My friend Bert and I went to the W Hollywood Residences event last night and it was GRAND! It was so cool. (Man, they spent a lot of money on that event.) (1IOTA)In what I think is a great marketing move, Depeche Mode played for a street concert called "Rock the Boulevard' and they drew loads of excitement from the audience. (LA Times)
Bert arranged for some VIP treatment and it was so neat and special since I want to make my way back into the hotel business sooner than later. (...that's not working out so well for me though. ...or is it?) Thanks Bert!
I am so excited about the W Hollywood. They are still building and are even re-doing the city transportation stop at that event. ...that's cool. The plans for the building are amazing. You can see them HERE. It's such a revitalization and truly a renaissance for the area, that's way cool. Go W!Visit http://www.whollywoodresidence.com/ for the online home of what is going to the new home to many.
Check out the W on "Curbed" HERE. (Curbed is a GREAT site to find out information about construction.)
You can find more about the W Hollywood on Starwood's website HERE.
One of my favorite hotel industry websites, www.hotelchatter.com has a section called Wollywood.
The whole concept of the W Hotels (www.whotels.com) is very intriguing to me. They even have a new concept called 'aloft' which is a more budget conscious brand of the W under Starwood. (I think Angel said he stayed at one in AZ.)
Here's a few photos I snapped with my camera phone from last night:
