Florida (Atlantic coast) Beach Hotels

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Florida (Atlantic coast) Beach Hotels

Well at least a Miami Beach Hotel got mentioned in this fake news

by admin on December 21, 2010

You know how they like to create fake relationships in Hollywood to get cheap news coverage? Well below is a fine example of that. But at least one Miami Beach Hotel got some press in the wake of this fake news.

JUSTIN Bieber and Selena Gomez have denied they are going out, but they most certainly do enjoy each other’s company.

They laughed and joked together as they walked at Miami Beach, before realising they had been spotted.

The pair tried to get to the beach, but turned around and ran when they saw all the paparazzi waiting for them.

Bieber, 16, and Gomez, 18, were staying in a plush Miami hotel ahead of Bieber’s performance at the American Airlines Arena in Miami.

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New Hollywood Beach Hotel Part of Overall Resurgence of Florida Beachfront Community

by admin on December 15, 2010

Everyone’s heard of Hollywood California, but what about Hollywood Florida? This lovely beach town in South Florida has saw some hard times a few decades ago but has been making a real comeback. A newly announced Hollywood beach hotel will be part of that comeback. We get this from the Miami Herald article in the topic:

With names like Ocean Mist, The Blue Wave and the Sun and Sea, the once-blighted mom-and-pop motels and small hotels on Hollywood beach are riding a wave of change that is beginning to transform one of the few quaint beach towns left in South Florida.

Visitors still can grab a beer for $2, a large cheese for under $10 and a motel room in season for a humble $59. For the cost of parking, a frugal family can bury its toes on the sandy side of one of the most beautiful oceanfront promenades in the country.

On Wednesday, Hollywood commissioners gave their blessing for Margaritaville, a vast 17-story resort hotel that promises to change the face of the beach.

The Jimmy Buffett-themed resort won’t break ground for another year, but visitors and locals already are waking up to the clatter of saws, hammers and construction trucks.

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Bringing your pet goose on vacation? One Daytona Beach Hotel won’t object.

by admin on December 1, 2010

There was an amusing story about a Daytona Beach Hotel recently. We get this from the UPI article on the subject:

A Florida hotel made an exception to its usual dogs-and-cats-only pets policy for a well-behaved goose.

Jennifer Thomas, 38, of Roanoke, Va., said The Shores Resort & Spa in Daytona Beach Shores allowed her goose, Gabby, to stay due to her good behavior and cleanliness, The Daytona Beach News-Journal reported Monday.

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Fall at Riviera Beach hotel ruled to be no fall and no accident

by admin on April 25, 2010

Police recently determined that a man’s claimed fall from a Rivera Beach hotel balcony was actually a beating that resulted in his death. We get this from a recent report:

Investigators now think a man who said he fell while at a Riviera Beach hotel was a homicide victim.

On Tuesday April 20 paramedics responded to a call at the Sands Hotel at 2401 Beach Court.

51 year old Robert Doyle said that he had fallen and was in pain.

He was transported to St. Mary’s Medical Center where he died a few hours later.

A doctor treating him didn’t think Doyle’s injuries matched those sustained in a fall. He had broken ribs on both sides of his body, bruises on his legs and rib cage and a black eye as well as suspected internal injuries.

An examination by the Palm Beach County Medical Examiner determined Doyle’s death was the result of a homicide.

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South Florida beach hotels had a better winter than expected

by admin on April 22, 2010

The economy may be down but it isn’t out. The Sun Sentinel is reporting that winter hotel occupancy at South Florida beach hotels was better than expected. Here are some excerpt from that piece:

Numbers released Wednesday by Smith Travel Research detail the improvements for South Florida hotels in the first quarter. Overall, hotels in Broward County saw revenues per room rise about 6 percent and in Palm Beach County about 3 percent from a year ago.

Occupancy rose about 7 percent in Broward and 11 percent in Palm Beach counties, while average room rates declined slightly in the period, the research group said.

Analysts cite several reasons why hospitality fared better this winter than forecast even in late 2009: a rebound in U.S. economic growth, a slowdown in job losses nationwide, gains on Wall Street and South Florida’s hosting of the Pro Bowl and Super Bowl football games in January and February.

