Hotel Vitale one of the best in San Fran

Hotel Vitale was recently named one of the top hotels in San Francisco by U.S. News. Of the 363 hotels ranked, the Joie de Vivre property came in at #6.

U.S. News.com includes a number of best hotels lists under their travel guides section, for various markets across the United States and abroad. Their rankings take into account multiple factors including guest reviews, editor rankings and class i.e. how many stars or diamonds the hotel averages.

Located on the Embarcadero waterfront, near San Francisco’s financial district, Hotel Vitale boasts exceptional views of the San Francisco bay and offers a premium spa experience. It also features the in-house Americano restaurant.

U.S. news also mentioned some other awards Hotel Vitale has earned including AAA/CAAA Four Diamond Lodgings 2011, Concierge.com Editor’s Pick , Conde Nast Reader’s Choice List in 2010 and  Frommer’s Very Highly recommended .

Congratulations to our friends at the Hotel Vitale for being recognized as one of the top hotels in San Francisco.

Joie De Vivre pushes east (again)

 

A few  weeks ago we posted a story about Joie De Vivre Hotels taking their first step outside of California with the opening of the Drinkwater in Arizona.

Well, JDV has continued down that expansionary path and will soon open their second, out of California, property.

The Hotel Lincoln in Chicago, a 12 story building with 184 rooms, is projected to open in February of 2012. As reported by Hotel Chatter.com, the hotel has a great location and impressive features to get excited about.

“Rooftop bar, killer lake views and a hot restaurant downstairs and in-room? What’s not to love about this hotel announcement?”

The “Hot restaurant” Hotel Chatter refers to is the Perennial Virant, and in regards to the lake views, JDV says that 60 percent of the rooms will have views of Lake Michigan.

Besides the great features of the hotel itself , the Hotel Lincoln has some major implications for JDV as a company. Expanding outside of Califronia to a nearby western state was one thing, but moving to the heart of the Midwest is a pretty significant move for a hotel chain based in California.

Is JDV going to spread nationally?  Or is Hotel Lincoln just a fluke ? With only two hotels outside of California it’s hard to tell what JDV’s intentions are, but fans of the premium hotels can still cross their fingers and hope they’ll see a JDV hotel coming to a city nearby.

Deck 33 Gets glowing review

 

 

 

Deck 33 was recently featured on Urbandaddy.com ,listed under the Food Section of the Los Angeles centric website.The restaurant, located in Custom Hotel in Los Angeles, was praised for specifically remedying the poor variety of  dining choices near LAX.

“From LAX, you can get… anywhere in the world.

But on the way… you aren’t exactly overwhelmed with options for exotic poolside feasts.”

Sleek and modern architecture and furniture are matched with brief injections of bamboo in this unique restaurant. So if you’re simply near LAX or as the article  suggests “ you’ve got a few hours to kill before your flight overseas”, check out Deck 33 for some culinary satisfaction

Congratulations to our friends over at Deck 33 and Custom hotel for making such a great impression on Urbandaddy.com

Hospitality Wins at Women’s World Cup

 

Though the Women’s World Cup 2011 is still a sore subject for most of us here in the U.S. Some positive Hospitality news has just come out of Germany.

World Football Insider reported this week that commercial hospitality packages reached new sales records for the 2011 Women’s World cup. 28,000 commercial packages were sold, making the 2011 Tournament the most successful hospitality campaign in women’s soccer history.

MATCH Hospitality, “worldwide exclusive rights holder of the FIFA hospitality program”, had a specific marketing strategy that probably played a key role in the record numbers.  MATCH used an approach that “ focused on a more feminine look and feel”, they also specifically tried to identify new markets to sell to and began sales way back in 2009. It’s also interesting to note that 50% of packages were purchased by women.

So clearly there are lessons to be learned from MATCH about how best to capitalize from sporting events in order to maximize hospitality bookings. What exactly made their approach so effective? Was it the precise targeting to women, the early sales, or their identification of new markets? It’s difficult to say but companies in the future should learn from MATCH’s example and follow a similar strategy when marketing hospitality around an event.

For more details and the entire article head over to World Football Insider

Joie de Vivre Pushes East

In a landmark move for the California based hotel chain, Joie De Vivre has opened their first property outside of the Golden State. The hotel, named The Drinkwater, is located in Scottsdale Arizona.

The Drinkwater Hotel is named after Drinkwater Boulevard where it is located, which pays homage to former Scottsdale Mayor Herb Drinkwater. Mayor Drinkwater had such a profound impact on transforming Scottsdale into the affluent town it is today, that he was known locally as Mr. Scottsdale.

JDV executive chairman Chip Conley had some positive things to say about their out-of state move. “This is a milestone step for Joie de Vivre, and Scottsdale is a great place for our first venture outside of California.”

The city of 200,000 has a great atmosphere and is ideal for the JDV boutique hotel experience. The New York times has even referred to downtown Scottsdale as  “a desert version of Miami’s South Beach” having “plenty of late night partying and a buzzing hotel scene”.

Congratulations to our friends at Joie de Vivre for their expansion with the Drinkwater! For the full story on JDV’s latest hotel head over to Hospitality World Network