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AC By Marriott Hotel Announced for 2018 In Cleveland

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Slated to open in Spring of 2018, the property is part of the new 58 acre mixed-use development which will encompass 400,000 square feet of retail space, 150,000 square feet of offices, and 90 apartments at Interstate 271 and Harvard Road in Beachwood, Ohio.

DelMonte Hotel Group has just launched a significant expansion to the Midwest.  According to Alexander DelMonte, President, DelMonte Hotel Group will be developing and operating the new 145-room AC by Marriott. Slated to open in Spring of 2018, the property is part of the new 58 acre mixed-use development which will encompass 400,000 square feet of retail space, 150,000 square feet of offices, and 90 apartments at Interstate 271 and Harvard Road in Beachwood, Ohio.  Read More

Protesters interrupt NAACP Board Meeting @ Westin Cincinnati

USA TODAY NETWORK  Mark Curnutte, The Cincinnati Enquirer

CINCINNATI — About 140 demonstrators from Tennessee disrupted the national NAACP board meeting Saturday, forcing management at the hotel meeting site to call Cincinnati police.

The demonstrators protested the decision by the civil rights organization to call for a moratorium on charter school expansion and the strengthening of oversight in how charter schools are operated.

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Cincinnati tourism industry to combat skills gap

, btweh@enquirer.com 

Cincinnati’s regional tourism bureau has helped launch a new leadership program to help prepare youth and young adults for careers in the travel and hospitality sector.

The Cincinnati USA Institute for Hospitality Leadership is the brainchild of Cincinnati USA Convention & Visitors Bureau and its industry partners, the groups said Thursday. The creation of the institute was announced at a forum hosted as part of the tourism bureau’s multicultural initiative Vibe Cincinnati.

An Institute for Hospitality Leadership task force will work with businesses to identify talent needs and then work with local colleges to create a curriculum to help fill those jobs. The task force will also help local middle schools and high schools create curricula that could allow students to feed into the college program.  Read More

Battelle Considering New 200 Room Hotel in Columbus Near its Campus

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New proposal for Battelle property includes apartments, hotel, park

By Mark FerenchikThe Columbus Dispatch  •  Monday October 10, 2016 1:58 PM

As Battelle considers proposals for a good chunk of property near its Columbus campus, the latest idea would focus on retired Ohio State and Battelle employees.

But the Slane Company, and the former OSU trustee who runs it, may have come to the game too late.

Gahanna-based Slane is pitching the $200-million concept to Battelle, which wants to sell 15 acres just east of the Olentangy River so it can invest the proceeds into the Battelle campus.

Slane’s proposal calls for:

  • 380 apartments for retirees, including 80 assisted-living units
  • A 200-room hotel along W. 5th Avenue
  • A 128-unit market-rate apartment building
  • A 3.5-acre park at the southern part of the property. Harrison West residents had wanted to see some of the land preserved as a park.

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Hilton Downtown Cleveland Hotel or Global Center Could Expand

Hilton Hotel or Global Center could expand, according to architectural request

By Karen Farkas, cleveland.com expansion
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The possible expansion site is 300 feet by 85 feet at the corner of Ontario Street and St. Clair Avenue, said SMG spokesman Dave Johnson. It includes a 135-by-60-foot concrete pad.

“This area could accommodate an expansion of the GCHI floor plates, provide at-street retail opportunities, provide the site for an expansion tower for the Hilton Hotel, and/or provide additional meeting and administrative space within the complex,” states the request for qualifications. Read More

$22 million hotel opens in Covington

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COVINGTON, KY (FOX19) –A new $22 million hotel will throw open its doors inside a history-rich building Tuesday.

The 114-room Hotel Covington is a clash of modern and vintage design.  A ribbon cutting ceremony is scheduled for 11 a.m. in front of the hotel, 638 Madison Ave.  Read More

Cleveland’s Ritz-Carlton launches major renovation; new GM wants hotel to be best in the Midwest

ritzcarltonclevSusan Glaser, The Plain DealerBy Susan Glaser, The Plain Dealer 
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CLEVELAND, Ohio – Leave it to a newcomer to set the bar this high.

New general manager Yael Ron, who arrived in Cleveland just two months ago, predicts the Ritz-Carlton, celebrating its 25th anniversary this year, will become the top-rated hotel in the Midwest.

But first: a long overdue, top-to-bottom renovation of what has long been considered the most opulent of Cleveland accommodations.  Read More

Parker’s at Kimpton Schofield Hotel

parkersParker’s at Kimpton Schofield Hotel: thrifty Happy Hour with big-city chic

By John Petkovic, The Plain Dealer 
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CLEVELAND, Ohio — The latest hotel restaurant-bar to open downtown is just for as much a getaway for locals as tourists. Yes, Parker’s Downtown in the Kimpton Schofield Hotel offers big-city chic — the kind of place where out-of-towners roll in with expense accounts. But there’s nothing stuffy about this hang and the prices hit right down the middle.

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 HAPPY HOUR

Parker’s Downtown
2000 East Ninth Street, Cleveland.
216-357-3250; parkersdowntown.com

Happy Hour: 3-6 p.m. daily.

 Make that downright thrifty during Happy Hour, when Parker’s pairs 10 half-off mini plates with discounted cocktails – including a stellar list of discounted classic and signature elixirs. To see the menu, go here.  Read More

 

Hotels in Cleveland: Is the sky the limit?

Photo by David Kordalski

Photo by David Kordalski

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The onslaught of new hotels in downtown Cleveland looks to keep on coming.

Surprisingly, following the run-up of hotels that expanded the room count 55% the last four years, particularly with the addition of the publicly funded 600-room Hilton Cleveland Downtown at the convention center, worry about oversupply seems to be a passing fancy. Real estate developers have plans for four more hotels, another 750 rooms, if they all get built. Or at least the worry is relegated to some wintry day when the Huntington Cleveland Convention Center and Global Center for Health Innovation is dark or when there’s little else to fill rooms in the city. And days might mount to weeks. Several hotel owners, operators and experts — but not all — expect the softening to be temporary as the city rebuilds its convention business from scratch.  Read More