What happens when a flashy brand like Lacoste sets up shop inside a flashy hotel lobby like Gansevoort Park Avenue? Well, the staff uniforms get a whole lot, er, flashier. Even though the hotel's already been open for a year, the infamous alligator brand is just now getting ready to...
August 30, 2011
The debut of Amanda Lepore's Tuesday night penthouse party at the Gansevoort Park Hotel also turned out to be her last. The Red Room scene, which was planned as a weekly thing, took a sour turn when guests were barred from going out onto the roof, and the event's main...
July 05, 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.In looking at our hot hotelier coverage from the...
December 31, 2010
Yesterday's tragic death at the Soho House may turn into a homicide investigation. The NY Times reports that the dead woman found in an overflowing bathtub in room 20 was Soho House member and swimsuit designer, Sylvie Cachay. She had checked in with her boyfriend, Nicholas Brooks, just after...
December 10, 2010
Tragedy has struck the Soho House in New York today as a woman was found dead in one of the private club's hotel rooms. NY Daily News reports: According to police, the 33-year-old woman's body was found about 3 a.m. after the bath water, which was still running, flooded...
December 09, 2010
The other month we were all sorts of flabbergasted by the photos of Cristiano Ronaldo that were taken at the Soho House in New York. Not so much for the black nail polish on his toes but at the overcrowded and messy pool area. We said this then: Check...
July 30, 2010
This week we're taking a look at a dying hotel amenity--The Hotel Magazine. Sure, most hotels stock their guestrooms with the trendy magazines of the day or at least place some localized publication on the desks but there are actually a few hotels out there that still publish their...
July 29, 2010
Guests at the House Festival in 2008. If you like your summer festivals a bit more civilized than Glastonbury and Coachella, Soho House's House Festival may be for you. Back after a hiatus last year, the bash was held the other night at Chiswick House & Gardens, a tres...
July 09, 2010
Here's another reason to pony up for a hotel room in the middle of a Manhattan heat wave--Cristiano Ronaldo. We're all about rooftop pools this summer and with the heat rising to unbearable degrees in New York today, we bet you city dwellers are pretty envious of World Cup...
July 07, 2010
Now it's July 7, Independence Day is old news. The next big nationalist celebrationother than the party going down in whichever country wins the World Cup on Sundayis Bastille Day. Since France is immersed in a political spending scandal, Sarkozy and co. may not be celebrating La Fête Nationale...
July 07, 2010
If you like South Beach but want to take some of that ultra-exclusivity from London, New York, or West Hollywood with you, hang in there ... Soho Beach House Miami is gearing up for an opening this fallin September, if the new website is to be believed. That means you...
April 26, 2010
The official start of New York's semiannual Fashion Week is tomorrow, but already the chic set has been partying up a storm in various hot hotels around town. Take a walk in some of the areas associate with Fashion Week (Meatpacking District, LES, Bryant Park) and you'll see fashionistas...
February 10, 2010
...then you'll like this new deal feature from Tablet Hotels.We've always loved the selection of hotels offered via Tablet Hotels, and we were excited to peruse their newest Last Minute options in hopes of scoring "exclusive access to rock-bottom rates only available for the next 7-14 days." We first...
April 28, 2009
Apparently, NYC's Soho House the exclusive members-only hangout-slash-hotel (non-members can stay here too, but they have to fork over a bit more cash) is "returning to its artsy roots." And, rumor has it, they're doing so by shooing away the bankers and businessy types. According to Page...
March 31, 2009
You don't have to fill out the five-page application form and get approved by two members to score your holiday or New Year's party at uber-exclusive Soho House Hotel this year. And you don't have to look like a greedy asshole for still having your holiday party either.The Soho House...
December 19, 2008
New York's Soho House has a new set of gams. Well, not really. The hotel most known for its rooftop pool, recently redid their screening room and The White Room and invited the uber-exclusive renamed film series: IN-House to test things out. HotelChatter slipped into a cocktail hour for a...
December 10, 2008
We're not trying to be insensitive here, but can someone please explain to us how it is at all possible for Heather Mills and her prosthetic leg to successfully get around town in what Victoria Beckham would, no doubt, describe as major (or: "mayjah") shoes? The Daily Mail caught...
August 25, 2008
After we checked out the W Hoboken from the Lackawanna station/PATH train stop, we headed into the city to have a lunch at The Soho House. First important thing to remember about the Soho House is that it's not in Soho. It's in the Meat-Packing District, across from the Gansevoort....
July 31, 2008
So you have decided to spend a few days at The Cove Atlantis in Nassau, Bahamas. We're guessing that money is no object for you then, since room rates here start at about $600 a night.So why not keep the money flowing and thus drop $750 on one of the...
May 20, 2008
Links:· Geeksugar's peek at the Hotel Tomo. Stay tuned for our peek later this week. [Geeksugar]· Really, really strange: lady arrested for something involving fudge at her hotel. [Golden Celebrity]· Tori and Dean are, like, nice. [Glame Scene]· Rehab, Lindsay Lohan style (we kind of want to stay here!)...
August 07, 2007
The New Yorker has a behind-the-scenes article in the April 2 issue about the opening of British chef Gordon Ramsay's namesake Manhattan restaurant within the newly renovated London NYC Hotel.It's extremely long considering it's all about Ramsay and food. But after keeping on and finishing the 11 pages (remember, only...
April 11, 2007
Click Here to Go Straight to the Downtown NYC MapNew Yorkers love exclusivity and the Soho House is no exception. The UK version of the members-only clubhouse opened in the Meatpacking district in 2003 with the offering of 24 hotel rooms for outsiders to book. However, exclusivity often comes at...
October 03, 2006
Gawker has declared the Meatpacking District in New York "Rancid" or in more Gawker-speak a "Principal Hell" and "Already Over."A top offender? The pool at the SoHo House. Actually, the whole place is probably rancid, but we'll pick out what they said about the hotel's pool scene.The view is nice...
September 29, 2006
Where do you go when one of your ex-boyfriends is a couch-jumping, out-of-work/financing, cult leader/actor and the other is running around Miami shirtless with Lance Armstrong?Why, if you are Penelope Cruz you seek refuge in the SoHo House, where she holed up last week. Related Stories:· Penelope Cruz [Gossip Rocks]·...
September 05, 2006
As this photo from Flickr demonstrates, there is another way to get a peek at the exclusive, members-only SoHo House pool without being a member or paying $500 for a room. That's through gaining rooftop access at the Gansevoort Hotel which offers a view of the pool. However, as one...
August 28, 2006
2006 seems to be the year Internet companies battle for aerial map superiority, and for us, it always comes back to hotels. While Google definitely has the clearest and most expansive set of satellite photos going, a quick glance down 9th Avenue reveals that Google Earth doesn't appear to...
May 17, 2006
In like a lion, out like a lamb right? Well, at least for today, the weather seems downright balmy here in the Northeast, and our friends at Gridskipper have a suggestion: Rooftop Skinny Dipping. Apparently, the ultra exclusive SoHo house has a heated rooftop pool just begging for attractive...
March 07, 2005
The oh-so trendy Soho House recently banished Gawker gabber Choire Sicha after his pub repeatedly brought up the meatpacking joint in their daily gossip posts. However, yesterday, Choire put aside the feud long enough to point out that a last minute wedding cancellation has the Soho slashing room rates...
June 16, 2004
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