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HotelChatter - new york http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2009-11-24T06:02:13Z HotelChatter HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/ The Empire Hotel Celebrates Chuck Bass With Gossip Girl Cocktails http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/11/23/152732/96 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/6193/Tartlet.jpg" class="top"> If you've been paying attention in the slightest to this most recent season of Gossip Girl, then you'll have noticed how New York's <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Empire+Hotel+NYC/local/1578">Empire Hotel</a> has become one of the characters, after it was bought by Chuck Bass. Now that the hotel is making appearances on TV, the real life property believes it should embrace the connection by debuting "Gossip Girl cocktails." Concocted by the Empire's cocktail consultant Somer Perez, there are drinks for each Gossip Girl main character (even the dudes!). You can find them being served in the hotel's Lobby Bar, and each cocktail is $15. There's even an "XOXO" cocktail, with secret ingredients they'll never tell. After the jump, the rest of the JetSetCD 2009-11-23T16:33:01-05:00 Thousands of Stories Waiting To Be Told at New York's Ace Hotel http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/11/23/121022/29 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/32083/acehotel.jpg" class="top"> Behind shut doors and "Do Not Disturb" signs, hotel rooms hold stories to tell, and maybe a few secrets that shouldn't be repeated. Illicit liaisons, romantic fairy tales, or just plain goofball mishaps take place on any given day and can serve as cinematic fodder. That's precisely the idea behind a new partnership between <a href="http://www.massify.com/">Massify</a>, an online network of filmmakers, actors, and crew members, production company Killer Films, and New York's <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Ace+Hotel+New+York/local/1313">Ace Hotel</a>. "One hotel. Thousands of stories." reads the tag line to a recent contest sponsored by Massify, Killer, and Ace. They called on members to submit creative takes on hotel stories, as they launched a search for material to be turned into "very Heidi Atwal 2009-11-23T13:11:06-05:00 Rooms at The Distrikt Not As Funky as the Hotel's Name Suggests http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/11/20/1060/9928 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/30451/Distriktbed.jpg" class="top"> 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 were so eager to check into. Today <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Distrikt+Hotel/local/1548">The Distrikt Hotel</a> reaches that milestone by posting photos on its <a href="http://www.facebook.com/DistriktHotelNYC">Facebook page</a>. Weve 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 were both relieved and disappointed. 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 Inside The Roosevelt NYC: The Consummate Tourist Hotel http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/11/19/04148/196 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/6193/RoosMain.jpg" class="top"> 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, <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Roosevelt+Hotel+New+York/ian/131795">The Roosevelt</a> has its ups and its downs, but it is most definitely the quintessential New York tourist hotel. Onto our experience, over Halloween weekend: Check-in: 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 The Standard Hotel is The Best Building of the Aughts, So Says Curbed http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/11/19/1620/1427 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/standardnycapril09.jpg" class="top"> <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 The Best New Buildings of The Decade for New York City. And wouldn't you know it? <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Standard+NYC/local/795">The Standard Hotel</a> is the #1 best building of the decade. 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. Here are some of our favorite moments juliana 2009-11-19T11:55:21-05:00 Search HotelChatter Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/