Thompson Beverly Hills
Expected to be open sometime in Fall 2007. But you know that Jason Pomeranc time is not the same as real time. For now, you can stay there while the place is under construction under the name the Beverly Pavilion.
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Hotel Coverage: Thompson Beverly Hills
Five New Things to Love at Thompson Beverly Hills
Beverly Hills may conjure old-school glamour and a dash of Julia Roberts but Thompson Beverly Hills has proven its staying power since opening five years ago. It just goes to show being hip has its benefits. And while there's nothing wrong with the hotel (buzzing rooftop pool, sleek and...
February 04, 2013
Creative Plates Great and Small At New Caulfield's In Thompson Beverly Hills
We talk so much about New York and Chicago restaurants, that we may have neglected LA a bit. While we were chatting up chefs at Atlantic City’s Savor Borgata event just before Thanksgiving, we also ran into chef Stephen Kalt who heads up the delectable Fornelletto. He told us...
January 07, 2013
Mope Like R-Patz in Ojai or Pick-Up Designer Duds in Beverly Hills With These Hotel Deals
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...
August 07, 2012
6 Father's Day Hotels To Make Dad Feel Like A Man
It's coming up on Father's Day, and once again, we're here to make your gift-giving experience go as smoothly as possible. How, you ask? By providing a range of perfect hotel experiences to suit all dad types! From smoking lounges to motorcycles to "sports" manicures (if you want to make...
June 11, 2012
Be a Better Kid (Or Spouse) This Year: 5 Mother's Day Getaways
Cake is nice but a hotel stay is much sweeter.As kids we showered mom on Mother’s Day with love, from the burnt but well-meaning breakfast to the glue-stained handmade card. Fast forward and our big kid selves may have slacked off a bit with cheesy e-cards, half-dead flowers, and...
May 07, 2012
Miranda Kerr and Candace Swanepoel Model Victoria's Secret Swimwear at Thompson Beverly Hills
It was just another day at the Thompson Beverly Hills today. You know, guests checking in, guests checking out, Victoria's Secret Angels modeling swimwear up at the rooftop pool.Yup, Miranda Kerr and Candace Swanepoel walked down a plexiglass runway atop the rooftop pool this morning, modeling bikinis and coverups from...
March 29, 2012
7 More Leap Year Deals That Will Jet You Off To Paradise
In case you didn't know, Leap Year is a big deal to lots of hotels. For some reason, that one little extra day thrown into the calendar sends them all into fits of benevolent joy, and results in all kinds of cool deals and packages. We mentioned a few last...
February 17, 2012
Some Hotel News to Nibble On Over Thanksgiving
The world may be living in a 24-hour news cycle but we've got some news of our own for you--we're taking the rest of the week off. So barring any major hotel news or events, you won't be reading us again until Monday. Of course, we'd never leave you...
November 23, 2011
5 Hotels That Are Acting Like The Airlines With Extra Fees
Is this offer from an airline or a hotel?Whee!! Summer is officially here and you've got the urge to book a flight+hotel (or two or three) for a summery getaway. But while we've all begrudgingly accepted that airlines are extra fees-obsessed (baggage fees, leg room fees, change fees, security...
June 22, 2011
Dining Above BH While Changes Happen Below
Last night, we watched the sun go down over Los Angeles from the rooftop of Thompson Beverly Hills. ABH, as the roofdeck is called, is open only to hotel guests and ABH members who are required to carry either their hotel room card or the member card to gain...
June 21, 2011
'Smoosh' in Style at Thompson Hotels with Designer Condoms
Yes, you read that headline right. Thompson Hotels will now be selling limited-edition designer condoms at their hotels. Fashion designer Charlotte Ronson (sister to Sam and Mark) has teamed up with Proper Attire condoms to create stylishly packaged condoms so that ladies will feel comfortable reaching for protection that...
September 20, 2010
Spend Your B-Day at Thompson Beverly Hills (Just Ask Your Friends to Chip In)
If you want to go all 50 Cent flashback and party like it's your birthday, skip the club and head to the Thompson Beverly Hills for a rooftop bash. To celebrate your birthday, the Thompson will allow you and 12 of your friends access to its ABH Rooftop and...
June 11, 2010
Inside the Thompson Beverly Hills Hotel
The other week we were a little dismayed to find that while we've been inside almost every hotel in Los Angeles, we were lacking a little on the Hotel Video Tours, compared to other cities like New York and Las Vegas. Then we remembered we had this gem from last...
January 27, 2010
BondSt Sushi at Thompson Beverly Hills Could Be on Way Out
For the bicoastal folks who loved having a West Coast outpost of BondSt Sushi, we have some bad news--BondSt might be out at Thompson Beverly Hills. Instead we think a new restaurant from Thompson Hotels' Do Not Disturb restaurant group will take its place. Check out this recentpress release:...
December 18, 2009
Swank Summer Deal At The Thompson Beverly Hills
Even celebrity business must be slacking these days since the see-and-be-seen Thompson Beverly Hills and its restaurant, BondST, are launching a joint mid-week deal for guests this summer. When you check in Sunday-Tuesday and stay two nights in one of the Thompson’s King Deluxe rooms (comfy, but not spacious),...
June 01, 2009
Bond St. at Thompson Beverly Hills Dines for a Cause
Are you based around Los Angeles and consistently jealous of all the fun that New York's hotel restaurants get to have during the semi-annual Restaurant Week? Well, thanks to "Dining Out for Life," it looks like you west coasters will have a chance at your own gourmet action on...
April 23, 2009
Memo to Tori Spelling: Thompson BH is Not Really a Family Hotel
Hi, Tori Spelling? We have a question. And no, before you shoo us away, this has nothing to do with your mother, the conditions under which you and your hubby got together, or your current appearance — heck, we're not even going to bring up that television program of...
April 14, 2009
Get Your Breakfast On In Beverly Hills
Listen. We know you're a breakfast person. You feel strongly about the breakfasts offered at budget hotel chains — and we know you get cranky when you start off your days paying out the nose for a decent meal to keep you going through the morning. And when you're...
March 27, 2009
Thompson Beverly Hills Kicks Off Recession-Friendly Happy Hour
Lest you think it's only Wall Street financiers who have been hit hard by the tanking economy, we'd like you to know that not everything is coming up green in Beverly Hills. Recent reports suggest waning tourism and effectively, waning revenue for the posh city. Perhaps this is why...
February 18, 2009
An Open Letter to Jennifer Aniston Regarding Her Hotel Habits
Dear Jennifer Aniston, Hey, girlfriend. Loved you on Oprah last week. And you know what? You're right: what Angelina did was very uncool, but it was also rather unfortunate that Vogue pulled that little tidbit from your interview and used it as your cover line on the front of...
November 19, 2008
Complimentary Upgrade and Cabana at Thompson Beverly Hills
Kicking It in BH at ABHComplimentary upgrade and cabana at Thompson Beverly HillsSpeaking of looking for hotel deals, here's one that you might like. The Thompson Beverly Hills has just announced a new promotion offering guests who book from now through December 31, 2008 a complimentary upgrade and a cabana...
November 03, 2008
Kate Beckinsale Joins the ABH Club at Thompson Beverly Hills
Where there's a Thompson Hotel, there are bound to be celebrities. And Friday night, Kate Beckinsale was one of the privileged few to gain access to the rooftop bar, ABH, at Thompson Beverly Hills. Apparently, the actress celebrated her 35th birthday there. That's all we got on the tipline which...
July 28, 2008
Snapshot :: The Thompson Hotels Logo Is Everywhere
Upon our visit last week to the excellent guests-only hotel pool and rooftop, ABH, at the Thompson Beverly Hills, we happened to notice something interesting in the ladies room.Thompson-branded toilet paper. It's subtle of course. The logo is merely imprinted on each square, making it just barely discernible to a...
July 14, 2008
Inside ABH at Thompson Beverly Hills
Yesterday we got an invite to check out the hotel guests-only rooftop pool and bar at Thompson Beverly Hills and since we've been waiting for this rooftop oasis since about February, we jumped at the chance to explore it.ABH--"Above Beverly Hills"--officially opened in mid-June with a flashy party for Gucci...
July 11, 2008
LA's Hotel Bar Scene Kicks Into High Gear
Hey, LA: do you hear that clickity-clack sound? That's a stampede of stilleto-clad starlets and wanna-be starlets heading straight toward you for some summertime party action. But no need to lock up your booze cabinet; they have no desire to raid your house now that a bunch of new...
