New Luxury Resorts Being Built In The Caribbean

You won’t be able to stay there this spring, but a bunch of new resorts are being built in the Caribbean and are set to debut in the next couple of years. Some new resorts to look out for: On St. Kitts in the eastern Caribbean, the luxuryKittitian Hill resort is building an initial phase of 110 one- and two-bedroom cottages, [...]

W Hotels Set To Unveil Six Newly Designed Hotels In 2011

W Taipei (February 14, 2011) – GA Design International has created a “nature electrified” design concept that fuses the rural surroundings of Taipei with the vibrant, high voltage core of the city. W Hotels Designer of the Future winner Zigelbaum + Coelho has also been commissioned to create an interactive chandelier for the hotel. W [...]

Former Hospital Transformed Into Hotel

After a $21 million renovation, a former psychiatric and rail-yard hospital has been transformed into a posh downtown hotel. During an economic downturn, developers hope that the Hotel Parq Central can give an economic boost to the East Downtown District. The hotel is in a historic building. The structure once housed the old Santa Fe [...]

$400 Million JW Marriott Slated To Open In Chicago On November 11

On November 11 the new JW Marriott hotel at 208 S. La Salle is scheduled to open and it promises to bring North Michigan Avenue panache to the work-aday canyons of the Loop. Hotel markets are notoriously cyclical, and this business will open as demand for lodging is improving, but not too rapidly. At 610 rooms, the [...]

InterCon opens in Times Square

InterContinental Hotels Group today began checking guests into the 607-room InterContinental New York Times Square. Rising 36 stories above the iconic New York skyline, the property is the largest new-build hotel to open in Manhattan since 2002. The hotel’s Grand Opening Ceremonies will be held on July 29. Located on 44th Street just west of [...]