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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 …

Bangkok: Hotels for $100 or Less: The Dream Bangkok

juliana — 2009-04-23T16:51:09-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/dream86.jpg" class="top"> All this week, we'll be profiling hotels for $100 or less. Yay! Know of any other bargains? <a href="mailto:tips@hotelchatter.com">Send 'em to us.</a>While we're not sure what's happening with Vikram Chatwal's <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/4/22/16285/3547/hotels/Has_VCH_Given_Up_On_The_Chatwal_After_All_">Chatwal Hotel</a> in NYC, the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Dream+Hotel+Bangkok/local/559">Dream Bangkok</a> is still alive and offering room rates for under $90. A tipster let us know that room rates are currently at $86 but if you're an Amex card holder you can get your room for just $77. We checked for a room on May 3 and indeedy, a $86 rate popped up for a classic room with a plasma TV, iPod nanos to use during your stay and an all-time HotelChatter fave, bathrobes! Wanna spend more to get

New York: 2008 Will Be the Return of Vikram Chatwal

juliana — 2007-06-18T09:32:39-05:00

<![CDATA[<img align="right" src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/Midtown080.jpg" class="imgborder"/>Since getting married and having a baby last year, hotelier Vikram Chatwal has been keeping quiet  lately. With the exception of <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Dream+Hotel+Bangkok/local/559">Dream Bangkok</a>, we hardly heard anything from this playboy-turned-actor-turned hotelier.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 Lamb's Club (pictured, right) will be another tourist draw in midtown at 44th Street, close to his Dream and Night hotels.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> "It's not going to be off-putting or

Boutique Hotels Getting Big in Asia

amandak — 2007-05-15T13:40:38-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/newmajestic_boutique.jpg" class="imgborder"/>Boutique hotels are finally infiltrating Asia, according to a recent <a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18471918/site/newsweek/">Newsweek</a> report. The popularity began in Hong Kong and Singapore, but now Shanghai is starting to get in on the act. The Newsweek article also has a few tips on the best of the boutiques around Asia. Starting in Singapore, the <a href="http://www.newmajestichotel.com/">New Majestic Hotel</a> gets a big thumbs up for its "quirky but ultrachic atmosphere". In Bangkok, the <a href="http://www.reflections-thai.com/">Reflections</a> art hotel is described as individualistic and funky, and half the fun is browsing through the 28 rooms (all wildly different) to choose the one you want. (Even Vikram Chatwal's <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/5/9/151613/6065/hotels/Hotel_Review_Buzz_Dream_Hotel_Bangkok_Is_Vikram_s_Finest_Hour">Dream Hotel</a> is getting rave reviews there.) And finally in Hong Kong they tip the

Bangkok: Hotel Review Buzz: Dream Hotel Bangkok Is Vikram's Finest Hour

markj — 2007-05-09T15:32:19-05:00

<![CDATA[ <img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3/dream_bangkok_vikram_chatwal.png" class="imgborder"> Want proof that becoming a parent changes everything? Turn back the clock a couple years and Vikram Chatwal the hotelier was a mess--reports were, his NYC property, Dream NYC smelled like ass, staffers forgot wake up calls for VIP reporters, and the long promised guest iPods were nowhere to be found. <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Dream+New+York/local/560">Dream Hotel New York</a> quickly became one of those hotels that we would hear about being offered up to corporate travel road dogs at cut rates, which usually means the hotel has plenty of rooms available. Whether this was because of its Times Square location or its many documented early service issues, is open for debate. However, there was definitely little reason