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...Schrager got rich by creating scenes and spaces that were the last word in cool. Can he now capitalize on quirky? Can he redefine the $122 billion U.S. hotel business the way he did back in 1984, when he and his then partner Steve Rubell opened Morgans on a nondescript stretch of Madison Avenue and introduced high style to hospitality? "Absolutely, people will want to see what he's doing," says Jeff Weinstein, editor of Hotels magazine. "But it's going to be hard for him to break new ground now because the industry has caught up with him. They...
Certainly, Schrager's too-cool-for-school hotels have been copied relentlessly. Starwood Hotels & Resorts hired architects such as Ricardo Bofill and Charles Gwathmey to design its flourishing W Hotels, a chain many felt was a direct rip-off of Schrager. Marriott's Ritz-Carlton has partnered with the Italian jewelry company Bulgari to create a string of boutique hotels...
...when he saw Schnabel's movie Before Night Falls, he knew Schnabel could project his unique style onto a different medium. It was also a good time to get back into the hospitality business, which is surging. The question is, How hot can his new "anti-cool" aesthetic...
Raśl is more of an executive. He gets to the point and does not waste time. I was there in Granma province in 1994 when Raśl famously lost his cool as the local party leader recited a long and preposterous list of "successes" for the benefit of the visiting Defense Minister. I saw how, suddenly, Raśl could not take it anymore. He slammed his hand on the table and boomed, "F___! How come, if we are doing so well, the people complain of hunger?" Raśl immediately fired the offending official and sent a senior party official to Granma to address...
...ends. Four more touch buttons around the touchpad come and go as needed during a call or when a menu has pop-up options. It takes a while to get used to the fact that parts of the phone's face can suddenly become buttons, but it's so cool that I could deal with...