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Krause Sawyer redesigned the Philadelphia Marriott Old City PM Hotel Group officially opened the fully renovated Philadelphia Marriott Old City this month. The 364-room property, which is owned and redeveloped by the Buccini/Pollin Group, features reimagined interiors from Krause Sawyer. Interiors blend colonial with contemporary. The project includes M Club, a new club lounge including […]

Customer Founded in 1996 and currently managing a diverse portfolio of more than 50 properties, PM Hotel Group is a Top-15 hotel management company recognized for their ability to deliver outstanding financial returns for hotel owners nationwide while operating luxury, lifestyle, full-service and upscale hotels across a variety of markets. As an operator, PM Hotel […]

The American Hotel & Lodging Association today unveiled its 2020 officers, board of directors and executive committee and welcomed Choice Hotels International into membership. Jon E. Bortz, chairman, president and CEO of Pebblebrook Hotel Trust, was named chair of the board, and Mark Hoplamazian, president/CEO of Hyatt Hotels Corp., vice chair. Bortz succeeds Geoff Ballotti, […]

As 2020 begins, owners, operators and asset managers share strategies for coming out on top in terms of driving profitability after a tough year of slowed economic growth and increased costs. Maintaining profitability was the name of the game in 2019 as costs continued to rise, labor pains hit hard and revenue-per-available-room growth slowed, and […]

PM Hotel Group, a national leader in third-party hotel management, continues to grow its portfolio with the addition of 8 new hotels, closing out a monumental 2019. This most recent contract comprises an 8-hotel portfolio in the Philadelphia/Greater New Jersey region. “This has been an exceptional year for us as we continue to work hard […]

The Green Room, the HOTEL DU PONT’s showpiece that’s arguably Delaware’s best-known special-occasion restaurant, will close Jan. 1 as hotel owners set out to open a French brasserie in a fresher atmosphere.  It’s believed to be the first substantial renovation for the restaurant since its opening in 1913 on Rodney Square. Read the full article

The chef is heading back to his hometown to the elegant HOTEL DU PONT.  Chef Tyler Akin, known in Philly for Stock and Res Ipsa Cafe, is heading back home to Wilmington, Delaware, to take over the restaurant at the historic Hotel du Pont. The ornate Green Room will close on New Year’s Day and reopen in the spring as a […]

One of America’s most spectacular icons of the Gilded Age, the Du Pont boasts carved woodwork, terrazzo floors, and gilded chandeliers created by the finest European craftsmen. Prince Rainier of Monaco, King Carl XVI Gustaf, Prince Bertil of Sweden, John F. Kennedy, and Eleanor Roosevelt have all availed themselves of the 12-story, Renaissance Revival hotel’s […]