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Earlier I reported that Kimpton's Hotel Palomar would be replaced with a Marriott hotel, but I have just received confirmation that it will be the Renaissance brand replacing it instead. I predicted that it would be a Marriott property given its size and location, but neglected to consider the obvious: a replacement Renaissance. (both Renaissance and Marriott are brands under the Marriott International umbrella) Many will recall that the Renaissance was previously located just south on West Peachtree, but closed last year and is now Meliá. Meliá, the flagship brand of Sol Meliá, discount air ticket is said to be investing multi-millions in a year-long renovation of the building and hotel rooms. Personally, I would have loved to see Edition, the new boutique brand from Marriott, brought to Atlanta but alas, that was not in the cards. Edition is only open in two locations, although it has about a half dozen coming soon, and more in the pipeline. Another intriguing new boutique brand is Andaz from Hyatt, also with few properties open. While Atlanta does have a number of independent boutique hotels such as the Ellis and Glenn [member of Marriott's Autograph Collection] in downtown discount air ticket Atlanta, and a number of W properties, discount air ticket we lack any of the cool brands of New York and LA. The Standard and Andaz come to mind and are to me the epitome of chic boutique properties. Apparently discount air ticket Renaissance is now labeled as a boutique brand and Marriott thought it to be the best replacement. discount air ticket Clearly the property will lose some of its charm with it now being a mega-chain but hopefully it's still appealing to guests. I'm told the conversion will take about four months. Some information, discount air ticket breaking news and industry scoop is only shared via my Twitter and Facebook accounts so " follow " and " like " me so is not to miss a beat!
Ugghhhhh. So they are going to downgrade discount air ticket the lobby? Or is it just adding all the signage. Horrible move. It s no longer a destination hotel so what s it for??? Law firms and all aren t putting people at a Renaissance. I guess there s GT. They will do some football biz and some Mart biz. Anyway. Just dreadful.
@ Tim, Yes, Marriott International operates the Renaissance Hotel brand. Earlier I reported the Palomar was likely becoming a Marriott (the flagship brand) but instead it will be a Renaissance branded discount air ticket hotel. Sorry for the confusion and thank for reading the blog.
Renaissance is a great brand - I travel a minimum of 4 nights a week and look for them. They are a good option between the vanilla, boring Marriott brand and the highly unpredictable boutique brands. The urban locations are usually better than the secondary market locations. Usually (not always) have interesting restaurants (Never a Cracker discount air ticket Barrel) - check out the Renaissance in Times Square. Also - business travelers will choose that because of the Marriott Rewards program. Plus - they have Aveda Rosemary body wash. It would be nice if we could get a Standard (love the downtown LA hotel) or something similar, but lets face it - our city is not ready for that yet.
Renaissance is a great brand - I travel a minimum of 4 nights a week and look for them. They are a good option between the vanilla, boring Marriott brand and the highly discount air ticket unpredictable boutique brands. The urban locations are usually better than the secondary market locations. Usually (not always) have interesting restaurants (Never a Cracker Barrel) - check out the Renaissance in Times Square. Also - business travelers will choose that because of the Marriott Rewards program. Plus - they have Aveda Rosemary body wash. It would be nice if we could get a Standard (love the downtown LA hotel) or something discount air ticket similar, but lets face it - our city is not ready for that yet.
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