Ritz-Carlton Irvine Opens In 2001
By Staff -- Hotels, 8/31/1999 11:00:00 PM
IRVINE, CALIFORNIA The 15-story Ritz-Carlton, Irvine at Park Place, will contain 269 rooms, 31 suites and one presidential suite. Rooms on the top four floors will have panoramic views of the area, some all the way to the Pacific Ocean. All rooms will have outdoor terraces with balconies. One novel feature will be the placement of bathrooms on the exterior walls, allowing in natural light. This has become a prominent feature of the newer super luxury hotels in the Asian market but is new to the United States. The architect is Killingsworth, Stricker, Lindgren, Wilson and Associates, Long Beach, California.
The hotel will have a large spa with a health and fitness component as well as a specialty restaurant in a garden setting and a poolside restaurant. The hotel will also feature the Ritz-Carlton Club, two floors of guestrooms and suites that will offer the services of a club concierge, a private lounge and five complementary food and beverage presentations throughout the day and evening.
The owner of the hotel will be Park Place Hotel Company LLC, the managing member of which is Crow Winthrop Development Limited Partnership. The US$85 million hotel will be managed by The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company L.L.C., Atlanta, and is expected to open in December 2001.
Starwood To Manage 11th Hotel In Manhattan
NEW YORK Starwood Hotels & Resorts announced it will manage the 562-room Planet Hollywood Hotel in Times Square. Currently under construction, the hotel will feature a Planet Hollywood Restaurant and Bar and retail store. Intell Management and Planet Hollywood own the hotel.
In addition to the Planet Hollywood deal, Starwood is in the midst of a Manhattan hotel development boom. At the end of 1998 it launched its newest brand, W Hotels, with the opening of the 722-room W New York and assumed the management of the 597-room Essex House, a Westin Hotel in March. It is also in the process of opening two new W Hotels: W The Court and W The Tuscany in late 1999. Also, ground will soon break on a new US$300 million, 860-room The Westin New York at Times Square which is scheduled to open in 2002.
"Starwood's Manhattan hotels are flourishing and the Manhattan hotel market looks strong through 2000," said Juergen Bartels, chief executive officer, Hotel Group, Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Inc. "Our agreement with Planet Hollywood coupled with our other new hotel projects proves that Starwood is quite bullish on Manhattan. Manhattan is one of the hotel capitals of the world and it is important for Starwood to have so many showcase properties here." Other Starwood properties in New York City include The St. Regis, Sheraton New York, Sheraton Manhattan, Sheraton Russell and The Westin Central Park South.
A Luxury Raffles Resort In Bali
BALI, INDONESIA The Raffles Resort Bali at Jimbaran will be situated within a site of approximately 200,000 sq.m at the southern tip of the island of Bali, a 15-minute drive from the Ngurah Rai International Airport. The resort is a joint venture between Raffles Holdings and P.T. Bukit Tegeh Sari. Raffles Holdings is the hotel arm of DBS Land Ltd.
The Raffles Resort Bali will feature 210 individual villas, each with its own private swimming pool. The architecture and functional style of a traditional Balinese water palace inspired the design concept. The centerpiece of the resort will be a palace-like structure surrounded by vast landscaped gardens, and within this palace compound are located the reception lobby and two Raffles International theme restaurants. Other amenities include a wellness center and spa, tennis park, beach club and recreation facilities. The resort will be completed in 2002.
Hard Rock Hotel At Universal Studios
ORLANDO, FLORIDA The 645-room Hard Rock Hotel at Universal Studios Escape, which opens in late 2000, is designed in an architectural California mission style and will feature a pool area with an underwater audio system, 6,000 sq.ft. (557 sq.m) of meeting and function space, five restaurants and lounges, a business center, health club and retail shops.
The Hard Rock Hotel will be managed by Loews Hotels and joins two other Loews properties at Universal Studios Escape: the 750-room Portofino Bay Hotel, which opens in September 1999 and the 1000-room Royal Pacific Resort, opening in 2001. The Hard Rock Hotel and the Portofino Bay Hotel will be connected to each other and to Universal Studios Florida, Universal Studios Islands of Adventure and Universal Studios CityWalk by a chain of scenic waterways. In addition to more traditional forms of transportation, guests will be able to board water-taxis from their hotel to Universal destinations and back again.
Universal Studios Escape is a joint venture between Universal Studios, a unit of the Seagram Company Ltd., a global entertainment and beverage company, and the Rank Group Plc.
WARSAW, POLAND Portman Holdings, L.P., Atlanta, Skanska, and the City of Warsaw announced that Hilton International signed a letter of intent to be the operator for a new 360-room first class international business hotel, to be a part of the Atrium development in the city center. The total cost of the development is approximately US$70 million and the hotel is scheduled to open in the summer of 2001.
INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA The 616-room Indianapolis Marriott Downtown will be Indianapolis' largest hotel and will be owned by Convention Hotel Partners, led by White Lodging Services Corporation, Merrillville, Indiana, a hotel management company, plus Kite Development Corp. and REI Investments Inc., Indianapolis. The US$90 million property will feature the city's largest hotel ballroom, exceeding 20,500 sq.ft. (1,904 sq.m). Other features include a 200-seat full-service restaurant, Champion's Sport Bar, lobby lounge, business center, health facilities and underground parking. The hotel is scheduled to open in March 2001.
ASIA
Hyatt Regency Chonqing, Chonqing, People's Republic of China; 334-rooms to open 2001; Management and contact: Hyatt International Hotels.
