If you find yourself in New York City this summer with a need to stay near Times Square and without any desire to bask in the glow of the city lights (or you're just a hip and trendy jet-setting vampire), take a look at Vikram Chatwal's Night Hotel.

Situated on 45th Street in the heart of jean-shorted, fanny-packed tourist central, Night offers guests refuge from the technicolor visual craziness of the Times Square area--and they're serious about it. The place, intending to evoke "Modern Gothic Gotham", is decorated almost exclusively with blacks and whites. ]]> Jenna 2008-06-03T13:54:47-05:00 40.757141 -73.984223 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/4/25/9113/37415 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/petewentznight.jpg"><p><a href="http://www.wwd.com/search/article/124376?page=2&amp;query=hotel">Women's Wear Daily</a>, the daily fashion industry staple, reports that Fall Our Boy bassist/lyricist and Ashlee Simpson fiancee/baby daddy was in New York last week to show off his latest <a href="http://clandestineindustries.seenon.com/index.php">Clandestine Industries</a> clothing collection.<p>Yep, this rocker has a fashion line of junior and men's apparel. <p>Wentz apparently previewed the clothes at <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Night+Hotel/local/29"><b>The Night Hotel</b></a> in Midtown to a group of fashion editors. Considering that the logo for Clandestine is essentially a bat and that the Night Hotel is a dark gothic space, the venue couldn't have been more apropro.<p>You know, we once said that the Night Hotel was perfect for <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2006/4/5/83142/77836/hotels/Night_Hotel_Gothic_N_Inside_and_Out">goth enthusiasts from the midwest</a> and guess what? Wentz is from Illinois.<p> Still, we can't juliana 2008-04-25T10:20:01-05:00 40.757141 -73.984223 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/4/9/174510/0068 <![CDATA[<p><img align="right" src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hotel-deals/hotel-deals-logo.jpg">The winter season of hotel deals is completely over in Manhattan and from now on through next year, prices are going to climb tremendously. <p>If you wanna see NYC, you better hurry and book quick before the summer tourist onslaught.<p><a href="http://www.quikbook.com"><b>Quikbook</b></a> is currently having a 72-hour sale that started yesterday and runs through Friday, April 11th until 5pm EST. The deal is offering 15 percent off certain hotels.<p>Two hotels of note:<p>&#183; <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Night+Hotel/local/29"><b>The Night Hotel</b></a>: Rooms start at about $187 a night plus 15 percent off through September 15, 2008.<p>&#183; <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Hotel+on+Rivington+THOR/local/1"><b>The Hotel on Rivington (THOR)</b></a>: Rooms start at $251 a night plus 15 percent off. Offer also good through September 15, 2008.<p>Just remember, you need to book juliana 2008-04-09T17:49:16-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/6/18/92519/5722 <![CDATA[<p><img align="right" src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/Midtown080.jpg" class="imgborder"/><p>Since getting married and having a baby last year, hotelier Vikram Chatwal has been keeping quiet &nbsp;lately. With the exception of <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Dream+Hotel+Bangkok/local/559"><b>Dream Bangkok</b></a>, we hardly heard anything from this playboy-turned-actor-turned hotelier.<p>That is, until now. <a href="http://nymag.com/daily/food/2007/06/chatwal_zakarian_and_the_lotus.html#gs-int">New York mag</a> reports that Vik will be opening two hotels in the next few years. The first, the <b>Lamb's Club</b> (pictured, right) will be another tourist draw in midtown at 44th Street, close to his Dream and Night hotels.<p>The Lamb's Club is scheduled for an August 2008 opening (way later than what <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2006/12/12/125811/51/hotels/2007_New_York_City_Hotel_Openings_Preview">we predicted</a>) and will feature an upscale restaurant from Lotus partners. A word about the restaurant from Lotus' David Rabin:<blockquote><p> "It's not going to be off-putting or juliana 2007-06-18T09:32:39-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2006/6/30/114225/623 <![CDATA[<p><p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/night_models.jpg"><p>We are little miffed we weren't invited to the official opening of Vikram Chatwal's <a href="http://www.nighthotelny.com"><b>Night Hotel</b></a> but we're sure the invite just got lost in the mail, right Vik? <p>Vikram however did deliver some model friends at the party. According to Page Six, the party started with a "a sexy cake fight between two catwalk cuties." Victoria's Secret model Julie Ordon and Raquel Thormarsdottir smushed cake into each other's faces and then presumably went to the bathroom to puke out any pieces that may have entered their mouths.<p>Also on hand was Chatwal's prego wife, Priya, R&B singer John Legend, rapper Q-Tip, and Murder Inc. records honcho Irv Gotti. Despite the thug guest list, this party sounds pretty tame juliana 2006-06-30T13:13:40-05:00 40.757141 -73.984223 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/