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In an Unusual Sunday Press Release, Ace Hotels Announces Plans for an Oregon Forest Property

We’re always happy to hear about new hotels, particularly innovative properties with unexpected amenities. Which brings us to the news release we received today that Ace hotels plans to open their first forest outpost in West Linn, Oregon.

Billed as “an experiment in urban arcology,”  the planned Ace Hotel Hobbit House is set to open in Winter 2018. It will occupy a domed one unit property with a skylight built deep in the West Linn woods by a mime trained by Marcel Marceau who happens to be a self-taught designer and builder. Read more

Introducing Hudson Brooklyn, New York’s Newest Organic Everything Hotel!

We just received an intriguing online announcement. Hudson, the midtown west hotel with the chartreuse space capsule entry, is opening a new hotel in Brooklyn (in Bushwick, natch).

Billed as the first farm-to-factory hotel, Hudson Brooklyn promises “a new view on gluten” and offers reclaimed hay bedding, cold brew coffee imported daily from Japan and organic eggs from the rooftop coop. But wait, there’s more: an introductory offer of 40 percent off all room bookings. Yowzah! Read more