For better or worse, today is Valentine's Day. And in honor of all the naughty business we know will be going down in hotel rooms around the globe today, we thought we'd take a look at some of HotelChatter's favorite bathrooms ever. That's right. We've been serving up hotel stories...
February 14, 2012
New York Fashion Week officially kicked off yesterday, and for the next week, New York is a sloppy mess of runway events, underpaid models, and too many cocktail parties than we care to count. On the plus side, hotels always get a good piece of the actionhere's a look at...
February 10, 2012
Hmm! Hotel snacks...It's no secret that we love the freebie snacks and soft drinks at Andaz Hotels. But those North Fork Potato Chips and Jacques Torres dark chocolate have recently been topped by some other amazing hotel snack finds. Our favorites? The FunkyChunky Popcorn available at Spice, the market at...
October 13, 2011
Two beds is a must! HotelChatter Questions: In which, the intrepid HotelChatter editors and our hotel maven readers answer hotel questions that pop into our inbox. Have a question for us? Send it along. Think you have a better answer than we gave, or better yet, want to give...
July 25, 2011
Would you dine at a place with a "B"?UPDATE 6:49PM: Andaz Fifth Avenue's general manager Jonathan Frolich has sent us this statement regarding the letter grade. "We've addressed the issues brought to us by the inspector and we look forward to a re-inspection. We are fully committed to ensuring...
June 13, 2011
When the Andaz 5th Avenue last summer, we were eager to step into one of those trippy showers which are some of the biggest showers we've ever seen in a hotel before. (And they come with foot tubs!)But if you want to do some soaking at the Andaz 5th Avenue,...
January 27, 2011
It's what you've been waiting all year for--The 2010 HotelChatter Awards! We'll be bringing you the best and worst of the year all day today and part of tomorrow. Agree or disagree with our picks? Air your thoughts in comments below. We had to restrain ourselves from seriously giving this...
December 31, 2010
Yesterday, we dished on a killer New Year's Eve package at the Renaissance Times Square where $2,500 will get you three nights in a hotel room, along with two tickets to the open bar party in The Living Room, treats from a Blue Ribbon gourmet menu, a performance by...
November 30, 2010
We know that everyone likes to make off with the hotel toiletries after a hotel stay but a few of you out there even like to rob the hotel's stationary folders, notepads, pens and pencils. Yeah, we're guilty of that too.But at the Andaz 5th Avenue, our sticky fingers...
November 24, 2010
Picture this space with you, us, some drinks and gossip.We're doing it again! After testing out our social skills with our LA meet up the other week, we've decided to step out in the Big Apple for another HotelChatter Meet Up. This time it's happening at the bar downstairs...
November 22, 2010
Do you need a little Dutch courage to pump you up for Thanksgiving travel next week? If you're in New York, you may want to consider this concoction which helped us get a head start on the festive spirits recently. It looks like the holidays, smells like the holidays and...
November 19, 2010
After waxing lyrical about the cheese at Andaz 5th Avenue's the bar downstairs, we found ourselves drawn back to try even more small plates and cocktails a week later. The spot in the hotel's basement is so warm and cozy and laidback that we found it hard to leave. When...
November 05, 2010
For over six years now, we've been chronicling, photographing and filming the best and the worst in hotels around the world. And now it is time to impart our PH.D-like hotel wisdom on you in rankings form. You wanted the best and you got the best, the hottest hotels...
November 03, 2010
Now it's been open for a month, we thought it was high time to hit up the bar downstairs at Andaz 5th Avenue, so last night we perched ourselves at one of the oversized, 14-foot Claro Walnut wood slab bars and ordered up a batch of cocktails and cheeses. We've...
October 22, 2010
The Lobby Bar at The Chatwal.Right. Now we've covered where we'll be eating as we hotel-hop this fall, it's time to think about booze. Luckily, New York hotels are more than happy to comply with our desires for a nice strong cocktail to get us through a crisp evening in...
