First Hotel



The second life in virtual world is all set to see its first hotel in the virtual land with Starwood Hotels & Resorts, new Aloft Hotel. Starwood properties will be launching brick-and-mortar version of the hotel in September, before the chain of hotels opens the real version somewhere in 2008. The island is a 16-acre square of beachfront property which includes a marina and a bridge, providing residents in the second life numerous ways to approach the hotel.



First Hotel Planned For Seond Life



Starwood creators are being very protective of their new hotel and are hoping to rope-in a lively bunch of avatars who like to mingle in the lobby and give feedback about the hotel. The luxury chain of resorts will be restraining entry on the island to a handful of people who can watch the construction unfold by standing on the border of a nearby island called Argali. Cnet reports, ‘So far, just the outer shell of the hotel is finished which is created by 3D-design shop, The Electric Sheep Company based on a single exterior rendering provided by Starwood.’