June 23, 2008
Thompson Beverly Hills's Rooftop Pool Finally Opens This Weekend with Gucci and Rihanna
Finally! The rooftop pool at the Thompson Beverly Hills Hotel is set to open this weekend. Well...sorta.The hotel will be hosting cocktail parties at the pool this weekend but the official opening will be on Monday. (Gotta love the Thompson Soft-Open Technique.)One of those cocktail parties will actually be a...
June 13, 2008
NBA Finals Hotels :: Celtics Crashing in Beverly Hills Somewhere; Fans at Holiday Inn Downtown
Fresh off a Game 1 and 2 win, the Boston Celtics have headed to Los Angeles for Game 3 at the Staples Center. And they will be shacking up somewhere in Beverly Hills, so says the Boston Globe.We put out our guesses for team hotels in our initial round-up of...
June 09, 2008
Thompson's Donovan House Set to Open Rooftop Bar ADC This Weekend
Listen up, Washingtonians of the DC kind (not of the total abstinence society kind): you will be getting a Thompson Hotel rooftop bar and pool this weekend. ADC at Donovan House. As with other Thompson rooftops it's only for hotel guests yet will eventually open up to invited guests who...
May 23, 2008
Express Check-Out :: Los Angeles Rooftop Hotel Bars
Thompson Beverly Hills rooftop pool and lounge: Still just a rendering.Los Angeles doesn't need rooftop bars as much as Manhattan does because well duh! It's the land of the sprawl out here. Also, it's warmer most of the year (double duh!) and pools are about as de rigueur as nose...
May 21, 2008
Bond Street at Thompson Beverly Hills Gets Majorly Dissed by LAT
The Bond Street sushi restaurant inside the Thompson Beverly Hills received zero stars and zero love from LA Times restaurant critic S. Irene Virbila.Much like the hotel review from her counterpart Valli Herman, Virbila liked the Dodd Mitchell design. This place used to be a crappy Best Western and now...
April 17, 2008
The Jury's Still Out on Thompson Beverly Hills
The New York Times' recent review of Thompson Beverly Hills seems a bit pre-emptive. Reporter Fred A. Bernstein's "bottom line" is that the hotel isn't cheap, but that the rooftop swimming pool, fitness center and bar may justify the price once those amenities open in April. Does that mean until...
March 31, 2008
Pills, Not Pillows, Cause for Thompson Hotel Complaint
Wednesday's Gatecrasher had an item that a recent New York female guest, Katy Valentine, at the new Thompson Hotel in La-La Land got ripped, er ripped off. Evidently bottles and bottles of her attention deficit/hyperactivity/narcolepsy/depression pills had gone missing from the room. Note: the gossip item said the new Thompson...
March 07, 2008
Thompson Beverly Hills Gets Official Review
At last the Thompson Beverly Hills has gotten an official review. Not that the reviews from our HotelMavens are any less official but we always like to see what the old standbys think. Thus, here's the LA Times review of the hotel from veteran reviewer Valli Herman.Overall Herman liked the...
February 27, 2008
Where to Shack Up in Beverly Hills for The Oscars
Note: Deals they be 'a changing. We scoped these out on Wednesdsay, February 20th and the prices listed here are subject to change.There aren't many hotel deals to be found in Beverly Hills this weekend when the Oscars come to town but there are rooms available. We checked our trusty...
February 21, 2008
Jason Pomeranc Hosts Yet Another Celebs-Only Dinner Party at Thompson Beverly Hills
Hotelier Jason Pomeranc is nearing the completion of Thompson Beverly Hills and judging by his second "celebs-only" dinner party, we think BondSt must be ready to open to the public in the very near future.Page Six reports that among the stars in attendance a happy to be solo Kate Hudson...
January 11, 2008
Snapshot :: Thompson Beverly Hills is Almost There
But not quite. We snapped this shot of Thompson Beverly Hills on our weekly drive along Wilshire Boulevard yesterday. The scaffolding has been removed from the front of the hotel completely but we couldn't get a shot of the building's entrance as there were some po-po next to us and...
January 10, 2008
Heard Around the Hotel World :: Openings and Renovations in 2008
· When The Thompson LES Hotel opens sometime in April/May, the guest rooms will be tricked out with HDTV. The hotel recently signed a deal with RCN has signed a multi-year deal to provide digital cable TV and high-definition services.· Speaking of Thompson, while BondSt inside the Thompson Beverly Hills...
