HotelChatter - Tag: AB Hotels

Los Angeles: Standard LA Charged With Illegally Disposing Of Hazardous Waste

juliana — 2009-01-30T20:42:32-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/entourage_standard_la.jpg" class="top"> This is what happens when you cut out early for the weekend--a hip hotel gets charged with illegally disposing of hazardous waste.While <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/andre%20balaz">Andre Balazs</a> might be the hottest hotelier around these days, something not so pretty was going down at the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Standard+Downtown+LA/local/51">Standard Downtown LA</a>. Andre Balazs' hotel management company has been charged with one felony count of disposing hazardous waste without a permit, according to a federal complaint which made the news today. AB Hotels could be fined up to $500,000 if convicted. So what was the hotel doing with the hazardous waste? This: <blockquote> The complaint alleges that hotel employees poured acid and chlorine down a roof drain beside the hotel pool at The

New York: Gearing Up for NY Restaurant Week With The Mercer Kitchen

JetSetCD — 2009-01-16T09:24:50-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/6193/Mercer_Kitchen.jpg" class="top"> If there is one place that can get away with sitting you underneath an active sidewalk with the possibility of plaster falling into your food, then it is Mercer Kitchen at <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Mercer+/local/163">The Mercer Hotel</a>. A magnet for hungry hipsters in Soho, Mercer Kitchen owes its fame to the fashion set who regularly make The Mercer their hideout of choice. With Restaurant Week quickly creeping up on New York, we decided to do a little sniffing around the scene by hitting up a Sunday brunch. Since The Mercer is something of a legend among New York hotels, you can imagine that the room rates are sky-high; think $495 a night for a courtyard-facing room during low season,

All-Star Map :: Andre Balazs' Real and Rumored Hotels

HotelChatter — 2008-12-31T11:45:58-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/454/balazsmap.jpg" class="top"><img align="right" src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3/2008_awards_hc.jpg"> We're very visual people and we assume all hotel geeks are as well so when we've got a whole bunch of info about hotels in an area, we map 'em all for you so you can see the big picture. We've been all over the maps this year (again with the wordplay!), and it was tough to pick a fave among hits like our <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Thompson-Hotels-Map">Thompson Hotels Map</a> charting the progress of the rapidly-growing chain; our <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/maps/Beijing-Olympics-Hotels">Beijing Olympics Map</a>, our <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Malibu-Beach-Hotels-Map">Malibu Beach Hotels </a>map and the definitive guide to the hotels you should hit up <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Carmel-Hotels-Guide">in Carmel</a>... but one came out on top for us: hottie hotelier <A href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Andre%20Balazs">Andre Balazs'</a> <a

Miami: Art Basel Inspires The Standard and The Raleigh's Towel Art

Jenna — 2008-12-04T10:25:24-05:00

Rejoice: we have found the perfect holiday gift that you can distribute to that artsy sister of yours, your hotel-geek friends and your "practical gifts only" mother. Though today's HotelChatter holiday shopping recommendations were not half as fun to spend time researching as the collection of items we picked out at the HHonors store (they have raincoats for dogs! Come on!), this is still kinda kickass: towel art.

Yeah, that sounds fairly unexciting and likely conjures up images of monkeys and elephants built from cruise-ship towels, but think of it like this: you can wrap your body in art, people. The artwork is printed on the towel.

Miami Beach: The Raleigh Hotel Says You Can Be Chic and Green At The Same Time

travelingmcmahans — 2008-09-09T13:50:14-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/raleighbikes.png" class="imgborder">Surround yourself in art-deco luxury while you pat yourself on the back for being green - and saving some green. The <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Raleigh+Hotel/local/18">Raleigh Hotel</a> in Miami Beach is offering a last chance for summer fun rate of $175 (for an ocean view room!), a $20 gas rebate, and use of their bicycles to explore South Beach. This is seriously your last chance - the rate is good only through September 30. Use the code SUMMER when you <a href="http://www.raleighhotel.com/index.html">book online</a>. If you can tear yourself away from the pool scene--complete with the waterfall, the bar and the lovely pool attendants and their cool scented towels--you can tool around South Beach without putting out any of those ugly emissions.