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New York: New Paramount Bar Promises 'The Return of Glamour'

MsRebecca — 2011-03-30T12:01:49-05:00

It was more than a year ago that we heard of a new bar coming to New York's Paramount Hotel. Then, a few weeks ago, we noticed these signs in the ground-floor windows of the hotel. Progress was afoot!

Indeed, the new Paramount Bar is now in soft opening mode, with its official opening the week of April 11. One tipster directed us to the bar's new Facebook page, where you can get a sneak peek of what the new space will look like ...

New York: Inside The Paramount Hotel's Couture Suite

MsRebecca — 2011-03-25T10:31:47-05:00

Awhile back, we told you about the new Couture Suite at the Paramount Hotel in New York. Sounded so posh and stylish, right? Well, after spending a night in room 1426, we can tell you: it is.

New York: The Paramount NYC Reveals a 'Couture Suite' with Times Square Views

JetSetCD — 2011-02-21T17:01:25-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/6193/CoutureSui1.jpg" class="top"> You know we love <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/fashion%20hotels">Fashion Hotels</a> here at HotelChatter, and guests of New York's many hotels obviously share our feelings since there's never a shortage of shopping packages or fashion-themed cocktails. The newest addition to this little niche of fashion-meets-hotels is <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Paramount/local/184">The Paramount Times Square</a>'s Couture Suite, a 950-square-foot space that eschews standard hotel trappings for a cleaner, more stylish aesthetic inspired by loft living. It's actually the second of what will be 12 loft-inspired suites at The Paramount. Styled by Susan Jaques, the Couture Suitewhich averages about $1,500 per nightfeatures "sparkling crystal chandeliers suspended above sleek white leather Cantoni sofas and spaces adorned with vintage fashion prints and photographs that speak to the citys

New York: Fuel Your Black Friday Shopping With The Paramount's Special Tasting Menu

MsRebecca — 2010-11-24T11:40:43-05:00

So, instead of spending Friday in a post-turkey food coma, you've decided to hit the streets of NYC to indulge in some Black Friday deals. You brave soul, you.

Luckily, one hotel in particular has your health (kinda) in mind, and is offering a tasting menu to help you fuel up mid-splurge. And it's conveniently located: the Paramount Hotel is right near Times Square but is a haven from the mayhem.

Here's what you'll find at the Library Bar on Friday, thanks to The Dalmore Distillery and the hotel's executive chef Mark Spangenthal...

New York: Guess The Hotel Revealed: Hanging Out At The Paramount's Library Bar

MsRebecca — 2010-05-28T09:05:43-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/30451/LibraryBar.JPG" class="top"> As at least two people surmised, yesterday's hotel with the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2010/5/26/20852/4694/hotels/Guess_The_Hotel_Bar_Across_From_the_Broadway_Theater_Crowd">view of the theater crowd</a> was the once-upon-a-time piping-hot <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Paramount/local/184">Paramount Hotel</a>. (And in case you were wondering, the theater crowd in question had just seen Billy Elliot.) We hit up the hotel's Library Bar last weekend to celebrate a friend's birthdayand we have to say, at first we were surprised at the choice of venue. We simply had no idea who went to the Paramount these days. The celebs have moved onto <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Standard+NYC/local/795">The Standard</a> and <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Jane+Hotel/local/923">The Jane</a>, and the hipsters to the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Ace+Hotel+New+York/local/1313">Ace Hotel</a>. But the good news is, if you're not into (or in) that scene and prefer something more low