Washington, D.C
Iconic Washington, D.C. Hotel to Join Le Méridien Brand Portfolio Following Multi-Million Dollar Renovation
The Legacy Hotel Welcomes a New Era of Contemporary Style and Rich Historical Charm to the Heart of Downtown Washington DC
WASHINGTON, Sept. 23, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Le Méridien Hotels & Resorts, a global premium brand within Marriott Bonvoy, announced today that an iconic property in Downtown D.C. has joined the brand portfolio following a $15 million renovation. Completing the renovation in September, the Le Méridien Madison, Washington, DC, is owned by Crescent Real Estate and operated by HEI Hotels & Resorts.
The renovation, designed by Parker-Torres Design, includes a redesign of the lobby, communal spaces and guestrooms to reflect the Golden Age of travel and to pay homage to Jackie Kennedy Onassis, who cut the opening ribbon to The Madison in 1963. Jackie’s style, hat, dress silhouettes, garment patterns, pearls, and other iconic pieces can be found throughout the hotel’s lobby and corridors. The hotel utilizes a color palette of brick and basin to reflect the brick and terra cotta roofs of federal buildings and the Tidal Basin that brings the Potomac into the city.
The lobby has been reimagined and contains high-impact arrival art that embodies Le Méridien branding. Each guestroom has been equipped with new flooring, wallpaper, ceiling finishes, light fixtures, furnishings, and artwork.
“Our team is thrilled to welcome guests to the new Le Méridien Madison, Washington, DC,” says General Manager Hazel Hagans. “This property embodies the spirit of our nation’s capital, blending modern glamour with rich historical charm. Our team is dedicated to delivering an exceptional guest experience, and we look forward to continuing to be a vibrant part of the community.”
Joining Le Méridien Hotels & Resorts ushers in several new amenities for guests staying at the hotel. To celebrate the culture of art and the D.C. community, Le Méridien Madison, Washington, DC has unveiled the Unlock Art Program, allowing guests free access to local D.C. cultural centers and museums.
Lady Madison, the hotel’s signature restaurant and cocktail lounge, features a revamped menu of artfully crafted cocktails and plates inspired by Mediterranean cuisine fused with local D.C. favorites. The hotel will now offer Le Scoop by Le Méridien, serving gourmet gelatos and sorbets to savor the flavors of an indulgent dessert year-round. Lady Madison also offers a curated selection of still and sparkling rosé wines and thoughtfully crafted small bites to pair, as part of Le Méridien’s La Vie, Rosé + Petit Plates program. Additional programming will include special evenings inspired by iconic First Ladies, offering specialty cocktails and bites tied to our historical knowledge of these incredible women, like a classic Negroni, Jackie O’s favorite cocktail, or a Dolley’s Squeeze, a twist on the lemon cocktail Dolley Madison served at her famous soirées.
Le Méridien Madison participates in Marriott Bonvoy – the award-winning travel program from Marriott International – allowing members to earn and redeem points for their stay at the new hotel, and at other hotels and resorts across Marriott Bonvoy’s extraordinary portfolio of brands. With the Marriott Bonvoy app, members enjoy a level of personalization and a contactless experience that allows them to travel with peace of mind.
In celebration of the ‘Savouring the Good Life” with Le Méridien, guests are invited to discover elegance, charm, and sophisticated glamour at every turn with the new ‘Le Méridien Moments’ package, available now through January 15, 2025. The package includes 20% off guestrooms with a complimentary upgrade, plus a welcome amenity of Rosé for Two and a Sweet Treat from Dog Tag Bakery, a local D.C. bakery equipping veterans, military spouses, and caregivers with the tools to rediscover their purpose after serving our nation and reenter their communities with confidence and support.
ABOUT LE MÉRIDIEN MADISON, WASHINGTON, DC
Le Méridien Madison, Washington, DC blends old-world charm and modern comfort in a captivating setting. Boasting 356 deluxe guestrooms, Le Méridien Madison, Washington, DC’s stylish accommodations include 27 elegant suites, 22 junior suites, select suites with private wall-to-wall terraces, and the penthouse-level Jefferson and Hamilton suites with sweeping views of the Washington Monument and Jefferson Memorial. Centrally located in downtown Washington DC, guests will find themselves within walking distance of several historic landmarks, including The White House. The on-site cocktail lounge, Lady Madison, is open daily from 4-11 p.m. and offers artfully crafted cocktails, locally inspired dishes, and unique happy hour offerings. Marriott Bonvoy members may earn points on their stay at Le Méridien Madison, Washington, DC and enjoy the newly renovated concierge lounge, Club Madison, as well as enjoy perks such as late checkout.
ABOUT CRESCENT REAL ESTATE LLC
Crescent Real Estate LLC (Crescent) is a real estate operating company and investment advisor, founded by Chairman John C. Goff, with assets under management, development, and investment capacity of more than $10 billion. Through the GP Invitation Funds, Crescent acquires, develops and operates all real estate asset classes alongside institutional investors and high net worth clients. Crescent’s premier real estate portfolio consists of Class A and creative office and life sciences, multifamily, hospitality, industrial, and senior living assets located throughout the U.S., including The Ritz-Carlton, Dallas. For more information, visit www.crescent.com.
ABOUT HEI HOTELS & RESORTS
HEI Hotels & Resorts, headquartered in Norwalk, Conn., is a leading hospitality investment and management company that owns or operates 100+ luxury, upper-upscale and upscale independent and branded hotels and resorts throughout the United States. HEl’s branding partners include Marriott, Hilton, Hyatt, IHG, Choice and Wyndham. The company is renowned for its commitment to its associates under the culture of HEI Loves, its revenue management, profit contribution and empirically based real estate value creation, driven by a full complement of proprietary software tools to set and exceed targets on a fully integrated basis.
