Sometimes, a few treadmills and a couple of hand weights just aren't enough for hotel guests when they are traveling, which is probably why Morgans Hotel Group has partnered with Equinox gyms in New York and Miami to offer guests a more complete workout option.Guests at the Hudson, Royalton,...
May 05, 2011
Good live music in New York City has never been hard to find. Nor has there ever been a shortage of cool, off-beat venues for artists and bands to play. But now it seems hotels want a little piece of the action. The Royalton is just one of several...
February 22, 2011
As you might have noticed, we've been working our way through hotel's Holiday Cocktails lately. 'Tis the season, after all. And while we've loved most of the drinks we've tried in martini glasses, champagne flutes and highball glasses, what we'd really love to order is a punch bowl. What could...
December 06, 2010
In case you haven't noticed, Morgans Hotel Group have been busy giving cool kids what they want: from Tumblr to custom playlists and a team of sexy cocktail gurus at the Royalton. Now they're adding a web series to that list. The Spanky's Night Out webisode series stars "nightlife enthusiast"...
November 16, 2010
You didn't think the cocktail craze would die down any time soon, did you? No hotel is complete without a curated cocktail list--and in the case of the Royalton, a crew of cocktail experts who look like they mean business. These folks aren't modern day gangsters or the hottest band...
October 07, 2010
We'd barely finishing playing with the new vending machine at the Hudson Hotel when news of yet another new amenity from Morgans Hotel Group hit our radar. This time, it's all about the music, as MHG teams up with online MP3 curators, RCRD LBL. The Morgans hotels have always had...
September 28, 2010
With so many new hotels opening up in NYC these days, we wonder what the older, once hot hotels are doing to compete with this brash new generation of hotels who take rooftop parties, flat-screen TVs and wireless internet access for granted. Every so often we will be checking...
July 21, 2010
The Royalton Hotel in New York, a Morgans Hotel, got a makeover back in 2007 which gave it a new lobby look, new guestrooms and revamped the restaurant, Brasserie 44. But thanks to a series of "curated high profile nights" held at the restaurant, (one even featuring DJ Lady...
July 13, 2010
So you and your friends have finally gotten your act together and come up with a plan for New Year's Eve. The only problem is you want to ring in 2010 in Times Square, home to one of the biggest New Year's Eve celebrations in the world. Never fear....
December 15, 2009
Its almost time to give summer the big kiss-off. Wanna party like its 1995? Well, youre in luck: The Morgan Groups Royalton Hotel in New York is running an End of Summer promotion for New York residents, starting at just $199 a night.Sure, the hotels 2007 makeover was met...
August 27, 2009
Fifteen years ago, Juliette Lewis was an edgy indie actress dating Brad Pitt and co-starring with Woody Harrelson in the disturbing movie Natural Born Killers. These days you are more likely to find her rocking out in bright-colored spandex with her band, Juliette and The Licks, or speaking out about...
January 30, 2009
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 Royalton and Other Morgans Hotels Deals$50 off room rateThe Royalton in midtown Manhattan is offering $50...
May 09, 2008
Daylight Savings told us to spring ahead and in May that's what Morgans Hotel will be doing. The Manhattan hotel will be closing temporarily on May 18, 2008, for a $9 million modern up-do of its lobby and guest rooms, including the dreamy private penthouse. The 113-room Madison Avenue hotel...
March 31, 2008
The three Morgans Hotel Group in NYC are gearing up for their New Year's Eve parties, and each promises to be booze soaked. But surprisingly, only the event at the Hudson Hotel promises to be loud and sloppy. At the Hudson, $225 gets you general admission to what they say...
December 21, 2007
We're starting to feel sorry for the Royalton Hotel. Pretty much no one likes this place anymore, even though recent TripAdvisor reviews are decent. We used to attribute it to the ghost of Ian Schrager who was still haunting its halls, reminding the hotel that without him it will never...
December 04, 2007
Ultra-tan hotelier Ian Schrager showed up in another for-all-you-executives interview, this time with Portfolio rather than Fortune. What's newly on the mind of the Schrager? · He's not worried about working with 75-year-old teetotaler Bill Marriott: "I mean, we're complementary, our DNA is alike. We're both competitive and in pursuit...
November 19, 2007
Not long ago, we heard from The NY Times that The Royalton Hotel's facelift failed to recruit the glamorous patrons who packed the lobby bar, Brasserie 44, in the 90s. And now Times reviewer Denny Lee dishes about his lackluster stay last week. Like the investment bankers and magazine...
November 19, 2007
The New York Times also checked out another NYC hotel in their Sunday edition yesterday, The Royalton Hotel which received a brand-new look recently.Interestingly, most of the article is about the recent woes of Morgans Hotel Group (the Royalton's managment company) and its former CEO Ed Scheetz whose "girlfriend" ODed...
November 12, 2007
With Six Columbus opening last Monday we totally forgot about the Royalton Hotel which reopened the same day after a few months of major renovations. Luckily, Amy over at NewYorkology was on the scene. In this case it's the Royalton, which re-opened as scheduled on October 1 after renovations, according...
October 09, 2007
We got an inside look at the recent renovations done on the Royalton Hotel in Times Square which has been closed since June. This is one of the room shots above but we think this is for one of the higher-tier rooms like a suite or penthouse. It looks huge.The...
September 13, 2007
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,...
August 30, 2007
We've decided to honor this Friday, July 20, 2007 as Renovation News Friday!Finally, the Mondrian Hotel in West Hollywood has had enough celebrity vomit and is undergoing a renovation of all its rooms. A tipster let us know that the hotel is doing a $20 million renovation of the rooms...
July 20, 2007
The Paramount Hotel and the Royalton Hotel in NYC are two of Ian Schrager's early Manhattan hotels. You know, before he started the game-changing Gramercy Park Hotel.But ever since Schrager left Morgans Hotel Group, these hotels have languished to say the least. Recently, The Paramount Hotel was supposed to...
June 01, 2007
While staying in Midtown Manhattan would never be our first choice for visiting the Big Apple, we understand that those not so familiar with the city want to stay there for touristy and possibly, business reasons. So should you find yourself stuck somewhere near Times Square, Hotel Maven Annie0007 has...
March 16, 2007
Fashion Week has rolled into Manhattan and we've got the scoop on some hotels that are participating.As part of the New York Mercedes-Benz Fall 2007 fashion week, Glamour magazine is offering fashionistas the opportunity to get manicures, massages and blowouts in the penthouse suite (pictured above) of the Royalton Hotel...
February 02, 2007
Here's another killer view for you to enjoy today. This was taken from the Royalton in New York in one of the hotel's penthouse suites. These rooms come with a private balcony and patio (or pied a terre if you want to be fancy) so you can enjoy the muggy...
August 10, 2006
NewYorkology has published a pretty comprehensive list of NYC Romance Packages for all the procrastinating cupids. Only in New York can you find such a range of Valentine's hotel options, here's a sampling: The Classic: Roses and/or chocolate-covered strawberries, champagne Plaza Athenee Millennium UN Plaza Hotel Wales Morgans Royalton...
February 07, 2006
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