The Handlery family has taken the wraps off a multimillion-dollar renovation at its two California locales: the 377-key Handlery Union Square Hotel in San Francisco and the 217-key Handlery Hotel & Resort San Diego. The Handlery Union Square Hote ...

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An operator of 14 pubs and restaurants in London is branching into the boutique hotel business. Urban & Country Leisure Ltd., run by U.K. hospitality entrepreneur Ross Sanders, announced it is spending $2.3 million to convert the former Globe Hotel i ...

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South Beach’s iconic Ritz Plaza Hotel will soon undergo a major renovation and rebranding. Owner SBE says it is moving ahead with plans for designer Philippe Starck to update the hotel’s guest rooms and relaunch the property as the SLS South Beach in ...

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Hotel Indigo, InterContinental Hotels Group’s upscale boutique brand, has opened a 100-room conversion property in Riverhead, N.Y. Owned and operated by Jaral East End Hotel Corp, the two-story Hotel Indigo East End on Long Island is the flag’s fourt ...

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The highly anticipated Mondrian in SoHo hotel is now on track for a January 2011 debut. The Morgans Hotel Group Co. (MHG) disclosed that timetable in announcing that it had secured $3.2 million in added financing from CapitalSource Inc. to complete t ...

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The five-suite Varsano boutique hotel has opened in Tel Aviv. The luxury suites, in the city’s chic Neve Tzedek neighborhood, surround a 120-year-old inner courtyard. The property’s owner says the suites’ designs “capture Tel Aviv's modern, Mediterra ...

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The fifth annual Boutique Design Awards program seeks to honor the best and brightest hotel, spa, restaurant and nightclub designs, along with a designer of the year. Winners will be unveiled at Boutique Design New York, Nov. 14-15, at the Jacob K. J ...

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Centrally-located Manhattan staple, the New York Helmsley Hotel, has completed a redesign of the lobby and Harry’s Bar & Lounge and has also opened Leona’s Restaurant – previously known as Mindy’s – with a newly designed interior and contemporary Ame ...

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Georgio Armani, in partnership with Emaar Properties PJSC, opened the world’s first Armani Hotel in Dubai on April 27. Occupying three floors inside the Burj Khalifa, the world’s tallest building, the Armani Hotel features 160 guestrooms and suites, ...

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After winning the first-ever Sustainable Suite Design Competition in 2009, WATG and design consultancy, IDEO, are now set to debut a full-size mock-up of their suite at the 2010 Hospitality Design Expo & Conference in Las Vegas from May 19 to 21. ...

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