Joie de Vivre Hospitality is probably my favorite hotel group. For those unfamiliar with JDV, it's a California chain of boutique hotels that span the market from inexpensive to very pricey. The hotels are modern, attractive places, many of which have been retrofitted from very basic motel templates. There's an emphasis on green values at the hotels, and there are intermittently good deals as well. Each hotel has a specific psychological (or social or subcultural) imprint that appeals to a different market segment. Everytime I contemplate the JDV empire I wonder why a similar model hasn't been adapted more widely in other places.
Matt and I in San Francisco now for a few nights, staying at a JDV property, the Best Western Americania Hotel. We're paying $81 per night for our cute little room, which we found through Orbitz. Through April 15, JDV is running a special deal that waives hotel taxes.
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