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Among the liquor store, barber shop and dry cleaners at the Watergate Complex’s retail plaza, there is a new pop-up museum dedicated to the scene of the crime that toppled Richard Nixon’s presidency.
Among the liquor store, barber shop and dry cleaners at the Watergate Complex’s retail plaza, there is a new pop-up museum dedicated to the scene of the crime that toppled Richard Nixon’s presidency.
The temporary exhibit features the work of artist Laurie Munn — portraits of members of the Nixon administration and those connected to the Watergate break-in. The exhibit features members of Congress, the media and some who were on Nixon’s enemies list.
Keith Krom, chair of the Board of Directors of the Watergate Museum, told WTOP the exhibit was first featured in the gallery in 2012 for the 40th anniversary of the break-in at the Democratic National Committee.
“When she (Munn) learned about our museum effort, she offered to reassemble them as a way for us to expand awareness of the museum,” Krom said.
Krom, who lives in the Watergate, said his favorite portrait is of one of the special prosecutors, whose firing sparked the “Saturday Night Massacre” in 1973.
“I had the pleasure of being a student of Archibald Cox,” Krom said. “He served as my mentor for my third-year writing project.”
Krom said during this time, at the Boston University School of Law, he spent a great deal of time with him.
“I didn’t realize how much he must have gone through. Here he was, this one man, who was challenging the president of the United States over something pretty serious,” Krom said.
The pop-up opened in October and was recently extended to stay open until April 25. Krom said the hope is to find it a permanent location within the Watergate Complex, where they can “present the history of Watergate, but with two perspectives.”
The first would be on the building’s “architectural significance to D.C.,” he said.
“You may not like the design, you actually may hate it,” Krom said. “But you cannot deny that it changed D.C.’s skyline.”
The secondary focus would, of course, be on the mother of all presidential scandals that changed the course of American history.
“That’s where that suffix ‘-gate’ started and continues to be used for almost every scandal that comes out today,” Krom said.
The inspiration for the museum spawned from an interaction from a tourist outside the Watergate.
“He says, ‘This is the Watergate, right?’ And I was like, ‘Yeah, it’s one of the buildings,’” Krom recalled.
The tourist then asked Krom, “So where’s the museum?”
“I was like, ‘Oh, we don’t have a museum.’ And he literally just looked at me and said, ‘That’s so sad.’ And he got on his bike and rode away,” Krom said.
While the self-proclaimed political history nerd said he “still gets goose bumps” when he drives by the Capitol at night, Krom hopes that when people leave the museum, “they’ll walk away with a new appreciation for how our government works, the guardrails that are in place.”
“Maybe an understanding that those guardrails themselves are kind of frail, and they probably need our collective help in making sure they last — that’s what we hope to accomplish,” Krom said.
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According to the National Park Service at the National Mall, famous cherry blossoms around the nation’s capital have hit peak bloom conditions. The National Park Service X account for the National Mall proclaimed this morning, “PEAK BLOOM! PEAK BLOOM! PEAK BLOOM!”
It became apparent yesterday that the bloom would be at peak today. “Despite a sunny afternoon and patches of blue sky, the cherry blossoms remain at Stage 5: Puffy White,” the Park Service wrote on X yesterday. Stage 5, “Puffy White”, is the final stage blossoms go through before being in full bloom. They start at Stage 1 as a “Green Bud”, grow into Stage 2 with “Florets Visible”, and then florets become extended at Stage 3. In Stage 4, there is “Peduncle Elongation” which sets the stage for the puffy blossoms to appear in Stage 5. Puffy White and Peak Bloom are defined as when 70% of the blossoms on the trees reach that stage.
Peak bloom varies annually depending on weather conditions; the most likely time to reach peak bloom is between the last week of March and the first week of April. According to the Park Service, extraordinary warm or cool temperatures have resulted in peak bloom as early as March 15 in 1990 and as late as April 18 in 1958.
The planting of cherry trees in Washington DC originated in 1912 as a gift of friendship to the People of the United States from the People of Japan. In Japan, the flowering cherry tree, or “Sakura,” is an important flowering plant. The beauty of the cherry blossom is a symbol with rich meaning in Japanese culture.
Dr. David Fairchild, plant explorer and U.S. Department of Agriculture official, imported seventy-five flowering cherry trees and twenty-five single-flowered weeping types from the Yokohama Nursery Company in Japan. After experimenting with growing them on his own property in Maryland, he deemed that the cherry tree would be perfect to plant around the Washington DC area. This triggered an interest by a variety of individuals to plant the tree around Washington. In 1909 the Mayor of Tokyo, Yukio Ozaki, donated 2,000 trees to the United States on behalf of his city. When the trees arrived, they were riddled with disease and insects and to protect other agriculture, they were burned. The Tokyo Mayor made a second donation of trees in 1910, this time amounting to 3,020 trees. This started the forest of cherry trees that now line the Potomac basin around Washington DC. In a gesture of gratitude back to Japan, President Taft sent a gift in 1915 of flowering dogwood trees to the people of Japan. Thousands of trees have been added since, including another gift of 3,800 trees from Japan in 1965.
WASHINGTON (7NEWS) — Authorities are searching for an SUV after an officer with the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) was struck by a hit-and-run driver in Southwest D.C. on Wednesday night.
The crash happened just before 10 p.m. at Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue and Forrester Street, SW.
Police confirmed the officer, an adult man, was conscious and breathing when he was rushed to a nearby hospital for treatment of his injuries. There is no word on his condition.
The driver involved fled the scene, and investigators are looking for a white Range Rover with a partial South Carolina tag of “403.”
Anyone with information is urged to call 202-727-9099 or text tips at 50411.
This is a developing story that will be updated as more information becomes available.
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