Hyatt Regency, Hsinchu, Taiwan; 250-rooms to open 2001; Management and contact: Hyatt International Hotels.
Sheraton Shenyang Lido Hotel, Shenyang, China; 635-rooms to open late 1999; Contact Starwood Hotels & Resorts.
Avari Lahore, Lahore, Pakistan; 300 rooms open 2000 at a cost of US$20 million; Developer is Avari Hotels Ltd.; Management and contact: Avari International Hotels.
CARIBBEAN
Royal Reef Hotel, Grand Cayman, The Cayman Islands, BWI; 80-rooms to open early 2000 at a cost of US$16.8 million; Architect is OBM Limited and the developer is Thompson Resorts Ltd.; Management and contact: Royal Resorts Group.
Rose Hall Ritz-Carlton Hotel, Montego Bay, Jamaica; 430-rooms to open early 2000 at a cost of US$113 million; Architect is Smallwood, Reynolds, Stewart, Stewart & Associates, Atlanta, and construction company is Brice/Bill Harbert Jamaica LLC, Birmingham, Alabama; Management and contact: Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company LLC.
CENTRAL/S. AMERICA
Best Western Hotel Panamby, São Paulo, Brazil; 206 rooms open mid-2000 at a cost of US$9 million; Construction: Timbauba Construtora Ltda., São Paulo; Architect and interior designer are Angela Pereira de Magalhaes and Regina Akiko Aquinaga; Contact Best Western Hotels International.
Inter-Continental Santiago, Chile, 103 rooms; Adding 200 guestrooms; Renovation completed mid-2000; Architect is Barreda & Alemparte; Contact Bass Hotels & Resorts.
EUROPE
Swallow Hotel, Leicester, England; 200-rooms to open early 2001 at a cost of £21million; Developer, management and contact: Swallow Hotels.
Rafael Cambridge, Cambridge, England; 120 rooms to open late 2000 at a cost of US$38 million; Interior designer is Chhada Siembieda, Los Angeles, California; Developer, management and contact: Rafael Hotels.
MIDDLE EAST
Mövenpick Resort, Red Sea (north of Mersa Alam) Egypt; 250 rooms open 2001; Contact: Mövenpick Hotels & Resorts.
Park Plaza Hotel & Towers, Dubai, United Arab Emirates; 400 rooms to open late 2001; Architect is Khatib & Alami, Dubai, and interior designer is Arabtec, Dubai and Hirsch Bedner, Atlanta; Contact and management: Park Plaza International Hotels & Resorts.
Helnan Rodan, Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt; 300 rooms open in 2000 at a cost of US$30 million; Architect is Maher Andaraws Group Consultants and the developer is Rodan Company; Management and contact: Helnan International Hotels.
NORTH AMERICA
Hyatt Regency Penn's Landing, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; 350-rooms open in late 2000; Owned by Penn's Landing Partners L.P., a joint venture of Keating Development Company and Somerset Holdings; Management and contact: Hyatt Hotels Corp.
Hilton Columbus, Columbus, Ohio; 314-rooms to open mid-2000; Managed by Olshan Hotel Management Inc., Contact Hilton Hotels Corp.
Westin Stonebriar Resort, Frisco, (near Dallas), Texas; 301-rooms to open mid-2000 (part of a US$180 million mixed-use project); Architect is Aguirre Corporation, Dallas, and the interior designer is Forrest, Perkins & Tuttle LLC, Dallas; Construction: Roy Anderson Corporation, Jackson, Mississippi; Contact Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Inc.
Marriott Hotel & Conference Center, Pontiac, Michigan; 290-rooms to open late 2000; Architect is PFVS Architects Inc., Atlanta, and the interior designer is F.A. Hunter & Associates, Atlanta; Developer is A.J. Etkin Construction Co., Farmington-Hills, Michigan, and management is White Lodging Services Corporation, Merrillville, Indiana; Contact Marriott Lodging.
Hyatt Regency Tamaya Resort, Bernalillo, New Mexico; 350-rooms open late 2000 at a cost of US$41 million; Owner is the Pueblo of Santa Ana, a Native American tribe; Construction company is McCarthy Building Company, Phoenix, and the architect is Hill-Glazier Architects, Palo Alto, California; Developer: TynanGroup, Inc., San Diego, California; Contact Hyatt Hotels Corp.
Marcus Vacation Club, Lake Geneva, Wisconsin; 84-rooms (added to Grand Geneva Resort & Spa) to open early 2000; Architect is Fugleberg Koch Architects, Winter Park, Florida, and interior designer is Merilee Elliott Interiors, Chicago; Developer and contact: Marcus Hotels & Resorts.
Homewood Suites, Garden Grove, California; 167-suites to open in early 2000; Construction company is Summit Builders Construction Company, Phoenix, and the architect is Pahl-Pahl-Pahl Architects, Denver, Colorado; Contact Promus Hotel Corp.
Embassy Suites Hotel, New York; 460-rooms at a cost of US$120million to open in early 2000; Construction: Lehrer McGovern Bovis Inc., New York; Contact Promus Hotel Corp.
Staybridge Suites by Holiday Inn, Atlanta, Georgia; 148-suites to open late 1999; Contact Bass Hotels & Resorts Plc.
Royal Sands Hotel, Cancun, Mexico; 316-rooms to open early 2000 at a cost of US$40.5 million; Architect is Fisher, Friedman & Associates. Developer and contact: Royal Resorts Group.
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