http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2009-11-22T08:07:33Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/ http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/11/20/1060/9928 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/30451/Distriktbed.jpg" class="top"><p> <p>One of our favorite milestones when tracking a new hotel opening is the release of photos. Not renderings, not collages, but full color pictures of the guestrooms we&#146;re so eager to check into. Today <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Distrikt+Hotel/local/1548"><b>The Distrikt Hotel</b></a> reaches that milestone by posting photos on its <a href="http://www.facebook.com/DistriktHotelNYC">Facebook page</a>.</p> <p>We&#146;ve been dying for a glimpse inside the hotel since the funky collages on the <a href="http://www.distrikthotel.com/press-gallery.php">website</a>--while arty and cool--left us without a clue as to room design. Now The Distrikt delivers and we&#146;re both relieved and disappointed. <p>Relieved that the neighborhood theme is not an OTT mish-mash as it could have been, but a little sad that the décor plays it so safe. For all its savvy MsRebecca 2009-11-20T10:44:30-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/11/19/04148/196 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/6193/RoosMain.jpg" class="top"> <p>Like we said <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/11/18/13444/893/hotels/Sleeping_Inside_One_Of_NYC_s_Historic_Hotels_Our_Room_at_The_Roosevelt">yesterday</a>, you really can't beat winning a room rate of $19.24 on Twitter for three nights in a historic hotel property in the middle of Manhattan. That said, <b><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Roosevelt+Hotel+New+York/ian/131795">The Roosevelt</a></b> has its ups and its downs, but it is most definitely the quintessential New York tourist hotel. Onto our experience, over Halloween weekend: <p><b>Check-in:</b><br>Although we live in New York, we came straight to The Roosevelt after flying into JFK at the end of a trip, so we were your typical tired, bedraggled guest. Friends who were visiting for the weekend would be staying in the room with us, and as they were arriving earlier, we directed to do the regular thing of JetSetCD 2009-11-19T16:04:30-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/11/19/1620/1427 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/standardnycapril09.jpg" class="top"><p> <a href="http://curbed.com/archives/2009/11/18/the_best_new_buildings_of_the_decade.php">Curbed</a> recently put out the first of what will be many lists across the internet universe, saying goodbye to the aughts. But this being Curbed, they focused on the <b>The Best New Buildings of The Decade</b> for New York City. And wouldn't you know it? <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Standard+NYC/local/795"><b>The Standard Hotel</b></a> is the #1 best building of the decade.<p> Yes, The Standard. Since we tracked the opening of this hotel pretty much from its inceptions, we're a little surprised to see it top this list. We say it looks way better from the inside looking out then just on its own. But we guess <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/8/25/92915/5093/hotels/Don_t_Stop_Til_You_Get_Enough_Inside_or_Outside_the_Standard_NYC">naked people in the windows</a> helps. <p>Here are some of our favorite moments juliana 2009-11-19T11:55:21-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/11/19/71058/490 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/30451/Strandbed.jpg" class="top"><p> <p>While we had high hopes of seeing one of our hotly anticipated new NYC hotels opening before Thanksgiving&#151; <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Strand+NYC/local/1533"><b>The Strand</b></a> in the garment district&#151;it now looks like we'll have to wait another couple of weeks. Cross out that November 16th opening date, folks, and pencil in December 1st. That is the first date showing up on both the hotel's online reservation system, and on Quikbook.</p> <p>As we reported in our <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/10/20/17249/618/hotels/Book_The_Strand_Hotel_For_249_on_Quikbook_For_Stays_After_November_16th">last update</a>, Quikbook is definitely the way to go when booking a night at The Strand. Previously it was showing a saving of $40 per night compared to the rates on the hotel's website. Now those savings are $70. A Superior King is going for MsRebecca 2009-11-19T09:06:28-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/11/18/13444/893 <![CDATA[<p><!-- Start of Brightcove Player --> <div style="display:none"> </div> <script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript" src="http://admin.brightcove.com/js/BrightcoveExperiences.js"></script> <object id="myExperience51111709001" class="BrightcoveExperience"> <param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF" /> <param name="width" value="486" /> <param name="height" value="412" /> <param name="playerID" value="4862856001" /> <param name="publisherID" value="1321358962"/> <param name="isVid" value="true" /> <param name="@videoPlayer" value="51111709001" /> </object> <!-- End of Brightcove Player --> <p>It's almost impossible to believe that, in the years that we've been around here at HotelChatter, we have not slept in the historical hotel that is <b><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Roosevelt+Hotel+New+York/ian/131795">The Roosevelt</a></b>. But then, we do live here, and there have been other hyped new openings to focus on, thus putting The Roosevelt on our back burner. And there it stayed. <p>...Until recently, when The Roosevelt held a <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/9/21/165832/192/hotels/We_re_Skeptical_But_We_ll_Play_Along_With_the_Roosevelt_Hotel_s_Twitter_Contest">promotion on Twitter</a> to JetSetCD 2009-11-18T15:36:25-05:00 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/