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HotelChatter - Tag: AKA Hotels http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2012-02-14T08:42:13Z HotelChatter HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/AKA%20Hotels Beverly Hills: An AKA Hotel is Coming to Beverly Hills http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/11/30/125927/42 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/akasuttonplacelounge.JPG" class="top">AKA Sutton PlaceThe Los Angeles hotel scene keeps getting better and better. There's been a slew of <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/10/13/112742/55/hotels/The_2011_Master_List_of_Hotel_Openings_Update_LA_and_Miami">new hotels</a> that have opened in the city in the past year and it won't stop in 2012. The high-end, East Coast-based extended-stay brand of <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/aka hotels">AKA Hotels</a> is planning a Beverly Hills hotel in the spring of 2012, according to this recent <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204449804577068222867809742.html">WSJ article.</a>Indeed when we hit up AKA's own <a href="http://www.hotelaka.com/#">website</a>, Beverly Hills was listed as one of their locations. Exciting! Now the only problem is, we have no idea where this hotel is going to be in Beverly Hills. If you know, then please <a href="mailto:tips@hotelchatter.com">let us know</a>! In the meantime, if you've never heard juliana 2011-12-01T14:15:01-05:00 New York: Summer in The City: Stay a Week For Cheap Rates at NYC's AKAs http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2010/5/17/105246/686 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/30451/AKACentralPark.jpg" class="top">Tired of playing Craigslist Roulette to find a New York crash pad with the three CsCheap, Clean, Convenient? Look, we're down with renting apartments when traveling for a week or more, but we've also seen friends visiting New York subjected to unrelenting bar noise and questionable bathroom options when they've gone the sublet route. Which is why today we're going to get behind that most uncool of concepts: the extended stay hotel. With <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/AKA%20Hotels">AKA Hotels</a>' latest deal, it's pretty hard not to. The AKA Summer in the City promotion offers 20% off for stays of seven nights or more between July 1September 6. But it does require booking 21 days in advance, so start planning your summer MsRebecca 2010-05-17T14:25:38-05:00 New York: Looking Down at The Plaza From The Penthouse at AKA Central Park http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/12/8/192328/914 <![CDATA[ <img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/kviewakak.JPG" class="top"> Ok, so the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/12/7/121730/313/hotels/Inside_the_AKA_Central_Park_Hotel">AKA Central Park</a> is not as tall as <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Plaza/local/1620">The Plaza Hotel</a> next door but the view from AKA's Penthouse suite does give you the chance to spy on hotel guests and gawk at the tourists milling about the front of the hotel. (If you see us in the window at The Plaza, yes, we're <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/6/4/9308/02923/hotels/Room_With_an_Anti_View_Hey_Peter_What_s_Happening_#comment-block">wearing pants.</a>)Another cool part of this killer view is that you're able to see the iconic Apple glass cube which is actually the entrance to the Apple store on Fifth Avenue. The only downer here is that you need serious dough to spend the night, about $2,500. So just in case you aren't flush with that juliana 2009-12-10T14:04:41-05:00 40.7643110 -73.975681 New York: Meeting the K in AKA Hotels: Larry Korman http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/12/8/103321/418 <![CDATA[ Welcome to our regular feature, <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/pitch your hotel">Pitch Your Hotel</a>, 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. <embed src="http://c.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f8/1321361467" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" flashVars="videoId=55265761001&playerId=1321361467&viewerSecureGatewayURL=https://console.brightcove.com/services/amfgateway&servicesURL=http://services.brightcove.com/services&cdnURL=http://admin.brightcove.com&domain=embed&autoStart=false&" base="http://admin.brightcove.com" name="flashObj" width="486" height="412" seamlesstabbing="false" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" swLiveConnect="true" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash"></embed> After we spent the night in the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/12/7/121730/313/hotels/Inside_the_AKA_Central_Park_Hotel">AKA Central Park</a>, we got a tour of the hotel from the K in AKA, Larry Korman, who launched AKA Hotels in 2006. AKA is a play on the expression "also known as" but it juliana 2009-12-08T10:57:29-05:00 New York: Inside the AKA Central Park Hotel http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/12/7/121730/313 <![CDATA[<embed src="http://c.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f8/1321361467" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" flashVars="videoId=54990941001&playerId=1321361467&viewerSecureGatewayURL=https://console.brightcove.com/services/amfgateway&servicesURL=http://services.brightcove.com/services&cdnURL=http://admin.brightcove.com&domain=embed&autoStart=false&" base="http://admin.brightcove.com" name="flashObj" width="486" height="412" seamlesstabbing="false" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" swLiveConnect="true" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash"></embed>Yes, this is where we made some <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/12/3/13259/3232/hotels/Guess_Where_We_Made_Hot_Green_Tea_This_Morning">hot green tea</a> last week--<a href="">The AKA Central Park</a>. As you can see here in the video, this is not some itty bitty shoe box hotel room. <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/aka hotels">AKA Hotels </a>--there are five in New York, one in Philly and two in the DC-area-- are hotels for the extended stay/business traveler and the room sizes range from studio suites to two bedroom suites with either half or full kitchens. Even better, just because you get more room doesn't mean you have to pay more as room rates start at $295 a night. So what do you get for all this juliana 2009-12-07T15:54:17-05:00 40.7643110 -73.975681 Search HotelChatter Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/