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New York: Hotels Near Times Square :: RoomMate Grace is Kind of an Expensive Broad

juliana — 2008-07-16T11:07:12-05:00

RoomMate Grace Hotel, formerly the Hotel QT, had rooms going for $349 a night on Quikbook for Monday July 21st. Unless, they combined their notoriously small rooms into spacious suites, this is a totally bad rate.

Keep in mind that a "Petite" room is one of the smallest rooms in the hotel, starting at 170-sq.ft. We think it was probably an F Type room under the old QT system.

Granted, it's not a "Quad Bunk" but still for just $10 less we could have a real room at the Benjamin Hotel, scene of the Top Chef filming and complete with anti-insomnia weapons.

New York: Snapshot :: The Hotel Grace, Formerly QT, Captured on Camera

juliana — 2008-07-09T09:45:13-05:00

We now have photographic of the Hotel QT's fall from Grace...er fall to Grace, Hotel Grace that is.

A reader walking by Andre Balaz's former boutique dorm hotel snapped this shot of the hotel's new signage.

Looks like Grace is still packing in some guests but we're still not a big fan of the name/owner change. No clue if the famous pool parties will continue but the hotel now offers babysitting services.

New York: Breaking News :: Hotel QT Becomes Room Mate Grace

Jenna — 2008-07-01T15:00:12-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/hotel_qtsold.jpg" class="imgborder">The boutique dorm room hotel QT has become Room Mate Grace.After we <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/4/24/164335/307/hotels/A_Semi_Regular_Update_on_the_Always_Busy_Andre_Balazs">reported</a> in May that <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Andre%20Balazs">Andre Balazs</a> sold his Hotel QT to Spanish hotel group Room Mate, the place sort of dropped off everyone's radar and we didn't hear much about it. But thanks to a heads up from <a href="http://www.concierge.com">Concierge.com</a> we visited the QT's old <a href="http://www.hotelqt.com">website</a> today and, lo and behold, the property has become Hotel Grace. "She" appears to be an actual woman, and all the marketing stuff sort of talks about the property as though she is, like, a person. The website asks you to "discover her": <blockquote>Room Mate Grace is the stylish solution for the savvy traveler who wishes to

A Semi-Regular Update on the Always Busy Andre Balazs

juliana — 2008-05-01T15:00:16-05:00

<![CDATA[<img align="right" src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/454/andre_balazs_scarf.jpg">We must have been so distracted by the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/4/17/164741/430/hotels/Snapshot_Just_What_Is_That_Hanging_in_the_Windows_of_the_Standard_NYC_">crazy curtains</a> in the windows of the rising Standard Hotel NYC, that we have been neglecting the man behind the hotel himself, <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Andre%20Balazs">Andre Balazs</a>.Interestingly enough, a bunch of AB-related stuff has come in through our inbox. Here it goes in no particular order of importance:· Hotel QT Sold: A while back we learned Andre Balazs was looking to <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/11/13/17636/774/hotels/Andre_Balazs_Looking_to_Sell_Some_of_His_Hotels">ditch some of his hotels</a> from his portfolio. According to our well-connected tipster, AB sold off Hotel QT to a Spanish hotel group. We're also hearing that his partner may have sold some shares in the Standard Hotels to the same company. All this is very real-estate centric so

Express Check-Out: Would You Tat the Bowery Hotel's Logo On Your Shoulder? These People Did

juliana — 2008-03-25T16:54:45-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.jaunted.com/files/admin/nikkikat.jpg" class="imgborder">Little bro <a href="http://www.jaunted.com/story/2008/3/25/13437/4234/travel/Nikki+Sixx+%2B+Kat+Von+D%27s+Bowery+Hotel+Tattoos">Jaunted tells us</a>, Nikki Six of Motley Crue and Kat Von D, star of LA Ink are in love. In love with themselves, in love with each other and in love with the dapper dandy that is the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Bowery+Hotel/local/220">Bowery Hotel's</a> logo. We guess they believe in the religion of Ink. In other religious but tattoo-free news: · Forget the bible in the nightstand. Or the Torah or the Koran. The Hotel Preston in Tennessee is now offering a spiritual menu where you pick what you wanna read. [<a href="http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,341310,00.html">FoxNews</a>] · Obama's former preacher Reverend Wright hits up the Ritz-Carlton in Puerto Rico. [<a href="http://www.nypost.com/seven/03252008/gossip/pagesix/rev__wrights_sunny_easter_103398.htm">Page Six</a>] · Hotel QT is hosting the "Rapture Ready! Adventures in the Parallel