“There was a period last year when people were uncertain, even if they had money set aside for travel. They weren’t sure what would happen in the near term with their employment and money in the bank,” said Bill Cunningham, general manager of the Courtyard by Marriott Fort Lauderdale Beach hotel. “Times are still difficult, but it’s stabilized. People feel that they can predict their financial future a little bit better, so they are starting to spend that travel money.”

Cunningham’s 261-room Courtyard hotel posted a 15 percent gain in revenues per room in the first quarter, with both occupancy and rates up from last year. Rooms fetched about $175 night, considered mid-range on the beachfront that has gone increasingly upscale. Some of the hotel’s 80 employees chose to work overtime hours this winter, an option unavailable in slower times last year, he said.

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Hollywood FL beach hotels — the other Hollywood

by admin on April 11, 2010

There was a fun article recently in a Delaware newspaper about “the other Hollywood” — namely Hollywood Florida. As the article note, Hollywood Florida is a lovely little beach community with quite a few nice beach hotels to choose from. Here are some excerpts from that article:

A low-key, friendly town located on Florida’s Atlantic coast, it is unpretentious and un-glitzy.

Located right between two high-profile resorts — Fort Lauderdale to the north, and Miami to the south — Hollywood takes pride in its small-town charm. This low-key Hollywood was named an “All-America City 2007” by the National Civic League.

One example of its special ambience is the popular beach promenade known as the Broadwalk. It’s indeed broad and an ample 27-feet-wide, so there’s plenty of space for a separate lane for bikes, as well as the wider lane for walking. Stretching for two-and-a-half miles, the Broadwalk is a colorful brick-lined oceanside promenade, the most extensive along Florida’s East Coast.

Strolling on this promenade, pedestrians are practically on the beach. This is not an elevated walkway as in Atlantic City, N.J., or Ocean City, N.J. Instead, it’s flush with the beach, which is just steps away.

This beach, studded with palm trees, is a 5-mile expanse of soft sand and clear ocean water which was voted Florida’s best beach by Florida Living magazine. It’s also earned the distinction of “Blue Wave Beach,” an award given to selected beaches by the Clean Beach Council.

And the Broadwalk has its own claim to fame. It’s been named one of American’s Top 10 nostalgic promenades by USA Today.

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Occupancy at Palm Beach Hotels reportedly rebounding

by admin on April 9, 2010

According to a recent article in the South Florida Business Journal hotel occupancy in South Florida and specifically at Palm Beach hotels is up this Spring. Here are some highlights from that piece:

Hotels in South Florida continued to bounce back from the recession last week, according to data from Smith Travel Research.

The peak of the tourist season and special events brought occupancy gains in all three counties.

For the week ended April 3, occupancy in Palm Beach County was up 33.4 percent, year-over-year. Occupancy in Miami-Dade was up 9.1 percent, while occupancy in Broward was up 6.6 percent.

Occupancy across the U.S. fell 3.6 percent.

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Fire at a Miami Beach Hotel

by admin on March 17, 2010

There was reportedly a fire recently at a Miami Beach Hotel.

Nothing like being herded onto the street in the middle of the night to improve a vacation…

Here is an excerpt from a recent TV news story on the subject:

Flames destroyed one room and forced all of the guests out on to the streets. Most of the guests are visiting on Spring break. “I actually came from Wisconsin because I’m a student here, but our flight got delayed, so it took all of our day and not a good end to the day,” said the student. “They’re claiming there was a fire in 210, and that’s right next to my room, so I’m pretty worried about my stuff.”

No injuries were reported.

Investigators haven’t said what caused that fire and the guests have not been able to return to the building as of yet.

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Vero Beach Hotel announces new hire

by admin on March 16, 2010

Ever been to Vero Beach FL? If not you should some time — it is beautiful out there.

Anyway, there was a brief new release about a key hiring at a Vero Beach Hotel that reminded us of the lovely area. Here is the link to that story.

And here is a bit about Vero Beach from Wikipedia:

Vero Beach is a city in Indian River County, Florida, USA. According to the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2006 estimates, the city had a population of 16,939. It is the county seat of Indian River County. Vero Beach is a Principal City of the Sebastian–Vero Beach Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is home to 130,100 people.

Vero Beach may be best known as the location of Dodgertown, where the Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers baseball team held their spring training camp from 1948 until 2008 when it moved to a new facility in Glendale, Arizona. The stadium was also the home to the minor league Vero Beach Devil Rays; however, in August 2008 the franchise was sold to the Ripken Baseball Group and did not return to Vero Beach for the 2009 season. In 2009, Dodgertown was sold to Minor League Baseball, and there is no word yet if a new team will make it its home.

