As summer nears, hotels are going to start up with the usual warm-weather offerings: rooftop bars, poolside cabanas, and those awkward tanning concierges. But as far as we're concerned, it all boils down to one question: where can we ride a bike for free? Unless otherwise noted, all of the...
April 25, 2013
It's no secret that Mad Men has inspired a nationwide renaissance of classic, American-inspired cocktails (heck, AMC even dedicated an entire webpage to cocktails featured on the show). In honor of the two-hour season premier this Sunday, we've gone ahead and compiled a list of the top Manhattan hotel bars...
April 05, 2013
Hotels around the world are going crazy for the 2012 Summer Olympics from specialty cocktails to outrageous Olympics-inspired packages. Here are five U.S. hotels that are going for gold in the sport of attracting Olympics watchers. We'll have even more next week! · The London NYC: There are several...
July 26, 2012
Deals: you want 'em, and surprisingly, everyone has 'em. Take a look at some of the latest hotel deals going around the internet today from booking sites, social media sites, flash sale sites and more. Don't forget to scroll down to see the HotelChatter-approved deal either. Who knows? You...
May 08, 2012
We remember our first time checking out the second-floor restaurant lounge known as Bar Basque inside the Eventi Hotel, and thinking, 'Boy, that's a lot of red.' But despite its other winning features (the Big Screen visible from inside the bar, the delicious tapas, the weekly jazz nights), the venue...
May 07, 2012
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
Though we had these five hotels originally on our radar for 11/11/11, we thought it would be helpful to throw in some more options. Most hotels seem to be having fun with the lucky dateand if they're having fun, you may as well have fun too. Like the sale going...
November 11, 2011
Like it or not, the holiday season has officially begun. So while you're drawing up your Christmas wish lists or plotting out the best strategy for door-busting on Black Friday, don't forget to plan out your hotel stay. From now through New Year's Eve, we'll be pulling out the...
November 07, 2011
Apparently, the prospect of meeting real, live members of the Atlantis Space Shuttle crew, while bouncing around on an inflatable Mars space rover wasn't enticing enough. So now, the Eventi Hotel is throwing Elmo into the mix. Apparently, the fuzzy red guy made an appearance last month at the Kennedy...
August 17, 2011
HotelChatter Questions: In which, the intrepid HotelChatter editors and our hotel maven readers answer hotel questions that pop into our inbox. Have a question for us? Send it along. Think you have a better answer than we gave, or better yet, want to give a vote of confidence to our...
August 10, 2011
Boy, it sure has been a week of transition. After Wednesday night's momentous closing of the Oak Room, here comes another announcement, this time from Morgans Hotel Group. This October, Jeffrey Chodorow, known for his spaces at the Empire Hotel and the Eventi Hotel, will pull out of Morgans...
July 29, 2011
When Yotel opened with a luggage-storing robot, it may have unknowingly set off a new trend in technology-related hotel tourist attractions. Take the upcoming NASA exhibit happening at Eventi Hotel, for example. While honoring NASA's accomplishments in space over the past 30 years, the "What's Your Favorite Space?" exhibit will...
July 25, 2011
"Broadway is not just for gays anymore," sang Neil Patrick Harris at the opening number of Sunday night's Tony Awards (Harris then ripped off his tuxedo to reveal a sparkling purple jumpsuit with yellow silk necktie). And neither was the Eventi Hotel on Sunday night, when the entire Book Of...
June 14, 2011
It's that time of year again--hotel rooftop season! Remember all those places we mentioned last year? Forget about 'em. There's a new batch of bars to try. We've sorted through all the outdoor hotel bars that New York City has to offer, and organized them into a comprehensive, best-of...
May 18, 2011
Not the Flat Iron Hotel but rather, The EventiOne of the most common questions we receive here at HotelChatter is "Where should I stay in New York on a budget?" And sure enough, we received this question again on Tuesday but with a few location parameters and a question...
May 11, 2011
A dozen New York hotels have partnered with New York's tourism board to give guests tickets to the bleeding edge contemporary art fairs The Armory Show (March 3-6) and The Art Show (March 2-6). Book as little as one night, and you'll get free admission for two to both...
February 14, 2011
Well, the reflecting pool is still dry, and the big screen is so far just a loop of generic "artsy" videos without sound, but the courtyard behind The Eventi Hotel is finally open for business despite it being the middle of winter. Accessible via West 30th or West 29th...
January 21, 2011
If ordering your food via a touchscreen in a glossy food court is not your scene, don't panic. FoodParc is no longer the sole dining option at The Eventi Hotel. But if you want to hit up the new Bar Basque restaurant, you'd better be a huge fan of the...
October 19, 2010
The weather in New York has been miserable all week. But rather than bang on about the rain, let's talk food! FoodParc, to be precise. For anyone not following along in their hotel restaurants handbook, or reading the avalanche of NYC food blogs that have been salivating over this place,...
