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What's Next for Nobu Hotels?
Now that the first-ever Nobu Hotel is up and running inside Caesars Palace Las Vegas, where is the fledging hotel brand from sushi chef Nobu Matsuhisa going next?
We were hoping we would get some answers at the Hospitality Design Expo in Las Vegas yesterday but the panel about the Nobu Hotels brand was cancelled.
Still, there are definitely plans for more Nobu Hotels including Riyadh, Saudi Arabia which is set to open this year as well as London and Bahrain. While the Nobu Riyadh has a rather fleshed-out website, the London and Bahrain are simply listed as "Coming Soon!" We also found a report that said Nobu is thinking about opening a hotel in the Caribbean which would, of course, be amaze.
But then we stumbled across this report which said that a Nobu Hotel may open in the hottest hotel market right now--Chicago. For reals!
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The Nobu Hotel Las Vegas is Now Charging a Resort Fee
The new Nobu Hotel has barely been open a full month and already some changes are being made. And we wish it were for the better.
Caeasars Palace, who along with its sister properties in Vegas, so valiantly fought the resort fee craze a few years ago, has finally given in and will now be charging $10-$25 a night at their hotels. Those fees will include a variety of services and amenities, among them, WiFi and fitness center access. We're guessing Nobu, a luxury hotel located within Caesars, will be charging near the $25 mark but we're still awaiting confirmation of the exact price.
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This Fierce 'Girl' Runs the New Nobu Hotel World
The just-opened Nobu Hotel Las Vegas may have been conceived by a man, (Chef Nobu Matsuhisa), designed by a man (David Rockwell), located in a hotel named after a man (Caesar) and ultimately made possible by even more men (Robert De Niro included) but, who's really running the Nobu world? That's right--a "girl"!
Meet HWIC (Head Woman In Charge) Gigi Vega, vice president and general manager of the Nobu Hotel Caesars Palace. Gigi's already been with Caesars Palace for four years, taking care of high-end customers who shack up in the luxury 120 suites and villas. Prior to landing in Las Vegas she worked for Mandarin Oriental for 10 years in Hong Kong and Macau and before she was with InterContinental Hotels.
With this luxury hotel background and her familiarity with Caesars, it's no wonder that Hollywood producer and Nobu dream-maker, Mier Teper, tapped her to be the GM of the first-ever Nobu Hotel.
Indeed, aside from Nobu patrons and fans and the visitors who want to see and be seen, the hotel will be targeting general luxury folk, those who are accustomed to a five-star level of service. And in Gigi, who's energetic and friendly by nature, guests will find someone who will make sure their green tea and rice cracker welcome amenity arrived, that the Nobu room service was up to par and that they will have reservation for Nobu downstairs in place before their arrival. Another bonus? There's only 181 rooms in the hotel, guaranteeing guests will be able to get Gigi's full attention. We'll call it as we see it--it's a woman's touch we can appreciate!
Now if only Gigi had an "s" on the end of her last name....
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Sushi in Bed: Why We're Extra Excited for Nobu Hotel
Yesterday we gave you 10 good reasons to sleep over at the first-ever Nobu Hotel at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. Today, we'd like to expand on one of those reasons--room service. After all, if you're gonna build a hotel around your successful restaurant brand, the room service options should be nothing short of phenomenal.
Fortunately, Chef Nobu Matsuhisa created the room service menu himself, instead of passing the duty off to other chefs. He's even expanded beyond sushi and sashimi into breakfast. So now that you're on the edge of drooling over your computer, let's get eating.
For breakfast, you can start with a Tamago yaki ($23), a Japanese style omelette with your choice of ingredients from tomato and cheese to unagi and king crab. Or you could go with Eggs Matsuhisa ($24), done with roasted asparagus, bonito egg sauce, ikura rolls and spicy tuna. If you want to keep it more traditional, order up the blueberry and yuzu soba pancakes or the green tea waffles (both $22) served with bananas, strawberries, yuzu whipped cream, miso butter and maple syrup. Traditional Japanese and American breakfasts are also available as well as general bakery/pastry items.
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10 Reasons Why You Should Sleep With Nobu in Las Vegas
The very first Nobu Hotel is set to open in Las Vegas inside Caesars Palace on February 4th (at $269 a night) and if you're wondering why you would sleep over at a sushi restaurant, here's 10 Reasons that will convince you to book one of these 181 rooms faster than you can say yellowtail sashimi.
VIP LOBBY AND CHECK-IN
Nobu hotel guests will have a completely different check-in experience from other guests coming to Vegas. In fact, check-in begins before you even get to the hotel with a pre-arrival questionnaire sent by the hotel. Here you can make your amenity requests, set up a dinner reservation at Nobu and let them know your exact time of arrival. Dedicated Nobu Guest Services staff will be positioned at the front of Caesars to escort guests to the Nobu "lobby" which is just past the Nobu restaurant. The lobby is not much more than an elevator bank with a desk but the walls and ceiling feature visually stunning wooden blocks of fir, hemlock and oak in different arrangements. The artwork actually continues on inside the elevators as well. Go ahead, touch it.
Keep Reading for More Reasons to Book a Room at The Nobu Hotel Las Vegas!
