HotelChatter - Stories about W New York Union Square

HotelChatter - Stories about W New York Union Square http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2012-02-12T11:02:59Z HotelChatter HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelhotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/local/177 New York: The Saddest Cupcakes That Ever Graced A Hotel Bar http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2012/2/7/0245/39641 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/61268/WFashionUnionSquare.jpg" class="top">We showed up to a pre-Fashion Week party last night at <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/W+New+York+Union+Square/local/177">W Union Square</a> and, as usual with these types of events, made a beeline for the bar. Planning on ordering a quick cocktail, we then noticed something that made us chuckle. At one end of the bar on a silver tray were rows of mini cupcakesthick with icing, delicious looking, and virtually untouched. But what else did we expect? This is <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Fashion%20Week%20Hotels">Fashion Week</a>, after all, where anything more than <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/8/31/122551/797/hotels/The_True_Fashion_Week_Meal_at_The_James_New_York_Celery_and_Champagne_">a stick of celery</a> is considered an indulgence. Not that these sugar bombs put a damper on anyone's fun. Indeed, with guest appearances by DJ Chelsea Leyland, W <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/9/7/23140/62285/hotels/W_s_Global_Fashion_Director_Speaks">Global Fashion Director</a> Jenné Lombardo, and ASchechter 2012-02-07T09:00:02-05:00 New York: The Coolest Part Of W Union Square's New Bar Is On The Ceiling http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2012/1/9/163848/3360 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/61268/LiliumLilium.jpg" class="top">Last June, <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/W+New+York+Union+Square/local/177">W Union Square</a> closed its underground bar (suitably named Underbar) in order to re-launch an entirely new concept in the same space. Six months later, W unveiled Lilium, a black-and-gold accented nightclub with a moderate-size dance floor and video art that loops on a flat-screen behind the bar. But beyond the giant bubble chandelier in the foyer, and the Todd English-prepared small plates offered, by far the most interesting touch here are the hand-sculpted steel lilies that adorn the ceiling like some sort of gilded cave of forgotten dreams. Artist Scot Brown used over 4,000 lbs of steel to create the effect, and along the walls, he etched the contours of yet more lilies, which ASchechter 2012-01-10T09:15:01-05:00 New York: Kristen Wiig Got Lucky In A Booth At The W http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/12/8/225559/316 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/61268/Kristen_Wiig_picture.jpg" class="top">With all this talk of <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Holiday%20Hotels">the holidays</a>, it's easy to forget hotels are good for something other than just pretty lights, cakes and Christmas trees: random hook-ups! And no one, not even a fully-fledged movie star like Kristen Wiig, is above a passionate night of making out in a hotel bar. Photographers caught Wiig at the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/W+New+York+Union+Square/local/177">W Union Square</a> earlier this week, during an album release party for the Black Keys, casually making out with Fabrizio Moretti, The Strokes' drummer. OK, well, maybe not that casually. According to <a href="http://www.nypost.com/p/pagesix/different_stroke_for_wiig_NgL8NjzDHVrwnW7gg9oRVP">sources</a> at the event, the two were "literally on top of each other" in a booth in the hotel's new basement club, Lilium (more on that later). ASchechter 2011-12-09T09:15:01-05:00 New York: And The First NYC Hotel On Board With Gay Marriage Is... http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/6/28/10825/8452 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/61268/W_Banquet.jpg" class="top">Now that same-sex marriages are a reality in New York, local business owners are ready to start cashing in on the fun. Including Mayor Bloomberg himself. According to <a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2011/06/27/2011-06-27_bloomberg_plans_nyc_i_do_campaign_to_attract_gay_couples_cash_in_on_legal_gay_ma.html">this New York Daily News piece</a>, hotels, restaurants, and major tourism destinations will all benefit from gay couples who choose to make NYC their <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Little_White_Wedding_Chapel">"little white chapel"</a>. Ready to start planning? Here's one hotel that is eager to help you tie the knot. The fairy godmothers at W New York Hotels (these include <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/W+New+York+Downtown/local/1556">W New York Downtown</a>, <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/W+New+York+Union+Square/local/177">W Union Square</a>, <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/W+New+York+Union+Square/local/177">W New York</a>, and <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/W+New+York+Times+Square/local/1580">W Times Square</a>) know all about <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/5/18/15557/3687/hotels/The_Double_breasted_Tuxedo_Travels_from_Wall_Street_to_the_Staff_of_the_W_Downtown">making people look good</a>so in addition to frilly accommodations, they also want you ASchechter 2011-06-28T16:36:42-05:00 New York: Room 2112 At The W In Union Square Finally Knows What Time It Is http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/6/21/213330/507 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/61268/UnionSq.JPG" class="top"> Don't worry, nobody else knows what the numbers mean either Ever noticed that giant weird screen of numbers above the Best Buy store in Union Square? It's a clock. Yeah, we were a little surprised too. And for the past year, any <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/W+New+York+Union+Square/local/177">W Union Square</a> room with a park-facing view has been confronted with lies, lies, lies, because the clock, which has notoriously confused passersby for years, was consistently telling the wrong time. Check out this picture we took from room 2112, a south-facing "Mega" room (Mega ranks third in a total of six categories) which looks directly at the rapidly-flashing numbers. Not that any hotel guest would ever complain (it's not the W's job to ASchechter 2011-06-22T09:30:02-05:00 Search HotelChatter Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/