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Everything Takes a Bit Longer in Miami, Including the Opening of Element
If there's one thing that Miami and hotel openings have in common it's that they both make you wait longer than you'd like. Especially when you need to get permits from City officials to open your doors.
Which is all to say: we're not surprised that Element Miami is still a few weeks away and not already open as we thought it might be by now.
The hotel's website is saying Opening February 16--but taking reservations from March 1. A rep for Element tells us it's safe to say it will be open in 'late February.' And the earliest night we could find a room is March 11, for $159 a night.
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In True Airport Fashion, Hilton JFK Makes Us Wait A Little Longer
Though we thought we had the opening date of Hilton's new JFK hotel pegged, it looks like we'll be waiting a little bit longer. The airport hotel's opening has now shifted back a month and a half from Feb 15 to March 30.
Though tired and worn-out passengers still have their pick of beds (Best Western, DoubleTree, Hilton Garden Inn and Courtyard by Marriott, among others), we were excited for the opening of Hilton's glistening white block of 256 rooms, outfitted with a lounge and sports bar, 24-hour shuttle service, and pool.
Not that we'll be waiting around, twiddling our thumbs until April. Unlike an airport, which pretty much holds you hostage until your flight is deemed ready, we'll simply take our hotel-hopping selves into the city, where certain other properties still have openings planned for March 1.
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An Unexpected Tryp To Wyndham Garden
Bad news if you were planning on staying at the new Tryp by Wyndham in time for Thanksgiving. The yet-to-be-finished hotel taped a sign to their door yesterday re-routing guests to the nearby Wyndham Garden Times Square South, which is less than ideal. Sure, you're still in Times Square. And the originally price will be honored (on average, Tryp's rooms go for about $100 less than Wyndham Garden's).
But if it's a brand new hotel with 'Mediterranean accents' you were looking for, you're going to be disappointed. The closest you'll come is by heading over to Eventi's Bar Basque—they sure have plenty of 'accents' to go around.
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A November Opening Means It's Crunch Time at the Armani Hotel Milan
In just over two weeks, the world will have a second Armani Hotel to drool over. At least, that's the hope. After delaying and missing the hubbub of Milan Fashion Week earlier this season, the Armani Hotel Milan has posted an official opening date to their website: November 10.
Okay, so actually we've known this for a little bit, but the magic of it is that the hotel seems to be sticking to the day. When we snooped around the property earlier this year, we noted that the place looked very much finished from the outside, but that filling out the 96 rooms—boasting the largest hotel room sizes in the whole city—is likely the cause of the autumn date.
Despite the fact that it's totally crunch time at the Armani Milan, they are not yet taking reservations. That, however, doesn't mean you can't add it to your holiday wish list.
[Photo: HotelChatter]
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And Out Of Nowhere, The Hotel Williamsburg Has An Opening Date
It had been a while since we'd heard from our fine friends across the East River. Was it technical difficulties with the taco truck that pushed back the Hotel Williamsburg's opening so far?
The river-facing hot spot has been making waves around the blogosphere for quite some time now, but mostly it's been the same stale factoids tossed around (rooftop bar, central location, uniforms by Brooklyn Industries). Now that an opening date has officially been set (October 17), what other details can we expect from Brooklyn's "full-service urban resort?"
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The W Paris Hotel is Delayed Yet Again, Now Promises to Open on February 14
The Eiffel Tower, as NOT seen from the W Paris.
The W Paris Hotel is not ready to show off their jelly because they've gone and delayed their opening date yet again--this time to the most romantic day of the year, February 14, 2012. Well, we guess that's one way to make it up to us.
The W Paris has been delayed several times this past year, most recently back in April when it said the opening would now be January 2012. Previously, we were all ready to don our Bastille Day finest as the hotel initially was to open on July 1, 2011.
