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Marshall Hotels & Resorts Announces $14 Million Conversion of 259-Room Sheraton Hotel Airport and Conference Center Grand Rapids
Marshall Hotels & Resorts, Inc. | October 21, 2021
GRAND RAPIDS, MI — October 21, 2021 — Marshall Hotels & Resorts, a leading hotel management and services company that operates properties nationwide, today announced the $14 million conversion of the 259-room Sheraton Hotel Airport and Conference Center Grand Rapids. The former Crowne Plaza Grand Rapids Airport & Conference Center will begin undergoing a complete transformation beginning December 2021. Owned by HDDA Grand Rapids, LLC, the hotel’s renovation has been financed by Twain Financial Partners. LittKP Group is acting as project manager, and Gensler is providing architectural services. “Following the co...
Driftwood Capital Begins Conversion of Downtown Wilmington Office Tower Into a 134-Key Staybridge Suites Hotel
Driftwood Capital | May 26, 2021
Wilmington, Del. (May 26, 2021) – Driftwood Capital, a vertically integrated commercial real estate investment, development and lending platform specializing in hospitality, announces that it has begun construction on the $31 million conversion of an 11-story office building into a brand new Staybridge Suites hotel in downtown Wilmington, Delaware. The property, which will consist of 134 suite-style rooms with a contemporary look and feel, is expected to open to the public in the second quarter of 2022. The project team includes Whiting-Turner Contractor Co. and Dever Architects. Driftwood Hospitality Management (DHM), a national hotel o...
Med Spa: A Cure for Ailing Hotels / Pierre Verbeke
Pierre Verbeke | May 26, 2021
By Pierre Verbeke To say that the hospitality and travel industry has been affected by the worldwide pandemic is truly an understatement. Those who have careers in hospitality management or other roles in the industry have been faced with unprecedented obstacles like travel bans and the inability to gather for large functions, which has made it almost impossible to be successful. As the restrictions are slowly lifted and people are starting to travel and gather again, hospitality professionals have been met with a new set of rules to follow as well as demands from guests who want to ensure their safety during this difficult time. They a...
Choice Hotels Partners With Gulf Coast Hotel Management for Conversion of 15 Hotels to MainStay Suites
Choice Hotels | January 4, 2021
ROCKVILLE, Md., Jan. 4, 2021 -- Choice Hotels International, Inc. (NYSE: CHH) has awarded franchise agreements to Gulf Coast Hotel Management, Inc. to convert 15 MainStay Suites hotels in major markets across the U.S., the largest multi-unit transaction in the brand's history. These properties, which have already begun welcoming guests, significantly increase the brand's foothold in the midscale extended stay segment. These 15 hotels combined add nearly 1,700 rooms to the Choice Hotels portfolio and are located in the following cities: Centennial, Colorado Meriden, Connecticut Altamonte Springs, Florida Hoffman Estates, Il...
Quore Helps Hotel Properties Transition to Isolation Wards for COVID-19 Patient Overflow
Quore | April 7, 2020
Operations management platform enables hotels to support health and safety compliance for those looking to help communities in need Franklin, Tenn. - (April 7, 2020) - Quore, the leading provider of workflow management and productivity tools for hotels, today announced its Quore Aid Program for any hotel converting its property into a COVID-19 isolation ward or temporary medical facility. Quore has adapted its suite of solutions to allow for adherence to local and national healthcare guidelines to support housing facilities as they determine the right precautions each hotel isolation ward should follow in order to ensure the health and sa...
Rebranded Hotel JAL City Bangkok to Open 2nd Quarter of 2020
Hotel Okura Co., Ltd. | December 2, 2019
TOKYO--December 2, 2019--Okura Nikko Hotel Management Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of Hotel Okura Co., Ltd., and Grand Tower Enterprise Co., Ltd. have signed an agreement covering the operation of one of Grand Tower Enterprise’s hotels. Currently operating as “Hotel Verve Bangkok”, the property will be rebranded as “Hotel JAL City Bangkok” and reopened as an Okura Nikko Hotel Management property from 2nd quarter of 2020. The agreement was signed on November 15, 2019. Hotel JAL City Bangkok is situated adjacent to Hotel Nikko Bangkok, which was opened in January this year. Thonglor BTS Skytrain station is just a three minute walk aw...
RIU Hotels & Resorts Acquires Building in London for Conversion to the Riu Plaza Brand
RIU Hotels & Resorts | September 19, 2018
Palma de Mallorca, 19 September 2018 - The hotel chain has just acquired a building in a premium area of the city, close to Victoria Station, which it plans to convert into a 4-star hotel as part of its Riu Plaza urban line. RIU Hotels & Resorts has bought a building in one of London's top neighbourhoods where, following a total refurbishment, it will open a hotel in its Riu Plaza urban line. The building is at 1 Neathouse Place, right next to Victoria Station, Westminster Cathedral and Buckingham Palace. By the end of 2020, the future Riu Plaza hotel in London will become the chain's first hotel in the United Kingdom, a country tha...
Oxford Capital Group & Quadrum Global Converting Chicago’s Former Atlantic Bank Building into Hotel Julian, Oxford’s Flagship Property
Oxford Capital Group, LLC and Oxford Hotels & Resorts, LLC | April 18, 2017
Chicago's Historic Atlantic Bank Building is being transformed into the flagship for Oxford's "Hotel Julian" luxury lifestyle brand set to open in late 2018 (CHICAGO, Ill; April 18, 2017) – Oxford Capital Group and Quadrum Global today announced that the comprehensive redevelopment and adaptive re-use hotel conversion of the historic Atlantic Bank building at 168 North Michigan Avenue will be christened the Hotel Julian, the flagship property of Oxford's latest luxury lifestyle hotel brand. Diagonally across from Millennium Park, the $75 + million development is slated to open in late 2018. "We are excited to be transforming this...
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