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Here are a few highlights of West Hollywood's most recent coverage.

 

July 2010
The Sunday Times (PDF)
"Fiercely dedicated to fabulousness, and endearingly compact and manageable, West Hollywood isn't just the coolest place to visit in LA - if you want to relax and enjoy this arduous megacity, just tear up the rest of your guidebook and never leave WeHo."

 

March 2010
San Francisco Chronicle
"West Hollywood takes a funky, unpretentious angle on the Southern California vibe, veering into a curious mix of edgy bohemian and chic cosmopolitan, casually funky and religiously design-conscious."

 

March 2010
GRAZIA (PDF)
"Those in the know head straight for West Hollywood, roughly three square kilometres of fine restaurants, hip A-list haunts and cutting-edge boutiques."

 

November 2009
Los Angeles Times Business (PDF)
"West Hollywood's latest effort is spearheaded by a redesigned travel website (GoGayWestHollywood.com) that includes lists of hotels, clubs, bars and nighttime happenings that the visitors' bureau believes would appeal to gay and lesbian tourists."

 

November 2009
TVNZ Breakfast
"Reporter Megan Singleton hits West Hollywood, checking out luxury furniture, celebrity shopping, and gets an extreme makeover!"

 

October 2009
Western Living (PDF)
"In Tinseltown, turning 25 is usually the beginning of the end. But West Hollywood (or WeHo, as it’s known), where modern moviemaking started on the United Artists lot at Formosa Avenue and Santa Monica Boulevard, is in its heyday. Since breaking away from Los Angeles in 1984, the five-square-kilometre principality is prime star-spotting territory."

 

September 2009
Mecho: The Style Black Book
"Design addicted? If so, West Hollywood is the place to stay in Los Angleles for both global and local designers as it is the new fashion mecca on the west coast. Think Christian Louboutin, 3.1 Phillip Lim, Stella McCartney, Balenciaga, Alberta Ferretti, Maxfield and local favs such as Kitson, Sorum Noce and Makeup Mandy just to mention a few."

 

September 2009
Handbag.com
"West Hollywood, or WeHo as the locals call it, is the place to go if you want to experience the Hollywood we see on television. The streets are lined with boutiques, bars, trendy hotels and salons, basically everything you could possibly to need to have a holiday and night out worth remembering."

 

September 2009
The Sunday Telegraph (PDF)
"Our accommodation was at Le Montrose all-suite hotel in West Hollywood – the area where the stars just quietly go about their business (picking up their laundry, shopping for clothes, stopping for herbal tea in cult cafes like Urth). In short, the neighbourhood feels relaxed. "

 

June 2009
Passport (PDF)
"With a gay overlay and uniquely friendly feel, West Hollywood is a little oasis in the middle of the big city and its diverse selection of restaurants complements this fascinating and vibrant city."

 

April 2009
Dominion Post (AUS) (PDF)
"If all the world’s a stage, LA shares the spotlight with New York and London, Paris and Milan, and designers seeking a global presence must be noticed in LA. So the best of international design is shown alongside the copper and lacquer creations of Robert Kuo, the fashions of Balenciaga and Ferretti."

 

April 2009
Herald Sun (PDF)
"WHEN movie stars come to LA for awards season, they take refuge in West Hollywood. The breeding ground for seminal rock bands such as the Doors and Guns N’ Roses, this colourful neighbourhood has undergone gentrification in the past 20 years. Home to the famous Sunset Strip, it’s a rare part of LA that can be covered on foot and therefore has more of a village feel than any other section of the city."

 

March 2009
Southern California Meetings + Events (PDF)
"Take an area less than two square miles, cram in nearly 2,000 hotel rooms, 130 restaurants, 300 shops, 30 spas and health clubs and you have one vibrant, dynamic community. Add in sightings of today's hottest celebs and you have the inimitable West Hollywood, a star-studded destination for your next meeting or event."

 

March 2009
Brisbane News (PDF)
"On the glittering Sunset Strip in West Hollywood, you could be sipping a US$75 flute of Krug beside Jennifer Aniston at the wood-panelled Tower Bar (in the hotel where Errol Flynn, Marilyn Monroe and John Wayne all lived at one time), or rocking out beside Sean Penn in the grungy Viper Room."

 

March 2009
Elle Decor (PDF)
"The entertainment industry continues to party in WeHo, hotels and shopping are as top-drawer as ever, and live music remains a nightlife mainstay. But for tourists, West Hollywood's greatest asset is its central location. Important cultural institutions and scenes of natural splendor are few and far between within the 1.9 square mile city limits but museums, beaches, mountains, and movie studios are all close by. Better yet everything within WeHo is easily accessed on foot."

 

November 2008
Houston Pet Talk (PDF)
"From the city's moderate climate, walkable streetscape, pet-friendly activities, boutiques and hotels, West Hollywood offers a myriad of options for you and your animal companion."

 

October 2008
e-Travel Blackboard (PDF)
"Grafton on Sunset, one of West Hollywood’s hippest Sunset Strip boutique hotels, offers its equally trendy surroundings a lesson or two in cool website conception. "

 

September 2008
Handbag.com (PDF)
"We hit the Sunset Marquis Hotel and Villas mid-afternoon and immediately know we've come across a little gem right in the centre of Hollywood. ...Without doubt, the best hotel we have ever stayed in, and one we very much hope to return to one day."

 

July 2008
Vogue Latinoamerica (PDF)
"West Hollywood aparece como "El lugar."

 

July 2008
Fortune (PDF)
"On Santa Monica Blvd, a longtime hub of Russian markets, two newcomers have true Soviet swagger: Voda Spa proffers a steam bath with a coed swimming pool, below, and caviar body wraps. The Art Deco Bar Lubitsch, has an army of vodkas 200-strong and a dance floor appropriately named Red Room."

 

June 2008
Seattle Gay News (PDF)
"Sitting pretty just below multimillion-dollar homes dotting the infamous "Hills," miles away from L.A.'s clutter of skyscrapers, and sparkling with hip celebrity hangouts is West Hollywood."

 

April 2008
Wine Access Magazine (PDF)
"Canada's Wine & Food Magazine"

 

April 2008
WestJet up! Magazine
Canadian In-Flight publication
(PDF)
"Perhaps the best aspect of the Sunset Strip, especially in a city that prides itself on its car culture, is its walkability"

 

May 2007
Curve (PDF)
"West Hollywood is the number one go-to place to see and be seen if you're any kind of lesbian in entertainment."

 

February 2007
Edmonton Sun
"Alberta, Canada's daily newspaper."