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Is the W London Really Running Four Months Late?
Hmm. Remember how way back last summer, W Hotels announced that their flagship London location would be opening June 1 2010?
Well, we haven’t heard anything from them recently. But the website is making us a little doubtful that this will come to pass.
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Could March 16 Be the Trump Soho's New Opening Date?
We’re starting to get impatient with The Don. Two weeks ago, it looked like the Trump SoHo might open on March 1st. That was the first date available in their online reservation system when we were told by the hotel’s GM that the doors would not open on February 1st as planned. Today, there is still no date on the table, although the first date we could find on the booking site was March 16. Sigh.
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Trump SoHo No Longer Opening February 1st
Remember when we got all excited that Trump SoHo had announced an exact opening date rather than giving us a vague “opening early 2010” or “opening Spring”, like so many other hotels? Well, scratch that. The hotel will no longer open on February 1st. Bummer.
First there was the lack of Trumpian fanfare that you expect to precede a grand opening, and then we heard from a reader that February bookings at the hotel would not be honored. What gives?
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Mondrian SoHo a No-Go Until Next Fall
But it's far, far out on the horizon ...
We hate to get all Debbie Downer on you, especially on a Friday, but we have another Hotel Delay to report. Yesterday, we told you that the W Downtown New York Hotel is now opening May 4. Today, we’re sorry to say that the Mondrian SoHo opening is also delayed—until the fall.
The Morgans Hotel Group have been very secretive about this property, only releasing a few renderings of the rooms and the bizarre-looking restaurant. Everything else about the hotel we’ve had to sniff out or surmise ourselves. Perhaps the lack of intel goes hand in hand with the continuing delays?
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W's Downtown New York Hotel is Now Delayed Until May 4
Thought you could stay downtown at the new W New York come Super Bowl weekend? Oh sorry, think again.
The hotel has now pushed back its opening date--yet once again--to May 4, 2010.
Ugh. We're not sure what's happening here but we're starting to lose faith in this property. Back in June, it was announced that the hotel would open by December 1, 2009. Then that changed to February 4, 2010 and now, we're looking at May.
Guess that's means the BLT Grill is delayed as well. Perhaps W should just keep "Sometime in 2010" on their website instead.
Got any scoop on what's taking so long with this property? Tip us off.
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The Distrikt Hotel's Newest Status Update Says February 5th
You know those Facebook binges where you click obsessively through photos of your ex and his sunny vacation with the new girlfriend? We do that too, only with hotels. Our latest Facebook stalking target is NYC’s Distrikt Hotel, which we’re desperately hoping will open before the winter of 2010 is out.
The Distrikt’s page doesn’t tell us upfront what the latest opening date is, but digging through the photo albums, we learned from a caption that they are now looking at February.
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The W Hollywood Gets a Touch Delayed, Again
The last time we checked in with the W Hollywood, the opening date was set for January 15 but that has been pushed back yet again. Fortunately, it's only by two weeks.
The hotel's website now says Thursday, January 28. But will it open that day? We can't be sure as we were unable to make a reservation for that date.
We sincerely hoped that this hotel would be open in time for the all-important awards season. But with the Golden Globes to be held on January 17, it looks like the W will only be able to party for The Grammys (January 31) and The Oscars (March 7).
We never thought we would say this but thank God for the Oscars as you can actually book a room then. Rates the weekend of the awards show start at $359 a night for a king bedroom.
Check out some of our nighttime snaps of the W Hollywood below.
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Worst Hotel Hype: Edition Hotels
It's what you've been waiting all year for--The 2009 HotelChatter Awards! We'll be bringing you the best and worst of the year (and the decade) all day today and part of tomorrow. Agree or disagree with our picks? Air your thoughts in comments below.
WORST HOTEL HYPE: EDITION HOTELS
Yes, we know that hotel opening dates get delayed and pushed back for reasons beyond the hotel's control. Sometimes it has to do with the shipment of construction materials, sometimes it has to do with design issues, sometimes it has to do with Colombian guerillas that fancy precious marble but more often than not it has to do with money, loans and financing. And in 2009, we saw a LOT of hotel delays. It's a little painful to wade through them all.