We're not sure what's the hold up but we're really hoping Valentine's Day will do the trick. (It worked for the W London last year.) The only thing that has us holding off on ordering the fur cuffs, silk nighties and hot wax is that virtually nothing has been updated on the hotel's website. Nothing. So we won't start packing our clove cigarettes until we've got a room photo and an open reservations system.
Do you know what's happening on the ground in Paris with the W Hotel? Let us know!
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Hotel Williamsburg Makes Us Wait Just A Little Longer
Heading to Brooklyn for Labor Day weekend? Here's one place you definitely should not count on staying at. The long-awaited Hotel Williamsburg, once scheduled for a June opening, was pushed back to August, and then September. Now, the official date is sometime in October. Do we believe them?
Though we've known details about the building for quite some time (pool cabanas, custom-made uniforms, tacos), construction progress seems to have held up the show. Which is a shame, because—we've said it before—but Williamsburg is an open playing field for boutique hotels. When it comes to competition, there basically is none.
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Element Miami Now 'Opening December 8' But No Rezzies Until 2012
It's slow season in Miami, so we were starting to get excited about a brand new hotel opening to cheer us up. But, well, what do you think happened? That's right--the hotel got pushed back. We're looking at you, Element Miami International Airport.
Apart from being a not-surprising-but-bummer-all-the-same moment, this news is a lesson in paying attention to the fine print. For while, the words "Opening December 8, 2011" run in big letters across the hotel's website, there is some more sobering news to be found when you click through to the announcements section.
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The Flatiron Gets A Sugar Daddy, And They're Hiring
It looks like the Flatiron Hotel might have a future, after all. The ghost hotel, which has remained in a nebulous state of completion since April, finally has a bidder: Robert Chan, president of Brooklyn-based Hotel Toshi has put in an offer, according to The Real Deal.
What's more, the hotel is now ready to start hiring. Thanks to observant hotel geek Kris, we've got some funny pics of the Flatiron's new hiring ads, which went up prominently in the lobby windows this past weekend. Their strategy, it seems, is to keep their career opportunities as mysterious as the hotel lobby itself. Which is fine, as long as we start to see some real action here soon.
We're just wondering if "lobby aquarium caretaker" will be included in any of the positions available.
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Hyatt48Lex is Not Gonna Open This Month, Sending Guests to the Grand Hyatt Instead
Perhaps the forthcoming Hyatt 48Lex was a little too eager with its opening date. After first announcing that it would open in August, the hotel decided to one-up itself and take reservations for July 18 instead.
We got all excited thinking we could stay inside a hotel room with its very own dishwasher in the middle of Manhattan then but we've gotten word today that the hotel ain't gonna make it on time.
A reservation-holding tipster just forwarded us the letter that Hyatt is sending to guests, telling them the hotel will not be open during their stay and instead they will be shuffled off to the Grand Hyatt New York.
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The Nolitan Has an Opening Date! Yes, Again, But This Time It's For Real
Hell hath officially frozen over as we have good news and we have great news from the ever-delayed downtown NYC hotel, The Nolitan. The good news: there is an opening date! Straight from the horse's mouth, we have word that August 1 is the magic day, after nearly ten months of setting it back and then back again.
Now for the great news: August 1 will actually happen at The Nolitan, and introductory room rates of $289 per night are holding steady. They've got their certificate of occupancy, they'll have fresh and glossy photos up on the website soon, and it'll seem like no time until guests are sleeping right off the Bowery, around the corner from hotspot La Esquina and the Bowery Ballroom.
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Hotel Indigo Vancouver Gets Delayed to a December Opening
The Hotel Indigo Vancouver is such a tease. First, it was going to open May 6, then it was pushed to June 15. Now it looks like we won't get any hotel action until Christmastime: The hotel is accepting reservations after December 6.
We're Hotel Indigo fans—we named Hotel Indigo No. 1 for best WiFi in our 2011 HotelChatter Annual WiFi Report—so we are happy the brand is expanding. We're looking forward to having a free-wifi option in Vancouver.
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