I did stop by the Sagamore Hotel during last week’s art fairs. Things didn’t seem terribly slow, but since most early mornings in a beachfront hotel would seem to be slow, nothing seemed out of the ordinary. However, we all know what the economy has done locally, and it’s still got a ways to go to be called recovered.
Playboy flirts with a South Beach partner
Can the Playboy Bunnies keep the Sagamore out of foreclosure?
That’s the question hanging over one of South Beach’s most fashionable hotels as it pursues a licensing deal to open the only Playboy Club outside of Las Vegas.
Plans call for waitresses dressed in the famously skimpy bunny uniforms to serve drinks in the Sagamore’s cocktail lounge and on the beach behind the 93-room hotel. Guests willing to pay top dollar could sleep in a redesigned Hugh Hefner suite.
But the administrator of the Sagamore’s tardy $32 million mortgage hasn’t endorsed the deal between the racy brand and a hotel best known for its prized collection of contemporary art, owner Marty Taplin said.
(Via: MiamiHerald)