But as far as Worst Hotel Hype, that award is going to have to go to Edition Hotels (above), the partnership between superstar hoteliers Bill Marriott and Ian Schrager. Nearly two years ago, our worlds were rocked in a good way by the announcement of the partnership between the Marriott and Schrager but yet, there's nothing on the horizon for this new luxury design brand.
Locations were announced for Miami, Chicago, DC, Scottsdale and even Hawaii and all were cancelled. The plans for the Edition Bangkok seem to still be on but that opening date is not happening until 2012. In the meantime, we're still waiting to hear more about Marriott's new Autograph Collection of existing independent hotels.
Still we're looking at 2010 as a glass already half-full. While we don't expect an actual Edition Hotel to open, we do believe we could see at least one location come to life. Pretty please Bill and Ian, with a cherry on top?
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Cipriani Miami Still Underway—But Will it Really Open by Next Summer?
Ooh, here's a story that involves condos, tax evasion, a tropical paradise, and the grand tradition of drinking Bellinis. (And, no, it's got nothing to do with Bernie Madoff.) We're talking about Cipriani Miami, which is meant to be bringing classic Italian luxury to South Beach in, uh ... the summer of 2010? We wish we could be more optimistic about that target opening date, but we feel like we've seen this movie before.
The first tell-tale sign that we should keep our hopes conservative? The Summer 2010 opening date hasn't changed since we last checked in back in March. And that came after about a year of radio silence from the Cipriani team. Now, an anonymous tipster with a condo across the street on Collins Ave tells us that there has been "a lot of work lately" but that the Summer 2010 does not seem realistic given what they're seeing.
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Mandarin Oriental Barcelona Is Sticking to Its Opening Date This Thursday
Well here’s a nice surprise to start the week. Despite our fears, the Mandarin Oriental Barcelona is going to open on schedule this Thursday.
When we say schedule, of course, we mean delayed schedule. The hotel was originally down to open 29 October, but when the date came and went, it was pushed back to 26 November. Although we weren’t so sure it was a goer, given that the website wasn’t taking rezzies until 15 December.
But hallelujah! We just called the hotel and spoke to a delightful man who told us that it is indeed opening Thursday, although plebs like us would not be welcome – it’s a private inauguration and opening do. Guests can arrive on Friday, but he said there was very little availability till December.
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The W Hollywood Gets Pushed Back To January 15th; Will Still Be Paparazzi Central
On our way back home from Los Feliz last night, we were cruising down Hollywood Boulevard and noticed a giant gleaming W sign in the distance. It could only mean one thing--W Hollywood Hotel and Residences is getting close to opening.
The official opening date is not until January 15, 2010 (pushed back from December 3 and reservations don't start until January 28) but the hotel is nearing completion, at least on the exterior.
We took some late-night shots for you which you can peruse in our gallery here. The place is going to be massive, especially since there are residences attached to the building and a Red Line metro stop that runs through the building.
The location is proper Hollywood on Hollywood Boulevard, between Vine and Argyle with the Pantages Theater directly across the street with plenty of nightclubs as well as the Hollywood and Highland complex within walking distance.
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Behind Schedule With Your Hotel? Do a Shangri-La And Hedge Your Bets
Here’s some skewed logic to start your week off. You’re a soon-to-be-open hotel, you’re not sure exactly how long it’s going to take for your paint to dry and your air con to get whirring, and you’re watching other new hotels around the globe getting called out for opening late. What’s the solution?
Well, if you’re Shangri-La, your solution is to hedge your bets. The bizarrely named Shangri-La China World Summit Wing in Beijing was originally slated to open "at the end of the year". And even now, despite Shangri-La just having appointed a GM, they’re not quite sure when it’ll be ready for us to bed down, announcing this weekend that it’ll open "at the end of 2009 or early 2010."
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