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First NYLO Hotel Opens in Texas

In 2006, I wrote about the plans for the NYLO hotel chain. Now the first NYLO loft hotel, the NYLO Plano at Legacy has opened in North Dallas.

The hotel is a mid-priced hotel with a more luxurious and fun feel. It boasts a lobby gathering spot with pod chairs and glass antler-shared chandeliers and the staff wears uniforms designed by by Project Runway alum Daniel Vosovic. Each NYLO hotel will have its own theme. NYLO Plano is described as "urban cowboy" whereas the next property in Warwick, Rhode Island, will have more of a nautical theme. The CEO has said that he wants NYLO to be the Starbucks, IKEA or Mini Cooper of business and leisure travel. They plan to put 50 hotels in suburban and secondary city markets by 2010.

The hotel also has green elements such as lights turn on automatically when guests enter and shut off automatically when they leave, recycled paper in desk pads and folio binders, bath and body products comes in recycled bottles and most interestingly, the use of wind power to supply half of the hotel's energy needs.

The rooms are all called guest lofts and have large windows. They offer a room with a view, suites, and the lifestyle suite which has a large terrace. At the 176-room NYLO Plano, introductory rates start at $89(weekends) and $169(week nights) through the end of February.

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Le Meridien's LM100

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Luxury Travel & Hotels

Hotel chain, Le Méridien, is trying to up their hip quotient with a program called the LM100. The hotel plans to sign up 100 design experts as consultants by 2012. The goal of the program, besides being an intriguing marketing hook, is to create distinctive amenities for the hotel chain that will help it stand out in an increasingly crowded field of upscale hotel brands.

The head of the program is a French contemporary art guru, Jérôme Sans, who will serves as the cultural curator. He will be responsible for advising, finding and enrolling new members who can advise Le Méridien and help transform the hotels into more creative spaces. The first 12 members of the LM100 are Sans, chef Jean-Georges Vongerichten, wine advisor Linda Grabe, artist Michael Lin, photographer Ralph Gibson, film maker Kiki Allgeier, musician and composer Henri Scars Struck, desiger Nick Dine, artist Sam Samore, artist Hisham Bharoocha, perfumers Eddie Roschi and Fabrice Penot, and Andrea Illy, shown at right, from the Illy coffee company.

LM100 design initiatives include art-themed key cards, a signature scent, coffee and wine tastings, a newly designed bed, distinctive music for the lobbies and elevators, and from Sam Samore, a book of fairytales, specifically written for Le Méridien, which was launched during the ONE NIGHT Miami event on December 2, 2007.

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Baccarat Plans A Hotel Chain

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The latest luxury brand to plan a hotel chain is Baccarat. The hotels will have between 80 to 250 rooms per property and of course the hotels will have fine furnishings including Baccarat chandeliers. Details are scant at this point. We know that the first Baccarat hotel will be in Wailea, Hawaii and open in 2010. This property will have 193 condo-hotel rooms from one-bedroom to four-bedroom residences. Other Baccarat hotels in the offing will include properties in the Caribbean, Europe and the Far East.

[via Hotel Chatter]

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Gallagher Brothers To Create A Hotel Chain

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It used to be that every celebrity had to have a fragrance or a clothing line. Add hotel to that must-have list. The latest to launch a hotel chain will be Liam and Noel Gallagher, the mercurial brothers behind Oasis. The rock stars are eager are to launch a hotel chain in America and reportedly will use their songs as themes for the hotels which are planned for Miami, New York and West Hollywood. They are hoping to name the hotels Supernova Heights. Given their famous fights I can't imagine that the Gallagher brothers will agree on enough things to actually get a hotel built.

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The Scotsman Hotel Sold To Saudi Billionaire

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And yet another well-regarded hotel has been bought as the foundation for a new chain. We've seen the Waldorf-Astoria and the Hotel de Crillon spawn new hotel chains recently. Now the Scotsman Hotel in Edinburgh has been bought by Saudi billionaire Mohamed Bin Issa al-Jaber who plans to use the hotel as the flagship for a new chain. According to the Scotsman, the hotel was sold for £63 million. The new European hotel brand will also include La Tremoillé in Paris and the Berners Hotel in London which is undergoing a £32 million refurbishment.

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Hilton Launches New Luxury Brand

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Reuters reports that the Hilton Hotels has created a new luxury brand named after the Waldorf-Astoria hotel in New York. The Waldorf-Astoria Collection will compete against luxury hotel brands such as Starwood Hotels and the Ritz-Carlton.Hilton already has a luxe option, the Conrad chain, but feels there is enough room for two brands at the top. The new brand may eventually include about 200 luxury hotels worldwide and the launch includes four hotels.

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