Doubletree returns to Downtown Chicago
Released
on: June 3, 2008, 6:26 am
Press
Release Author: Doubletree
Hotels
Industry:
Consumer
Services
Press
Release Summary: Doubletree to open new Chicago Magnificent Mile
area hotel following complete remodel

Press
Release Body: The Chicago City Centre Hotel & Sports
Club, the Magnificent Mile area property purchased as
the Holiday Inn City Centre in January 2007 by
an investment group led by The Chartres Lodging Group,
LLC, has begun a $21 million, hotelwide renovation that
will ultimately transform it into the Doubletree Hotel
Chicago Magnificent Mile this summer. The announcement
was made by Phil Tufano, Executive Vice President and
partner of Kokua Hospitality, LLC, an independent management
affiliate of Chartres Lodging that is managing nearly 1,400 rooms
in central Chicago for the San Francisco lodging investment firm.
“We’re
proud to be helping The Chartres Lodging Group strengthen
its presence in the Chicago market – in this case, by updating
a high-profile, East Ohio Street hotel with the coveted Doubletree
brand and its standard of excellence,” explained
Tufano. “Chartres benefits with an expanded renovated
room inventory in the central Chicago visitor district, while
Doubletree is able to present its loyal customers with a fantastic
Chicago city center hotel location. But the real winner may be
Chicago and the traveling public who will have yet another attractive
reason to stay in the Magnificent Mile area.”
The Doubletree
Hotel Chicago Magnificent Mile will feature 500 redesigned
guestrooms; 17,000 square feet of updated meeting and event space;
a refreshed lobby and public spaces; a new signature, three-meal
restaurant; an updated outdoor pool and view deck; and a street-facing
Einstein’s Bagels store. Renovation of the guestrooms has
been completed, with the new lobby and public spaces to be unveiled
by early summer, and the new restaurant to open in the fall. The
remodel will bring a distinctively urban residential feel to the
Chicago
hotel property in keeping with its Streeterville neighborhood
equidistant to the Magnificent Mile, Navy Pier, Millennium Park
and McCormick Place.
“Doubletree
has made a renewed commitment to grow its collection of upscale,
full-service hotels in key city center locations around the world.
We are delighted to work with The Chartres Lodging Group and Kokua
Hospitality to return to one of the most dynamic downtown locations
in North America and welcome business and leisure travelers alike
with what will become a great new Doubletree offering,”
commented Dave Horton, Senior Vice President - Brand Management
for Doubletree
Hotels. “This newest hotel agreement in
downtown Chicago reinforces our pride in Doubletree
being recognized by hotel owners and developers as a dynamic,
credible and lucrative hotel brand for hoteliers around the world.”
At
the core of the top-to-bottom hotel transformation of the upcoming
Doubletree Hotel Chicago Magnificent Mile is a dramatic
urban design theme by Los Angeles hospitality design firm Cole
Martinez Curtis and Associates that calls for iconic, 50s inspired
lighting, metallic wall coverings, sculptured feature walls and
a centerpiece black granite fireplace for the lobby. The hotel’s
restaurant has been relocated adjacent to the lobby, where the
design team is working with The Puccini Group of San Francisco
to create a 6,203-square-foot, three-meal destination restaurant.
The previous second-floor restaurant site will be converted into
new meeting space, and a separate, 1,357-square-foot Einstein’s
Bagel store with both hotel and street entrances will open in
early spring.
As
part of the renovation, the hotel’s giant porte-cochere
on East Ohio Street will be redesigned to present a more dramatic
first impression. The indoor/outdoor pool area and view-oriented
deck will be reappointed with new furniture, fixtures and décor,
thereby incorporating the hotel’s chic urban theme. Hotel
guests will continue to enjoy complimentary access to the Lakeshore
Athletic Club - a full-service fitness facility with spa services
and indoor tennis courts connected directly to the upcoming Doubletree.
About
Doubletree Hotels
With a growing collection of contemporary, upscale accommodations
in nearly 200 gateway cities, metropolitan areas and vacation
destinations throughout the U.S., Canada and Latin America and
an aggressive hotel development campaign around the world, Doubletree
Hotels, Guest Suites and Resorts are distinctively designed
properties that provide true comfort to today’s business
and leisure travelers.
Web
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Contact
Details: Doubletree Hotels PR Contact
Thomas Wingham
Director - Brand Communications
Doubletree Hotels
9336 Civic Center Dr
Beverly Hills
90210
CA
Tel: 310 205 4545
Fax: 310 205-7880
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