Nylo Hotels

NYLO Hotels LLC was an American boutique hotel chain.^[1] The company was founded in 2004 and was headquartered just outside Dallas in Carrollton, Texas.^[2] NYLO Hotels included five urban boutique hotel locations throughout the United States.^[3] Each hotel was unique in its design and featured food from local businesses, event venues, along with various room sizes that were fashioned to resemble New York loft style apartments.^[4]

NYLO Hotels

Company type	Private
Industry	Hospitality industry
Founded	2004
Headquarters	United States
Number of locations	Five
Key people	Michael Mueller: co-founder, president, CEO; Stephane Dupoux: co-founder, creative direction
Products	Boutique hotels
Brands	NYLO XP Collection by NYLO SODA Bar Terrace Bistro LOFT Bar and Restaurant LOCL Bar and Restaurant
Website	www.hilton.com

Company history

NYLO Hotels was founded in 2004 by a team of hotel executives led by Stephane Dupoux and Michael Mueller.^[5] Co-founder Michael Mueller served as CEO since 2011.^[6] Previously, Mueller was an executive with Starwood Capital Group and Starwood.^[4][7] Mueller oversaw the acquisition of Westin Hotels and Sheraton Hotels and Resorts and also helped engineer the W Hotels brand while he was with Starwood from 1994 until 2004 when he co-founded NYLO Hotels. Co-founder Stephane Dupoux, founder and CEO of Dupoux Design, led the creative team responsible for the identity, branding, architectural and interior design. ^[4][8]

NYLO stood for New York lofts in which the company modeled its hotels after. When the company first began operating after its founding, it was headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.^[9] At the end of 2007, NYLO opened its pioneering hotel in Plano, Texas,^[10] later followed by two more hotels in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area.^[4] NYLO also has hotels in Rhode Island and New York City. The company remained based out of Atlanta until 2011 when it relocated to the Dallas area.^[7]

Features

The NYLO Hotel brand featured urban styled guestrooms which combined old buildings with modern design.^[5] The brand name, NYLO referred to the loft style apartments found throughout New York, but the company is focused on introducing designer hotels to secondary and tertiary markets.^[8] The company aimed its attention to providing designer style to mid-scale priced hotels that were business-travel-friendly.^[11]

NYLO Hotels was also focused on eco-friendly and energy-efficient operations. In 2012, the NYLO Dallas South Side location became one of 69 hotels in the United States to achieve LEED Gold certification.^[12] Other NYLO locations utilize eco-friendly initiatives such as wind power, recycled building materials, and energy-efficient light bulbs.^[13]

Hotels

• NYLO Plano at Legacy, located in Plano, Texas, was the first NYLO Hotel location and the first loft lifestyle hotel to open in the United States.^[10] The hotel has 176 guest lofts with approximately half of the hotel's energy needs comes from wind power.^[10]
• NYLO Providence/Warwick, located just outside Providence, Rhode Island, was originally opened in 2008, but closed for over 12 months of renovations following the historic flood of 2010.^[14] The hotel reopened in 2011 and features 163 rooms and overlooks the Pawtuxet River.^[15]
• NYLO Las Colinas/Irving, located in Irving, Texas, was the third NYLO Hotel with 200 guest lofts.^[16] The hotel also features a 7,500 square-foot courtyard with two heated pools and is a 100 percent energy renewable certificate recipient.^[16]
• NYLO Dallas South Side located in Dallas, Texas, was the smallest location with 76 rooms. The five-story building included a rooftop bar and pool called SODA Bar which was an acronym for South Dallas.^[2][17]
• NYLO New York City opened in 2013 and was the largest NYLO Hotel with 291 rooms. The NYC location also featured a piano lounge, library, sidewalk cafe, and main bar.^[18][19]

After NYLO

• The Dallas hotel became Canvas Hotel Dallas as of January 2019.^[20][21]

• The NYLO locations in Plano,^[22] Irving,^[23] and Providence-Warwick^[24] were renamed as part of Hilton's Tapestry Collection brand, by January 2019.

