The Sanctuary Hotel
Formerly The Portland Square Hotel, has now been completely renovated and upgraded as The Sanctuary Hotel.
Guestrooms feature plush beds with European linens as well as 32- to 42-inch plasma televisions and iPod docking stations. The bathrooms boast a unique open design featuring quarried marble as well as a glass enclosure with a rain showerhead surrounded by adjustable drapery to create an intimate bath experience. Several of the guestrooms also showcase the original structure of the hotel with exposed brick or metal beams adorning the ceiling.
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Hotel Coverage: The Sanctuary Hotel
2 New NYC Hotel Rooftops To Enjoy This Summer
When we did our seasonal round-up of NYC hotel rooftops to check out for 2012 (see Where To Hotel Rooftop When), the newest venue on our list was Conrad New York's Hudson River-facing cocktail bar Loopy Doopy. And shucks, we still haven't made a point of going up there to...
June 15, 2012
The Sanctuary Hotel Will Pretty Much Do Anything You Want (Except Re-Paint Your Room)
The Sanctuary Hotel S.T.A.R. Experience Manager, Brandon McMillen Have you ever flirted with a hotel concierge? In our series, Concierge Interviews, HotelChatter goes behind the Front Desk and gets chummy with the men—and women—whose job it is to never say no. Filmed inside various lobbies, courtyards, and bar lounges, each...
May 03, 2012
The Sanctuary Hotel Is A Temple Of Sin
It looks like the Sanctuary Hotel is finally making headway with its planned rooftop bar, but not without some resistance from a nearby church. St. Mary the Virgin, which is located right next door, cannot stand the idea of so much alcohol consumption taking place less than 200 feet from...
September 19, 2011
Where to Stay in NYC for Labor Day Weekend
Only one and a half weeks to go! Labor Day weekend is a game that every hotel wants in on (we know we'll be traveling!), but for this particular holiday roundup, we've chosen to highlight the NYC hotels that we've been following this summer. Either through openings, or news stories,...
August 22, 2011
From Seat Cushions To Free Limo Rides, These Tennis Packages Have It All
In just eighteen days, the 2011 US Open Tournament barrels into Flushing, NY. Here's a look at which NYC hotels are serving up the best rates, tennis packages, and, of course, tennis swag. TENNIS SWAG Make it a double-night stay over in midtown's new-ish Sanctuary Hotel, whose US Open Tennis...
August 11, 2011
HotelChatter Question: Will The Flatiron Be Ready In September?
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 02, 2011
Another Sneak Peek at Times Square's Sanctuary Hotel
We’ve been following the prolonged transformation of Times Square's grimy, budget Portland Square Hotel. Finally rid of the scaffolding, the (nearly) complete, 115-room Sanctuary Hotel is a pricier, but still within-wallet’s reach option. Here’s what HotelChatter sussed out during our stay: Jump on It: The grand opening isn’t until...
June 28, 2011
Think You've Got What It Takes To Work At the Sanctuary Hotel?
It's been a while since we've heard from our friends at the soon-to-be Sanctuary Hotel in Times Square. However much we wanted to believe owner Hank Freid's promise of a solid June opening, it doesn't seem like the 115-room "budget chic" hotel will be officially dropping the Portland Square moniker...
June 02, 2011
Promises, Promises?: The Sanctuary Hotel to Open in May
A renovated Deluxe King room. The Sanctuary Hotel aka The Portland Square Hotel in Times Square has been taking its sweet time completing renovations (about four years) but there is an end in sight and it's actually sooner than we last heard. The Sanctuary Hotel's owner, Hank Freid tell us...
March 09, 2011
Four Years On, Still No Sanctuary Hotel But At Least It Has A Pop-Up Restaurant
We've been tracking the development of New York's Sanctuary Hotel since time immemorial, and by now we should know better than to make opening date predictions for the re-do of the Portland Square Hotel on 47th Street. But we're being promised a spring opening, so March seems like a...
March 01, 2011
Which Hotels Will Be The First On The NYC Scene In 2011?
The Nolitan.One of our favorite parts of a brand new year ahead of us? A clean slate of new hotel openings! We thought 2010 was a banner year for new properties in New York City, but 2011 is already looking like it will keep pace. As you settle back into...
January 03, 2011
Sanctuary Hotel Is Delayed But They'll Let Guests Peek at Dress Rehearsals (Again)
It was on our list of 6 More Hot NYC Hotels For You To Lust After and its website still promises that we would get a look in December. But we have now heard that the Sanctuary Hotel in Times Square (a.k.a. The Portland Square Hotel, still undergoing renovations) won't...
October 18, 2010
6 More Hot NYC Hotels for You to Lust After
This past summer was a hot one in NYC hotel land. We even created a Sexy Six List to keep you up-to-date. But the openings don't stop! We've taken a deep breath, regrouped, and pulled together this handy list of 6 More Hot NYC Hotels for You to Lust...
October 14, 2010
The Sanctuary Hotel in New York Now Set for a December Opening
The Sanctuary Hotel in Times Square has been promising to open for quite some time now. About three years, in fact. While some of the rooms at the hotel, which is still open as the Portland Square Hotel, have been turned into Sanctuary rooms, the completion of the entire...
May 27, 2010
Ash Got You Stranded in NYC? These Hotels Are Available Tonight For Less Than $200
Flights are still delayed and people are still stranded all around the world, thanks to the Volcanic Ash travel debacle. We're even hearing reports of some hotels jacking up rates to gouge people who have no choice but to pony up the big bucks for a room if they...
April 19, 2010
The Sanctuary Hotel Wants You to Peek In On Their Dress Rehearsal (at $159 a night)
Manhattan is a hotbed of hotel openings right now so if a trip to New York is on your agenda this fall, there are plenty of new hotels to try out. But some of them might be a little out of your budget like The Crosby Street Hotel at...
October 15, 2009
Sanctuary NYC to Ask: "Would You Like a Yacht With That?"
By the time the new 4-star Sanctuary Hotel opens in the former 2-star Portland Square Hotel off of Times Square, the renovations will have taken a healthy two years to complete. Seeing as how this will be the first upscale hotel property for Impulsive Group (who own the Marrakech...
October 28, 2008
Snapshot: The Sanctuary Hotel Preview Photos
This month, construction is expected to begin on the old Portland Square Hotel in Times Square with the hopes of it turning into a four-star boutique hotel called Sanctuary.The hotel is from the same people behind the Upper upper West Side spot, Marrakech. They kindly emailed us some photos of...
February 28, 2007
Update: Sanctuary NYC Not Related to Sanctuary SoBe
In our 2007 New York City Hotel Openings Preview, we said the former Portland Square hotel in Times Square was to turn into a Sanctuary Hotel brand by hotelier Keith Menin, the man behind Sanctuary South Beach and Sanctuary Arizona. However, we have learned that while the hotel will...
January 17, 2007
NYC Hotel For Under $150? Here You Go
...and you thought gas gouging was wrong. Ya think the Portland Square Hotel is a tad cramped? The price of hotel room in Manhattan is gettin' nutty folks. Related Stories:· A budget hotel with beds as big as the room [NewYorkology]· Portland Square Hotel Reviews [TripAdvisor] ...
September 20, 2005
Partner Reviews: The Sanctuary Hotel
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Super accueil, très propre, un peu petit mais pour un séjour a New York c'est parfait -
Great place for the cheap stay in the heart of New Yourk
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