HarryMoto
03 June 2007, 10:14 AM
This would probably do well in Dallas:
A suite with a fireman's pole?
San Diego's racy (and pricey) Ivy Hotel and other hot spots are offering guests more than just pillow mints.
By Kimi Yoshino, Times Staff Writer
June 3, 2007
SAN DIEGO — With rooms starting at $450 a night, this city's newest hotel is keeping company with some grand dames of San Diego County: Four Seasons Resort Aviara, Hotel del Coronado and the US Grant.
But the only thing strait-laced about the Ivy Hotel is the leather-covered, corseted columns in the lobby.
The 159-room, $90-million property could pass as Playboy Mansion South, from the skin-baring cocktail waitresses to the $3,000-a-night specialty suite with king-size bunk beds, a group shower and, ahem, a fireman's pole.
"We wanted something a little voyeuristic, a little seductive," said Michael Kelly, the Ivy's co-owner who has made his fortune buying and selling depressed assets. "It's an adult playground, but it's not cheap."
Full story:
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-ivy3jun03,0,2267401,full.story?coll=la-home-center
A suite with a fireman's pole?
San Diego's racy (and pricey) Ivy Hotel and other hot spots are offering guests more than just pillow mints.
By Kimi Yoshino, Times Staff Writer
June 3, 2007
SAN DIEGO — With rooms starting at $450 a night, this city's newest hotel is keeping company with some grand dames of San Diego County: Four Seasons Resort Aviara, Hotel del Coronado and the US Grant.
But the only thing strait-laced about the Ivy Hotel is the leather-covered, corseted columns in the lobby.
The 159-room, $90-million property could pass as Playboy Mansion South, from the skin-baring cocktail waitresses to the $3,000-a-night specialty suite with king-size bunk beds, a group shower and, ahem, a fireman's pole.
"We wanted something a little voyeuristic, a little seductive," said Michael Kelly, the Ivy's co-owner who has made his fortune buying and selling depressed assets. "It's an adult playground, but it's not cheap."
Full story:
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-ivy3jun03,0,2267401,full.story?coll=la-home-center