Marriott Introduces New Hotel Concepts

By Staff -- HOTELS Magazine, 11/1/2001

Walnut Wreek, Calfornia Marriott International, Washington, D.C., and Leisure Sports, Pleasanton, California, announce a new concept and design for a hotel and fitness resort. Construction of the 175-room Renaissance ClubSport Resort is underway and is scheduled to open in late 2002.

The Renaissance ClubSport concept combines two operating businesses, a four-diamond hotel and a first-class sports club, into one dynamic entity. The hotel will offer 4,000 sq. ft. (372 sq. m) of meeting and banquet facilities and 85,000 sq. ft. (7,897 sq. m) of sports and fitness facilities.

A two-and-a-half story atrium at the heart of the hotel and fitness resort will feature a California spa cuisine restaurant, contemporary resort sports bar, gift shop, spa and salon, and a comprehensive business center. This area will blend the two properties together creating a central hub of activity within a resort setting.

Leisure Sports will manage the Renaissance ClubSport and Marriott International will provide marketing services via a Renaissance Hotels & Resorts franchise license agreement.

Asia / Pacific

Hotel Sahid Dumai, Dumai/Riau, Indonesia; 128 rooms to open late 2002 at a cost of US$2 million; management and contact: Sahid Group of Hotels.

Centerpoint Seoul, Korea; 121 rooms to open 2002; developer: SGS Construction Technology Resources Inc.; contact Century Hotels International.

Hotel Jal City, Miyazaki, Japan; 213 rooms to open late 2002; architect and interior designer is Kume Sekkei Co., Ltd., Tokyo; management: Uematsu Sekiyu Shoji Co., Ltd., Japan; contact Nikko Hotels International.

Sunway Pyramid Hotel, Selangor, Malaysia; 562 rooms and 280 apartments to open 2004 at a cost of US$37 million; architect is Akitek Juruancang (M) Sdn Bhd, and the developer is Sunway City Bhd; management and contact: Allson International Hotels & Resorts.

Australia

Holiday Inn Burswood, (a new hotel at Burswood International Resort Casino); 300 rooms to open late 2002 at a cost of US$50 million; contact Six Continents Hotels.

Carribbean

Villa Capricho, Isla de la Juventud, Cuba; 50 rooms to open mid-2002; developer, management and contact: Gran Caribe SA Hotel Group.

Gran Caribe Club Cayo Largo, Isla de la Juventud, Cuba; 306 rooms to open late 2002; developer, contact and management: Gran Caribe SA Hotel Group.

Hotel Iberostar Varadero, Varadero, Cuba; 386 rooms to open in late 2002; contact Grupo Iberostar.

Central/S. America

Turin Michaelangelo Hotel, São Paulo, Brazil; 200 rooms to open early 2004; interior designer: Studio Simoneti; management and contact: Turin Hotels International.

Curitiba Golfe Hotel, Curitiba, Brazil; 120 rooms to open 2003; developer and contact: Pestana Hotels & Resorts.

Europe

Radisson Edwardian, Birmingham, England; 221 rooms to open late 2003; developer: Targetfollow Limited, Birmingham; contact Radisson Edwardian Hotels.

Four Seasons Hotel Hampshire, Dogmersfield Park, England; 120 rooms to open 2003; developer: Fingen/Frantini Family; contact Four Seasons Hotels & Resorts.

Louis Sand Heaven Village, Protaras, Paralimni, Cyprus; 150 villas to open early 2003 at a cost of US$8.5 million; management and contact: Louis Hotels.

Middle East

Hyatt Regency Soma Bay, Hurghada (South), Egypt; 330 rooms to open early 2003; contact Hyatt International Hotels.

Madinat Jumeirah, Dubai, United Arab Emirates; 900 rooms to be completed in two phases: phase one, mid-2003, and phase two, mid-2004; architects are Creative Kingdom and Mirage Mill, and the interior designer is KCA; management and contact: Jumeirah International.

Helnan Nabq Resort, Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt; 234 rooms to open late 2003 at a cost of US$30 million; architect and interior designer: Edward Dann; management and contact: Helnan International Hotels.

North America

Courtyard by Marriott, Annapolis Junction, Maryland; 140 rooms to open mid-2003 at a cost of US$15 million; developer: The Donohoe Companies, Washington, D.C.; management and contact: Hospitality Partners.

Residence Inn, Southwest, Washington, D.C.; 200 rooms to open mid-2003 at a cost of US$30 million; developer: The Donohoe Companies, Washington, D.C.; management and contact: Hospitality Partners.

Four Seasons Private Estates and Club Sedona at Seven Canyon, Sedona, Arizona; 100 rooms to open 2003; developer: the Pinnacle Group and Cavan Investments, Scottsdale, Arizona; contact Four Seasons Hotels & Resorts.

Hilton Grand Vacation Club, Las Vegas, Nevada; 1,209 rooms to open early 2003 at a cost of US$469.4 million; architect is MBH, Newport Beach, California, and interior designer is Wimberly Allison Tong & Goo/PTStudio, Newport Beach, California; developer, management and contact: Hilton Grand Vacation Company LLC.

