W Hotels & Resorts is a luxury hotel chain owned by Marriott International that is generally marketed toward a younger crowd than their other upscale properties. As of July 2016, W operates 46 hotels in 24 countries and is continuing to expand both domestically and internationally.
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History
W Hotels was launched in 1998 with the W New York, a conversion of the old Doral Inn hotel at 541 Lexington Avenue in Manhattan. The first few W hotels were mainly conversions of existing hotels already within the Starwood group. The W expanded its number of flagship properties quickly in the United States over the next decade and is now focusing its expansion efforts abroad for the most part.
W opened its first hotel in Europe in Istanbul in May 2008. The hotel, located in the renovated Akaretler Row Houses, a group of historic structures built in the 1870s to house the employees of the Dolmabahçe Palace, blends the traditional Ottoman design of the row houses with the contemporary feel of the luxury hotel chain. The W Barcelona hotel was W's first in Western Europe and opened in October 2009. It features a futuristic design by architect Ricardo Bofill in the shape of a sail and, standing 26 stories tall, it can be seen from all over the city. At the moment, the W Doha Hotel and Residences is the only W property in the Middle East and North Africa, though there are several properties currently in development for the United Arab Emirates and India. W's most notable properties under-development includes the 62 storey W MUMBAI also known as Namaste Tower.
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Features
For example, the lobbies of all the hotels are known as the "Living Room." W Hotels attempt to include the letter W wherever possible - the swimming pool is known as "Wet", the concierge is known as "Whatever Whenever", the laundry bag is known as "Wash" and so on. Many of the W properties are accompanied by their well regarded "Bliss" spas.
Locations
- W Amsterdam
- W Atlanta - Buckhead
- W Atlanta - Downtown
- W Atlanta - Midtown
- W Austin
- W Bangkok
- W Barcelona
- W Beijing - Chang'an
- W Bogotá Hotel
- W Boston Hotel and Residences
- W Chicago - City Center
- W Chicago - Lakeshore
- W Dallas Victory Hotel and Residences
- W Denpasar Retreat & Spa Bali - Seminyak
- W Doha Hotel & Residences
- W Fort Lauderdale
- W Guangzhou
- W Goa, India
- W Hoboken
- W Hollywood
- W Hong Kong
- W Istanbul
- W London - Leicester Square
- W Las Vegas
- W Los Angeles - West Beverly Hills
- W Maldives
- W Mexico City
- W Miami
- W Minneapolis - The Foshay
- W Montreal
- W New York
- W New York Downtown Hotel and Residences
- W New York - Times Square
- W New York - Union Square
- W Paris - Opéra
- W Punta de Mita
- W Retreat Koh Samui
- W San Francisco
- W Santiago
- W Scottsdale
- W Seattle
- W Seoul - Walkerhill
- W Singapore
- W South Beach
- W Saint Petersburg
- W Taipei
- W Verbier
- W Retreat & Spa - Vieques Island
- W Washington D.C.
Planned
- W Jakarta- June 2017
- W Abu Dhabi - January 2018
- W Amman Hotel - March 2017
- W Belgrade - September 2019
- W Bellevue - April 2017
- W Brisbane - April 2018
- W Changsha - July 2017
- W Chengdu - July 2017
- W Delhi NCR - Gurgaon WTC - May 2018
- W Dubai - The Palm - March 2017
- W Edinburgh - 2021
- W Kanai Retreat, Riviera Maya - January 2018
- W Kuala Lumpur - March 2017
- W Madrid - June 2019
- W Marrakesh - March 2018
- W Milan - April 2018
- W Mumbai - October 2017
- W Muscat - January 2019
- W Panama - June 2017
- W Philadelphia / Element - January 2018
- W Retreat Phuket - Phang Nga Bay - January 2018
- W Retreat Sanya - Haitang Bay - January 2019
- W Rome - January 2018
- W Shanghai - The Bund - January 2017
- W Sharm El Sheikh - July 2020
- W Shenyang - January 2019
- W Suzhou - June 2017
- W Tel Aviv - May 2017
- W Xiamen - September 2019
- W Xian - January 2019
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