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WSJ Finds Montage Beverly Hills to Be a Little Shaky
The Wall Street Journal's "Finicky Traveler" spent the night at the Montage Beverly Hills, the urban sibling to the Montage Laguna Beach that was just (finally) completed in Beverly Hills — and she found things to be a little bit, er, up and down, if not kinda shaky for the super-steep price (which, cause o' the economy, had been reduced to $395 nightly from the originally-planned $480 - $595).
Though she was impressed with the sheer size and design of the place — 201 rooms done up in a building that has a Spanish Colonial revival design, with its 20,000-square-foot spa with 17 treatment rooms, salon, fitness center, and yoga and Pilates studio — there was some, uh, room for improvement during her experience.
A few highlights (or lowlights): she mentioned the dining room "could lighten up a little" (the word "pretentious" was thrown around in there too), poopy views (and an unimpressive courtyard her Garden Suite looked out onto), and a comfortable but a bit too high-tech room (she had to call on staffers to help her figure out how the lights, drapes and sheers operated).
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Montage Beverly Hills Now Open, If You Can Afford It
From the folks who brought you Montage Laguna Beach, the Montage Beverly Hills — a super-luxe 201-room property right in Beverly Hills' Golden Triangle (the area that falls between Santa Monica Boulevard, Wilshire Boulevard and Canon Drive) — officially opened yesterday.
Boasting an extensive list of super upscale details like outdoor topiary gardens, hand-painted ceilings in the ballroom and Library and a curator-assembled art collection, the hotel is for the affluent traveler who, somehow, has tons of dough to blow right now.
And if you don't have tons of money to spend and you're stressed cause you just spent it anyway, go get a massage or something at the two-level, 20,000-square-foot spa. We're talking 17 treatment rooms, a fitness center, yoga and Pilates studios and a full-service hair and beauty salon.
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Construction Snapshot :: The Montage Beverly Hills at Night
Work on The Montage Beverly Hills is coming along fairly well and we just thought you might enjoy a Peach Pit After Dark-type of construction shot.
This is the side of the hotel that will be facing Canon Drive and what you are seeing is the underground parking entrance. But to the left is actually another section of the building with rooms. We just couldn't capture that bit with our flash-less iPhone.
We actually shot this picture from the upstairs of Mastro's Steakhouse. And we realized that when the hotel is completed, there will be a lot of voyeuristic action going on.
Hotel guests can peer in on steak eaters and their ladies of the night and vice versa. Hmm...having a hotel so close to Mastro's might actually make the job a little easier for those ladies. Keep everything on one block in 90210.
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Montage Hotels Wow Guests With Crab Cakes
Next time you're visiting a Montage hotel--like the Montage Beverly Hills that should be opening up in November--we want you to pay special attention to how the staff treat you. Because according to a weekend interview in the NY Times with Montage CEO Alan J. Fuerstman, his staff should have superpower-like skills in keeping guests happy.
According to Fuerstman, there are a whole range of training steps taken to make sure those staff are going to serve you at the highest level possible, and it even includes "Wow" training.
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Snapshot: Montage Beverly Hills Shows Off Its Exterior
Driving through Beverly Hills last week, we were at a stoplight and noticed that the upcoming Montage Beverly Hills has unveiled a bit of its exterior. Looking pretty good!
The hotel is on schedule for a late Fall 2008 opening. The website is up but there are no guestroom shots yet. However, we did learn there will be a two signature restaurants, a flower shop, a barber shop and a 20,000-sq.ft. bi-level spa included in some of the hotel's amenities and services.
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Montage Beverly Hills :: Rendering Versus Right Now
The Montage Beverly Hills slowly continues to rise over the ritzy city's Golden Triangle. We were driving by the other week and snapped this shot of the construction process from the intersection of Wilshire Boulevard and Beverly Drive.
But we're really curious as to what this place is going to look like when it's done. Thanks to Curbed LA we have a peek at a rendering (inset). Curbed reports:
Yes, the final rendering will likely change slightly again, a rep for the development tells Curbed, but you get the idea--there's a Spanish Colonial Revival thing going on. Set to open by November, the 201-room hotel will also sell condominiums and will offer two 2,000 square-foot fancy Presidential Suites. Just in time for the election.
All in all, it's not as bad as we were expecting the Montage to turn out. And this urban resort will offer a rooftop pool, bar and grill. Hear that Thompson BH? Better get yours open first!
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The Peninsula Beverly Hills Famed Manager Moves on to Montage
Ali Kasikci shocked a lot of people in the hotel industry when he announced his retirement from the Peninsula Beverly Hills a few months ago. The man made famous for doing push-ups on the guestroom armoires cited a desire to move onto something new.
We have actually heard whispers that the hotel was upset with him over his lavish treatment of guests on the company dime. Although we respect a hotel's bottom line, isn't it his job to spoil the guests?
Anyways, it's been announced that Kasikci will join the new Montage Beverly Hills Resort, just a few blocks away from his old haunt, as the managing director when the hotel opens in Fall 2008. We're not sure if he's still at the Peninsula--he was expected to stay on through December--but it's clear that the Montage resort is right up his alley. The seven-story hotel will have 201 rooms including 55 suites, three restaurants, a rooftop pool and a full-service spa.
Related Stories:
· Coincidence that Ali Kasikci is retiring from the Peninsula BH just as Britney starts hanging out there? [HotelChatter]
· Montage Beverly Hills construction update [HotelChatter]
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Montage Beverly Hills Construction Update
Montage Beverly Hills,the sister property to the Montage Resort in Laguna Beach, is going up pretty nicely although an opening is still a ways off. The predicted date is Fall 2008 but who knows if they will make it. We certainly don't put any faith in opening dates.
Related Stories:
· The Montage Hotel: What Would Brandon Walsh Do? [HotelChatter]
· Thompson Beverly Hills Gets More Scaffolding [HotelChatter]
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Thompson Beverly Hills Gets More Scaffolding
Speaking of Young & Restless Manhattan Hoteliers, there's only 10 more days until Six Columbus supposedly opens but we thought we would give Jason Pomeranc a break from all that for now.
So we hit up his West Coast project, Thompson Beverly Hills.These pictures of Thompson Beverly Hills are encouraging. For one thing, the former Best Western has been shut down, finally. Two, construction has begun all over the building. Or at least scaffolding has been thrown up on every side of the building. Again, we say encouraging but we know Pomeranc usually falls apart when he's just a few months from opening.
However, maybe this picture of the gigantic Hotel Montage opening across the street will light a fire under Pomeranc's ass. The Montage is building from the ground-up and is predicting a Fall 2008 opening date.*
MORE pictures after the jump.
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The Montage Hotel: What Would Brandon Walsh Do?
Ah...Beverly Hills 90210.
You think: the celebrities, the palm tree-lined streets, big mansions, and the glamorous stretch of Rodeo Drive with well-heeled shoppers prancing around carrying tiny dogs in matching outfits. But Beverly Hills has an actual community filled with real people, dammit, albeit real people with a nasty little Botox habit.
And this community has been split over an upcoming election in which a ballot for the proposed Montage Hotel Beverly Hills has taken center stage.
The Montage Hotel will be a 214-room hotel built on Wilshire Boulevard one block east of Rodeo and cost $200 million. The hotel will include a spa, retail shops, restaurants and an additional 25 condo units on the top floor. In addition, the hotel promises to add 33,000 square feet of public gardens and open space. Uh oh, looks like the CoTel craze is gripping the West Coast as well.
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