Bad news if you were planning on staying at the new Tryp by Wyndham in time for Thanksgiving. The yet-to-be-finished hotel taped a sign to their door yesterday re-routing guests to the nearby Wyndham Garden Times Square South, which is less than ideal. Sure, you're still in Times Square. And the originally price will be honored (on average, Tryp's rooms go for about $100 less than Wyndham Garden's).

But if it's a brand new hotel with 'Mediterranean accents' you were looking for, you're going to be disappointed. The closest you'll come is by heading over to Eventi's Bar Basque—they sure have plenty of 'accents' to go around. ]]> ASchechter 2011-11-04T09:03:48-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/1/19/14179/9053 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/wyndhamtimessqsouth.jpg" class="top"><p> Call us crazy but we love it when the temperatures dip low in New York, that's because it means hotel rates dip too, especially in January when there's not much going on in general. <p>Today we spotted a deal for <b>$109 a night</b> on <a href="http://www.travelzoo.com/hotels/new-york/956001/?utm_source=top20_us&utm_medium=email_top20">Travelzoo</a> at the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Wyndham+Garden+Hotel+Times+Square+South/local/1410"><b>Wyndham Garden Hotel Times Square South</b></a> on 36th Street between 8th and 9th Avenues.<p>Already we're liking this deal because the hotel has <b>free internet</b> and a <b>Home on Loan</b> program that lets guest borrow certain amenities during their stay such as cellphone chargers, sound soothers and pre-loaded MP3 players (Sorry, no iPads available.) But we're a bit cautious about staying in a Wyndham in Times Square.<p>The good news juliana 2011-01-19T15:31:10-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/12/19/91835/758 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/wyndhamroom.jpg" class="top"><p>Despite last week's depressing news that <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/wyndham%20hotels"><b>Wyndham Hotels</b></a> would be <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/12/10/1076/5730/hotels/Wyndham_Worldwide_Will_Cut_4_000_Jobs">slashing 4,000 jobs</a> in the new year, the company has just opened two new hotels in New York--<a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Wyndham+Garden+Hotel+Midtown/ian/269378"><b>The Wyndham Garden Hotel Midtown Convention Center</b></a> and the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Wyndham+Garden+Hotel+Manhattan+Chelsea+West/local/1411"><b>Wyndham Garden Hotel Manhattan Chelsea West</b></a>.<p>The Midtown hotel is located at 341 W. 36th Street, between 8th and 9th avenues and somewhat close to the city's Javits Convention Center. The hotel features furniture design from Michael Graves and boasts that it is the only hotel in Manhattan that has Clean Air allergy-friendly rooms. We also like the sound of the public spaces which have "power booths" with flat-screen televisions and signature Wyndham Smart Chairs, both wired for Internet juliana 2008-12-19T09:21:12-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/9/18/231053/520 While W Hotels' cocktail waitresses will be serving up beverages while wearing Gwen Stefani-designed uniforms, the entire Wyndham Hotels staff will be greeting you in uniforms made of beverage containers.

Seriously upping the eco-ante, Wyndham mandates that all staff be kitted-out in the new uniforms, made from recycled plastic bottles, by early 2010.

The good news is that the recycled outfits won't be limited to a few styles; Cintas has designed and manufactured two whole collections, one aiming for a "retail-inspired, upscale contemporary look" while the other is directly geared towards island resorts.]]> JetSetCD 2008-09-19T11:52:07-05:00 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/