Menin Hospitality to open Gale Suites at Kaskades
Gale South Beach has unveiled a multimillion-dollar extension, offering five-star accommodation in Miami. Menin Hospitality has announced plans for the Gale Suites, serving as an annex of renewed grandeur set to open in December 2014.
The all-suite wing of renowned Gale South Beach is set to open in union with the hotel’s two-year anniversary. The exclusive guest-only property will offer the highest level of privacy and personalised service, comfort and relaxation, 25 significantly spaced quarters, state-of-the-art amenities and the latest in meeting and events facilities.
“With each new Menin Hospitality project we are aiming to offer our guests an unrivalled product, detail-orientated service and brand standard,” commented Jared Galbut, Managing Principal of Menin Hospitality. “The unique strength behind Gale South Beach’s DNA created a need for additional rooms and levels of guest experience. New and returning clientele can now customise their stay at the hotel and suites, whether it has a concentration on luxury accommodations, family-friendly amenities, business services or an entertainment-driven experience.”
The Gale Suites at Kaskades’ restoration, led by local design visionaries Urban Robot Associates, will be carried out with the utmost sensitivity to maintain the boutique hotel’s historic relevance and charm, as originally designed by famed architect Melvin Grossman in 1953. Two additional levels have been incorporated to offer a 1,000ft² meeting space, catering kitchen and a 3,400ft² rooftop terrace and pool, where cast-in-place planters allow for lush gardens to cascade down the façade of the building, bringing the property’s orginal name to life.
“The suites were conceived to be a sublimely tailored hospitality experience with a touch of fanciful European voyeur,” said Giancarlo Pietri, Principal of Urban Robot Associates. “Our goal was to enrich the luxury hotel stay in Miami Beach, as we reconnect the building to the city.”
Upon arrival, mobile front desk agents will utilise an iPad to check in guests, escorting them to the hotel’s exclusive access point, where an enchanting garden conceals the gated entrance, also offering a buffer from street view. Hotel guests can then follow a marble path to the discreet wooden gate, which serves as a portal to the guestrooms and private outdoor gallery, or can enjoy the tropical surroundings, where hanging vines allow sporadic glimmers of light to shine through.
The design of Gale Suites at Kaskades preserves the distinct materials, colour palette and sentiment of Gale South Beach, but reinterprets the scheme, amenities and standard of luxury. Deep blue leather-panelled walls and contemporary floor rugs offer an accent of colour against the warm grey hardwood flooring and grey-stained expert millwork in bespoke wood, manufactured in Amsterdam by Oscar Ono. In-room accessories are sourced from Italian icon Alessi and loose furniture pieces are imported from renowned Italian design houses Flexform and B & B Italia.
Within the generously spaced accommodations, the spa-inspired, marble-clad wet room becomes the main event, with rain showers that double as an aromatherapy steam room, spa tubs and LED TVs within the vanity mirror that disappear when not in use. The latest, hands-free Toto washlet toilets welcome the user by automatically opening its lid upon entering the bathroom, and also serves as an electronic bidet with seat and water temperature control. First floor rooms also offer custom outdoor Japanese soaking tubs utilising chromatherapy treatment and water jet massage.
From January 2015, the suites can be accessed through a Menin Hospitality application that will allow guests to select a room check-in and enter the accommodations using a compatible Apple device. Once inside, a Control4 Portable Touch Screen becomes the hub for controlling the temperature, lights, automated window shades and 55” LED TV. Additional enhancements include a chamomile-infused tranquillity gel mattress, luxury Italian linens, private balcony, sitting area and access to Gale South Beach’s fitness centre, dining and entertainment options.
Building out each space to offer an indoor-outdoor sanctuary, Gale Suites at Kaskades carries this vision throughout its event and corporate accommodations. The intimate rooftop terrace offers a full kitchen, private pool and views overlooking the Frank Gehry-designed New World Symphony, while the ultramodern meeting space delivers flexibility with lecture room, boardroom or theatre style seating options and wraparound terrace. The hotel customises conferences, corporate retreats and breakout packages with its designed business concierge team.
