Free cupcakes? Yes, we've seen those before. But the Duane Street Hotel is taking hotel sweets to the next level with an inspired turndown service idea: hand-made marshmallows delivered to your room. Oh yes, people. Available Thursday through Sunday nights, the hotel's marshmallow expert plies the halls with a...
February 24, 2011
Imperial 9, coming to the Mondrian New York. Yes, fall is really here. You might have noticed by the sudden onslaught of Fall Preview Lists. To get into the spirit of cheering ourselves up over summer's end by thinking about all the food we'll eat as the leaves turn, here's...
September 09, 2010
You know the scene. You open the door to your brand new hotel room, run over to the window, open the blinds and bam, you are hit with the anti-view. Maybe you are looking down a dirty alley, witnessing a drug deal, staring at an air shaft in the face,...
September 02, 2010
GUESS THE HOTEL REVEALED!Congrats to David Jeffrey, Camille Eslick and ApollyonMastema for correctly guessing the smart and simple hotel last week--The Duane Street Hotel which also has a sister property in Brooklyn in the NU Hotel. We scored a great rate on Quikbook.com through their Secret Sale option for $159...
August 30, 2010
The Duane Street Hotel is open, and its restaurant 'beca is now doing breakfast and lunch. A call to the hotel confirms that dinner service at the 40-seat lobby restaurant is still in the works. In the meantime, the lunch menu is now up on the hotel website, and it...
February 21, 2008
The Bowery Hotel's Terrace SuiteNow that we know how pricey Bobby DeNiro's hotel will be ($725 a night!), it's time to wonder, "Where can we put that much money to good use?" First, a couple NYC options. Good old Six Columbus has a King Suite available for $625, which is...
January 08, 2008
In which, HotelChatter readers are treated to exclusive hotel deals dug up by us. All deals have a limited amount of rooms attached to them and may sell out quickly. Today's Hotel Deals 01.11.08 - 01.13.08 *Hotel Opening Rate*$Duane Street Hotel From $209/nightThe newly opened Duane Street hotel is...
January 03, 2008
After quite a few delays, the Duane Street Hotel is now open and taking reservations for tonight. New Yorkology found rates for tonight for as low as $189. The hotel has been opened for about four days but the restaurant, 'beca, is on hold for another few weeks. Put your...
January 02, 2008
As we inch toward 2008, it's time for another look at the Duane Street Hotel, the downtown Manhattan property we heard might be opening today. So? Not so much. We called up to check, and sounds like Duane Street's just waiting on the city at this point:We are taking reservations...
December 04, 2007
The Duane Street Hotel continues to baffle us with its ever-shifting opening date, which last we checked was January 2. But word from a HotelChatter source says the soft open will begin December 4--just a week from today. Another tipster filled us in on the interiors and more:I was there...
November 27, 2007
The ever-delayed Duane Street Hotel may finally be ready for action. A couple clicks on the hotel's website yielded rooms starting at $245 for January 2, 2008. That figure is quite a bit lower than the rack rate, so it may be an opening special. According to the New York...
November 06, 2007
Tribeca's a hotbed of hotel activity right now, but the latest news from The Duane Street Hotel is more of the same: delays. This summer we heard it might be open right around the first day of fall. Now? Seems we have a bit longer to wait. The property has...
September 19, 2007
The Duane Street Hotel in Tribeca has been rumored to open several times before, the most recent opening date was set for December 2006. Of course, that came and went and nothing happened.But a very reliable source says the hotel will finally open in at least six weeks. Naturally, we...
August 21, 2007
The Loft Hotel Tribeca, which was scheduled to open back in April 2006, and is now scheduled to open in December 2006 as the Duane Street Hotel, according to what seems to be the official hotel website (and verified by a pre-recorded message at the pre-sales office) could be...
December 07, 2006
An emailer asked us if we could give them the what's what on the current New York City hotel scene. Specifically, the emailer wanted to know what hotels have opened in New York City recently, or are scheduled to open soon. So, here is our latest off the...
September 05, 2006
A reader asks: Any chatter on this? (Loft Hotel Tribeca] Some kind of joint venture between Sam Chang (McSam Hotels, Hilton Garden Inn Tribeca, HoJo on East Houston, etc) and HERSHA. Hmm. Haven't heard anything yet. The website claims this "residential feel" property is opening in 2006, and...
August 25, 2005
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