Meet California’s Newest High-End Hotels
California has long been a destination for hotel owners and operators looking to open high end properties, rich as it is with glamorous and sunny cities like Los Angeles, Palm Springs, and the area around the San Francisco Bay, among others.
Recently, high end properties have continued to surge in the United States' most populous state, which if it was a standalone country would have the fifth largest economy on the planet. These new properties include a Waldorft-Astoria in Beverly Hills, a Cambria Hotel in ritzy Calabasas, and a hotel where the rooms start at $1,100, brought to the industry by billionaire Larry Ellison, famed Hollywood actor Robert De Niro, and chef Nobu Matsuhisa, which will be located in the affluent beach community of Malibu.
This surge of luxury hotels in California is certainly not the first, but, even so, these properties all have the potential to make undeniable impressions in the large markets where they will be located.
The Waldorf-Astoria Beverly Hills
The Waldorf Astoria Hotels & Resorts recently opened a new property at the famous intersection of Wilshire and Santa Monica boulevards, the gateway to the world-famous Beverly Hills. This new property—Waldorf Hotels & Resorts' first new build on the West Coast and its second California property—features 12 stories, and a façade, which combined with its location, will likely make the hotel iconic in the years to come. The hotels 119 deluxe rooms and 51 suites have an Art Deco-influenced design that was created by the renowned interior design firm Pierre-Yves Rochon, Inc. (PYR).
With the addition of the Waldorf Astoria Beverly Hills, the brand now possess a portfolio of 26 hotels and resorts. To give you some idea of the high level of luxury this property offers guests, consider that each visitor will be assigned a personal concierge to serve them from pre-arrival through their departure. As part of this service, guests will receive individual bespoke in-room check-in service.
The hotel also features 6,300 square feet of meeting spaces, including two ballrooms for weddings, corporate meetings or galas.
Cambria Hotel Calabasas
Slated to open in 2019, the Cambria Hotel in Calabasas will be a three-story, 121-room property, located at 26300 Rondell Road. Home to a long list of celebrities, including both Kanye West and Drake, Calabasas is one of the most affluent areas in all of California. The Cambria Hotel Calabasas will be adjacent to the Santa Monica mountain range, a location that boasts trails for both hiking and mountain biking. This location also places the property just a short and scenic drive through the Malibu Canyon to some of California's most beautiful beaches. Like the Waldorf Astoria Beverly Hills, the Cambria Calabasas Hotel will feature ample meeting spaces, a fitness center, an outdoor pool, and an open-air patio on a hillside that backs up to the aforementioned mountains.
Billionaire Founder Larry Ellison's New Hotel
Ten years ago, Larry Ellison, the billionaire founder of the company Oracle, bought the beachfront Casa Malibu Inn for $20 million. Now, Ellison has opened the first of a new crop of ultra high-end luxury retreats. But Ellison is not the only famous partner in this venture. He's doing this along with the actor Robert De Niro, chef Nobu Matsuhisa, and film producer Meir Teper. The groups new property is a 16-room hotel called Nobu Ryokan Malibu, which is now open on the same Casa Malibu Inn property that Ellison first purchased a decade ago. This property is the first of what the group is calling the Nobu Ryokan Collection. The experience there is being modeled after a traditional Japanese inn, and it's not going to come cheap—rates will start around $1,100 a night, climbing to $2,000 at highly sought after times.
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