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Special Series: Top 100 Wines: Pinot Noir
December 5, 2014
Dec. 05--American Pinot Noir faces some tough questions today. Its popularity has soared in the past decade, but with that has come what happens to any star-struck grape: too many examples that are generic and fruity, with nothing to make them distinctive. Luckily, there are winemakers who have not been seduced by the easy road, and whose examples reveal the mysteries of site and soil, as great Pinot Noir always has. Pinot's best nature is in its complexity and intrigue, and today there are examples up and down the coast that hold true to that ideal. They reveal the good fortune vintners have had finding exceptional places like Santa Ri
Hospitality Industry Thriving in Philippines – Shangri-La & Ascott Launch New Brands
December 5, 2014
Dec. 05--Ph welcomes Hotel Jen and Ascott BGC With new skyscrapers rising across Metro Manila and in many parts of the country, there is no doubt that property development is thriving in the Philippines. Be it in real estate, retail spaces, and even the hospitality industry, this phenomenon results in a very significant boost to the national economy, which of course, also creates healthy, albeit very tight competition, among the stakeholders. Today, The Manila Times reports on two major developments in the Philippine hotel industry with consecutive launches of new brands from Asia Pacific-hotel giants Shangri-La of Hong Kong and Ascott
Hotel Construction to Begin in 2015 as Part of Vancouver, Washington’s Waterfront Redevelopment
December 5, 2014
Dec. 05--The leader of a $1.3 billion commercial and residential redevelopment of Vancouver's waterfront said Thursday he's inked a deal to build a 10-story hotel as part of the project and that the hotel would begin construction in 2015. Barry Cain, president of Tualatin, Ore.-based Gramor Development, said he's not announcing the identity of the hotel and related details yet. But a signed hotel deal marks a new development in the long-running plan to rejuvenate a former industrial site. Cain spoke of the hotel and other progress on the 32-acre waterfront project as part of a larger, late-afternoon panel discussion held at the Hilton V
Special Series: Top 100 Wines: Chardonnay
December 5, 2014
Dec. 05--Talking about Chardonnay these days has become complicated, mostly because of the lingering aftereffects of what we'll call its Baroque era. That era of excess butter and oak -- with its many lovers and many haters -- still lingers in the mind, even though the state of the art with this grape has moved on. And yet great American Chardonnay is ever more manifest today -- wines that are neither overwrought nor anemic, that show a bounty of fruit (especially in the 2012 and 2013 vintages) and, at their best, the mark of terroir. They come from special, typically marginal corners of the coast all the way from Santa Barbara up throu
Restaurateur Turned Hotelier Charlie Palmer Plans Renovation/Expansion for Napa Valley Harvest Inn
December 4, 2014
Dec. 04--Charlie Palmer owns more than a dozen restaurants across the country, but in the Bay Area, the chef-restaurateur is earning himself a new title: hotelier. Palmer, whose restaurant empire is centered largely in New York and Nevada, is forging into the hotel business. He owns three hotels, all in Northern California: San Francisco's Mystic Hotel, Sonoma County's Hotel Healdsburg, and Palmer's most recent acquisition, St. Helena's 40-year-old Harvest Inn (1 Main St.), which he purchased in January. "As a chef, I've always felt that it's a natural progression," says Palmer of his growing hotel portfolio. "We're in the hospitality b
Idaho’s Boise Hotel & Conference Center to be Revamped & Rebranded as Wyndham Garden Boise Airport
December 4, 2014
Dec. 04--Next spring or early summer, a longstanding hotel will gain a new name and, its manager believes, a brighter future. "The staff here is ecstatic," said Troy DeRosier, general manager of the Boise Hotel and Conference Center. "You don't know how long we've been waiting for this." DeRosier started at the hotel as a sales representative three years ago, shortly before the former Holiday Inn went into foreclosure. After more than two years of bank ownership and no chain affiliation, the 116-room hotel at 3300 S. Vista Ave. is set to become the Wyndham Garden Boise Airport. The hotel's more than 60 employees will keep their jobs, De
Hotel Boom Continues in Bryan-College Station, Texas; 3 Openings in 2014 with 6 More Planned in 2015
December 4, 2014
Dec. 04--Home2Suites opened in College Station earlier this week, the third new hotel in the Bryan-College Station area this year, according to the Convention and Visitors Bureau. The opening of the hotel on Texas Avenue brings the number of hotels in Bryan-College Station to 40 and the number of rooms to 3,762. Shea Williams, director of sales at Home2Suites, said the phone was ringing off the hook at the hotel with people looking to book a few nights to a year, thanks to the amenities in the rooms making longer stays possible. "This was a good market for this type of hotel with the growing oil and gas industry, as well as the universi
Northridge Construction Proposes 98-room Staybridge Suites for Duluth, North Dakota
December 4, 2014
Dec. 04--Another proposed project soon could add to a recent hotel boom in and around Duluth's Miller Hill commercial corridor. On Tuesday, members of the Duluth Planning Commission will consider plans for a four-story 98-room hotel at the southeast corner of Central Entrance and Blackman Avenue. Northridge Construction Inc. of Grand Forks, N.D., is the would-be developer and aims to operate the property under the Staybridge Suites franchise flag, a division of the Intercontinental Hotels Group. Each of the units inside the extended-stay hotel would feature a fully equipped kitchen. The proposed hotel would feature an indoor pool, a hot