Hotel Coverage: New York Helmsley
Whatever They're Planning, It Better Not Be Another Westin Times Square Eyesore
Two weeks ago, we learned that Host Hotels had purchased the New York Helmsley and was planning on re-making it into a Westin. Now, we find out that $65 million is being poured into the building for what they're calling an "extensive re-branding initiative." Fine. The part that gets us,...
February 06, 2012
Will The New York Helmsley Hotel Turn Into a Westin?
UPDATE: Host Hotels has indeed bought the Helmsley and will turn it into a Westin in mid-2012. It looks like the Queen of Mean aka Leona Helmsley's New York hotel empire is finally disintegrating. Last May, the Helmsley Middletowne close down and now it looks like the New York Helmsley...
January 25, 2011
The Five Best Hotels for NYC's St. Patrick's Day Parade
Note: Not all hotels will look as charming as this photo but it depends on how many green beers you have. It's ok. Beer goggles happen to the best of us. Now that Valentine’s Day is dispensed with, hotels are tearing down the pink and putting up the green. Aye,...
February 24, 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
Bringing Helmsley Back to Life (The Hotel, Anyways)
The good folks who inherited the task of managing The New York Helmsley Hotel (sadly, not little fluffball millionaire Trouble—how awesome would that be?) would like to share the news that they are bringing the hotel’s lobby, bar, and restaurant into the 21st century.At least, it sounds that way....
July 28, 2009
Leona Helmsley To Cover Your Room Tax From the Grave
If only hotel mogul Leona Helmsley — who famously said, "Only the little people pay taxes" — had served those 18 months of punishment in the slammer in 2009, she might have been a celebrated pop culture icon worthy of some good Daily Show and The Soup fodder. Regardless, the...
March 19, 2009
The Helmsley Hotel is Down with Love (Again)
The New York Daily News reports that The New York Helmsley Hotel on 42nd Street is holding a Second Annual Anti-Valentine's Day Bash for Gotham's love-lorn, love-torn, and just plain sick of love.For three hours (one of which includes an open bar), you can nosh on their aphrodisiac buffet and...
February 14, 2008
Helmsley Hotel Pastrami Helps Transit Strike Go Down
The negotiations to end the frustrating New York City transit strike took place between union and MTA officials at the Helmsley Hotel in Midtown Manhattan. The Helmsley must have good vibes because earlier talks at the more expensive Grand Hyatt nearby were unsuccessful. The New York Post reports: "Over...
December 23, 2005
Partner Reviews: New York Helmsley
A Rip Off
The thermostat offered "on" (for boiling hot) and "off" (for merely uncomfortable). The carpet was fairly new, but was not attached to the floor at the baseboards. Showers were intolerable. The water cycled from scalding to ice cold with no touch of the knobs. The laptop connection was unpredictable. The television had the ubiquitos half-broken remote control, but substantially more irritating was the sound on the TV. Every 10 or 15 seconds the sound was unintelligible for about 5 more seconds. We called the TV service hotline, and the man at the other end said that it was probably a setting and that there was nothing to be done to fix it. Unannounced construction started in the next room bright and early on our last day, ensuring we had lots of time to pack up and get out.
Time for a facelift
Stayed at the Helmsley last week on business and the room was just tired. As I rode down on the elevator, I laughed with some other guests at how old the interiors looked. Time to spend some cash and replace the stale bedpreads and draperies at least. The roller shades don't cut it!
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