September 15, 2010
Last week we heard all about the new skyscraper to rise about the Hotel Pennsylvania and how it would block people's views of the Empire State Building. Our first reaction to this whining was: Woe is me to those who can afford to live in a building that offered them...
September 02, 2010
We already know that Andaz Hotels prides itself on friendly, floating hosts and stacks of local knowledge. But did you know that you can call on the Andaz hosts even when you're not in your hotel room, but out and about in the city? We learned this when we were...
August 24, 2010
Pet owners, get ready to start planning more trips with Fido. Hilton's making it cheaper for you to stay in its hotels by slashing its brand-wide pet fee from $75 to $50. It's a pretty good per-stay rate considering what other hotels charge. Checking in with your four-legged friend...
August 12, 2010
Todd English at The IC Times Square's Ça Va. It may still be August, and the city streets bare as the power players party in the Hamptons, but fall is almost upon usNFL pre-season starts this weekend and we've already noticed some leaves turning. (Ugh!). But to cheer ourselves up...
August 04, 2010
We've heard of welcome amenities, and turndown treats. But we don't remember ever being offered a departure amenitynot before we were checking out of Andaz 5th Avenue recently. Like check-in, the check-out process at the new hotel was casual and friendly with no formal lines at the front desk. We...
July 19, 2010
We usually travel with our laptop, netbook, Blackberry and iPod Touch, so when it comes to in-room Internet, we're all set with free WiFi. But in the past we have been known to use one of those dinky TV + keyboard setups to go online in our hotel room. Since...
July 15, 2010
We already told you how much we appreciate those free in-room snacks at the new Andaz 5th Avenue, but lest you think that we ate potato chips and chocolate for dinner and nothing else, let us tell you about our visits to the shop (yes, all lowercase), which is...
July 08, 2010
Hot damn. On its second day in business, we checked into Andaz 5th Avenue to take advantage of its Summer Preview rate. It was also the hottest day in New York City in years. We're talking triple digits. So escaping into a brand new hotel with brand new air-conditioning...
July 07, 2010
While you were busy grilling and drinking and enjoying the final day of your July 4th weekend yesterday, Andaz was celebrating America's birthday with the soft opening of Andaz 5th Avenue, across from the New York Public Library. But if you didn't get in early and book one of...
July 06, 2010
Uh, have the hotel godswell, Andazmistaken the July Fourth holiday for Christmas? Because they've gone ahead and brought the opening of their newest outpost, Andaz 5th Avenue forward to July 5th. Granted, this is a soft openingpresumably not every service and amenity will be available right awaybut still, this...
June 29, 2010
We've been keeping tabs on Hotel Openings all year long but there's no denying that all the heat this summer is coming out of New York. Six sexy new boutique hotels will open before Labor Day and they are all fighting for your affection. Well, some are playing hard...
June 22, 2010
It's no secret that we're fans of the Andaz "whatever you like" concept, and their latest move shoots them to the top of the classwe've learned that Andaz 5th Avenue will open a week early on July 25. Now, that's something we most certainly do like. We also like...
June 18, 2010
Actually it will have more than that. Stand on the terrace of one of the rooms lucky enough to have them and your view may put the New York Public Library front-and-center, you may be able to watch the ball drop away from the crowds of Times Square, and...
May 14, 2010
The long wait for Andaz Fifth Avenue's opening date is over...but you will have to wait until August 1 before you can actually sleep there.A tipster let us know on Friday that the hotel would be opening on this first day of August and when we scurried over to...
April 19, 2010
With the Andaz Wall Street opening last January, we thought we might have to wait a bit longer for the Andaz Fifth Avenue to open, which is why we have it pegged for "Fall" on our Master Openings list.But the Andaz folk seem pretty committed to a "spring" opening...
March 31, 2010
UPDATE: Oh, boo! We just learned from the hotel's rep that Andaz Fifth Ave will no longer have the resin doors or the wine store. We still expect to be wowed by the design, however, and are holding out for a surprise we like just as much as those...
December 07, 2009
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