Bay Area's future brims with new restaurants
San Francisco Chronicle - Jan 05, 2005
"Come spring, we can all trek down to the Embarcadero and check out chef Paul Arenstam's take on Italian food at Americano. The restaurant will be located in Hotel Vitale owned by Conley and Rigo."
Hotels are leaving their baggage behind: Sector is in best health in three years
San Francisco Business Times - Jan 03, 2005
"And the Vitale, San Francisco's first new hotel since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks was being readied by Joie de Vivre and Emerald Fund for a March opening."
New Year's Resolutions: Learning to take time out in 2005
San Francisco Chronicle - Jan 02, 2005
"Hotel developer Chip Conley predicts that his Hotel Vitale on the Embarcadero, due to open in March, will fit a need which he said is distinct and currently unfulfilled: a nurturing experience, rather than an entertaining experience..."
Dining Scene is finally looking up
San Francisco Chronicle - Dec 29, 2004
"Significant chef moves included Paul Arenstam leaving Grand Cafe for Americano in Chip Conley's new Hotel Vitale, scheduled for a 2005 opening."
High-end Hotel Vitale set to open as hospitality business picks up in SF
San Francisco Chronicle/Hotels Magazine - Dec 26, 2004
"Joie de Vivre Hospitality won the right to build the Hotel Vitale in 1997, but it took six years to start construction on the boutique project near the San Francisco waterfront."
Joie de Vivre opens newest S.F. hotel
San Francisco Examiner - Dec 23, 2004
"The company, which operates 26 boutique hotels in the Bay Area, including 17 in San Francisco, has endured a roller coaster ride of changing market conditions since it first proposed the 199-room Hotel Vitale seven years ago."
Global Update: Who's where and doing what
Hospitality Net - Dec 22, 2004
"Paul Arenstam is leaving his post as Executive Chef of the Kimpton Group's Grand Cafe and to be the opening Executive Chef at Americano in Chip Conley's Hotel Vitale with restaurateur Pascal Rigo as partner."
Hotel firm leaps into lap of luxury at Vitale: First S.F. hotel since Sept. 11 gets ready to raise curtain
San Francisco Business Times - Dec 17, 2004
"Amid the San Francisco hotel industry's labor strife, its shriveled revenue and its unprecedented competition, Chip Conley is betting $52 million that business is about surge back with a vengence."
Arenstam moves from French to Italian at Americano
San Francisco Chronicle - Dec 15, 2004
"Chef Paul Arenstam is on the move again. Friday is his last day as executive chef of the Kimpton Group's Grand Cafe... and will be opening a restaurant called Americano in hotelier Chip Conley's Hotel Vitale, scheduled to open in March."
Industry Wrapups: Hotel splash
San Francisco Business Times - Dec 03, 2004
"Chip Conley's Joie de Vivre Hospitality has set next March 9 as the opening date for its waterfront Hotel Vitale in San Francisco."