Loews Miami Beach Hotel
It looks like The Miami Hotel Mambo, our newest feature on the Miami hotel scene, will stick around afterall.
On Monday, we told you about the construction on the W South Beach and the personnel hirings at the upcoming Gansevoort South. These news struck a nerve with Stan who emailed us his thoughts on the ever-changing Florida hotel landscape.
In general, it's safe to add 8 to 12 months to an opening date for any new project in South Florida. An example: the Fort Lauderdale St. Regis {it's gorgeous} was scheduled to open December 06. It opened in July.
Even better: Loews South Beach built out a new spa, not even in the main building, that was supposed to open the first week in January. Now, we're just talking about the spa, not the entire hotel. They pushed the date back a little bit but were determined to get it open in time for the Miami-hosted SuperBowl, which was the first weekend in February. It finally opened in May.
Stan guesses the reason why there are opening delays is because there is too much construction going on and not enough construction workers. He also takes one last final dig at the W Hotel, disbelieving one of the hotel's thrown-about opening dates of 2007 as well as the June 2008 opening expected for W Hotel Fort Lauderdale.
Interesting to note: the W Hotels and the St. Regis Hotel are part of Starwood Hotels brand.
If you have your own opinions about what's going on in Sobe and SoFla (we made that up just now) or better yet, you have hotel construction secrets and tips, keep us in the loop.
[Photo: Tenangrymen]
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