Yotel Times Square
The capsule airport hotel brand Yotel will open in Times Square on June 15.
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Hotel Coverage: Yotel Times Square
Is Yotel Building A Zip Line Into Times Square?
If this is Yotel's idea of an April Fools, then we gotta say…we're impressed. The hotel sent out an e-blast early Friday morning announcing their plans to launch the first ever zip-line into the heart of Times Square. Umm…really? A few things come to mind when we read this. First...
April 01, 2013
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 Best Weekend Brunches Out There
There's just something about this time of year when we are HUNGRY, like, always. But the only time it seems socially acceptable to get seriously gluttonous is at a buffet of some sort or, during a weekend brunch. And quite frankly, with the weather changing so fast in so...
November 16, 2012
Hotels To Chow Down During The NYC Wine & Food Festival
Hot on the heels of Fashion Week, the next big NYC event on everyone's lips is the Food Network New York Wine & Food Festival, which runs from Oct 11-14. Taking place in different venues all over the city, the various food-(and wine-, duh!) related events are a great excuse...
September 10, 2012
5 New York Hotel Lobbies With WiFi You Can Count On
Finding a good deal on a room can be stressful enough—but when all you need is to duck into the hotel lobby to fire off a string of emails, or upload photos onto Flickr, or write up a hotel story, (as is often the case with us), the last thing...
July 16, 2012
Does A Bunk Bed Stifle Your Stay, Or Make It Awesome?
When we first reported about the opening of NYC's second Pod Hotel, we were mostly excited about the fact that all the rooms would have their own private bathrooms. Same tiny capsule rooms as ever, but this time, no shared bathrooms. Phew! Yesterday, the NY Times decided to pick up...
June 07, 2012
Yotel is Looking to Expand to Boston, Chicago and Beyond
After starting off small in a couple of UK airports before moving onto a massive operation in Times Square, Yotel is now ready to take their stylish hotel rooms aka "cabins", mood lighting and lovable Yobot nationwide.The company has partnered with The John Buck Company (as well as with IFA...
June 05, 2012
Where To Hotel Rooftop When In New York City
Yes, there are plenty of places to do it in NYC—by "it," we mean enjoy a cocktail in the open air from a hotel rooftop or terrace. But some places are more exclusive than others, some have better nibbles to munch on, and not all killer views are created equal....
April 26, 2012
Is There Anything The Yobot CAN'T Do?
We feel we should preface this post by pointing out that Sunday is April Fool's Day, and though we have a lot of love for the Yotel Yobot, we also have our doubts about this new service being offered by the luggage-toting robot. But in the interest of staying on...
March 30, 2012
With A Little Luck, You Could Snag a $47 Room At Cassa Hotel
2012 is Year of the Dragon, and In case you didn't know, the dragon is a pretty big deal on the Chinese zodiac. So, to match the excitement of the new year, New York's Cassa Hotel & Residences is running a pretty nifty Chinese New Year promotion. Guests who "like"...
January 24, 2012
The 11 Best Hotels in NYC: Fall 2011
This year has proven quite eventful on the NYC hotel front (then again, when hasn't it?). Hotels opened. Hotels closed. Hotels wore itsy bitsy tuxedo short shorts. And now, it is time to take stock of the hottest hotels on the NYC scene. As with all our reviews, commentaries, and...
November 02, 2011
Piecing Together Yotel, One Brunch Invitation At A Time
Last time we checked in on Yotel Times Square—aka the $10 hotel for ants—the lobby bathroom was suffering from some major door malfunctioning. They appear to have addressed the problem, and have since added a rather interesting moose to the lobby decor. But we were left wondering to ourselves: what...
October 14, 2011
Hotel Rooftops and Terraces To Enjoy in New York Before It Gets Cold
As unhappy as we are to admit it, summer is over and the warm weather is quickly receding. And to think, we only made it to the beach once this entire summer! But nevermind. While New York temperatures are still lingering in the high 70s, we thought we could all...
September 26, 2011
Hotel Toys: Going Too Far?
Here at HotelChatter, we try to indulge your inner hotel geek (and ours) on the reg. Which is why we'd like to share with you on this beautiful Monday morning photos of a miniature hotel buffet set we purchased over the weekend. Made by Japanese company Re-Ment (which also is...
August 08, 2011
$10 Buys You a Yotel NYC Room If You're Really, Really Small
Well, isn't someone really proud of their hotel room design? That's right; the just-opened Yotel New York is already selling souvenirs of itself, from the banal (water bottles) to the intricate (these mini room models). For $10, you take home a flat panel of metal, pre-cut to fold into...
July 01, 2011
Bad News About Yotel's Bathroom Doors: They Don't Lock
Don't plan on getting any privacy at Yotel—especially when you're in the bathroom. Despite an expertly calibrated luggage robot and all-white entrance hall reminiscent of The Jetsons, the design team responsible for the lobby appears to have left out one tiny detail: the bathroom doors don't actually lock. But first,...
June 21, 2011
See the Yotel New York's Fancy Schmancy Yobot in Action!
It's what you've been waiting for: the Yotel NYC's Yobot in action! This mechanical arm is a one-of-a-kind creation specifically for the Big Apple's first Yotel, which is actually also the first Yotel outside of airport grounds (the first three are at London-Heathrow, London-Gatwick and Amsterdam-Schiphol). ...
June 20, 2011
A Look at The 100 Performances Last Night Inside The Yotel Times Square
If Yotel Times Square is setting the tone for a new culture of hospitality entertainment, then we're very excited to see what else it's got up its yo-sleeves. Last night, the purple giant hosted a series of one hundred performances that all took place inside one hundred different rooms of...
June 15, 2011
The Best Geek Hotels in the World for 20.11
Congratulations fellow humans, we've made it to the second decade of the new millennium. We've not only survived Y2K but also, The Rapture and each year, we've acquired new tech skills and gadgets. We've cycled through countless cell phones (Sidekick anyone?), we've read books without turning a page, everyone...
May 25, 2011
Inside the Yotel New York, Two Weeks Before It Opens for Good
Forget what you might know about Yotels overseas; those capsule-like rooms are officially Yotel 1.0. What New York is about to get next month, when the first Yotel in the Americas debuts, is Yotel 2.0—a 669-room ode to efficiency and modernity. In fact, the hotel is based on the...
May 19, 2011
The Top 10 Rooftop Hotel Bars to Visit in NYC This Summer
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
The Yobot at Yotel Will Cost $2 But No Tipping Necessary
The other day we geeked out over the Yobot coming to the Yotel Times Square when it opens on June 1.Using a mechanical arm, the Yobot will pick up your bags and place them into storage lockers before, after or even during your stay. While this service makes Yotel...
May 12, 2011
Yobots, Lady Gaga's Papa and a Digital Nomad's Wet Dream are Coming to the Yotel
Without a doubt, we are geeking out over the arrival of Yotel Times Square, set to open on June 1st, thanks to the combination of affordable (somewhat) lodgings with pure high-tech fun like touch screen check-ins, retractable beds, free WiFi and mood lighting. Oh and the Yobot.Yes, when the...
May 09, 2011
Rooms at Yotel Times Square for $149 are Available on June 15
Great news! Those $149 rooms at the upcoming Yotel Times Square are no longer impossible to find. We put the Quikbook online reservations system through the paces today after noticing that they were selling rooms for Yotel. While there weren't any rooms available for opening night on June 1...
April 13, 2011
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