Destination Hotels & Resorts To Manage Nine Zero Hotel

Englewood, Colorado Destination Hotels & Resorts (DH&R) recently signed a deal to manage the new luxury hotel, Nine Zero, in Boston. This is DH&R’s first venture into the Boston real estate market. “Destination Hotels & Resorts has for some time been looking to enter the bustling Boston real estate arena, but we were waiting for the right opportunity,” says Allen Goodman, regional vice president, sales and marketing, DH&R. “The site at 90 Tremont Street fits well with DH&R’s philosophy of acquiring distinctive properties in key markets where we can enhance a neighborhood and offer a quality, one-of-a-kind asset to our potential customers.” The 190-room hotel is owned by Intercontinental Real Estate Corporation, Boston, and is slated to open in Spring 2002.

Nine Zero is a 4-star, full-service, highly designed luxury property designed by Tsoi/Kobus & Associates, Cambridge, Massachusetts. The hotel will feature only 12 rooms per floor and is intended to project a cleverly stylish, boutique quality and feel.

The guestrooms will be modern in design and décor. All rooms will be equipped with multiple phone lines, fax, copier, high-speed Internet access, CD and VCR with bathroom stereo/TV speakers. Wilson & Associates, New York, will create the interiors of the public spaces and guestrooms.

A second floor signature restaurant will seat 72 in the main dining room and will feature an intimate bar and private dining room suitable for small parties of 10 or fewer. The hotel will also offer several meeting rooms and a small exercise facility.

Hilton Plans Second Hotel In Berlin

Berlin Hilton Group plc is expanding its presence in Germany with the signing of a long-term lease agreement for a second property. The new 5-star hotel will form part of a large new commercial retail complex being developed by E & P Immobilien, Beteiligungs, GmbH & Co. “Zoofenster Berlin” KG.

The 35-story hotel will have 566 rooms including 44 suites and one presidential suite when it opens in 2004. The hotel is designed to cater to both the business and leisure traveler and will offer an extensive range of first class facilities. Hilton Meetings will provide state-of-the-art meeting and conference solutions, offering a choice of tailor-made meeting rooms and services, and a ballroom for larger conferences and banqueting.

Leisure facilities include a health club, three restaurants, lobby bar and an American bar. Located on the top floor of the hotel is the Windows on Berlin bar that offers a panoramic view of the city.

Fandango Resorts, Holly Farms Develop Resort In Mexico

Divisadero, Mexico Fandango Resorts, Park City, Utah, and Holly Farms International, Carmel, California, have teamed up to develop Las Cuevitas, a private beach resort just north of Mexico’s popular destination, Puerto Vallarta. Las Cuevitas offers consumers the best of both worlds, a luxury hotel type of vacation with an ownership package.

“Fractional ownership packages are a very powerful trend in the real estate market today, and we will see it grow stronger and stronger,” says Bill Shoaf, president and CEO of Fandango Resorts. “Because so many of the best small hotels have been absorbed by large hotel chains, the discriminating traveler is left with few options for unique, high-end travel experience. We have revived this standard by creating handcrafted properties in irreplaceable settings, with top-of-the-line amenities and services and the invaluable luxury of ownership options.”

The resort is set on 60 acres (24 ha) of the most beautiful white sand beaches on Mexico’s Emerald Coast. It will include 30 individual casitas and 20 one-acre (.40 ha) sites for villa development, a restaurant, meeting facilities and a spa. Each 1,000 sq.-ft. (93 sq.-m) casita is beautifully designed and includes a private courtyard entry, a large living and dining room area, butler’s kitchen, master bedroom suite, and a secluded outdoor garden shower. The 30 casitas are slated to open in early 2003. The one-acre (.40 ha) parcels are slated for 20, 3,250 sq.-ft. (2,717 sq.-m) villas, scheduled to begin construction in January 2002.

Hurghada, Egypt The serpentine-shaped, 300-room luxury hotel, Le Méridien, is scheduled to open in late 2002 and will be located on 97 acres (39 ha) of prestigious shoreline in the Hurghada Red Sea region. “The architectural plans for the 5-star hotel call for two curvilinear wings, each three to four stories high, that are joined by a majestic, glass-mullioned lobby at the center,” says Yoshiro Hasimoto, principal in charge of the project for William B. Tabler Architects, New York.

The main guestroom wing of the hotel winds it way along the shoreline to a sandy point where it merges with an existing circular hotel, which will be part of the new hotel. Five restaurants are planned, including an all-day dining room, a German and Italian restaurant, a seafood restaurant, a deli, and one other ethnic restaurant. Guests also will have access to a spa and wellness center, tennis courts and a dive center.

Plans for the future by owner Saudi Egyptian Red Sea Investments Company include a resort village with 200 luxury villas and 200 condominiums (phase 2) and a residential spa resort hotel (phase 3).