Starwood Hotels & Resorts Element Brand Makes South Florida Debut

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The Florida sun is shining its light on a smart new lodging option for travellers, with the opening of Element Miami International Airport. Element, the trailblazing eco-wise brand of Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc., brings a fresh update to the Miami hotel scene with 209 guest rooms and suites built green from the ground up. Element Miami International Airport typifies the balance that Starwood’s Element brand offers to business and leisure travellers. The hotels strategic location puts it at the doorstep of one of the world’s busiest air-travel hubs – Miami International Airport – and just two blocks from the long anticipated Miami Central Station, a world-class transportation hub that will transform options for travellers in several phases starting in spring 2012. The new facility includes Airport Link Metrorail service, providing a direct rail connection to Downtown Miami. For those needing a car during their travels, the transportation hub includes a brand new rental car facility that unites 16 rental car companies in a stunning new 6,500 vehicle facility.

The Element Miami International Airport features all the brands signatures, including:

• Motion, a state-of-the-art, 24-hour fitness centre
• A 791-square-foot meeting room with modular furnishings, flexible layout and state-of-the-art technology that can be customized to meet and business or social needs
• Dynamic gathering spaces, from a lobby flooded with natural light to a multi-storied window wall and from an outdoor fire pit, to water features and a barbecue
• Light filled guest rooms with a fluid design of modular furniture, swivelling flat-screen televisions, large desks with open shelving, and custom-designed closets
• The signature Heavenly® Bed
• Spa-inspired bathrooms with an invigorating rain-shower and dual-flush toilet
• Fully equipped kitchens featuring filtered water, ENERGY STAR-rated appliances and utensils to prepare a gourmet meal

Source: Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc.

Daniel Fountain / 02.03.2012

Editor, Hotel Designs

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Work highlights: Jess joined SPACE magazine in 2022 and has since progressed from Assistant Editor to Editor. During this time, she has worked across many aspects of the publication – from shaping editorial strategy and overseeing operations to contributing to art direction and representing the brand on stage at industry events including Surface Design Show and WOW!house.

Alongside her role at SPACE, Jess has built a creative career spanning the arts, culture, design and travel sectors. Prior to joining the magazine, she spent more than a decade in the commercial art industry, in artist liaison, gallery management, and curating collections for the hospitality sector across hotels and cruise ships. During this time, she also worked on freelance projects as a writer, photographer, and creative content producer.
 
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During this time, she has fostered many meaningful relationships with clients from across the hospitality spectrum, as well as playing a pivotal role in the launch of The Brit List Awards, Hotel Designs MEET UPs, client-led roundtables and panel talks, brand and website redesigns, HD Wellness Sets, DESIGN POD podcast, Hotel Designs LIVE panel talk series, Accessible Design Talks and more. Katy is always on the lookout for the next opportunity to help grow the Hotel Designs brand even further.
 
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