Downtown Des Moines hotel likely to gain approval
A proposed downtown hotel that has been the subject of several protracted meetings likely will gain final approval from the Des Moines City Council on Monday.
City Manager Rick Clark told The Des Moines Register late last week that he is recommending the council approve the project, which has sparked heated debate among nearby residents who didn’t want the structure in the neighborhood. The most recent discussion [Read More Extended Stay Hotel Review News]
Indiana man arrested in Wisconsin hotel standoff
Police arrested a 32-year-old Indiana man at the end of an armed
standoff inside a Waukesha hotel.
Waukesha police say it happened around 9:45 p.m. Saturday at the
Extended Stay hotel. A woman called police from outside the
building, saying her husband had just gone back to their room to
get a gun after they got into an argument at a McDonald’s
restaurant. She told police he intended to shoot her.
Officers es [Read More Extended Stay Hotel Review News]
Hotel Review: St. Pancras Renaissance Hotel, London – Pittsburgh Post
THE UPSHOT
A glamorous train station hotel with a split-personality, where rooms start at £180, or $275 at $1.53 to the pound.
BASICS
The St. Pancras Renaissance Hotel brings some majesty and style to the fustiest category of accommodations, the train station hotel. The original Midland Grand Hotel opened in 1873 and was shuttered in 1935; today, the vast Gothic facade of rebuilt spires and cleaned-up brickwork to [Read More Extended Stay Hotel Review News]
Des Moines needs to retool its development approval process
Burlington hotel developer Ravi Patel proposed building a four-story hotel on the riverfront in downtown Des Moines more than a year ago. Since then, the project has evolved to include two hotels and a parking ramp.
Yet, while the project has gone through numerous revisions after being reviewed several times by city staff and two city boards, the project could be killed by the City Council on Monday.
The developer [Read More Extended Stay Hotel Review News]
Hotel review: An Inspector Calls at… Archangel, Frome, Somerset
By
The Inspector
Last updated at 7:15 PM on 3rd February 2012
Rating:
The sales are still on. At the Archangel, in Frome, Somerset, there’s a ‘Romantic Getaway’ packagefor £299 for a two-night stay.
You get BB, a bottle of bubbly on arrival and a dinner for two in the restaurant — with food reputedly the best in town. Not bad and it’s far from couples only.
The three bar rooms and entrance hall [Read More Extended Stay Hotel Review News]
Hotel Review: W Taipei
This fashionable perch from which to explore Taipei has enough amenities that you may wish to stay in. Doubles from $300; suites up to $13,000.
THE BASICS
Taiwan’s economy boomed in the 1980s, but the recent, rapid rise of China, its neighbor and historic enemy, has been a windfall for this island and its capital, Taipei. Wealthy mainlanders are now arriving in droves, and they need somewhere t [Read More Extended Stay Hotel Review News]