http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2013-05-20T05:30:45Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/ http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2013/4/11/1673/94594 <![CDATA[<p><i>It was announced two weeks ago that the <b>MTV Video Music Awards</b> will be heading to <a href=""><b>Barclays Center</b></a> on <b>August 25</b>, making it the first major annual awards show to ever pick Brooklyn over Manhattan. And if you plan on doing the same with your hotel room, you better act fast. <b>The following Brooklyn hotels still have availability on the big night</b>, but time's running out!</i> <p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/61268/MTV_Awards_Brooklyn_Hotel.jpg" class="top"> <p>Opened last September, <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Hotel+BPM/local/4847"><b>Hotel BPM</b></a> would be an obvious choice, as it's Brooklyn's (and, as far as we know, Manhattan's) <b>only music-themed hotel</b>, with a DJ-curated playlist that pulses all day long through Bose speakers installed around the hotel (of course, if you don't feel like jammin' out to ASchechter 2013-04-12T09:01:02-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2013/3/18/182734/243 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/61268/Gowanus_Hotel_Beatrice_Inn_Lindsay_Lohan.jpg" class="top"><p><i>Lindsay Lohan at the former Beatrice Inn</i> <p>We cover plenty of <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Manhattan%20Hotels"><b>Manhattan news</b></a> here on HotelChatter, but we just can't deny the hotel invasion that's been happening in the city's outer boroughs (Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx, Staten Island) lately, and which continues to gain momentum. <p>Just <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2013/3/5/11737/45899/hotels/Langham%27s_in_New_York%2C_Wyndham%27s_in_Miami%2C_and_Radisson_Blu_Goes_to_Philly">the other week</a>, we reported on an 89-year-old mansion in the Bronx being converted into a 10-room boutique hotel. Now, we learn that <b>a new 82-room boutique hotel is taking shape in the Gowanus area of Brooklyn</b>. <p>Though it's still in the planning stages right now, the <b>Gowanus Inn & Yard</b> is set to make a splash in the local nightlife scene when it opens in 2015. It turns out ASchechter 2013-03-19T09:02:31-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2013/2/28/94320/9586 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/61268/King_and_Grove_Williamsburg_ext.jpg" class="top"><p><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Hotel+Williamsburg/local/4867"><b>King & Grove Williamsburg</b></a>, or, as it was formerly known, <b>Hotel Williamsburg</b>, made a pretty big splash when it first <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/11/14/71840/114/hotels/First_Look_Inside_The_Hotel_Williamsburg">opened</a> in 2011 as Williamsburg's first proper boutique hotel. With a nice big flashy outdoor pool deck, a rooftop, and even a <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/12/2/10101/4036/hotels/Inside_Pillar_%26_Plough_At_Hotel_Williamsburg">trendy restaurant</a> with locally-sourced ingredients, all the elements seemed in place. <p>Then things started to go wrong. First, the restaurant got <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2012/1/26/8934/34405/hotels/Hotel_Williamsburg%27s_New_Owners_Shut_Down_Pillar_%26_Plough">shut down</a> after being open for just one month. Shortly after, the hotel announced it had been <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2012/3/9/155053/5431/hotels/Hotel_Williamsburg_Gets_Re-Christened_As_King_%26_Grove_Williamsburg">taken over</a> by <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/King%20and%20Grove%20Hotels"><b>King & Grove</b></a>, with <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2012/3/9/155053/5431/hotels/Hotel_Williamsburg_Gets_Re-Christened_As_King_%26_Grove_Williamsburg">"exciting changes"</a> on the way (that we've yet to see). <p>Then, last May, <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Wythe+Hotel/local/5024"><b>The Wythe Hotel</b></a> opened two blocks away, trumping K&G Williamsburg ASchechter 2013-02-28T09:49:56-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2013/2/15/92957/1697 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/61268/Barclays_Center_Hotel_Brooklyn_Arena.jpg" class="top"><p>The <a href="http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/brooklyn/hotel_for_bam_and_barclays_TdNAFOdxa1YVQTBLF0tBPP"><i>NY Post</i></a> announced this morning that <b>a brand new 39-story, 200-room hotel</b> will go up at 95 Rockwell Place, which is just three blocks north of where the Barclays Center sits, and just one block from Brooklyn Academy of Music, another of the borough's major cultural institutions. <p>This is great news for Barclays Center fans, but hardly surprising. <p>The <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2012/8/30/105034/543/hotels/Where_Will_You_Stay_When_the_Barclays_Center_Opens_In_Brooklyn_Next_Month%3F">18,000-seat arena</a> co-owned by <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Jay-Z"><b>Jay-Z</b></a> was a huuuge deal for the entire borough when it opened last summer, and it always struck us as odd that no plans were ever announced for accompanying hotels. Sure, there are a few nearby&#151;<a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Marriott+NYC+Brooklyn+Bridge/local/2817"><b>Marriott Brooklyn Bridge</b></a>, <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Hotel+Indigo+Brooklyn/local/5066"><b>Indigo Brooklyn</b></a>, <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Nu+Hotel/local/1271"><b>Nu Hotel</b></a>, <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Aloft+Brooklyn/local/1801"><b>Aloft Brooklyn</b></a> and <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Sheraton+Brooklyn/local/1671"><b>Sheraton ASchechter 2013-02-15T09:38:32-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2013/2/13/84448/3865 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/61268/Bad_Hotel_Restaurant_Experience.jpg" class="top"><p>The other day, we were meeting friends for brunch and settled on a restaurant in a Brooklyn hotel which shall remain unnamed*. We'd heard nice things, and having popped inside the lobby once or twice, <b>we figured it would be an opportunity to soak up the vibe, relax, and eat good food. <p>Wrong. </b> <p>It all started when the hostess refused to seat us until the rest of our party had arrived, <b>even though we could see plenty of open tables</b>. Fine. We told them we'd wait in the lobby and order some tea. Well, we had to elbow our way to the bar to get that done. And after one barista impatiently took our order, we lingered ASchechter 2013-02-13T09:51:03-05:00 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/