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5 Hotel Openings We're Really Excited For In 2013
As longtime hotel nerds, we're always excited when a new hotel opens. In fact, to ensure we don't miss an opening we compiled the Master Openings List of hotels expected to open in 2013. Not just in the U.S. or Europe, but around the world.
Out of this beast of a list, which we are constantly updating as we hear of new openings (and as we re-learn world geography apparently) we admittedly have a few favorites. Five to be exact. So here are 5 Hotel Openings We're Excited For in 2013. We hoped to get you every starting room rate, but alas, not all of the properties are taking reservations yet. But once they do, we'll let you know how much you're gonna pay!
Got an opening you're most excited about? Drop it in comments below!
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First Ever Nobu Hotel Las Vegas Opens Feb. 4 at $269 a Night
The other week our little sibling, VegasChatter noted the Nobu Hotel Las Vegas at Caesars Palace as one of the 10 Game-Changing Openings of 2013.
After missing a hopeful December opening date, the first-ever hotel from master sushi chef Nobu Matsuhisa is still set to open sometime in February. But exactly when in February? We headed over to the Nobu Hotels website to find out.
The site actually redirects you to the Caesars website where it's currently showing rooms open on February 4 for $269 a night. That's for a Nobu Deluxe King, the starting room category, and the pricing is pretty similar to what VegasChatter reported back in September. The hotel is completely sold-out for its opening weekend but after that rooms dip down to $249 a night. Most weekends through March are about $299 a night.
Planning on splitting the room with friends? A deluxe room with two queen beds goes for $289 while luxury king rooms are $299 a night weekdays.
Keep reading for the sweet suite options at the Nobu Hotel!
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Open Sesame! Vegas' Nobu Hotel Takes Rezzies Today
Our sister VegasChatter has been diligently following the details on the new Nobu Hotel Caesars Palace, which officially opens in February. But today marks the first day the general public (the Nobu Inner Circle were able to do so before now) can book a stay at the highly anticipated hotel. The website shows January being fully sold out, which can only mean there will be the soft-opening hotel officials have discussed, and perhaps even opening up bookings for December.
As expected, the Caesar's Palace website has been pretty jammed today with the huge bum rush to stay at the 180-room haven ensconced inside Caesar's Centurion Tower. It's the Japanese restaurant group's first daliance into the hotel world .
Hotel guests will of course get first dibs on reservations at the Nobu Restaurant scheduled to open in January. It will be the largest in the chain, coming in at 12,775 square-feet.
Starting rates are listed at $249 per night for February bookings.
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Domo Arigato! The Nobu Hotel Las Vegas to Start Taking Rezzies on October 1
We, along with VegasChatter, have anxiously been anticipating the opening of the first-ever Nobu Hotel inside Caesars Palace, expected to happen this fall. But detes on the guestrooms have been scant, until now.
Yesterday in NYC at the original Nobu Restaurant, Caesars Palace released not only some room descriptions, renderings and video but the date when you can start making your bookings--October 1. As we expected, the hotel is actually not opening this fall, but rather in "Late 2012" so we're guessing early December-ish. Still, no word on the room rates but we're guessing in the $300s somewhere.
One thing is for sure, this won't be your average Las Vegas hotel.
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The Nobu Hotel in Las Vegas is Coming Along, But Will It Be Ready for Fall?
The other day we skulked around Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, checking out the casino scene, the pool scene, a new room in the Augustus Tower, the restaurant options and even the Pussycat Dolls blackjack tables (yes, they exist near the sportsbook) before we stumbled on the entrance to the Nobu Hotel.
Of course, the hotel isn't open yet but construction is happening inside Caesars' old Centurion Tower. Even Robert De Niro and Chef Nobu Matsuhisa were on the property the other month to check on the hotel's progress and sign the Nobu construction wall.
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After Las Vegas, Abu Dhabi Will Be Next in Line for a Nobu Hotel
They haven't even begun to tear up the Caesar's Palace rooms to begin work on what's to be the world's first Nobu Hotel, and already we've got news that Nobu is sizing up a second location—in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
Abu Dhabi, formerly known as the far-off land to which Garfield would send rival cat Nermal, is now quickly becoming a Las Vegas of the east. After all, the city has its own Leaning Tower, one of the world's first gold bar ATMs, and a massive Ferrari theme park, so why not a hotel themed after trendy sushi?
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The First Nobu Hotel to Open in Caesars Palace Next Year (Yes, THAT Nobu)
Have you ever eaten at a restaurant that was so good you said to yourself, "Man, I love this food so much I would sleep in it." No? Yes? Well, Nobu, the high-pricedend sushi chain is hoping you love their Japanese fare this much because they are now going ahead with their hotel plans. And they are doing it in the only place where a sushi hotel would be totally acceptable--Las Vegas.
A few years back, Nobu restaurants announced they would open a hotel in NYC's Financial District sometime around 2013 but Caesars Palace has beaten the Big Apple to the sake.
The LVRJ reports that Caesar's seriously fading Centurion Tower will get a Japanese-style makeover which will include 180 rooms and 16 suites styled very similarly to Nobu restaurants. Indeed Nobu's pet designer, David Rockwell, will do the interiors.
And of course, guests in the Nobu tower can order room service from Nobu's culinary team. Here are some more detes on the Nobu Hotel experience:
