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New York: ...And Fashion Week Is Still Happening

ASchechter — 2011-09-15T08:45:01-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/61268/SohoClub.jpg" class="top">It's the home stretch of New York's most indulgent time of year, <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Fashion%20Week%20Hotels">Fashion Week</a>, and we were itching to see some of the action happening inside hotels. Luckily, our patience was rewarded with <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/TheLily530?feature=mhee#p/f/203/vppCibrgtyc">this</a> video taken at the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Soho+Grand+Hotel/local/87">Soho Grand</a>, of luxury lingerie brand Agent Provocateur debuting their Kinky Couture line. Picturing lots of pretty long-haired girls strutting up and down a carpeted room in their skivvies? That about sums it up. In the video, you can see expressionless fashion editors scribbling furiously in their notebooks as models show off the hand-studded, Swarovski-encrusted dudswhich didn't do a great job of concealing much (but that's the point). All we can say is good thing there weren't

New York: A Closer (Video) Look at the Latte Art at the Soho Grand Hotel

JetSetCD — 2011-01-07T16:30:51-05:00

<![CDATA[<object width="560" height="340"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/eYstkEvC6hI?fs=1&hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/eYstkEvC6hI?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"></embed></object> It was almost two months ago that we discovered a small trend, growing in popularity in Manhattan Hotels at least, and that is latte art. Here's what happens: you sit in the hotel lobby or cafe or restaurant and order up a cappuccino or similarly steamed milk drink and when it arrivesvoila!it's got a little extra artwork or the hotel's logo worked right into the foam. We declared the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2010/11/17/162533/82/hotels/This_Might_Just_Be_the_Cutest_Hotel_Coffee_Drink">smiley face latte</a> at the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Soho+Grand+Hotel/local/87">Soho Grand</a> as the cutest, and now we get to see how it's done. The Soho Grand zoomed in on one of their baristas doing their thing in the

New York: Someone at the Soho Grand Really Likes Expensive Handbags

juliana — 2010-12-27T10:46:26-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/lisavanderpump_sohogrand.jpg" class="top"> Update: The Soho Grand has given HotelChatter a statement regarding the incident below.Remember way back when in 2007 when <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/8/24/73418/4890/hotels/Kirsten_Dunst_s_Pricey_Purse_Snatched_from_Soho_Grand_Hotel">Kirsten Dunst</a> had her suite broken into and her handbag stolen at the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Soho+Grand+Hotel/local/87">Soho Grand</a>? Well, a few years later they finally punished the guy for the crime but it turns out the hotel is still a favorite for thieves with expensive handbag tastes.Our fairy godmother Lisa Vanderpump of the "Real Housewives of Beverly Hills" had several of her own to-die-for handbags stolen during a recent stay at the hotel. She tells gossip site <a href="http://www.radaronline.com/exclusives/2010/12/exclusive-interview-lisa-vanderpump-give-me-back-my-handbags">Radar Online</a>: <blockquote>"I had four purses valued at just over $8,000 including two Christian Louboutins, one Louis Vuitton and one Channel.

New York: Has The Cooper Square Hotel Been Sold to Grand Hotels?

juliana — 2010-12-06T09:20:49-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/coopersquare_grandhotels.jpg" class="top"> UPDATE: A tipster tells us that there are some talks going on between Cooper Square and "Tribeca Associates and others" and that this deal could be wrapped up in a week or two. We'll keep you posted. <a href="http://vanishingnewyork.blogspot.com/2010/12/coop-goes-soho.html">Vanishing New York</a> has posted an interesting little tidbit that a tipster passed onto us over the weekend---<a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Cooper+Square+Hotel/local/247">The Cooper Square Hotel</a> may have been sold to <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/grand hotels">Grand Hotels</a>, they who already possess <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Soho+Grand+Hotel/local/87">The Soho Grand</a> and the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Tribeca+Grand+Hotel/local/66">Tribeca Grand</a>. So could this soon be the Cooper Grand? Before we get ahead of ourselves, this is just a rumor (for now) but it would not surprise us as the Cooper Square has had so many

Soho Grand and Tribeca Grand Want To Make Life Grand (And Social) For Guests, Too

MsRebecca — 2010-12-02T14:45:47-05:00

Tons of hotels have thrown themselves into social media, with mixed results. But two that have taken to these channels like a duck to water are the Soho Grand and Tribeca Grand. Both hotels have their own Twitter feed and Facebook account and there’s also one of each for GrandLifeNYC, the nightlife and culture guide for guests of the hotels.

Today, we’re taking a closer look at what’s behind the hotel group’s social media strategy, or should we say who—digital guru Steven Rojas.