Boutique hotels are small-capacity hotels that provide more personalized service than typical hotels. They typically have fewer than a hundred rooms, and are considered more "trendy" and "intimate", often due to their location in urban areas. They will usually also display a strong sense of aesthetic, and have a unique, un-homogenized character. They may be themed too, such as by having a focus on nature, environment, cuisine, history, community and cultural immersion, attentive service, or well-being.
11-553: The Mondrian Hotel is a boutique hotel at 8440 Sunset Boulevard in West Hollywood, California . Opened in 1996, it is owned by Pebblebrook Hotel Trust and operated by Accor . The structure was built in 1959 as an apartment building. It was later renovated and reopened in 1985 as the Le Mondrian by the L'Ermitage Hotel Group. The outside of Le Mondrian featured a commissioned work by Yaacov Agam entitled L'Hommage
22-591: A Mondrian which covered the hotel's 9 story exterior. Le Mondrian was later purchased by Ian Schrager and his Morgans Hotel Group in 1996 and renamed Mondrian Hotel Los Angeles. In 2008, Morgans Hotel Group commissioned designer Benjamin Noriega-Ortiz to update the hotel. In April 2011, Morgans Hotel Group reached a deal to sell the Mondrian Los Angeles to Pebblebrook Hotel Trust for $ 137 million. Morgans Hotel Group will continue to manage
33-595: A themed, stylish, and/or aspirational manner with distinctive concepts. These concepts often reflect the local culture of the neighborhoods in which the hotels are located. Typically, these hotels are designed to have a more "intimate" feel than many larger hotel chains. Boutique hotels are commonly found in the city centers of London, New York City, Miami , New Orleans , and Los Angeles . They are also found in resort destinations and may be furnished with amenities such as spas, yoga, and painting classes. Boutique A boutique ( French: [butik] )
44-509: Is a retail shop that deals in high end fashionable clothing or accessories. The word is French for "shop", which derives ultimately from the Ancient Greek ἀποθήκη ( apothēkē ) "storehouse". The term boutique and also designer refer (with some differences) to both goods and services , which are containing some element that is claimed to justify an extremely high price. The term boutique entered common English parlance in
55-761: The Bedford by Bill Kimptom in Union Square, San Francisco, both founded in 1981, may have started the trend. The term "boutique hotel" was coined by Steve Rubell, who compared Morgans Hotel to a boutique as opposed to a department store , to which chain hotels were compared. In recent times, boutique hotels have grown in popularity, corresponding with the general public's increased interest in individualized service. Many hotel chains have begun to focus on creating subsidiary hotels to establish smaller, boutique-style hotels, or in acquiring previously independent boutique hotels. Boutique hotels are typically furnished in
66-592: The Mondrian while in Los Angeles on business. The hotel is featured in the video for " All Up 2 You " (2009), performed by Akon , Aventura , and Wisin & Yandel The lyrics to Dr. Dooom and Jacky Jasper 's song "Neighbours Next Door", from First Come, First Served (1999), state: "Lookin' out your Mondrian Hotel window, like Elvis Presley coming down the elevator." The lyrics to 50 Cent 's song "Places to Go", from 8 Mile: Music from and Inspired by
77-584: The Motion Picture (2002), reference the hotel: "Matter of fact you gotta send it to Sunset Blvd up in the Mondrian" Several episodes of the HBO series Entourage were filmed on-location at the Mondrian. In the third installment of the Family Guy 's Star Wars parody, "Episode VI It's a trap", about 16:11 into the episode, the character played by Angela thanks her audience for meeting her "in
88-557: The hotel under a 20-year agreement. On November 30, 2016, Morgans Hotel Group , including the Mondrian Los Angeles, was acquired by SBE Entertainment Group for $ 805 million. In November 2020, all of SBE Entertainment Group's hotel holdings were sold to Accor , after it already acquired a 50% stake in 2018. As of 2020, the Mondrian brand of hotels, including its flagship in Los Angeles, is being managed by Accor's lifestyle subsidiary Ennismore . On December 4, 2007, rapper Pimp C
99-420: The late 1960s. Some multi-outlet businesses ( Chain stores ) can be referred to as boutiques if they target small, upscale niche markets . Although some boutiques specialize in hand-made items and other unique products, others simply produce T-shirts, stickers, and other fashion accessories in artificially small runs and sell them at high prices. In the late 1990s, some European retail traders developed
110-563: The lobby of the Mondrian", drawing a comparison between the Mondrian Miami lobby's futuristic design and the interior of a Star Wars spaceship. Boutique hotel Boutique hotels first began appearing in the 1980s in major cities such as London , New York , and San Francisco . There is debate about who started the boutique hotel concept. Blakes Hotel in South Kensington, London , designed by Anouska Hempel , and
121-691: Was found dead in his room at the Mondrian Hotel in West Hollywood, California. The wrap party of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine was held at the Mondrian in 1999. Images of the party at the Mondrian can be seen in the season seven DVD of the series. Britney Spears documentary Britney: For the Record (2008), was filmed at the Mondrian Hotel. One of the main characters in William Gibson 's novel Spook Country (2007) stays at
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