San Diego Hotel Sé Opens New Nightclub "Sìrén"

San Diego's hottest new luxury hotel, Sé, has just bumped it up a notch and opened its rooftop bar/lounge, Sìrén. The 7,000 square-foot hot spot features an infinity edge pool with underwater surround sound, a large central teak bar, eight private cabanas with bottle service and oversized beds. Sounds a lot like the Ivy rooftop bar. We'll see who really comes out on top. Sé is located at 1047 Fifth avenue, between Broadway and C.

Hotels on Myspace

Hotels on Facebook? Check. Hotels on Twitter? Double check. Hotels on Myspace? Hmmm... well it comes as no surprise that hotels have plugged into this vast social network but it took a little work to find some good ones. I was curious to see how hotel Myspace profiles would look and how they would approach the whole thing and it was actually pretty interesting to see what worked...and what didn't.

Vibes Hotels - Definitely the best one I've seen. Very sleek design that actually loads fairly fast! It's well organized, clean and just generally very visually appealing. Two thumbs for this Australian hotel chain. Could use some more info about the hotels though - but I guess that's what the real website is for.

Luxor - Captures the essence of Myspace and Las Vegas very nicely. The color black, clubbing, gettin' crunk, being fabulous, etc. Customized design, looks like it's updated pretty frequently, thousands of friends and very user-interactive. Good job Luxor. You are dominating the social media scene.

Mandalay Bay - The layout had a lot of potential in terms of colors and photo placement, but a few elements are cut off, which is very off-putting.

Pueblo Bonito - They kept it simple, so it looks good and I can read all about their Cabo hotels with ease. Who says you need to be flashy to be credible?

Hotel Chelsea - Okay this one is actually a tribute to the Hotel, not made and managed by the hotel. Weird. The page has a cool artsy background with a collage of pictures making one picture but it makes it hard to see anything else. Whatever, they're artists.

Ghostbar at W Hotel Dallas - Let me just say that this fits the Myspace vibe perfectly. Party party party and about 5 million too many pictures.

Fabulous Photo: The Giant Windsail Hotel

What? This is crazy looking. This is the W Barcelona, scheduled to open October 1, 2009. According to the W Hotel website, it's "nothing but sweet dreams in 473 inviting rooms."

I don't think anything else about the hotel can top its exterior, but the interior is sure going to try. The giant wind sail hotel will feature world-class gourmet restaurants, "sensual rooftop bar" (not sure how they are going to accomplish that), a decadent spa and state-of-the-art meeting spaces.

(Image: www.ricardobofill.com)