January 07, 2008
Room With an Anti-View: Roof Deck Construction at Thompson Beverly Hills
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,...
December 20, 2007
BondST Is Open But Only For Celebrity Sneak-Peeks
Yesterday we noted that the BondST restaurant inside the Thompson Beverly Hills wasn't open yet and wouldn't be until mid-January. While that is true for us little people and paying hotel guests, it doesn't apply to more important clientele in Los Angeles--celebrities.The Party Hopper, some dude over at InStyle, reports...
December 19, 2007
BondST at Thompson Beverly Hills Expected Mid-January; Better Reviews Expected By Then Too
So it seems the Thompson Beverly Hills has officially transitioned from a Best Western to a Thompson Hotel. But despite this, the construction is not yet complete on the hotel and the BondST restaurant has been pushed back yet once more.Stephen Brandman told us to expect the Jonathan Morr restaurant...
December 18, 2007
OpenThread: Is The Thompson Hotel Experience Manifesto Worthy?
On Monday we published the Thompson Hotels Map, to track the aggressive growth of Thompson Hotels. We questioned whether or not Thompson would be able to provide the high level of customer service needed when you pay Thompson prices as they rolled out multiple hotels at the same time. We...
November 29, 2007
Introducing The Thompson Hotels Map
Click to go straight to the Thompson Hotels MapAs we head into the new year, we are bracing ourselves for the onslaught of Thompson Hotels that are "scheduled" to open in 2008.We are betting that the men of Thompson have learned their lesson from the long-delayed Six Columbus which took...
November 26, 2007
First-Hand Guest Review: The Thompson Beverly Hills is Open, Barely
We knew that Monday was a tentative D-Day for the Thompson Beverly Hills Hotel to open, one of the many expected opening dates since Thompson Hotels first announced the project. But the hotel has already been half-open to guests for a few months while construction is continuing. The rooms are...
November 21, 2007
Thompson Beverly Hills To Open November 19th
The Thompson Beverly Hills was reported to open today but we hear that it has now been pushed back to November 19th. Normally, we would give the Thompson folk some grief about not opening on time. However, before we got wind of a Nov. 5th opening date, Thompson was saying...
November 05, 2007
Getting to Know the Thompson Hotels Co-Owners
We've been chronicling every move of Thompson Hotels here recently so we weren't surprised by yesterday's article in the NYT Square Feet section on all the newest hotels popping up under this name. We've pretty much got all their newest hotels expected openings marked down on our calendars. (Just to...
October 29, 2007
BondST Inside Thompson Beverly Hills: Not Until Thanksgiving
A Dodd Mitchell-designed room inside Thompson Beverly HillsThe folks over at Eater LA sat down with chef Jonathan Morr and quizzed him about his soon-to-open BondST restaurant in the also soon-to-open Thompson Beverly Hills. While the hotel is reportedly set to open Nov. 5, Morr said that his restaurant will...
October 26, 2007
Ballers--Both of the NBA and CBS Variety--Spotted at the Beverly Wilshire
Yesterday we spent our afternoon doing errands and eventually made our way over to Beverly Hills...such is our life. But we made sure to make it work-related. · First we drove by Thompson Beverly Hills which is still covered in major scaffolding. Still the Thompson peeps are very sure of...
October 19, 2007
Thompson Beverly Hills To Open Its Doors and Restaurant on Nov. 5th
The Thompson Beverly Hills was rumored to open sometime in November but HotelChatter has finally nailed down a date--November 5th. This is also the same date that the Bond Street restaurant should open inside as well. However, according to the Beverly Pavilion website (the hotel was open in between renovations...
October 15, 2007
What's Next for Thompson Hotels? Apparently, A Lot
Gild Hall, New York: Opening December 1, 2007.Just because Six Columbus opened doesn't mean we here at HotelChatter are through with Thompson Hotels. While 2006 and most of 2007 wasn't a very good here for Jason Pomeranc and his boutique hotel group, things are looking up.· Thompson Beverly Hills is...
October 02, 2007
The Thompson Beverly Hills is Open...Sorta
We heard word through the hotel industry grapevine that Thompson Beverly Hills while under construction has two full floors of finished rooms.Since we just drove by the place on Tuesday and it looked like this (above) we could hardly believe the whispers. So we gave the hotel's reservations line a...
