Southeast Historic Boutique Hotels Join Autograph Collection

The Saint in New Orleans and the Blue Moon Hotel and Winter Haven Hotel both in Miami Beach, Florida, has joined the Marriott International’s Autograph Collection, an evolving portfolio of independent luxury hotels that provides individualist travelers with unique experiences. Each of the hotels is the first to join Autograph Collection in their respective cities: The Saint Hotel in New Orleans, Louisiana, and both the Blue Moon Hotel and Winter Haven Hotel in Miami Beach, Florida. With these properties, the collection has accumulated an impressive 32 hotels in the portfolio since its launch in 2010, with plans to include up to 60 properties by the end of 2012 in various key markets worldwide.

About The Saint Hotel: The Saint recently reopened its doors on February 9th as the first Autograph Collection hotel in Louisiana. Selected to join the collection based on its notable architectural and historical significance, the hotel was previously known as the historic 103-year old Audubon Building in the world famous French Quarter. The 166-room hotel features interiors decorated with large black and white photographic murals of the early 1900s, and exposed brick and bright blue and white deco style decor.

The lobby of The Saint Lobby in New Orleans. Its building is the historic 103-year old Audubon Building in the French Quarters.

About Blue Moon Hotel: Blue Moon Hotel is an intimate boutique sanctuary replete with 1930s charm. The hotel is tucked away on popular Collins Avenue and is a seamless combination of Art Deco and Mediterranean influences coupled with modern and sophisticated touches. Conveniently located just a few steps away from the beach, boutiques and bistros on Ocean Drive, the iconic hotel remains a key staple in South Beach. The Blue Moon Hotel is a composite of two former hotels—the Lafayette and Les Suites—and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. To ensure the historical attributes of the property are preserved, the hotel will undergo restoration efforts in early 2012.

A guest room at the Blue Moon Hotel in Miami Beach, Florida.

About Winter Haven Hotel: The Winter Haven Hotel was initially designed by acclaimed architect Albert Anis and the property was first unveiled on Ocean Drive in 1939. The oceanfront hotel’s exclusive location lends to guests’ unique experience of the most famous and energetic street on South Beach, immersing them in the elegance of the Art Deco movement of days gone by. The hotel’s interiors are nautical inspired, an ode to the majestic ocean liners of the era, with a blend of modern touches, including terrazzo flooring, glass blocks, chrome finished railings and a grand cruise ship-inspired staircase.

A guest room at the Winter Haven Hotel in Miami Beach, Florida is a modern, elegant natical inspiration.

For more information about the hotels, please visit www.autographhotels.com.