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W Hotels
Snapshot:: The W Seattle's Lobby...Er...'Living Room'
April 24, 2008 at 5:12 PM | 0 Comments
Although the W Hotels' insistence that we hotel guests refer to their lobby as the Living Room ranks high on our Things That Annoy Us About W Hotels list, we can't help but have a strong urge to book a flight to Seattle and park it in the living room of the W Seattle.
Look how cozy that looks! We can almost see ourselves there now. We'll even break out our old flannels and Doc Martens just for the trip. Yet we might need to dip into Kurt Cobain's estate to afford it. Both the hotel website and Expedia have rooms for this weekend at $238 a night (non-refundable and no cancellations allowed.)
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Courtyard By Marriott Hotels
Courtyard By Marriott Unveils Happening New Lobby Look in Virginia
April 1, 2008 at 12:44 PM | 0 Comments
We love Courtyard by Marriott hotels because of their free and fast-working WiFi but sometimes the bland decor and furnishings can feel too much like a boring business hotel--an extension of the cubicle perhaps.
But there's some great news. Courtyard is getting a new look in their lobbies, starting with the Courtyard By Marriott Fair Oaks in Virginia. Above is a video tour of the new lobby.
The signature piece of these renovated lobbies is the exclusive Courtyard GoBoardTM:
a 52-inch LCD touch screen packed with local information, maps, weather, and news, business and sports headlines. Guests can navigate using the touch screen to find restaurants, local attractions and directions.
The lobbies also sport more colorful decor, tons of places to sit and do work (using that free WiFi we heart so much) or to just hang out and watch TV. There's even a bar, Centro, that looks like a bar you might actually hang out. We spied some women in this video drinking martinis!
The hotels will also feature The Market, a 24-hour shop for snacks and beverages and even toiletries like toothpaste and a toothbrush. What we like the best? A free printer and separate computer stations dedicated to printing airline boarding passes and checking flight status.
You can find out more about the lobby and its new accessories at GoCourtyard.com which has a schpiel by Brian King, vice president, Global Brand Manager for Courtyard and real guests talking about the new lobby. A minimum of eight more hotels this year will get the new lobby look and as many as 100 will get it in 2009.
Find out which Courtyards will get the upgrade after the jump.
