by Alissa Ponchione | Oct 9, 2009 | News
IHG has signed two new Hotel Indigo properties in the UK, both of which will reflect their respective cities and cultures. Scheduled to open in 2010, the 96-unit Hotel Indigo Glasgow will occupy a converted bank structure. "The building will retain its original...
by Alissa Ponchione | Oct 9, 2009 | News
Motel 6 has opened its first new-build property showcasing the "Phoenix" prototype in North Texas. Featuring a new exterior designed by BOKA Powell of Dallas, Motel 6 Northlake-Speedway offers Priestmangoode-designed guestrooms with wood-effect flooring,...
by Alissa Ponchione | Oct 8, 2009 | News
Architect and designer Thierry Despont is overseeing the transformation of a Stanford White-designed 1905 building in Manhattan’s theater district into the Chatwal New York. The hotel—which housed the Lambs Club, America’s first professional theater...
by Alissa Ponchione | Oct 8, 2009 | News
Led by executive chef Michele Mercuri, the refreshed XO Restaurant at Hotel Le St-James in Montreal will reopen next week. Montreal designer Alison Wood oversaw the design, which doubled the size of the kitchen and introduced chic details to the expanded dining room...
by Alissa Ponchione | Oct 8, 2009 | News
The Leading Hotels of the World has accepted five new member hotels into its portfolio on independent properties: • Germany’s 253-room Kameha Grand Bonn, opening November 15th, is an ecological lifestyle and design hotel located on the banks of the Rhine...