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Pass the Champagne and caviar: One of IHG\u2019s most luxurious manufacturers is lastly getting again into the U.S. lodge enterprise.<\/p>\n
Regent Hotels & Resorts plans to open the Regent Santa Monica Beach in California later this yr. The lodge, previously a 347-room Loews-affiliated lodge, will endure a major renovation that cuts the room depend by a minimum of half to convey the property as much as Regent\u2019s ultra-luxurious requirements, IHG leaders instructed TPG this week forward of the announcement.<\/p>\n
The Regent Santa Monica Beach is a return to the U.S. for the general model, which launched in Hawaii within the Seventies and ultimately expanded to Beverly Hills in California earlier than Four Seasons absorbed a good portion of the model\u2019s portfolio within the Nineteen Nineties. IHG considers the transfer extra like a U.S. debut for a reimagined Regent model.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s a busy month for Regent, which opened the Carlton Cannes, a Regent Hotel this week in southern France and plans on a grand opening on the Regent Hong Kong in June. Both of these inns are former InterContinental-branded inns (although the Regent Hong Kong was initially a Regent, so it\u2019s a homecoming of types for that property).<\/p>\n
Wondering the place precisely Regent suits within the ultra-luxury sector, identified for manufacturers like Marriott\u2019s St. Regis and Hilton\u2019s Waldorf Astoria? IHG leaders divulged all the main points.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe spent a lot of time and effort talking to our owner partners around the world about properties and hotels that will make it and whether that might be important to have a common shared vision, which we absolutely do with this hotel in terms of vision and of what we want to bring to the next generation of luxury,\u201d Tom Rowntree, IHG\u2019s vice chairman of luxurious manufacturers, mentioned in an interview with TPG this week amid the Carlton Cannes opening. \u201cThat’s kind of a nonnegotiable, I would say.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Regent Santa Monica Beach’s shoreline location is steps from the Santa Monica Pier, and a beachfront pool deck with a number of swimming pools, a vacation spot spa and a wellness heart are a part of the redevelopment plans. A high-end market, in addition to a star chef-anchored restaurant, are additionally within the works, however no additional particulars had been offered.<\/p>\n
The Regent Santa Monica Beach may also be thought-about the model\u2019s flagship within the Americas.<\/p>\n
\u201cRegent Santa Monica Beach is the start of a bright future for the brand in the Americas, emphasizing our strategic focus on luxury and lifestyle growth globally,\u201d Julienne Smith, IHG\u2019s chief improvement officer for the Americas, mentioned in a press release.<\/p>\n