We're sure someone in Fargo bought that.

Anyways, the 100-suite property at 313 Gold Street, is in Downtown Brooklyn near Manhattan Bridge, likely affording guests some killer views of the city's famed skyline.

The groundbreaking, which will be part of a joint new build with a Hilton Garden Inn, is expected to start this September and be completed a year later. The hotel will sport all of the amenities Homewood Suites is known for, like the Suite Start breakfast, Welcome Home Reception and free Internet.

We're guessing the hotel will appeal to cost-conscious travelers who aren't afraid to navigate New York's subways, because anyone who's attempted to go to Brooklyn from Manhattan via taxi knows how often cab drivers refuse to go there.

One suggestion to Homewood Suites Brooklyn: Don't put an advert for Grand Theft Auto on the side of your building. Or pictures of the Twin Towers on your website for that matter either.

[Photo via Brooklyn Eagle]

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Hotel Hype: Homewood Suites

April 5, 2006 at 4:25 PM | 1 Comment

Here is a perfect example of Hotel Hype that doesn't come from a press-hungry boutique hotelier or more specifically, Jason Pomeranc.

Hilton has just announced that they will build  a $15 million, 93-suite Homewood Suites hotel in Abacoa, Fla. (next to Florida Atlantic University, just outside the North Palm Beach area.)

Now, getting the hotel built by the expected opening date of January 2007 should not be a problem because Hilton is behind it. But the developer has already said the hotel will be "very high tech" in order to accommodate the FAU and soon-to-open Scripps Research Center. But there are no more details after that, leaving us to wonder what the developer's definition of high-tech is.

Does this mean flat-screen TVs? Free wireless? E-check in stations? Mini-bars with automatic sensors? Imagine how disappointed a traveler will be when they arrive at the Abacoa Homewood Suites expecting high-tech amenities and all they get is ethernet access. Homewood better deliver.

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· Work begins on $15 million, 93-suite Hilton hotel [Sun-Sentinel]
· Hotel Hype [HotelChatter]