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When the lobby bar at the W Hotel and Residences opens this fall, the space – called the Living Room – will take its cues not from the architecture of other hotel lobby bars, but from the nearby Public Gardens and Boston Common.

“We brought a number of ideas that connected the hotel to Boston,” says Paul Bentel of Bentel & Bentel Architects and Planners, the firm that’s designing the interiors of the new hotel. “One of those, the idea of a garden, morphed into virtual garden. We essentially tried to take the spirit of the garden as a fresh, lively, livable environment and translate that in a contemporary way.”

via DESIGNW Hotel bar to bring the outside in – June 18, 2009 Thursday – HOTELS.

The Saujana, Kuala Lumpur, welcomes Didier Belmonte as director of food & beverage. Belmonte has worked all over the world, including stints as director of food & beverage at One&Only Reethi Rah in the Maldives and at Al Bustan Palace InterContinental in Muscat.

Lifestyle Holidays Vacation Club, Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic, names Fadi Hamad director of food and beverage. Hamad has chef and catering director experience from Abu Dhabi and Dubai, France, Italy, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mexico, the Bahamas and Turks and Caicos.

Elegant Hotels Group names Norman Grant executive chef of Tamarind Cove Hotel and The House in Barbados. Grant joins Elegant Hotels Group after spending the last 14 years as executive chef and catering manager at the Barbados Beach Club.

via F&B People on the Move – June 2009 – 6/24/2009 2:54:00 PM – Hotels.

The Hyatt Regency O’Hare and Hyatt Deerfield in the Chicago area have rolled out Hyatt’s summer “Novelteas” promotion, featuring a variety of fresh-brewed iced teas shaken tableside with fresh fruits and juices.

On offer from June to August at the hotels’ O’H American Grill, Red Bar, JAXX Bistro and JAXX Lounge outlets, guests can choose from various flavored teas for US$4.25, including:

via Hyatt Puts Fresh Twist On Iced Tea For Summer – 6/25/2009 9:06:00 AM – Hotels.

Scott Siebert was recently named food & beverage director of the largest JW Marriott resort in the world—the 1,002-room JW Marriott San Antonio Hill Country Resort & Spa, opening in early 2010 with seven food and beverage outlets. Siebert brings more than 20 years of experience to the position, including previous Marriott resort openings like the JW Marriott Starr Pass in Tucson, Arizona, and the Eden Roc, a Renaissance Beach Resort & Spa in Miami. He also serves on the Restaurant and Bar Advisory Board for Marriott International.

via Spotlight On: Scott Siebert, Resort F&B Guru – 6/25/2009 12:16:00 PM – Hotels.