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Setai San Diego San Diego, California 5th Avenue Partners and The Setai Group are preparing to open the Setai San Diego, California, formerly known as The Diegan. The newly branded property, scheduled to open in late spring, will be the first Setai hotel to open since the Setai Miami in 2005. 5th Avenue Partners, along with The Setai Group, will operate The Setai San Diego. Located at 1047 Fifth Avenue in downtown San Diego, The Setai will offer 161 luxury rooms and suites and 24 penthouses ranging from 400 to 2,700 square feet (37 to 251 square meters), at prices from $400,000 to $3.8 million. The Rockwell Group, headed by designer David Rockwell, is creating the overall hotel design and interior designer Dodd Mitchell has spearheaded the design of the hotel’s restaurant and lounge bar. Trump International Las Vegas Rising high above the city, Trump International Hotel & Tower Las Vegas is expected to open in March. The 64-story tower encased in 24-karat gold glass shines—a striking addition to a skyline legendary for bold architectural statements. The Trump Las Vegas will offer 1,282 luxury hotel residences, each ranging from 530 to 3,500 square feet (49 to 325 square meters). Residents and guests will enjoy an unprecedented level of personalized service and pampering. Briefly Mandarin Oriental St. Kitts St. Kitts, British West Indies The Mandarin Oriental St. Kitts, scheduled to open in 2010, will be a 125-room resort with 20 residences on the island of St. Kitts in the British West Indies. The property will be situated on a 50-acre site at Majors Bay, a private cove on the island’s secluded southeast peninsula. The resorts surroundings will boast a wide range of natural ecosystems, from coral reefs to salt ponds with lush vegetation. The Mandarin Oriental St. Kitts will be part of a larger project, Christophe Harbour, a 2,400-acre project being developed along the coastline of both the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean. When complete, Christophe Harbour will feature a marina village, an eclectic choice of restaurants and boutiques and an 18-hole Tom Fazio Championship golf course. Special accommodations at the Mandarin Oriental St. Kitts include Lagoon Suites, luxurious bungalows set above a lagoon, a 225-seat ballroom five restaurants and bars, and a 15,000-square-foot spa. Conrad Beijing Beijing Hilton Hotels Corporation has signed a management agreement with China Merchants Property Development Company to develop the Conrad Beijing, scheduled to open at the end of 2010. The Conrad Beijing will be located in the city’s central business district, near Wangfujing Street, one of China’s most famous pedestrian shopping boulevards. The Conrad Beijing’s contemporary design will complement its culturally rich setting. The hotel will boast 300 luxurious guestrooms, an urban spa, a rooftop bar and restaurant, and state-of-the-art meeting and recreational facilities. InterContinental Doha West Bay West Bay, Qatar InterContinental Hotels & Resorts has signed an agreement to develop InterContinental Doha West Bay in Qatar. Targeted to open by March 2009, the 60-story tower will be located in the city center close to the main shopping precinct and business district. The 540-room property, which will comprise hotel rooms and serviced apartments, is the second InterContinental in the Qatari capital. InterContinental Doha West Bay will have a state-of-the-art conference center, which is expected to attract corporate and governmentrelated businesses to the city. A club lounge and business center will be made available for business-class guests and the property also will offer luxurious rooms and amenities as standard, focusing on giving guests insider knowledge on Doha. Extracurriculars will include a 200seat lounge, a steak house, a sushi and dim sum venue, a gym, a spa and an outdoor swimming pool. www.LuxuryHotelier.com | February 2008 | Luxury Hotelier http://www.LuxuryHotelier.com

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