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New York: What Makes The Algonquin Stand Out on 'Hotel Row'?

juliana — 2009-10-19T17:12:10-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/GaryBudge.jpg" class="top"> Welcome to our regular Monday feature, Pitch Your Hotel, where we let hoteliers, general managers and other hotel execs tell us on-camera what makes their hotels so different from all the rest. And believe us, the competition is fierce these days. So sit back, relax and listen to them explain why their hotels are worthy of your hard-earned dollars or rewards points. If you've ever strolled down West 44th Avenue in New York between Sixth and Fifth Avenues, you will find it to be a sort of Hotel Row, a block that's home to such popular hotels like The Royalton, City Club, The Sofitel, The Mansfield and <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Algonquin/local/950">The Algonquin.</a> With all these great options

New York: The Algonquin Has Been Hosting And Toasting Glitterati For 100+ Years

JetSetCD — 2009-09-24T16:57:01-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/6193/Algonquin.jpg" class="top"> We devote more than enough ink to <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/manhattan%20hotels">Manhattan Hotels</a>, but what about the days when hotels first started tuning their cool? Thanks to an old tourist materials from the 1930s-1950s, we're exploring back in the day versus today, for NYC hotels. Back in the day: Settle into a banquette for a cigarette and call over the maître d' for a story of his boyhood on the Aegean Sea, and you're having a grand evening in New York's <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Algonquin/local/950">Algonquin Hotel</a>. It is the late 1930s, and The Rose Room frequently buzzes with the conversations of the glitterati. Diners in The Oak Room and The Round Table enjoy special evenings out order such fine dishes as "rolled

The Five Best Hotels for Father's Day 2009

Jenna — 2009-06-09T13:29:34-05:00

Father's Day is Sunday, June 21st. You should have known that already, quite honestly. But since you probably didn't — and since you totes want to assuage your guilt by giving Dad something over-the-top awesome for his special day (which may or may not involve you) — we rounded up a list of our favorite Father's Day packages at some sweet hotels for you to take a look at.

Whether pops is into cars, relaxing, beer or sports, we've got somethin' good for him. Or, rather, something good for you to buy him.

New York: For Once, It Pays to Be From New Jersey

jennm — 2009-02-17T16:18:57-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/6929/algonquinnew.jpg" class="top"> ...Or New York. Connecticut, too! Via <a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29118658/">MSNBC</a>, we find out that <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Algonquin/local/950">The Algonquin Hotel</a> in Times Square is offering a "Broadway Night Out" special, specifically for residents of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut who might be staying in for the sake of saving money (after losing their high-paying Wall Street jobs, perhaps?) The deal, launched "in the midst of turbulent times" is available all year (is The Algonquin privy to some devastating financial forecast the rest of us aren't?) and includes 20-percent off room rates, a free upgrade, breakfast for two, and the choice of free parking or a $25 food and beverage credit at the hotel's Round Table Room restaurant. For an

New York: Algonquin Forgoes Bookshelf Trend for Kindles

Jenna — 2008-12-03T10:30:23-05:00

As the bookshelf craze in hotels seems to be blowing up in a big way — with trendy modern hotels ranging from the sleek, spankin' new SLS to the funky Mercer throwing displays of book collections into their lobbies — we think we've seen the future of literature in hotels...and it's at the Algonquin.

Yeah, the hotel that's had its doors open for more than a century actually seems to be a little more ahead of the curve on the books-in-hotels front: they've got Kindles.