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• Oakland gets a taste for gourmet
10.16.2009 Outlet: San Francisco Chronicle When Jeremy Umland was considering opening a second location of his popular San Francisco restaurant, Ozumo, he considered Napa and Walnut Creek. Instead, he decided to follow the money. "Investors and developers, all with a lot more cash to risk • 'Duck' Into Citizen Hotels Grange Restaurant For Some 'Fowl Play' 10.14.2009 Outlet: HotelChatter Where: 926 J St. [map], Sacramento, CA, United States, 95814 October 15, 2009 at 9:19 AM | by EricRosen | 0 Comments When it opened last December, we told you all about the geeky glory of the Citizen Hotel in Sacramento. Now we want to tell • Hotels get creative to cope with hard times 10.12.2009 Outlet: Miami Herald - Online, The Faced with the toughest financial crunch in decades, hotels are moving beyond typical discounts and offering unusual promotions to lure clients and create buzz. The 27-room Crane's BeachHouse in Delray Beach, for example, offers a ''The Bed-in for • I'M ASITTING IN MY OWN PRIVATE CABANA HERE AT THE HOTEL MAYA SWAGO. 10.12.2009 Outlet: KTLA Morning News - KTLA-TV HI, ALLIE. Reporter: GOOD MORNING, YOU GUYS. I'M ASITTING IN MY OWN PRIVATE CABANA HERE AT THE HOTEL MAYA SWAGO. WE'RE GOING TO WIND UP DINE LARESTAURANT WEEK. COMING UP WE'LL SHOW YOU ALL THE APPETIZERS, ENTTRAYS, ALL COMING UP LIVE FROM LONG BEA • In San Francisco, hotel rooms for less than $100 10.09.2009 Outlet: Austin American-Statesman - Online TRAVEL By Helen Anders SAN FRANCISCO The Good Hotel is a good hotel. Its rooms are small and spare but contemporary-cool, and they have everything you need: a bathroom, a safe, TV, free wireless, an iPod dock and clever art. Some rooms are even ai • San Francisco Japantown hotel delivers anime immersion 10.02.2009 Outlet: Los Angeles Times - Online Check into mainstream manga: A Bay Area Best Western rethemed by a boutique hotel chain buzzes with vibrant comic sensibility. Click to Enlarge Three unique restaurants in San Francisco Hotel Guide Restaurant Guide Attraction Guide • HOTELS 10.01.2009 Outlet: Los Angeles Times Infobox Infographic Hoping to keep its 119 rooms filled, Hotel Erwin on Venice Beach is offering an unusual promotion for its countercultural clientele: an Ink and Stay package that includes $100 toward a tattoo and a bottle of tequila to numb • Treating Your Employees Like Honored Guests = Outstanding Customer Service = Business Success 09.30.2009 Outlet: Fast Company - Online FC Expert Blog This blog is written by a member of our expert blogging community and expresses that expert's views alone. Chip Conley, founder and CEO of Joie de Vivre, the largest group of boutique hotels in California, believes in treating hi • Gourmet Stimulus Plan 09.30.2009 Outlet: North Bay Bohemian More than two dozen restaurants are offering $25 prix fixe menus as part of the inaugural Santa Cruz Restaurant Week, Oct. 1-8. Full menus are posted at www.santacruzrestaurantweek.com. Our advice: make reservations. Aptos Sanderling's Oc |
Joie de Vivre Hospitality Begins Development of Hotel Montgomery
San Francisco, CA (May 29, 2003)-JOIE DE VIVRE HOSPITALITY (www.jdvhospitality.com), known for its creative collection of lifestyle businesses in the Bay Area, announced today its plans for the historic Hotel Montgomery. Slated to open in Summer 2004, this property will be the fifth in Joie de Vivre's growing Silicon Valley collection of one-of-a-kind boutique hotels.
Hotel Montgomery is located in the heart of historic downtown San Jose and has been called "one of San Jose's strongest links to the past" by the city's Mayor Ron Gonzales. This 84 room landmark hotel is owned by San Jose Redevelopment Agency (SJRA).
The hotel's amazing transformation process began in January 2000 when the SJRA took the extraordinary step of relocating the hotel 186 feet south of its previous location to First and Paseo de San Antonio-at a cost of $8.5 million. The SJRA also contributed $4.5 million for a seismic retrofit and $6 million for the historic renovation of the hotel.
In August 2000, SJRA selected DivcoWest to renovate this important landmark and allow it to evolve into one of the few boutique hotels in Silicon Valley. DivcoWest is expected to begin renovations in November 2002.
Hotel Montgomery marries the past and present of beautiful San Jose featuring a striking Neo-Classical design steeped in casual elegance and comfort. A uniquely San Jose property, this historic structure bridges the nostalgia of the Valley's past with the forward-thinking needs of today's traveler. The hotel's lobby, guestrooms, meeting spaces and restaurant/bar evoke a sense of dramatic authenticity-full of interesting details and smart design features.
Los Angeles-based Texeira Interior Architecture and Design, lead by Glen Texeira, will provide the interior design services. Other significant creative partners include San Francisco-based Page & Turnbull Architects and Marta Fry Landscape Design.
The property will be managed by boutique hotel innovators, Joie De Vivre Hospitality. "The Montgomery Hotel is a timeless treasure and we are committed to preserving its character," says Chip Conley, founder and CEO of Joie de Vivre Hospitality. "We will closely follow historic guidelines set locally and by the Department of the Interior to celebrate the natural assets of this landmark. Hotel Montgomery is so unique in its ability to impart a sense of both history and the future. Our goal is to share this emotional connection with each person that walks through the doors of the Montgomery."
About Joie de Vivre Hospitality
Based in San Francisco, Joie de Vivre Hospitality (www.jdvhospitality.com) is a creative collection of lifestyle businesses. As the Bay Area's fastest growing independent hospitality company, the Joie de Vivre portfolio features 20 boutique hotels and one day spa. These properties represent a total of 1713 rooms and include five distinctive restaurants and bars. Each property has been carefully designed to celebrate the San Francisco Bay Area through its unique visual style, high design principals, one-of-a-kind amenities and personalized service. Chip Conley, founder and CEO of Joie de Vivre Hospitality, says it best, "Our goal is to create landmark destinations full of soul and personality!"