• The New York NYLO, by January 2019, has become Arthouse Hotel New York City.^[25]

The NYLO Hotels website redirects to the former Plano hotel's Tapestry Collection website, as of January 2019.

References

1. Andrea Sachs (14 February 2013). "NYLO Warwick/Providence: A boutique hotel on the fringe". The Washington Post. Retrieved 14 September 2014.
2. Jason Heid (January–February 2014). "Breakfast With: Michael Mueller, The president and CEO of NYLO Hotels is ready to take your call". D Magazine. Retrieved 14 September 2014.
3. Johanna Jainchill (26 March 2014). "Hip hostelry on the Upper West Side". Travel Weekly. Retrieved 14 September 2014.
4. Greg Oates (10 April 2014). "Interview: NYLO Brings Design Hotels to the Masses". Skift. Retrieved 14 September 2014.
5. "About NYLO". NYLO Hotels. Retrieved 14 September 2014.
6. "Michael Mueller has been promoted CEO at NYLO Hotels LLC in Irving - TX, USA". HospitalityNet. 17 March 2011. Retrieved 14 September 2014.
7. Brendan Case (15 March 2011). "Nylo to move its headquarters to Dallas from Atlanta". Dallas Morning News. Retrieved 14 September 2014.
8. Johanna Jainchill (26 March 2014). "NYLO's expansion ambitions not limited to larger markets". Travel Weekly. Retrieved 14 September 2014.
9. Caitlin Clark (16 April 2013). "Michael Mueller, President and CEO of NYLO Hotels, on the Growing Dallas Market, South Side, and Jack Matthews". You+Dallas. Retrieved 14 September 2014.
10. "Loft Lifestyle Hotels NYLO Hotels Opens First Property". Global Travel Industry News. 11 January 2008. Retrieved 14 September 2014.
11. Jay Boehmer (17 October 2005). "Three Hotel Chains Introduce Select-Service Prototypes". Business Travel News. Retrieved 14 September 2014.
12. Danielle Abril (16 July 2013). "NYLO South Side earns LEED Gold certification". Dallas Business Journal. Retrieved 14 September 2014.
13. "NYLO Hotels: A Clean, Green Lodging Experience". The Green Connoisseur. 12 February 2010. Retrieved 14 September 2014.
14. Ed Watkins (13 February 2013). "Nylo Hotels is on the move". Hotel News. Retrieved 14 September 2014.
15. Patrick Mayock (12 August 2011). "NYLO Providence/Warwick set to reopen". Hotel News. Retrieved 14 September 2014.
16. "NYLO Dallas/Las Colinas Celebrates Grand Opening". Hospitality Net. 23 September 2009. Retrieved 14 September 2014.
17. Candace Carlisle (6 July 2012). "NYLO Dallas hotel's transformation fuels hopes for South Lamar Street". Dallas Business Journal. Retrieved 14 September 2014.
18. Hana R. Alberts (28 June 2013). "Check Out Four Long-Awaited NYC Hotels Opening Soon". Curbed. Retrieved 14 September 2014.
19. Kaya Laterman (7 November 2013). "Upper West Side's New Look is Mixed Bag". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 14 September 2014.
20. Brad Lacour, "NYLO Hotel Is Now CANVAS Dallas Hotel Because Art!", Dallas Observer, December 17, 2018. Retrieved 2019-01-06.
21. CANVAS Hotel Dallas (website main page), CANVAS Hotel Dallas. Retrieved 2019-01-06.
22. NYLO Dallas Plano Hotel, Tapestry Collection by Hilton (website main page), NYLO Dallas Plano Hotel, Tapestry Collection by Hilton. Retrieved 2019-01-06.
23. NYLO Las Colinas Hotel, Tapestry Collection by Hilton (website main page), NYLO Las Colinas Hotel, Tapestry Collection by Hilton. Retrieved 2019-01-06.
24. NYLO Providence Warwick Hotel, Tapestry Collection by Hilton (website main page), NYLO Providence Warwick Hotel, Tapestry Collection by Hilton. Retrieved 2019-01-06.
25. Arthouse Hotel website, Arthouse Hotel NYC. Retrieved 2019-01-06.