Piper Aircraft Inc. builds aircraft here. Major industries include citrus fruit packing and tourism.

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Swanky Miami South Beach Hotel Facing Foreclosure

by admin on March 12, 2010

When the economy tanks the travel industry is often on the front lines. A high end South Beach hotel in Miami knows all about that problem with creditors moving to foreclose on the property. We get this from a recent Miami Herald article:

The swank South Beach hotel is still open and charging premium rates but last made a mortgage payment in September. A dismal year walloped the financials at the oceanfront property.

Home to a Robert DeNiro restaurant and a long pedigree of celebrity guests, the Shore Club saw profits collapse last year — down 62 percent as it cleared just $328,000 before taxes and debt payments, according to filings by its operator, Morgans Hotel Group. …

Now forced to fend off foreclosure proceedings over a $126 million loan from 2005, the Shore Club probably qualifies as South Florida’s most high-profile hotel drama. Long a source of gossip-column fodder since its 2001 opening, the Shore Club got hit by the recent hotel downturn just as it faced more competition for a shrinking pool of free-spending vacationers.

“A lot of that high-end boutique South Beach product appealed to the Wall Street crowd — the 38-year-old, 39-year-old executive who got six-figure bonuses,” said hotel broker Dan Carlo, of Holliday Fenoglio Fowler in Coral Gables

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Too many West Palm Beach hotels?

by admin on March 11, 2010

There was an interesting piece over at the West Palm Beach Post wondering if West Palm Beach FL really needs another large hotel. Here is an excerpt:

It’s no secret that the West Palm Beach hotel scene is lacking. There’s nothing in the nearby vicinity to downtown’s supposed biggest draw — Clematis Street and the waterfront. The Hyatt Place, at 295 Lakeview Avenue, is a good 10-to-15 minute walk to Clematis. The Marriott near CityPlace is about the same.

There are several big plans floating around, most notably a proposal to develop a 15-story hotel with premier waterfront views at the Old City Hall site. Then there are talks of converting the Comeau Building into a boutique hotel on the heart of Clematis.

At a time when private financing is tough to come by, the city and county would likely to have to get involved to some extent in these projects – especially the convention center hotel. There’s also the issue of vacancy rates, which hover at around 56 percent countywide. City officials don’t seem overly concerned about this, believing that there is a much bigger market for a four-star hotel around Clematis then a two or three star hotel off I-95.

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Spring breaker falls at Daytona Beach Hotel

by admin on March 8, 2010

Spring break in Florida is known for the crowds of drunken students. Not surprisingly, accidents happen in such settings. We get this recent report about a Daytona Beach Hotel:

A South Carolina Spring Breaker climbing down from a third-floor balcony to the second floor balcony of a hotel suffered serious injuries when he fell to the ground, Daytona Beach police said.

Poilce officers found Christopher Andrew Grasso, 19, of Charleston, lying on his back in the parking lot of the Daytona Inn at 219 S. Atlantic Ave. shortly before midnight Sunday, bleeding profusely from his head, moaning and unable to talk, a police report said.

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Several Beach Hotels make the Travel and Leisure Mag top 100 list

by admin on December 28, 2009

Travel and Leisure released their list of the top hotels in the world and not surprisingly several on the list are beach hotels. The AP story on the subject included this:

The Grand Del Mar in San Diego, The Setai in Miami Beach, Harraseeket Inn in Freeport, Maine, and The Palazzo in Las Vegas, are among the new properties that made Travel + Leisure magazine’s list of the 500 best hotels in the world.

The list also includes 66 properties that offer rooms for $250 a night or less, including the Inn on the Alameda, Santa Fe, N.M.; Hotel Lucia, Portland, Ore.; and Rockhouse Hotel, Jamaica.

The No. 1 hotel in the U.S., according to the magazine, was the Inn at Palmetto Bluff, in Bluffton, S.C. Other top domestic hotels included the Ritz-Carlton Bachelor Gulch, in Beaver Creek, Colo.; the Ritz-Carlton in Naples, Fla.; the Halekulani in Oahu, Hawaii; and The Carlyle in New York.

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