MTM Luxury Lodging

Lodging Magazine - June 2010
Technology: The Next Decade
From guest service to operations, hoteliers tell how new tools and processes are shaping the way they do business.

 

Wall Street Journal - May 2010
Entrepreneurs Make Use of Odd Spaces
Properties with a past provide unique marketing opportunities; Jails transform into hotels, churches into restaurants...

 

Condé Nast Traveler - April 2010
20th Annual Spa Survey
"Travel has always been a tonic, if not a cure, so why not escape for a quick week of rejuvenation and relaxation? And with so many superb spas, the only question is where." Woodmark Hotel ranked 72nd and Willows Lodge ranked 84th in the Resort Spas category on the 20th annual Condé Nast Traveler reader's poll naming 240 winning spas throughout the U.S., Canada, Central America and the Caribbean.

 

Global Traveler - March 2010
Hotel 1000, Seattle scores 95/100
The hotel was big enough to give guests their own space, but small and professional enough to give each guest full attention. I found it to be a world-class experience. I would recommend requesting a room with a full view of Puget Sound for the ultimate stay.

 

Earth Times - February 2010
Bardessono LEED Platinum Certified
YOUNTVILLE, CA., Bardessono Hotel, Restaurant & Spa has just received the highest level of official recognition possible for its sustainable and environmentally friendly design.

 

Hotel Interactive - January 2010
Hotels Helping Haiti
When southern Haiti was torn apart by a 7.0-magnitude earthquake on Jan. 12, Rachel Moniz immediately felt shockwaves more than 1,500 miles away at the small, privately owned Liberty Hotel in Boston's Beacon Hill district.

 

Travel + Leisure - December 2009
World's Best Business Hotels
Urban hotels are going above and beyond to serve the business traveler. Hotel 1000 in Seattle is recognized by Travel + Leisure readers as a top property selected in cities worldwide.

 

Condé Nast Traveler – November 2009
Top 100 Reader’s Choice Awards
Woodmark Hotel, Yacht Club & Spa, Kirkland, WA named by Condé Nast Traveler in the “Best in the World” edition as a top resort in the nation.

 

Town & Country – November 2009
California Greening, Napa Valley
Being environmentally conscience is undeniably a good thing, but following through can be a bit like eating your vegetables.  

 

Green Traveler Guides – October 2009
America’s Greenest Luxury Hotel
When it opened in early 2009, Bardessono [in the Napa Valley, the epicenter of California wine country] laid claim to being the greenest luxury hotel in America.

 

Fortune Small Business – October 2009
Boston is a paradise for small businesses and food lovers
Housed in the former Charles Street jail and owned by local hotelier Dick Friedman, the Liberty pays homage to its past without being gimmicky.

 

Hotelier Magazine – September 2009
High-Tech Horizons
The future is now: Seattle’s Hotel 1000 leads the way in terms of behind the scenes technology.

 

Global Traveler - September 2009
The Liberty Hotel scores 98/100
We chatted over a glass of Champagne (offered to all arriving guests)…I was off to my room in no time at all.

 

Seattle Metropolitan - September 2009
Wine Lover's Weekend
Art of the Blend, meet the winemakers of Woodinville (features Barking Frog at Willows Lodge). The Next New Thing, Kirkland's got a brand new bin (features Bin on the Lake at the Woodmark Hotel). Around Town, drink artfully (features In the Studio at Hotel 1000).

 

Leisure Management (Issue 3) - September 2009
Hotels Gone Green (page 51)
One case in point is the recently opened Bardessono – an environmentally friendly, 62-room boutique luxury lodge in the heart of California’s Napa Valley.  Designed to achieve LEED Platinum certification…

 

Preservation Magazine - September 2009
Free At Last
A remarkable restoration transformed Boston’s notorious Charles Street Jail into the sparkling Liberty Hotel.  If you have always dreaded the prospect of a night in jail, Boston’s Liberty Hotel might make you reconsider.

 

Hotel Business - August 2009
Hotel Technology's Green Frontier | (Part 2)
Not to be outdone is management firm MTM Luxury Lodging, which received critical acclaim for its high-tech work at Seattle's Hotel 1000 and has now taken the next step into green technology with the Bardessono hotel, "where green meets IT".  

 

Travel + Leisure - August 2009
World's Best Awards
Hotel 1000 is featured in Travel + Leisure's 14th annual poll.

 

 

Green Design - July 2009
Natural Wonders
WATG designs a luxury boutique inn and spa in the heart of Napa Valley that merges contemporary refinement with eco-friendly earthiness.

 

Robb Report - July 2009
Grape Awakening
New resorts, restaurants, and renovations have transformed Napa Valley's once-sleepy Yountville into the definitive wine country destination.

 

Hotel Design - June 2009
Sustainable Spas
In today's world of tight spending, the spa experience can seem inappropriate to some, thanks in part to the nowinfamous AIG getaway.

 

Form Magazine - June 2009
Napa Reclaimed
The Bardessono Inn redefines wine
country hospitality through sustainable
materials and alternative energies.

 

Hotel Interactive - June 2009
Hotel Tech Goes Green
Hotels are using technology to slash energy costs, one of the biggest expenses at a hotel. Here is how some forward thinking companies are doing it.

 

Tech Trends - June 2009

Getting it Together
MTM Luxury Lodging is featured in this piece by Jon Inge about the latest technology trends in the hospitality industry (page 24).

 

Gourmet.com - June 2009

Travel Smart - New Digs in Wine Country

Gourmet’s editor in chief finds country comfort right in the middle of town at California’s most luxurious eco-resort.

 

Green Lodging News - June 2009

Technology Experts to Discuss Economy

With the economic downturn on everyone’s minds, businesses are incorporating creative methods to work towards financial recovery.

 

Condé Nast Traveler - May 2009
Hot List - World's Top New 140 Hotels
Consider it a silver lining: Hot hotels continue to open in record numbers despite recent economic overcast, and many are more affordable than ever.

 

environmental design + construction - April 2009
Checking-In To Green Luxury
With a design reflecting a blend of Napa Valley’s agrarian character and the high refinement associated with its wines, the recently opened Bardessono boutique hotel exemplifies green and the indoor/outdoor character of local living.

 

Time - April 2009
TIME Style & Design April 2009
Bardessono has been chosen as one of TIME Style & Design’s GREEN DESIGN 100. This is the first time TIME Style & Design has singled out a DESIGN 100 focused entirely on the best and brightest in environmentally conscious design from around the globe.

 

Hotel Interactive - April 2009
MTM Luxury Lodging To Manage New Hotel In Old Bellevue Bellevue Park Hotel

MTM Luxury Lodging, which manages Hotel 1000, Alderbrook Resort & Spa, Cave B Inn at SageCliffe, Willows Lodge and The Woodmark Hotel, as well as other premier hotels in the Northwest, announced today it has secured the management contract for the Bellevue Park Hotel, a new property developed by Hydra Developments, LLC and slated to open in Old Bellevue in spring 2012.

 

National Geographic Traveler - April 2009
129 Hotels We Love
The Liberty Hotel and Hotel 1000 were chosen in the National Geographic Traveler for the 2009 Guide of the Traveler Stay List.