From the South Florida website: Chef Jean-Georges Vongerichten will be opening his first Miami-area
restaurant in 2012, with a J & G Grill at the upcoming St. Regis Bal
Harbour hotel. The restaurant will be similar to his ABC Kitchen, which
opened in New York in 2011. The St. Regis Bal Harbour is slated to open
in January 2012. [more]

Earlier this month, Manhattan welcomed its newest time share vacation club: West 57th Street by Hilton Club, located at 104 West 57th Street between Sixth and Seventh avenues. The facility is the first ground-up residential shared ownership property ever developed in New York City. West 57th Street by Hilton Club is Hilton Grand Vacations’ newest hotel in the heart of Manhattan. The 28-story building situated on the site of the former Horn & Hardart Automat has a total of 161 studios and one-bedroom suites. The facility offers visitors a
complimentary continental breakfast and presently offers a no-cost
cocktail reception in the evenings. [more]