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[UPDATED] Where To Find Free Hotel WiFi In NYC: 2013 Edition
We brought you the 2013 WiFi Report last week, and today we're here to tell you which hotels in NYC you can count on for free WiFi. Here are a few of our faves… Indigo Chelsea: This isn't the kind of place you go for a buzzing lobby scene or...
May 13, 2013
Dive Into These Summer Hotel Deals for $109 and Less
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...
April 30, 2013
Will The Out NYC Open Another Gay Hotel In Chicago?
It looks like New York isn't going to be the only place with its own gay-themed hotel: The Out NYC, which debuted last year near Times Square, has revealed plans to open up a second location in Chicago by 2015. Of course, they'll have to persuade the neighbors first. DNAinfo...
April 09, 2013
New York Restaurant Week Starts Today: 10 Rezzies We Want
Don't skip the homemade pasta at Ai Fiori. Carbs be damned. We always find it amusing New York Restaurant Week falls just a few weeks after the new year, when those plum hotel restaurants we've been dying to try, drop their prices for 20 whole days of diet-busting deliciousness....
January 14, 2013
Best Hotel Scene of 2012: New York City
It's that time of year again: the 2012 HotelChatter Awards! Today and Monday, we'll be showcasing the best (and worst) of hotels over the past year. But we couldn't do it without you! Let us know your thoughts in the comments below, or shoot us an email. And the Award...
December 31, 2012
Worst Anti-View of 2012: Fenced In At The Out NYC
It's that time of year again: the 2012 HotelChatter Awards! Today and Monday, we'll be showcasing the best (and worst) of hotels over the past year. But we couldn't do it without you! Let us know your thoughts in the comments below, or shoot us an email. And the Award...
December 28, 2012
The Out NYC Spells 'Ktchn' Weird, The Gansevoort Gets A New Toy
We thought we'd be done, for a while, at least, announcing new hotel restaurants in New York City. But of course, we're not, as New York never slows down for a second, and keeping up with the hotel scene is like trying to start a conversation with a squirrel: the...
June 27, 2012
Dorm-Style Rooms Are Now Available At The Out NYC
Funny how these hotel trends come and go. Just yesterday, we were philosophizing about the pluses and minuses of booking a hotel room with bunk beds, and then today comes an announcement from the guys at Out NYC about their new European hostel-inspiredSleep Share rooms. Can you guess what's inside...
June 08, 2012
Who Will Step Into the Role Of 'Cultural Guru' At the Out NYC?
Now in its second month of soft opening, things are only just starting to heat up at the Out NYC. After recently speaking with the hotel's GM, David Lopez, we learned the hotel's big opening is actually scheduled for Gay Pride in June, when a full-force grand opening bash will...
April 11, 2012
Can The Out NYC Live Up To All The Hype?
Take a look at the renderings on the front page of The Out NYC's website, and you'll see: spacious, well-lit rooms; a big flashy facade; and dazzling green outdoor spaces with plenty of smiling folks. But, as we've seen before, shiny images on a hotel's website aren't always the best...
March 08, 2012
New York's Newest Day Care Center for Gay Men Is Now Open For Business
Here's your first look at The Out NYC, New York's first-ever "straight-friendly" hotel, which opened this past weekend after a rainbow ribbon-cutting ceremony on Thursday. Our full review of the hotel is coming later in the week, but we thought we'd share this snapshot of the hotel's interior courtyard, which...
March 05, 2012
At Least One Room At The OUT NYC Will Be Opening Today
Yup, after quite some build up, The OUT NYC is slowly stepping out into the spotlight. And as we predicted last summer, the first part of the hotel to open will be XL Nightclub, the 14,000 square foot cabaret and dance venue. And the grand opening event is tonight. XL...
January 27, 2012
The Out NYC Hotel Is Coming Out on March 1 at $229 a Night
Well, looky here--NYC's first-ever gay hotel, The Out NYC, has just gotten an opening date of March 1! When we last checked on the hotel in October, we were a little skeptical about when this hotel may open as construction looked pretty far behind. But nonetheless, the hotel is...
January 02, 2012
The Out NYC, When It Opens, Could Revitalize An Entire Neighborhood
New York's imminent, first-ever gay hotel, The Out NYC, is slowly transforming a remote block along W 42nd St between Tenth and Eleventh Avenues with practically nothing else around it. Two avenues over, you'll find a veritable slew of mid-range hotel options (Distrikt, Four Points by Sheraton, Fairfield Inn), but...
October 17, 2011
The Out NYC Will Open Its Nightclub in the Fall (But You Have to Wait for the Rooms)
After the legalization of gay marriage, what comes next for New York? A gay hotel—specifically, The Out NYC—that's what. And that project, which we first learned about last fall, seems to be taking shape quite nicely. An update sent today by The Out NYC trumpets not just the hotel's...
July 21, 2011
New York's Axel Hotel At The Out NYC Complex Will Have A Peekaboo Pool
It's not opening until next fall but details about New York's new gay-friendly (or hetero-friendly, as the developers call it) are starting to emerge. We don't know yet if the rooms will have peekaboo bathrooms, but up on the roof? A peekaboo pool! Michael Musto of The Village Voice recently...
September 24, 2010
New York's First Axel Hotel Will Be Called The Out N.Y.C.
Remember when we got all excited about the news that NYC would be getting its first outpost of gay-hotel brand Axel? Well, there’s new movement on 42nd Street! The fugly building that used to house a Travelodge and homeless shelter will become a hotel called The Out N.Y.C., set to...
February 18, 2010
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