Hyatt Hotels Corporation (NYSE: H) today announced the opening of Hyatt Times Square New York, the seventh hotel to be added to the Hyatt-branded portfolio in Manhattan. The 487-room hotel stands 54 stories high, making it the tallest newly built, freestanding Hyatt hotel in the United States. This newest addition to Hyatt's portfolio is also the third Hyatt-branded hotel to open in Manhattan in 2013.
InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) today announced that it has acquired a new asset in Brooklyn, N.Y., that the Company will develop as a new hotel under its EVEN™ Hotels brand, expanding the wellness hotel brand's portfolio in the Greater New York City area and accelerating its growth in strong urban markets. This new property will be the fifth hotel added to the EVEN Hotels brand's development pipeline, and the announcement comes as EVEN Hotels prepares to open its first two properties in spring 2014.
Mandarin Oriental, New Yorkis delighted to announce the launch of its newest signature suite, Suite 5000. Located on the hotel's 50th floor, the spacious 3,300 square-foot suite blends the city's finest art, fashion and design, with an array of exclusive and exciting partnerships. Upon booking, Guest Relations will customize each stay from start to finish.
Gonzalez, a 27-year hospitality industry veteran who has managed and opened hotels at the airport and in Manhattan, will be oversee all on-site activities including operations, maintenance, housekeeping, security, accounting, sales and marketing. He also will serve as liaison with the operator of the hotel's restaurant, The Landing.
Starwood Hotels & Resorts announced the appointment of Sean Verney as General Manager of The Westin New York at Times Square, an 873-room luxury hotel in the heart of Manhattan's famed Times Square. Verney, who has an extensive hospitality and business development background, was previously the General Manager of the Sheraton Parsippany.
The Knickerbocker, a legendary Beaux Arts building and registered New York landmark is the newest property to join The Leading Hotels of the World’s luxurious collection of authentic, distinct and independent hotels worldwide. Enviably situated on the southeast corner of 42nd Street overlooking the heart of Times Square, between Broadway and Bryant Park, The Knickerbocker will speak to the level of standards and excellence befitting of a ‘Leading Hotel,’ and provide travelers with the pinnacle of intuitive service, and redefine legacy at the crossroads of the world, when it opens its doors in 2014.
Traditional brick-and-mortar bookstores have proved vulnerable to e-books and the web, but many new hotels aim to distinguish themselves with old-fashioned pages that guests can actually turn, housing libraries that range from historic collections to trendy ones. Of course, hotels like the Algonquin in New York, host to the “Round Table” of authors who met there in the 1920s, have long had links to literary figures. But newer literary-minded hotels are establishing places for the reader and browser to go that, in the best cases, further an understanding of the destination.
Football fans who are planning to book their hotel in New York for next year's Super Bowl better steel themselves for some price shock. According to a new survey from CheapHotels.org, hotels in New York City, and in particular in New Jersey around the MetLife Stadium where the championship game will take place, are charging strongly higher rates than usual for the Super Bowl weekend of February 1–3, 2014.
HOTELS Magazine this week honored Peter Borer of The Peninsula Hotels, Hong Kong, and Paul Leone of The Breakers in Palm Beach, Florida, as the 2013 HOTELS’ Hotelier of the World at a ceremony in New York City. Held at the legendary The New York Palace Hotel, the event was attended by the families and friends, industry leaders, as well as current and former colleagues of Borer and Leone.
Key hoteliers gathered at Google's New York location on Thursday for Pegasus Solutions' World of Distribution Event. On the heels of IHMRS, representatives from Pegasus, Google and key Manhattan hotel companies discussed the industry's current and developing distribution needs.
The St. Regis New York is proud to announce the hotel is concluding an extensive renovation to culminate in a striking reveal this coming October. With renovated and redesigned guestrooms, suites and public spaces and the debut of the new King Cole Bar & Salon under renowned New York chef and restaurateur, John DeLucie, The St. Regis New York will unveil a bold new era of glamour at Manhattan's best address. The renovation will reflect the hotel's enduring legacy while infusing the timeless allure which has defined the Fifth Avenue icon since its founding by John Jacob Astor IV over a century ago, setting the stage for the next generation of guests.
