Where to stay when you leave.

Hotel Stories in 30308

Fly Your Chopper to the W Atlanta Downtown Hotel

Go To The Hotel's Web 
  Site Where: 45 Ivan Allen Jr. Blvd [map], Atlanta, GA, United States, 30308

12/27/2007 at 10:55 AM
Tags: , , , ,

There's going to be another W Hotel in Atlanta soon. When the W Atlanta-Downtown Hotel & Residences opens its doors open in 2008, it will feature 237 hotel rooms, 76 luxury residences, 10,000 square feet of meeting space, a BLT Steak restaurant, and the luxurious Bliss Spa.

The new W will offer up the typical W-branded amenities and services such as Wet® the pool, the Sweat Fitness® center and Whatever/Whenever® concierge service -- as well as two perks worth noting, the city's first hotel rooftop heliport and a 16th-floor open air "infinity-edge" pool. Finally, W has stepped it up a bit!

The downtown Atlanta W hotel will be the crown jewel of the $1.95 billion mixed-use development Allen Plaza situated at the confluence of the Downtown Connector, covering nine city blocks and including nearly 230,000 square feet of retail, 1,300 residences and 2.4 million square feet of office space.

World-renowned Pickard Chilton Architects designed the building with floor-to-ceiling glass and outdoor terraces, while BurdiFilek Interior Design out of Toronto is completing the interior spaces.

Atlanta will be getting lots of new hotels in the future. As we previously reported, Kimpton is planning a condotel that will blow the folks of Atlanta away. And the Mandarin Oriental has its sights on the Southern city. With all this future competition and a report that the existing W Hotel Atlanta Perimeter was "uninspiring" with dated, small rooms and a bathtub that "looked like it came out of a Ramada Inn," we are sure this new W Hotel will live up to expectations. Maybe W will just close that Perimeter location for good? No need for it after this one opens, is there?

0 Comments - Add Yours by NatalieWW

Hotel Indigo Atlanta: Tiny Sheik

Go To The Hotel's Web 
  Site Where: 683 Peachtree Street NE [map], Atlanta, GA, United States, 30308

8/10/2005 at 9:11 AM
Tags:

Staff members from the Hotel Indigo Atlanta recently wrote in telling us about their hotel.

We remember back in 2004, when this downscale boutique project was just getting off the ground. Now, a year later, Hotel Indigo Atlanta has been open for the better part of a year, which seemed like a good time to check-in and see what folks thought of this budget boutique.

Free Internet, friendly service, happy hour for pets and humans alike, and tiny, tiny, bathrooms--that seems to be the consensus.

Here is one guest's reaction:

Free! internet access on lobby computer with free printing or copying. But, be forewarned, rooms are small and bathrooms are teeny tiny, hence the "European" descriptor used in their ads. Queen bedded room was fine for one person but two would be constantly tripping or climbing over one another, at least in my room. The decor is extremely attractive, assuming you like bold and colorful, and the bed was one of the best I've ever slept on.

Indigo also just opened its second location in Chicago. If you stay in the Chicago locale let us know.

Related Stories:
·   Indigo Atlanta Reviews [TripAdvisor]
·   Corporate Lemmings Try To Create Downscale Boutiques [HotelChatter]

Hotel Reviews:
Hotel Indigo Atlanta

0 Comments - Add Yours by markj



Advertise on HotelChatter