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Blackstone Acquires Strategic Hotels & Resorts for $6 Billion

Affiliates of Blackstone Real Estate Partners VIII L.P. agreed to buy Strategic Hotels & Resorts for $6 billion, including all outstanding debt and outstanding shares of stock for $14.25 per…

News September 8

Ritz Mandapa, a Ritz-Carlton Reserve Hotel Debuts in Bali

Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company is expanding in Bali with the addition of the Ritz Mandapa, a Ritz-Carlton Reserve hotel. Located in Ubud along the Ayung River, the resort is the third addition…

News September 8

Starwood Hotels & Resorts Opens the Gwen, a Luxury Collection Hotel

Starwood Hotels & Resorts has converted the former Conrad Chicago hotel into the Gwen, a Luxury Collection Hotel, Chicago. Now under the management of Crescent Hotels & Resorts, the hotel…

News September 8

Lark Hotels Schedules Opening for Field Guide Hotel


Lark Hotels will open the lodge-inspired Field Guide hotel next month in Stowe, Vermont. The 30-room boutique hotel, located on the site of the former Ye Olde England Inn, will…

News September 8

Industry Kitchen

Located beneath an FDR Drive overpass in Manhattan’s South Street Seaport district, the steel-clad Industry Kitchen from Merchants Hospitality and locally based SHoP Architects was featured in our August issue.…

Projects September 6

Press Hotel

As featured in our August issue, the Press Hotel, a member of Marriott’s Autograph Collection, in Portland, Maine pays homage to the local Press Herald newspaper with interiors crafted by…

Projects September 5

Mike Isabella Concepts Launches Pepita in Virginia

Mike Isabella Concepts has opened Pepita, a new Mexican-inspired restaurant in Arlington, Virginia—located across the Potomac River from Washington, DC. 

 Unveiled this past July, the 1,200-square-foot dining concept’s periwinkle…

News September 4

Starwood Hotels & Resorts Introduces the Tribute Portfolio in Europe

Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide is continuing its Tribute Portfolio expansion with the addition of the Great Northern Hotel, a Tribute Portfolio Hotel in London—the collection’s first European location. Designed…

News September 4

Ritz-Carlton Portfolio Adds First Hotel in Hungary

Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company is planning to renovate and rebrand the Elizabeth Park Hotel, Budapest, a Ritz-Carlton Partner Hotel as Ritz-Carlton, Budapest. Centrally located on Budapest’s Erzsebet Square, the revamped 198-room…

News September 4