October 01, 2010
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
Last week we heard all about the new skyscraper to rise about the Hotel Pennsylvania and how it would block people's views of the Empire State Building. Our first reaction to this whining was: Woe is me to those who can afford to live in a building that offered them...
September 02, 2010
We like a good Hotel Screening Room, and we're also quite fond of a Hotel Courtyard. Which leads us to the burning question: What's going on with Eventi's outdoor screening room/courtyard/plaza thingy? Here's what it looked like when we strolled down 29th Street over the weekend. Below, you can see...
August 31, 2010
Todd English at The IC Times Square's Ça Va. It may still be August, and the city streets bare as the power players party in the Hamptons, but fall is almost upon usNFL pre-season starts this weekend and we've already noticed some leaves turning. (Ugh!). But to cheer ourselves up...
August 04, 2010
The world's gone iPad mad, kids can't stop sexting, and no one answers their phone anymore. Welcome to the geeked-out world of 2010. Of course, we love our hotels to be just as techy as the rest of our lives, and lots of them now offer iPads and other...
June 30, 2010
Even though New York City's newest Kimpton Hotel, the Eventi, has already been open and accepting guests since mid-May, there's got to be a ribbon-cutting eventually. C'mon, you can't forget a ribbon-cutting! So earlier this week, the Eventi officially celebrated its grand opening with just that, except that it...
June 10, 2010
Last week, we were a little let down by the lobby space at the new Eventi Hotel in New York but we had high hopes for the guest rooms. Consider those hopes dashed. One of our hotel spies recently stayed there over opening weekend and has sent us this...
May 24, 2010
The other day we found ourselves hotel-hopping in New York City and we decided to pop into the just-opened Eventi Hotel. We've been through this hotel before but the hotel's PR team denied us from taking any photographs, insisting on sending us renderings instead, albeit pretty realistic ones. (But...
May 21, 2010
Oh, to be a fly on the wall at the Eventi Hotel this morning, as the staff dissect their very first weekend in business. The hotel opened on Friday and judging by the online rezzie system, it was a full house on Saturday and Sunday. As we wait for...
May 17, 2010
Another week, another New York City hotel opens its doors ... And tomorrow that hotel is Eventi, New York's newest Kimpton. We gave you a glimpse of the hotel's lobby artwork earlier this week, and can tell you today, on Eventi Eve, that the hotel is all about the reveal....
May 13, 2010
The Hudson Hotel's 'Private Park'. It may not feel like it this week, but Hotel Rooftop season is almost upon us here in NYC. In addition to the usual heavy-hitters in the rooftop bar game (A60, Mad46, and Salon de Ning at the Peninsula), there are plenty of new...
May 12, 2010
Guess the Hotel Revealed! As two out of four folks surmised, the NYC hotel with the Central Park ceiling artwork was the Eventi Hotelwhich is now in the home stretch and ready to open this Friday. We had a sneak peek at the city's newest Kimpton hotel last week, and...
May 10, 2010
The other day we speculated whether or not the newest Kimpton Hotel in NYC, Eventi Hotel, would be opening on May 15 or not. A tipster was concerned about a reservation he had made for May 15 especially after he noticed that bookings were only being taken now from...
April 15, 2010
These days it seems as one hotel in Manhattan opens, another one is set to open just around the block. While there's only a few days left before paying guests step inside Trump Soho and Fashion26, we've decided to take a look at one of the next hotels set...
April 07, 2010
Were used to yo-yoing hotel opening dates, but rarely do they move forward from what we expect. With its brand spankin new website, however, The Eventi seems to have done just that. Our last guesstimation was for a June 1st opening, but today we found availability on May 14, and...
March 11, 2010
Sometimes new hotels have modest goalsto provide a warm bed and perhaps a meal for the night. Then there are the more ambitious hotels who want to go further than that and wow us with all sorts of amenities. With a name like The Eventi, its probably no surprise...
March 01, 2010
This just in: The Eventi Hotel has a Facebook page. Thats greatit has a home on the web. But how about in real life? When will the doors to New Yorks new Kimpton open? Thats what we really want to know. We tried poking the hotel to find out,...
February 10, 2010
New York may be known for its high-end hotels, but its latest batch of new properties is getting with the times. As the New York Times style bible T Magazine puts it, lots of the citys new hotels are aimed squarely at the recessionary middle. T highlights the opening...
January 22, 2010
High on our Andaz buzz, we now turn to another NYC hotel opening, one thats sure to be the Eventi of the Spring. (Har har har). Yes, were talking about the citys next Kimpton Hotel, Eventi. This is the property on Sixth Avenue in Chelseathe one sharing a city...
January 12, 2010
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