Talk:Churchill Hotel (Washington, D.C.)

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A note on notability

I put a Prod on this article on the grounds "No evidence that this is anything other than an ordinary hotel and hence lacking in notability" This was removed on ground that content had previously been removed. The removed content was:

"It contains a Chartwell Grill restaurant features continental foods. There are facilities at the hotel for meetings."
"It has access to the metro station."
"The hotel is close to The Phillips Collection, which features over 6000 paintings"

These are statements that one would expect in a hotel advertising brochure (and one should recall that a previous article of this title was speedy-deleted as unambiguous advertising in May), but they are not statements of encyclopaedic notability. A restaurant, function rooms, access to public transport and proximity to sites of interest are the common features of hotels the world over. This article needs evidence of notability; as it stands it is a clear candidate for AfD. AllyD (talk) 23:29, 29 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

When I look for news paper archives I find plenty enough to meet the WP:GNG.

Points of notability:

The hotel achieved a close second highest sale price per room ($340,000 after $350,000) purchased by Highland Hospitatlity in 2005 Erin Killian (5 January 2006). "Four Seasons vies for a five-star sale". Washington Business Journal.

Newspaper report of renovation: http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=pJdJAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ZQwNAAAAIBAJ&pg=3964,1456006&dq=the-churchill-hotel+washington&hl=en The Post and Courier 3 Jan 2002 page 31 title=Finest Hour section=Grapevine
Post News 13 December 2005 Crestline Hotels & Resorts Selected as the New Management Company for the The Churchill Hotel, Washington, DC Crestline management to manage it
http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/6/20/113613/321/hotels/Best_Hotels_for_Fireworks_2008_%3A%3A_Washington%2C_D.C._ Best Hotels for Fireworks 2008 :: Washington, D.C.
There are various other stories about crime and repeats of the renovations and acquisitions stories in other newspapers and journals. Graeme Bartlett (talk) 09:24, 30 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]