“Look Honey, Chocolate On The Pillow And It Says Here There’s A Place Right Nearby Called ‘The Purple Orchid,’ You Love Orchids!”
Fancy-pants boutique hotelier decides eff downtown Philly, all the action is at the airport. From Sunday’s NYT:
Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide announced a similar concept last year, geared toward the Gen X crowd, with the name Aloft. The company expects to open the first of those hotels, in Lexington, Mass., Lincolnshire, Ill., and at the Philadelphia airport, with loftlike rooms in 2007 and have 500 Aloft hotels worldwide by 2012.
Hat tip to the Illadelph for the heads up and telling Starwood what everybody else in the welcoming committee apparently failed to mention:
We hope Starwood gets their head out of their ass — like, immediately — and rethinks the location of their planned Aloft.
They should also work on finding some new talent for prospecting locations in Philly — and make a permanent note to self that the airport is not one of the city’s flashier neighborhoods.
Hopefully somebody over there has their ears on.
The Illadelph: When You Just Wanna Get Away From It All, Have We Got A Refinery For You!
The Purple Orchid: The Real Philly Flower Show, But Maybe Leave The Wife And Kids At Home
Starwood Resorts: If Staying In A Fancy Hotel Is A Bowl Of Cherries, What Am I Doing In The Pits?
