http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2009-11-24T11:55:16Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelhotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/local/34 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/8/6/161859/1339 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/6193/Provocateur.jpg" class="top"> <p>Remember the heyday of the <b><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Hotel+Gansevoort/local/34">Hotel Gansevoort</a></b> in New York's Meatpacking District, before <b><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Standard+NYC/local/795">The Standard</a></b> came and when the Gansevoort still had bedspreads without cigarette burns in them? It was <i>the</i> place to go on a Friday or Saturday night in summer, for a drink at their rooftop "Plunge" pool bar or down at their garden restaurant/club. <p>Now that the garden lounge has closed, leaving the corner of the Meatpacking eerily quieter at night, what will move into the prime space? Another club of course, but this time not of your typical $19 cocktails and black minidresses sort, or so it seems. The new venture will be called <b>"Provocateur"</b> and is billing itself as "The JetSetCD 2009-08-06T17:15:14-05:00 40.7401646 -74.005914 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/8/4/102141/2757 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/camerondouglas_gvoort.jpg" class="top"><p> We knew the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Hotel+Gansevoort/local/34"><b>Hotel Gansevoort</b></a> was a party hotel but <b>Cameron Douglas</b> was throwing quite a different type of party in his hotel room the other night. The 30-year-old son of actor Michael Douglas was busted by the DEA task force inside his guestroom, where he had been staying for quite some time on his dad's dime. Douglas was reportedly in possession of half a pound of crystal meth, valued at $18,000, which he was intending to sell. <a href="http://www.nypost.com/seven/08042009/news/regionalnews/manhattan/douglas_son_bust_182936.htm">The NY Post</a> reports:<blockquote><p> He had been staying at the hotel for some time in a room rented by his father, and when authorities barged in, they found the place a mess and Cameron Douglas "very strung juliana 2009-08-04T10:31:01-05:00 40.7401646 -74.005914 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/7/15/17557/0848 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/6929/gansevoortpooltop.jpg" class="top"> <p>We're not sure if you've got five-hundo burning a hole in your pocket right now, but just in case you earned a bonus this month or made a fat chunk of change by selling you winter scarves and hats to a consignment store or something: The <b><A href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Hotel+Gansevoort/local/34">Hotel Gansevoort</a></b> in NYC has put together a package for weekday-unwinders (which could, come to think of it, be another name for the unemployed if we're getting creative). <p>At a not-so-wallet-friendly (compared to swimming in a Brooklyn neighborhood pool with a couple cans o' PBR, anyway) rate of $495 for a Deluxe room or $695 for a Suite, you can get the <b>Weekday Wind-Down Package</b> Monday-Thursday on any day between Jenna 2009-07-15T17:08:21-05:00 40.7401646 -74.005914 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/6/3/93830/50157 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/6929/gardenono.jpg" class="top"> <p><b><A href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/leonardo%20dicaprio">Leonardo DiCaprio</a></b> was out havin' a nice little New York weekend and rolled up to the <b><A href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Hotel+Gansevoort/local/34">Gansevoort </a></b>on his bike to get some relaxin' done at Garden of Ono, the bar that "attracts crushingly stylish 20-somethings and moneyed hot shots who spring for bottle service in plush cabanas," according to <A href="http://nymag.com/listings/bar/garden-of-ono/">New York Magazine</a>. But then he was carded! Didn't they know who he was? Oh, the horror. <p>And hey, more importantly: when's the last time we had a celeb sighting at the Gansevoort NYC? That doesn't happen too much nowadays when there's not a specific party going on, does it? <p>Maybe the doormen weren't really expecting him or something; <a href="http://www.nypost.com/seven/06032009/gossip/pagesix/leonardo_keeps_low_172346.htm">Page Six reports</a> that Jenna 2009-06-03T09:40:10-05:00 40.7401646 -74.005914 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/6/1/145115/1120 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/26601/Gansevoort_Readers_002.jpg" align="right"> <p> Every year, The Big Apple&#146;s most stylish escape the summer heat and retreat to some of the most coveted lounge chairs in city at Plunge rooftop pool at <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Hotel+Gansevoort/local/34"><b>Hotel Gansevoort</b></a>. Smack dab in the heart of the meatpacking district, the 45-foot pool offers spectacular 360-degree panorama views of the city. Prince has rocked this rooftop; <i>Maxim</i> hosted its &#147;Hot 100 Party&#148; here as well. It&#146;s exactly the kind of place you want to get horizontal, ward off a hangover with a Bloody Mary, and ogle the celeb-heavy sun worshippers. <p> The Gansevoort is helping guests get caught up on their summer reading lists with free poolside <b>Reader Digital Books by Sony</b>. The Algonquin offers <a globetrotting gourmet 2009-06-01T16:06:31-05:00 40.7401646 -74.005914 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/