New York, November 12, 2013 … There was a sense something bigger was at work than "just an industry conference," as 200 leaders from the fields of revenue management, marketing, sales and distribution converged on today's first annual Revenue Strategy Summit at the Affinia Manhattan.
The Sheraton New York Times Square Hotel has named Terry Lewis General Manager of the newly renovated 1,781 room hotel, a significant appointment as Ms. Lewis is the first woman to be named General Manager of a convention hotel in New York City. A 28-year veteran of the hotel industry, Ms. Lewis brings strong leadership experience to her fifth hotel General Manager role and extensive knowledge of the New York City tourism market. Ms. Lewis has held senior roles in large New York hotels since 2008, most recently as General Manager of the Westin New York Times Square Hotel and General Manager at the W New York Times Square Hotel. The Sheraton New York Times Square is the largest Starwood Hotels and Resorts property in New York City and unveiled a $180 million top-to-bottom renovation in 2013. For more information about the Sheraton New York Times Square, go to www.SheratonNewYork.com or call the hotel directly at 212-581-1000.
The Westin New York Grand Central has launched a weekly interactive series of complimentary culinary and wellness experiences for hotel guests and neighboring New Yorkers alike. After recently celebrating its first year as a Westin, the hotel is now expanding awareness about its best and most distinct amenities, with hosted events each Wednesday from 4:30pm to 5:30pm in the lobby of the hotel.
Jason Pomeranc, hotelier and co-founder of Thompson Hotels, announced the launch of hotel brand Sixty Hotels, a part of his new hospitality company, Sixty Collective. Partnering with his brothersMichael and Larry Pomeranc and long-time collaborator and former Commune Hotels CEOStephen Brandman, Pomeranc has assembled a team of talented professionals to realize his next incarnation for the travel industry.
As of Q3 2013 the Total Construction Pipeline stands at 2,819 Projects/ 358,691 Rooms, a year-over-year (YOY) increase of just 2% by projects and 5% by rooms. Hotels Under Construction have uptrended for nine quarters and are now at 710 Projects/ 92,065 Rooms, a YOY increase of 27% for Projects and 30% for Rooms. Totals for Hotels Scheduled to Start in the Next 12 Months have increased off the bottom established in Q2 2012 and stand at 1,008 Projects/ 122,905 Rooms, a YOY increase of 17% and 22% respectively. Projects in Early Planning have been in steady decline since their peak in Q4 2010, and show a YOY decrease of 19% for Projects and 15% for Rooms.
Underscoring sustainable hospitality and the importance of honeybees for the environment, InterContinental New York Barclay and The Center for Sustainable Design Strategies at Pratt Institute announced the launch of the Barclay the Bee comic series. Student artist Olga Andreyeva,a senior Illustration major at Pratt, has created sweet, savvy bees-in-the-city characters that playfully highlight the vital work of bees against the backdrop of their New York City home.
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Frits van Paasschen is standing with his bike on the edge of Central Park. It's a brisk autumn morning. The city has yet to fully wake but he's eager to ride. The CEO of Starwood Hotels & Resorts — best known for brands like Sheraton, Westin, St. Regis and W — exercises six days a week no matter where he is in the world. These are not light workouts. Van Paasschen, 52, just completed his first Ironman triathlon — 2.4 miles of swimming, 112 miles of cycling, and a 26.2-mile run. It took 12 hours and 44 minutes.
Hyatt Union Square New York today announced the launch of ‘The Accessories Butler’, a one-of-a-kind accessories closet for guests, fashionably curated by Fashion & Lifestyle expert Pamela Pekerman. During their stay, hotel guests will have the ability to borrow from a selection of the season’s hottest accessories—from earrings and necklaces, to scarves, hats, belts, cufflinks and beyond— to complete their look when heading to an important engagement or a night out. ‘The Accessories Butler’ will live in the hotel’s lobby, and on the first of every month, feature a new selection of the season’s hottest on-trend accessories.