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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's Silicon Valley Properties Turn Green
Five Silicon Valley Hotels Awarded Green Business Certification
San Francisco, December 11, 2008 - Joie de Vivre, California's largest boutique hotel collection, announces its Silicon Valley properties have turned "green." The Domain Hotel and Wild Palms Hotel in Sunnyvale; Hotel Avante in Mountain View; The Moorpark Hotel in San Jose, and Hotel Los Gatos in Los Gatos have been certified as Green Businesses by Santa Clara County.
Joie de Vivre is working proactively toward green certification for all of its 30 properties through the "Joie de Vivre Green Dreams" environmental initiative, which is focused on preserving the environment by incorporating sustainability into the company's core business practices. To date, eight Joie de Vivre hotels are green certified by their city or county authorities with two more expected by the end of 2008. The company recently launched a dedicated "Joie de Vivre Green Dreams" portal on its website that features the company's green policies and practices; a green certification "scorecard" for hotels; green travel tips; and links to environmental resources. It is found at http://www.jdvhotels.com/greendreams.
Each Silicon Valley property has bettered itself, ecologically speaking, by making environmentally aware changes internally and externally. "We are committed to being a creative steward to our environment as well as delivering delightful guest experiences at each of our uniquely designed properties," said Karlene Holloman, senior vice president of operations at Joie de Vivre.
At the Domain Hotel eco-friendly changes include replacing disposable flatware and tableware with reusable items, installing low-flow toilets and offering an optional towel and linen reuse policy for guests. The Moorpark Hotel recently put in place energy efficient purchasing and usage policies for ordering supplies and using equipment to minimize the impact on the environment.
Along with the unique efforts of each hotel, the Silicon Valley properties each have recycled products, energy saving programs (including air conditioning unit sensors), pollution prevention, and waste reduction and recycling programs. The efforts made in the hotels are all compliant with the Santa Clara County Green Business Program.
About Joie de Vivre
Based in San Francisco, Joie de Vivre (http://www.jdvhotels.com) is a creative collection of lifestyle businesses. As California's largest independent boutique hotel collection, Joie de Vivre encompasses other hospitality businesses such as restaurants and spas. Celebrating 21 years of creating joy, Joie de Vivre is expanding its California presence in Sacramento, Oakland, San Francisco, Santa Cruz, Sunnyvale, Huntington Beach and beyond.
Media Contact:
Alexis Evans, Public Relations Manager
T: 415.248.5951
Email: aevans@jdvhospitality.com
