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LIST: CELEBRITY-OWNED HOTELS

These are hotels, resorts or rental accommodation with celebrity owners, or in which famous people have an interest or part-ownership.

There's always a lot of 'noise' on the celebrity rumour mill so the Research Tips section (below) lists a few of the possible hotel and resort projects in which celebs may be involved and others that don't quite fit the list parameters.

Big Sleep, The	Cardiff	No-frills design hotel, the first of a planned chain, backed by movie actor, John Malkovich.
Blancaneaux Lodge	Belize	Luxury lodge in the Maya Mountains created by film director Francis Ford Coppola. Coppola has opened three resorts in Central America. See also La Lancha & Turtle Inn.
Cardozo Hotel	Miami, FL	Chic, art deco hotel in Miami's South Beach area, owned by singer Gloria Estefan and her husband, producer Emilio Estefan Jr (See also Costa d'Este).
Church Hotel, The	Cardiff	B&B owned by Charlotte Church's mum & dad and where she is said to help out sometimes.
Costa d'Este	Vero Beach, Florida	Luxury resort owned by Gloria & Emilio Estefan. (See also Cardozo Hotel)
Clarence, The	Dublin	Cool boutique hotel on the banks of the Liffey in the busy Temple Bar area of Dublin (where the bars and clubs are dense on the ground!). Part-owned by Bono & The Edge of Irish rock group U2.
Columbus Monaco	Monaco	Stylish hotel in Monaco part-owned by the F1 driver, David Coulthard.
Cypress Inn	Carmel, California	Glamorous landmark hotel co-owned by Hollywood screen legend Doris Day.
Gaia Retreat & Spa	NSW, Australia	Olivia Newton-John's luxury retreat in the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales. The retreat has 20 rooms, a private restaurant and a spa.
Greenwich Hotel, The	TriBeCa, New York	Already a restauranteur, Robert de Niro is now co-owner in this new luxury hotel (opened April 08).
Hempel, The	London	Famous luxury design hotel by actress-turned-designer, Anouska Hempel.
Hotel Villa Angela	Sicily	Elegant terraced hotel overlooking the Sicilian town of Taormina close to Mt Etna, owned & operated by local man, Antonio Chemi and Jim Kerr, the lead singer of Simple Minds.
Jardin Escondido	Buenos Aires	Francis Ford Coppola’s latest project, Jardin Escondido (“Hidden Garden”) opened 1st Feb 09. The discreet urban residence has just six bedrooms and one studio. Guests can hire the entire residence or just one floor (a minimum of two rooms plus the studio) depending on the size of the party. There are three levels of gardens, a solar-heated pool, outdoor kitchen, parilla (grill) and a terrace filled with tropical plants. Coppola has opened three resorts in Central America. See also Blancaneaux Lodge, La Lancha & Turtle Inn.
Kate's Lazy Meadow Motel	Catskill Mountains, New York State	Eccentric 1950s styled motel owned by Kate Pierson, lead singer with the B52s.
La Lancha	Guatamala	Luxury lodge in the Guatemalan rainforest opened in 2004 by film director, Francis Ford Coppola. The lodge overlooks Lake Peten Itza and is close to the stunning Mayan temple ruins and archeological site at Tikal. See also Blancaneaux Lodge & Turtle Inn.
Mission Ranch Resort	Carmel, California	Historic (1850's) farmhouse and ranch, purchased and renovated by Carmel's most famous citizen (& mayor), Clint Eastwood.
Morrison Hotel, The	Dublin	Irish fashion designer, John Rocha - with fellow designer, Douglas Wallace - is behind this stylish 18th century hotel in the heart of Dublin.
Palazzo Versace	Gold Coast, Australia	The name gives it away. This glamorous 5-star resort is the design brainchild of Donatella Versace.
Rival Hotel	Stockholm	Ex ABBA member, Benny Andersson’s innovative hotel in the centre of Stockholm. They've "taken away the things you just don’t need like chocolates on the pillows and umbrellas in the drinks, and instead offer things you really want" - like all-day breakfast, a pillow menu, CD-library, DVD-player, Playstation, and plasma-TV in every room—plus a teddy bear. The hotel also has its own classic Art Deco cinema, Cocktail Bar, and bakery.
Sundance Resort	Utah	Not so much a resort - more a mountain reservation. Robert Redford's longstanding (opened in 1969) luxury ranch hosts the well-known Sundance Film Festival
Trapp Family Lodge	Vermont, USA	Mountain resort owned & run by the von Trapp family that were the subject of the Sound of Music.
Turtle Inn	Belize	Luxury beach resort on the southern coast of Belize, rebuilt from the rubble of the hurricane by film director Francis Ford Coppola. Coppola has opened three resorts in Central America. See also La Lancha & Blancaneaux Lodge.
Woodbury Park	Devon	Hotel golf and country club created and owned by Formula One champion, Nigel Mansell.

Notes

Tori Spelling (Who she? An American actress 'parantly. Daughter of legendary TV producer Aaron Spelling) and her husband Dean McDermott have been running a B&B in California, which is also... a tv reality show called Tori & Dean: Inn Love, now (2008) signed up for a third series. "Real" people can stay at the Chateau La Rue in Fallbrook (2 hrs south of LA), but it's usually a little over-booked!
Madonna is reported to be a partner in the Blue Door restaurant which is part of the Delano Hotel on Miami's South Beach.
We're not sure that celebrity businessmen who are in the travel trade anyway (eg Richard Branson), really qualify for this list, so we'll just mention that Peter de Savary (who has, let's face it, hardly surfaced in the media in the last decade or two) has built up a collection of luxury clubs and hotels in the UK and abroad including Bovey Castle in Devon, Skibo Castle in Scotland, The Cherokee Plantation in South Carolina, St. James Clubs worldwide and The Abaco Club in the Bahamas.
DJ Norman Cook (aka Fatboy Slim) and his wife, Radio & TV presenter Zoe Ball have a 100ft sailing yacht, Barracuda, moored in Sardinia and available to rent with its 4-man crew.
David Beckham is lending his name to a world-class soccer academy which will be part of the Cabo Sao Roque resort in Brazil, which, when completed in 2016, will also have a tennis academy and the Rubens Barrichello Driving Experience.
Val Kilmer has been trying (June 2010) to get a license to operate B&B 'Casitas' on his Pecos River Ranch in New Mexico but is meeting with opposition from locals who, according to the Wall Street Journal' are miffed with him about describing the neighbourhood as the "homicide capital of the Southwest".

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