Westin To Build First U.S. Ski Property
By Karyn Strauss, Associate Editor -- HOTELS Magazine, 3/1/2005
Westin To Build First
U.S. Ski Property
Mammoth
Lakes, California OZ
Architecture has won approval for its drawings of the
Westin Monache, a 230-room resort to open in Mammoth Lakes, California,
in spring 2007. Construction is scheduled to begin in April.
Located next to the ski gondola, the US$140 million luxury resort represents a new concept for Mammoth Lakes, the nation’s third-most popular ski area. The first U.S. ski property for Westin, the Monache will combine full hotel services with condominium residences selling for US$300,000 to US$1 million.
The property will be developed by Vancouver, B.C.-based Intrawest Corp., which is investing US$1 billion in a Mammoth makeover, including the mixed-use Village at Mammoth, a golf course and 1,500 condos and townhomes.
The eight-story Monache building will feature expanses of glass and powder-coated steel brackets and railings.
John Q. Hammons Plans
Kansas City Airport Location
Kansas City, Missouri John Q.
Hammons has announced plans to
build a 4-story, 150-suite Residence Inn by Marriott
1.5 miles (2.4 km) from the Kansas City International
Airport.
Construction is scheduled to begin this summer, with the grand opening slated for 2006.
Lodging options will include studio, one-bedroom or two-bedroom suites, all of which will be equipped with a sleeper sofa, living area and full kitchen, including microwave and dishwasher. The two-bedroom suites will provide guests an additional bathroom and a choice of two queen beds or three queen beds.
The property will offer a variety of amenities, including laundry facilities, outdoor pool and whirlpool, tennis courts, a cardio fitness center and a business library with high-speed Internet access.
The new Residence Inn will be the 11th property in Missouri managed by John Q. Hammons Hotels Inc. The company also owns and operates two hotels in Kansas City.
Malaysia Hard Rock Hotel In The Works
Port Dickson, Malaysia HPL Hotels & Resorts, Singapore, will manage
Asia’s third Hard Rock Hotel, the 300-room Hard Rock Hotel, Port
Dickson, Malaysia.
Scheduled to open in late 2006, the multimillion-dollar beachfront hotel will sit on a 4-ha (9.9-acre) site overlooking the Straits of Malacca. The design, concept and theme will be synonymous with the other two Hard Rock Hotels in Asia.
The property will offer services and facilities for leisure, government and MICE markets, including a 500-seat, state-of-the-art ballroom and smaller meeting rooms.
The hotel also will feature a signature free-form swimming pool, a water slide for kids, poolside cabanas, a Kids’ Club, a Hard Rock Spa, a gym, tennis courts, and broadband Internet access in the rooms. In addition, the Hard Rock Cafe will provide live entertainment.
Shangri-La To Build In Mongolian Capitol
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts
will open a 190-room hotel in
the capital of the Republic of Mongolia at the end of
2007.
The hotel will be Shangri-La’s first in the Republic of Mongolia
and the country’s first by a global hotel group.
A joint venture between Shangri-La Asia Limited and MCS Holding, Mongolia, the hotel will be a part of an office, retail and hotel complex located at the east side of the Sukhe-Bator Square, between the City Theatre and Peace Avenue, in the center of Ulaanbaatar.
The hotel will feature various dining and entertainment options, including an all-day restaurant, a Chinese restaurant, a theme outlet, bar and a lobby lounge. The meeting and banquet facilities will include a 12,920-sq. ft. (1,200 sq. m) grand ballroom, and 6,890 sq. ft. (640 sq. m) of function rooms. An indoor swimming pool, health club and spa also will be available.
Hyatt Resort And Spa Coming To Central Texas
Austin, Texas Woodbine Development Corp. of Dallas and
Hyatt Hotels Corp., Chicago, have unveiled plans for
the 491-room Hyatt Regency Lost Pines Resort and Spa
in Austin, Texas. Being built adjacent to the 1,100-acre
(444-ha) McKinney Roughs Nature Park along the Colorado
River, the resort will open in 2006.
The 405-acre (163-ha) property will offer an 18-hole golf course, a full-service spa, and multiple food and beverage outlets, along with more than 50,000 sq. ft. (4,645 sq. m) of indoor meeting space. Recreational amenities will include a man-made waterpark with multiple pools, rafting and fishing opportunities in the Colorado River, and more than 16 miles (26 km) of hiking and equestrian trials. The Camp Hyatt children’s program and the Regency Club also are planned.
Urgo Hotels Partnership
Developing Montreal Airport Project
Montreal, Canada Urgo Hotels, in partnership with the
Real Estate Group of Marathon Asset Management, will
begin construction of a C$45 million (US$36.7 million),
two-hotel complex at the Montreal International Airport
in May.
The 330-room development will consist of a 170-room Residence Inn by Marriott and a 160-room Courtyard by Marriott, built on a 7.1-acre (2.9-ha) land parcel. A July 2006 opening is planned.
The two hotels will be housed in adjacent six-story towers connected with a low-rise public space structure. Though the hotels will offer a different type of hotel experience, they will share certain amenities and services, including a restaurant and lobby lounge, indoor swimming pool and spa, a health club, a business center and 6,000 sq. ft. (557 sq. m) of meeting space.
The partnership also owns an adjacent 3.25-acre (1.3-ha) land parcel zoned for commercial use with plans for sale or future development, which may include a build-to-suit office building, expansion of the hotels or the addition of a third hotel.
The two hotels will bring to eight the number of properties owned and operated by Urgo Hotels in Canada.
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