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New York: 5 Hotels To Check Out For Fashion Week

ASchechter — 2012-02-10T10:25:01-05:00

<![CDATA[<a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Fashion%20Week%20Hotels">New York Fashion Week</a> officially kicked off yesterday, and for the next week, New York is a sloppy mess of runway events, underpaid models, and too many cocktail parties than we care to count. On the plus side, hotels always get a good piece of the actionhere's a look at five hotel events this week worth your while. <img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/61268/AndazFashionWeek.jpeg" class="top">Since October, <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Andaz+5th+Avenue/local/1700">Andaz 5th Avenue</a> has been asking a rotating series of local artists to paint murals that represent their "view" of New York. Starting on Sunday, Claw Moneyor Gold, as she is also knownwill superimpose her own bright, raw graffiti style onto the doors of the bar downstairs. So if you see a girl in six-inch heels

New York: Unlike the Rest of Gramercy Park Hotel, These Cocktail Dresses Are Not For Sale

ASchechter — 2012-01-20T09:05:01-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/61268/GramercyParkDresses.jpeg" class="top">Yesterday, we saw that it's possible for guests at the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Gramercy+Park+Hotel/local/4">Gramercy Park Hotel</a> to take home their favorite parts of the hotel when they check out. But there's something weird and creepy about taking home the cocktail dress of the waitress who just served you drinks at the bar. Thankfully, that's not one of the options on the Amenities menu. But after you see the new dresses (worn by waitresses at Rose Bar or Gramercy Terrace), which were created by French-born designer Sophie Theallet, you might well be wishing for one of your own! Designed out of stretch silk crepe, the garments have been made in two colors"Gramercy red" and "midnight blue"and are supposed to mimic the

New York: Everything's For Sale at The Gramercy Park Hotel

MsRebecca — 2012-01-19T09:44:30-05:00

Operation blips and woes aside, the Gramercy Park Hotel has a lot going for it.

The plush, dark rooms feel more like your rich, moody uncle's place than your typical hotel room and they are full of lovely little details, including the Allure magazine-editor-curated toiletries--a mix of best-of-the-best products rather than all items from the one brand.

And now, you can take a whole lot of the hotel home with you. For a price. You see, the rooms at GPH are designed for you to shop til you drop. Everything in the collage above—from the pretty tassels right down to the tray that the bathroom toiletries are sitting on—is for sale.

New York: Gramercy Park Hotel Jumps On The Malfunctioning Key Card Trend

ASchechter — 2012-01-03T09:24:23-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/61268/GPHlockout.jpg" class="top">Woah, we thought one New Year's Eve hotel lockout was bad enough, but this second one is making us super glad we stayed home on Saturday night. And really, the timing couldn't be worse for <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Gramercy+Park+Hotel/local/4">Gramercy Park Hotel</a>, who narrowly avoided a complete catastrophe in October with the whole <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/10/31/84016/953/hotels/">plummeting elevator</a> business. Just as they were starting to win back our confidence, their key card system goes and crashes. At midnight. Leaving guests stranded in the hallways for seven hours. The <a href="http://www.nypost.com/p/pagesix/hotel_midnight_glitch_oJINwsR4xcEy2iQnq16qlL">NY Post</a> reports that 200 guests were shut out on New Year's Eve right after midnight when all of their key cards stopped working. And though the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2012/1/2/8196/44884">Marriott Denver Tech Center</a> managed to

New York: The Devil Is In The Details At Gramercy Park Hotel

ASchechter — 2011-11-22T09:15:01-05:00

Gramercy Park Hotel General Manager, Elizabeth Mao

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