September 06, 2007
Thompson Beverly Hills Delay Blamed on Colombian Guerrillas With Fine Taste
An article in the LA Times yesterday summing up the changing landscape of the Hollywood hotel scene has an interesting report on why Jason Pomeranc's Thompson Beverly Hills has been delayed. The reason is so crazy that we can't even bring ourselves to paraphrase it. YOU expect the unexpected when...
July 20, 2007
Thompson Beverly Hills Construction Update
Thompson Beverly Hills: July 14, 2007.Just for those of you keeping track, The Thompson Beverly Hills Hotel is still under heavy construction. However, it does look like its actually progressing unlike some other places.Related Stories:· Thompson Hotel Beverly Hills Set For July Opening, Six Columbus Set for 'Summer' [HotelChatter] ...
July 16, 2007
Thompson Beverly Hills and Six Columbus Revisited
This is a shot taken from the Crescent Drive and Wilshire Boulevard intersection of the Thompson Beverly Hills hotel which is set to open in July (so they say.) We snapped this pic the other night while cruising through Beverly Hills and yes, we know--we won't be winning any photography...
July 02, 2007
Thompson Hotel Beverly Hills Set For July Opening, Six Columbus Set for 'Summer'
Scaffolding at Thompson Beverly Hills was seen back in April 2007.With all the Prince 3121 at the Hollywood Roosevelt, we have been neglecting Thompson Hotels other children.We hear, straight from the Beverly Hills Conference and Visitors Bureau, that Thompson Beverly Hills is set for a July opening. This is not...
June 26, 2007
Thompson Beverly Hills Gets More Scaffolding
Speaking of Young & Restless Manhattan Hoteliers, there's only 10 more days until Six Columbus supposedly opens but we thought we would give Jason Pomeranc a break from all that for now.So we hit up his West Coast project, Thompson Beverly Hills.These pictures of Thompson Beverly Hills are encouraging. For...
April 06, 2007
Pomeranc Starts Construction on Thompson Beverly Hills
At last there is some good news for Jason Pomeranc in 2007. Construction has begun on the old Best Western Beverly Pavilion Hotel which will hopefully transform into Thompson Beverly Hills.We happened to roll by the hotel over the weekend and we took these shots (there's one more after the...
January 08, 2007
2006 is not the Year of the Pomeranc
So Six Columbus is now expected to open sometime this fall and a reader lets us know just what might be the reason for the hold up: Maybe the renovation of Six Columbus is taking so long because I noticed that their construction crew, after gutting the hotel, had no...
June 22, 2006
Hotel Hype: Thompson Beverly Hills
The NY Post says you "can't swing a Frette bathrobe without bumping into yet another new hotel chain these days." But the paper feels that the talk is all smoke and mirrors and we agree. This week we will be presenting all the latest news on hotels that have been...
March 27, 2006
Good Rate: BH's Best Western Pavillion
[Ed. Note: Welcome to our Good Rate/Bad Rate feature, where we profile two hotels in the same city and decide if the rates offered are acceptable or totally bogus. First stop, Beverly Hills. As always, these are the rates when we were looking at them and they are subject...
March 02, 2006
Partner Reviews: Thompson Beverly Hills
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A little too much form over function. -
Thompson Beverly Hills 9360 Wilshire Blvd (Crescent), Beverly Hills, CA 90210 -
Great staff, very polite and helpful. -
Great hospitality and the room service menu is to DIE for. -
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♥ Poolside @ Thompson Hotel - Beverly Hills CA #wheretoplayLAX -
the rooftop bar is a great place for a date. -
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The 8th floor is home to a sexy photo of Kate Moss. -
Gorgeous 360 rooftop view of the city with a spectacular view of the infamous Hollywood sign!
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The best place on the planet to wear sunglasses indoors ... and at night. Uber-chic crowd -
You can get penthouse on weekdays after 8 pm for just $800 normal price $2000. -
In walking distance to great shopping and restaurants Beverly Hills/Rodeo Drive. Not far from the Grove. Cleaning staff and valet awesome! Rooms not as beautiful as pictued on internet, but nice. -
The street is spelled crescent. -
Sleek, dark sexy rooms. Sick roofdeck pool. Sexy cocktail lounge. You’ll want to move in – at least for a weekend. -
AMAZING wait staff here - beautiful and nice -
Parmesan truffle oil popcorn while sitting poolside on the rooftop = happiness -
good place to see fake bewbs
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