Reports and updates on Starwood's select-service hotel brand aloft marketing and sales strategies.
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Aloft Bangkok up for sale 18 Apr, 2012
The Phuket Insider reports that Aloft Bangkok is now up for sale as Thailand's hotel transaction market continues to stay hot. The hotel has been put into the market through Jones Lang LaSalle Hotels. The Starwood-managed 297-room hotel only opened in February and is already being put on the...More>>
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Aloft Hotels continues down conversion path 4 Apr, 2012
Aloft Hotels will launch its second external hotel conversion project next month. Aloft Tucson University, a former Four Points by Sheraton property, will undergo a complete renovation before opening in the first half of 2013. The 150-room hotel is owned by Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide. "Our...More>>
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Aloft on its way to Cupertino 26 Mar, 2012
Aloft Cupertino will be the third Aloft to open in California and its second in Silicon Valley, following the opening of Aloft San Francisco Airport in 2012. Owned by a venture between Shashi Corporation and Somera Capital Management, Aloft Cupertino will include 123 loft-like rooms.More>>
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Aloft testing iPad concierge 12 Jan, 2012
USA Today reports that Starwood's Aloft Hotels brand is piloting a digital concierge program using the Apple iPad device to supply guests with the ability to research their stay and print boarding passes. The iPads have been installed in the lobby of five Alofts so far, and the program will roll...More>>
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Starwood's Aloft brand moving into Orlando 15 Dec, 2011
Starwood's Aloft brand is headed for Orlando. It will the franchise brand for a loft-style hotel expected to open in downtown Orlando as soon as 2013, the Orlando Sentinel reports. New York investment company GDC Properties has closed on the former Orlando Utilities Commission headquarters on...More>>
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Starwood onboard as plan moves forward on Detroit's David Whitney Building 12 Dec, 2011
The Detroit Free Press reports that a plan to renovate the vacant David Whitney Building into retail, apartments and a boutique hotel is moving forward. Word is developers have signed an agreement with Starwood Hotels & Resorts to convert part of the building into a 136-room Aloft hotel. The...More>>
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Sale of El Paso, Texas' Artisan Hotel delayed; Aloft in works 28 Nov, 2011
El Paso Inc. reports that the closing on the Artisan Hotel by Dallas-based Atlantic Hotels has been pushed back to March 15. In September, Atlantic Hotels president Pervez Molubhoy told El Paso Inc. that if he could not secure a desirable brand by November 15, he would let the project go. Now it...More>>
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Vegas' Artisan Hotel could become Aloft 31 Oct, 2011
According to McClatchy-Tribune Information Services, the now-vacant Artisan Hotel Boutique could become an Aloft franchise. The report says that Atlantic Hotels, which operates five hotels in Dallas, has an agreement to buy the 126-room hotel out of bankruptcy for $2 million. More>>
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Starwood stresses the importance of Chinese hotels and travel 28 Jul, 2011
On a conference call discussing Starwood Hotels & Resorts' Q2 2011 financial results, their push into China was outlined as a critical move towards global expansion.More>>
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Brooklyn gains new Aloft hotel 13 Jun, 2011
Aloft New York Brooklyn marks the brand's second hotel in New York City.More>>
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