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New York: Got Tix to The World Series? They May Have Cost Less Than Your Hotel Room

juliana — 2009-10-26T14:17:25-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/execsuitewestinny_FD.jpg" class="top"> The Yankees and The Phillies are set to square off in the 2009 World Series Championships on Wednesday at Yankee Stadium and tickets on Stubhub.com are starting out at nearly $300 a piece. That's definitely steep but if you're a fan, then money's no object. Your hotel room, however, is another issue. Let's get to the good news first. If you're a lucky ticket holder, the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Westin+New+York+Times+Square/local/63">Westin Times Square</a> is offering a $50 credit in the hotel's <a href="http://www.westinny.com/dining/bar10.html">Bar 10</a>. Here's a look at what $50 will get you: <blockquote>Yankees fans can snack on grilled sirloin sliders and crisp calamari fries, or throw back a few celebratory drinks in anticipation of their teams win. Fans that

New York: Hot Restaurants Also Opening in Hot NYC Hotels This Fall

MsRebecca — 2009-09-10T15:28:50-05:00

The fashionistas are here! It’s official: New York Fashion Week has begun. And, frankly, the sight of all those models and rack-thin fashion editors makes us hungry. So to console ourselves, we compiled this nifty little list of upcoming hotel nosh spots that we’re already salivating over. Consider it the perfect culinary companion to our “September Issue” list of 10 Hot New York City Hotel Openings.

New York: Pod Hotel's $199 Townhouse Suites Are Decidedly Un-Podlike

Jenna — 2009-02-11T11:02:32-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/6929/townhouse_studio_3_low_res.jpg" class="top"> When <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/9/29/20533/9761/hotels/HotelChatter_Goes_Inside_The_Pod_Hotel">we went inside</a> NYC's <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Pod+Hotel/local/189">Pod Hotel</a>, we opened the door to our bunk room and were shocked at its miniscule size. Even for $169 a night in a prime Big Apple location, we were a bit let down and the bed was, as we said, "quite frankly, hideous. Thin, hard and narrow -- that's what we'd like to sculpt ourselves into if we had the dedication to go to a gym. That's not what we like in a bed." Still, we'd be up for a lil' Podding if we were traveling by ourselves and were down for spending zero time in our room and were willing to deal with the bunk bed. But!

New York: HotelChatter Goes Inside The Pod Hotel

travelingmcmahans — 2008-09-30T12:10:15-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/podhotellobbydana3.jpg" class="imgborder"> We had to find reasonably-priced digs in New York City this past week. Not much chance of that happening. But we did find cheap (by NYC standards) rooms at the hip-sounding <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/The%20Pod%20Hotel">Pod Hotel</a>. Not as cheap as we'd hoped - the $149 room we learned about the first time we called had jumped to $169 a couple weeks later when we called to book. "Demand," they said by way of explanation. So with visions of dorm-style grungy showers and that dingy youth hostel in London a few years back, we checked in last Wednesday. The bright, clean mod lobby promised a fun stay. Opening the door to our bunk room was fun indeed. How can a

Best Geek Hotels in the World 2.0

HotelChatter — 2008-03-04T10:34:26-05:00

<![CDATA[ <img align="right" src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/454/best_geek_hotels_2008.jpg" class="imgborder"> As most people who suffer from technophilia know, a lot can change in a year. In the year that we released our first Best Geek Hotels List, the iPhone beat out every other cellphone on the market, the MacAir usurped the MacBook and saved shoulders worldwide, Guitar Hero and Rock Band raged, and Facebook surpassed MySpace, at least in our group of friends.While most hotels are still rather slow to adopt technology -- hello, working free WiFi please?-- we did find a new crop of geek hotels that were worthy of superlatives. Some of these hotels have been geeking it out for a while and some are still in beta. But much of the source