What a Stay at Kayak’s New Miami Beach Hotel Revealed
Photo Credit: A Kayak Miami Beach hotel rooftop suite. Kayak / Patrick Chin
Skift Take
Kayak and Life House have joined forces to launch Kayak's first foray into the hospitality industry. The concept is a good one, but to be successful, the kinks in technology and customer service still need to be worked out, as Skift learned firsthand.
Launching a hotel during a severe thunderstorm is probably every entrepreneur's worst nightmare. And that is exactly what happened on Sunday, the official opening day of the new Kayak Miami Beach hotel. The hotel pulled it off with a few hiccups along the way. I know. Skift booked a room on the first night to try it out.
If the name sounds familiar, that's because the hotel is a partnership between Kayak.com, the price-comparison site, and Life House, the lifestyle hotel brand now managing its former property off the Miami Beach strip.
Located two blocks from the beach and one block from Collins Avenue, which teems with the nightlife Miami Beach is known for, Kayak Miami Beach is actually in a quiet residential neighborhood across the street from the Miami Ballet and Collins Park. On its website, the hotel advertises itself as a "locally-inspired boutique hotel powered by Kayak."
The hotel sits next to an empty lot for sale, which is not currently being considered as an additi
