HotelChatter - Stories about Night Hotel

Would You Book a Hotel Based on a Haiku About The Place?

juliana — 2011-05-12T13:52:38-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/hotelhaiku_night.jpg" class="top"> The other week we checked out, <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/4/20/201324/135/hotels/What_s_Your_Hotel_Room_Personality_CheckYourRoom_com_Has_the_Answer">CheckYourRoom.com</a> which allows you to pick your hotel based on a personality quiz. It was a novel idea, perfect for people who know they want to get away but don't know to where. But if you're already bored of personality quizes, we've now learned you can pick your hotel based on a haiku about the property. <a href="http://www.hotelhaiku.com">Hotel Haiku</a> creates a 5-7-5 ditty that is supposed to capture the vibe of the hotel. To go along with the verse, is a giant photo of the hotel. And that's it. There are no room types listed, no lengthy descriptions of a hotel's "cool" factor or location and nary a mention of

The Night Now Belongs to Wyndham as Does The Dream

juliana — 2011-01-21T08:46:11-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/nighthotel_wyndham.jpg" class="top"> Some rather surprising news came across the wire yesterday afternoon---<a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/wyndham hotels">Wyndham Hotels</a> announced that they would now be managing and franchising the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/dream hotels">Dream Hotels</a> and the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/night hotels">Night Hotels</a> brands from Chatwal Hotels and Resorts. That's right, Vikram Chatwal's boutique hotel brands now belong to Wyndham. Vik is nowhere to be found but his dad is still in the picture. From the <a href="http://www.hotel-online.com/News/PR2011_1st/Jan11_WyndhamChatwal.html">press release</a>:<blockquote>Sant Singh Chatwal, chairman and chief executive officer of Chatwal Hotels & Resorts and its management arm, Hampshire Hotels & Resorts, said Wyndham Hotel Group will take the development of the Dream and Night brands to the next level" by leveraging Wyndhams global distribution system, Wyndham Rewards loyalty program

Liked The Chatwal? You Can Expect More of Them in The Future

juliana — 2010-08-30T14:15:30-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/chatwallobby.jpg" class="top"> <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/vikram chatwal">Vikram Chatwal</a> lives! <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703418004575456023690808554.html">The WSJ</a> has an in-depth look at the hotel business of Vik and his father, Sant Singh Chatwal, who just opened his <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Chatwal,+New+York/local/1402">Chatwal Hotel</a> the other week. You can see our tours of the hotel <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2010/8/25/85241/5317/hotels/What_s_It_Like_Inside_The_Chatwal_New_York_Follow_Us_">here</a> and <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2010/8/25/221129/740/hotels/The_Lambs_Club_At_The_Chatwal_Is_Gettin_Cookin_">here.</a> From the article, we learn some rather interesting things like the genesis of Sant Singh's hotel business in America and his trips and falls along the way. We also learn Vikram has moved in across the street from the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Soho+Grand+Hotel/local/87">Soho Grand Hotel</a> into a $5.4 million townhouse at Soho Mews. (pic of Vik's building.) But the most surprising news is that aside from opening <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Dream%20Downtown">The Dream Downtown</a>, the

New York: One Hotel Makes You Sleepy, One Hotel Wakes You Up

juliana — 2010-03-04T13:30:00-05:00

First came the Alice in Wonderland tea parties, now come the Alice in Wonderland hotel packages. The Night and The Dream hotels in New York are the perfect sort of hotels for an Alice package--one hotel makes you sleepy (Dream), one hotel wakes you up (Night.) Or as the hotel chooses to express it:

Dream and Night are the perfect hotels to experience this package, as Dream mimic Alice’s wistful-like state and Night embodies the dark, ominous characteristics portrayed in Tim Burton’s movies.

New York: What To Expect Inside The Chatwal New York

MsRebecca — 2009-10-08T12:48:56-05:00

As regular HotelChatter readers know, we’ve been salivating for news—any scrap of detail we can get—on the upcoming opening of The Chatwal New York. We’ve seen glimpses of what’s to come on the hotel’s website, but now the property’s PR folks have some more bite-sized hints to feed us. Join us, if you will, for a teasing appetizer of what the new property will be serving come spring 2010 …