by Alissa Ponchione | Sep 3, 2015 | News
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide has joined with property owner Red-Co to open a new Le Méridien branded hotel in Batumi, the Republic of Georgia. The 110-room Le Méridien Batumi will be a new-build hotel located within the city’s tallest...
by Alissa Ponchione | Sep 3, 2015 | News
In partnership with Duddingston House Properties (DHP) and Urbanist Hotels, Rosewood Hotels & Resorts will open its fourth European property, Rosewood Edinburgh in Scotland. To open in 2018, the hotel will be repurposed from the former Royal High School—a...
by Alissa Ponchione | Sep 3, 2015 | News
HFZ Capital Group has selected Brazilian hospitality firm Fasano to operate the Shore Club in Miami Beach, which will be redeveloped into Fasano Hotels and Residences at Shore Club, the company’s first-ever U.S. location. Designed by Brazilian architect and designer...
by Alissa Ponchione | Sep 3, 2015 | People
With a career spanning three decades, Richard Bloch has established himself as a key figure in the restaurant design world. Bloch was a Fulbright Scholar in Turkey, a city planner in Iran, and a design consultant on various U.S. government cultural centers across the...
by Alissa Ponchione | Sep 2, 2015 | News
Restauranteur Darin Rubell has opened Drexler’s, a cocktail bar located in New York’s East Village neighborhood.
Locally based Emporium Design, headed by co-owners Robert Stansell and Timothy Welsh, crafted the F&B outlet with a French-Creole aesthetic...