"Through the opening of W Paris - Opéra, fashionistas and global jetsetters can now be on the runway with W from New York to London and Paris. Unique lifestyle programming within a cutting-edge designed environment will bring a new and distinctive experience to Paris and the Parisians alike."

It has been a roller coaster of an economy, and that unpredictability has had an impact. New Year's resolutions will have consumers looking for more fun. They'll want to play games. Be entertained. Consumers will want something that enhances their product or service experience - but at a discount. They are savvier than ever before and are making informed choices by researching untold numbers of s...

Hotel Matilda (www.hotelmatilda.com), the trend-setting boutique hotel offering a lifestyle-focused guest experience, has become the newest member of Design Hotels, and the only member of the international collection in San Miguel de Allende. “Hotel Matilda was created with vision and passion, and endowed with a pulsating heartbeat of art and design, making us a perfect match with Design Hotels,”...

Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. announced today that it has signed an agreement to acquire 49.8% of the shares of Design Hotels AG from Arabella Hospitality SE, one of Starwood's longtime partners in Germany. Berlin-based Design Hotels, a publicly traded company and provider of distribution, sales, marketing and consulting services for hotels boasts a portfolio of over 200 member hotels...

Red Roof®, the leader in economy lodging, asked travelers to describe wish list elements of their ideal lodging experience. Their top responses formed the basis for Red Roof’s new NextGen® redesigned interior and exterior prototype, debuting December 2011. The Red Roof Miami Airport property will be the first of Red Roof’s nearly 350 properties nationwide to showcase the new contemporary interior...

As we move closer to Christmas and the start of London’s big Olympics year, there are many new developments in the UK capital’s boutique sector – things to look forward to and offers to check out. We summarise what’s hot in the London boutique hotel scene below in our monthly round-up. The five-star Egerton House Hotel plans to make guests feel even more at home this Christmas with complimentary...

Love those in-room hotel freebies? You’re in luck. There is a growing trend of high-end hotels partnering with luxury beauty lines. (We mean beauty lines so good you’ll find yourself shamelessly raiding the maid’s cart.) W Hotels and Bliss are credited with trailblazing this trend, launching a partnership in 2004.

The Boutique and Lifestyle Lodging Association (BLLA) is excited to announce its new Governor and Advisory boards to address the needs of the organization's growing membership and its role as a driving force in the hospitality industry. The new Board gathered at the Hotel Wales New York, a boutique BLLA member hotel. Key items on the agenda included organizing tactical programs and processes whil...

EVENING was falling in the old Japanese capital of Kyoto, and I was tucking myself into a container slightly larger than a refrigerator. I pulled down the shade and, after a bit of contorting, lay down, the wall a few inches from my feet. It was a dainty little space, about 3 ¼ feet wide and 6 ½ feet long, charmingly traditional with rice-paper latticework and two woven-reed mats. I felt like an ...

Morgans Hotel Group Co. (NASDAQ: MHGC) ("Morgans" or the "Company"), today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to purchase a 90% controlling interest in The Light Group ("TLG"), a leading lifestyle food and beverage company currently operating numerous venues for MGM Resorts International ("MGM"). This acquisition, while being immediately accretive to the Company's earnings,...