| | | | | | End of an era as Morgans closes ahead of apartment conversion
US: The Morgans Hotel in New York, widely regarded as the first boutique hotel, has closed and will be converted into high-end micro apartments. Read more...
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Gonzalez Byass to open hotel in Jerez
Spain: Drinks producer Gonzalez Byass will open a hotel in the sherry-producing city of Jerez in 2019.
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Sea Breeze Inn in Newport completes transformation
US: The Sea Breeze Inn has hosted a grand opening of its newly-built boutique hotel in Newport, Rhode Island.
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| | | | All things must pass
• The one constant in life is change, as the saying goes, and it is a maxim that applies to the hotel sector as much as any other. Just a month after industry pioneer Ian Schrager opened the first property under his new brand, Public, on Manhattan's Chrystie Street, he saw the place where it all started for him in hotels - and where many would say for the boutique hotel sector itself - has closed its doors.
Morgans Hotel on Madison Avenue, just a couple of miles north of Public, is to be converted in to tiny apartments, ranging in size from 28 to 30 square metres.
The 1927 building, designed by architect Andrew J Thomas, is being converted by real estate agency Kash Group and investment firm Shel Capital. The companies are are finalising a $41 million deal for the 17-storey, 117-room hotel and will convert it into 90 condos, with hotel rooms or corporate housing spanning three lower floors, and a restaurant at ground level.
Schrager expressed his sadness at the building closing, but he doesn't strike me as the type to wallow in nostalgia. But there is no denying that a little bit of our industry's history will be lost with its passing.
George Sell, editor, Boutique Hotel News
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| Interview: Enrique Mandl, GM, Nobu Hotel Ibiza Bay
Enrique Mandl talks to BHN about opening a property he describes as a game changer for Ibiza's hospitality sector.
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| Q and A: Kevork Deldelian, COO, Millennium and Copthorne Hotels
Kevork Deldelian talks about the launch of the Agarwood eco-lifestyle hotel brand.
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