HotelChatter - Stories about Intercontinental The Barclay New York

New York: Sarah Palin Does Not Attempt to Lay Low While Hitting Up NYC Hotels

Jenna — 2008-09-24T12:08:12-05:00

Memo to Sarah Palin: if laying low is what you're looking to do, may we gently chime in to let you know that staying at the Millenium Broadway smack in the middle of midtown during your NYC visit is not the way to go about it? It's tourist central over there and, frankly, you and the fam are not going to go unnoticed.

And while we're chit-chatting: can you use your authority to kindly ask the folks at the InterContinental Midtown to do something about those dreadful drapes?

New York: American Girl Check-In at the Barclay Intercontinental

juliana — 2007-09-06T08:55:01-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/barclay_americangirl.jpg" class="imgborder"><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Intercontinental+The+Barclay+New+York/local/798">The Barclay Intercontinental</a> is not just a hotel for <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/8/31/10430/3225/hotels/Where+the+U.S+Open+Players+are+Staying+in+Manhattan">U.S. Open players.</a> It's also a hotel for American Girl enthusiasts--namely girls ages 6 to whenever playing with dolls isn't cool anymore.The hotel has a special check-in set up for you American Girl doll. The one you see here is  <a href="http://store.americangirl.com/agshop/static/kayadoll.jsf/title/Kaya/saleGroupId/0/uniqueId/5/nodeId/11/webMenuId/5/LeftMenu/TRUE">Kaya</a>, "a Nez Perce girl growing up in 1764."(Note: We played with American Girl dolls when the brand was called Pleasant Company and there were only three dolls--Samantha, Molly and Kirsten. We also had to order only from catalogs. This was before the internet people! Ok TMI.)The Barclay, which bill itself as a business hotel, has cashed in on the craze for American Girls with their

New York: Where the U.S Open Players are Staying in Manhattan

juliana — 2007-08-31T10:17:31-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/usopen_barclay.jpg" class="imgborder"> Yesterday we met some friends at their hotel, the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Intercontinental+The+Barclay+New+York/local/798">Intercontinental Barclay</a> on 48th Street between Park and Lex, before we all headed out to the U.S. Open.We noticed a whole lotta tennis bags in the lobby--at the front desk, on the chairs and on people's shoulders as they walked in and out. Normally, we just assumed the city is full of crazy tennis poseurs who want to be noticed. But later on that night, we spied one of the <a href="http://bobandmike.com/">Bryan brothers</a>--the freakishly good twin brothers doubles team--in the lobby, just a few hours after we watched them play in Arthur Ashe stadium. So it's safe to say that some actual tennis players are staying there.