Intercontinental The Barclay New York
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Welcome to InterContinental The Barclay New York, a luxury business hotel in "the city that never sleeps." Minutes away from LaGuardia and JFK Airport. The Barclay Hotel was the most luxurious hotel built by the New York Central Railroad and one of the most glamorous and elegant hotels near Park Avenue.
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Hotel Coverage: Intercontinental The Barclay New York
Nothing Says 'I Love You' Like a Kimpton Bathrobe
Unlike other industries, where it's just about guzzling free candy and wearing too many red cardigans, Valentine's Day is a special time of year for hotels. The January slump is suddenly reversed by couples seeking out romantic getaways, anonymous hook-ups, and indulgent spa treatments. Not to mention special food that...
January 23, 2012
5 Hotels That Are Celebrating Gay Marriage
Gay couples across the state of New York married for the first time on Monday—an event so huge, Niagra Falls suddenly became rainbow-colored! Now that ceremonies can legally take place, hotel geeks around the state will be seeking out the best venues for their ceremonies, honeymoons, and receptions. Here are...
July 27, 2011
Concierges at 10 InterContinental Hotels Will Be Among First to Use the iPad 2
It's iPad 2 day, in case you haven't figured this out already by passing mammoth lines at Apple stores on your way to work. Today is the day that the iPad 2 is available to purchase in store or order for home delivery online, and one of the first...
March 11, 2011
The InterContinental Barclay Serves Up Shocktails But Kids & Pets Get Treats, Too
Just tell the kids it's poison! We tend to think of a hotel like the InterContinental New York Barclay as all business. But the folks at the Barclay Bar & Grill are getting into the Halloween spirit with their, um, spirits. Bartender and mixologist Jose Torrella has designed two "Tarantulizing...
October 29, 2010
Where to Find Hotels With iPads
One million people may have splurged on an Apple iPad but if you're not keen on shelling out $500+ for the hottest new gadget, you can get your fix at these hotels.* We'll be keeping tabs on hotels that offer iPads either for guest use in-room or in the...
May 05, 2010
She Bangs! Latin Lovers Await at The Barclay Hotel
If one of your New Year's resolutions for 2010 was to quit drinking, then we advise you to fall off the wagon so you can down one of the "Latin Lovers" at the Intercontinental New York Barclay on 48th and Park Ave.Mixologist Jose Torrella of The Barclay Bar and...
January 08, 2010
New York Hotels Hang 'No Vacancy' Signs For Gadhafi And Ahmadinejad
Gadhafi, Gaddafi, al-Qaddafi...whichever name you want to call Mr. Moammar of Libya, none of them will be allowed to bunk down at Manhattan's swank Pierre Hotel during his time in NYC for United Nations functions. Apparently of all the luxury hotels in New York, Gadhafi and his retinue had...
September 21, 2009
Libyan Dictator Might Be Ruling Over NY's Pierre Hotel Next Week
We should have known that a picky dictator only picks the best hotels, regardless of availability of first-floor suites. We guess Libyan dictator Moammar al-Qaddafi doesn't read HotelChatter (thank god), because he sure didn't read our Top Three Recommendations for him during his stay in New York for his...
September 11, 2009
Melanie Oudin Not 'Booted Out' of Marriott But She is Shacking Up Elsewhere
Earlier this morning, we learned that the U.S. Open's star player Melanie Oudin was supposedly unable to extend her reservation at a Marriott Hotel after she unexpectedly advanced to the quarter-finals in the tournament. Well, the rumor mill was burning up this morning about whether or not she was...
September 09, 2009
InterContinental Barclay Hotel Gets a Microsoft Surface to Play With
The Barclay, the InterContinental property in midtown Manhattan that has earned its fair share of flack from us due to its notably atrocious color schemes and seriously-aged decor, has officially made our heads explode by jumping way, way ahead of the times and scoring a Microsoft Surface computer. We...
November 05, 2008
Sarah Palin Does Not Attempt to Lay Low While Hitting Up NYC Hotels
Memo to Sarah Palin: if laying low is what you're looking to do, may we gently chime in to let you know that staying at the Millenium Broadway smack in the middle of midtown during your NYC visit is not the way to go about it? It's tourist central...
September 24, 2008
Snapshot :: The Barclay Intercontinental is Totally a Paula Abdul Hotel
Here's a Paula Abdul Hotel for the books: the Barclay Intercontinental in Manhattan. You know what kind of hotels we're talking about -- we officially define them as "old luxury hotels still coasting by on favorable press from the 1980s and early 1990s; old-looking from the inside and out....
August 11, 2008
American Girl Check-In at the Barclay Intercontinental
The Barclay Intercontinental is not just a hotel for U.S. Open players. It's also a hotel for American Girl enthusiasts--namely girls ages 6 to whenever playing with dolls isn't cool anymore.The hotel has a special check-in set up for you American Girl doll. The one you see here is Kaya,...
September 06, 2007
Where the U.S Open Players are Staying in Manhattan
Yesterday we met some friends at their hotel, the Intercontinental Barclay on 48th Street between Park and Lex, before we all headed out to the U.S. Open.We noticed a whole lotta tennis bags in the lobby--at the front desk, on the chairs and on people's shoulders as they walked...
August 31, 2007
Partner Reviews: Intercontinental The Barclay New York
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Great bellmen! -
Free internet in the rooms starting this April! (supposedly) -
Close out the hotel bar on a Tuesday. -
Stay here once a year and seems like there is never hot water in the showers. -
Try the Breakfast Buffet (via @Foodspotting) -
Rooms are old and not exactly spotless but sheets are SUPER soft! -
Hotel muito bem localizado, perto da Brodway e das principais lojas de grife e grandes magazines.Pena que os quartos SAO pequenos,mas confortáveis -
Gym is on the 3rd Floor. Very few machines & most usually not working. Towels & headphones available though. -
No wifi in the rooms  -
No WiFi in rooms, they have ethernet connection at an eye-watering $12.95 a day -
The coffee machine is hidden. Ha. -
Mo wifi in rooms :-( -
Free wifi in the lobby yiaaaah!! -
Friendly staff, but for the price you pay it would deserve a renewal... -
Nos encanto!! excelente lugar y muy buena ubicacion!! -
The hotel is good!! -
Only free WiFi at lobby. If you want to be connect from room, you must pay for it.
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L'hotel estàforça bé, però els hi falla que el WiFi Free només estigui al lobby. Si vols internet a l'habitació has de pagar.
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Fully booked
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Nice flowers in the lobby!
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very friendly staff
Nice place
This is a nice hotel for a short stay. It's mostly geared to business travellers, not for a vacation where you want to be pampered. Very goo...
Very nice hotel
The Barclay is a very nice hotel. It was easy for our guests to check in and out, however, the maid service was less than stellar. It got ...
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