HotelChatter - Tag: Alex Calderwood

Palm Springs: After Drowning Death, The Ace Hotel Will No Longer Keep Pool Open All Night

juliana — 2009-08-14T14:12:22-05:00

<![CDATA[ <img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/Pool_Empty.jpg" class="top"> <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Ace+Hotel+Palm+Springs/local/1253">The Ace Hotel Palm Springs</a>, which just opened in February, was hoping to have an all-summer long party with their regular <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/5/14/16913/9083/hotels/Enjoy_Booze_Sno_Cones_and_DJ_Sets_All_Summer_at_Ace_Palm_Springs">weekend pool festivities</a> but sadly, tragedy struck the hotel last weekend. A 22-year-old man was found dead in the hotel's pool early Sunday morning. <blockquote>Redlands resident Kenneth Crawford was a friend of two guests staying at the popular Palm Springs hotel, according to management. Police investigating Crawford's drowning learned he was among a group of friends that had gone out drinking earlier in the hours prior to the incident, according to Palm Springs Police Sergeant Mitch Spike. The group had not been drinking at the hotel, Ace owner and manager <a

New York: Inside The Ace Hotel NYC :: Funky Grandpa

JetSetCD — 2009-05-20T16:56:38-05:00

<![CDATA[<object id="flashObj" width="486" height="412" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=9,0,47,0"><param name="movie" value="http://c.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f9/4862856001?isVid=1&publisherID=1321358962" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF" /><param name="flashVars" value="@videoPlayer=23838292001&playerID=4862856001&domain=embed&" /><param name="base" value="http://admin.brightcove.com" /><param name="seamlesstabbing" value="false" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><param name="swLiveConnect" value="true" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><embed src="http://c.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f9/4862856001?isVid=1&publisherID=1321358962" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" flashVars="@videoPlayer=23838292001&playerID=4862856001&domain=embed&" base="http://admin.brightcove.com" name="flashObj" width="486" height="412" seamlesstabbing="false" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowFullScreen="true" swLiveConnect="true" allowScriptAccess="always" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash"></embed></object> At long last, after far too many opening date delays and general bellyaching, we slept with <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Ace+Hotel+New+York/local/1313">The Ace NYC</a>. There were ups and there were downs, and we ate a lot of croissants. We know many have been displaced by the continued construction and permit drama here, but no longer as the hotel has a full house this week. So without further ado, we present all the nitty-gritty bits of our night at The Ace: Check-in

New York: First Look: The Lobby of The Ace Hotel New York

JetSetCD — 2009-05-20T12:00:00-05:00

<![CDATA[ <div style="display:none"> </div> <script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript" src="http://admin.brightcove.com/js/BrightcoveExperiences.js"></script> <object id="myExperience23828506001" class="BrightcoveExperience"> <param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF" /> <param name="width" value="486" /> <param name="height" value="412" /> <param name="playerID" value="4862856001" /> <param name="publisherID" value="1321358962"/> <param name="isVid" value="true" /> <param name="@videoPlayer" value="23828506001" /> </object> Behold the majesty of having the first look inside of the lobby of the barely-open, much-hyped <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Ace+Hotel+New+York/local/1313">Ace Hotel NYC</a>. Up until our infiltration, the lobby had remained a dark, mysterious spot in New York City where no cameras seemed to tread and only <a href="http://curbed.com/archives/2009/05/19/ace_hotel_lobby_report.php">tweets</a> made it out alive. While the darkness still prevailsthis hotel's lighting is the worst for taking good photographswe managed to sink into one of the

New York: When Will the Ace NYC Really Open?

JetSetCD — 2009-03-27T12:27:04-05:00

As the day of reckoning fast approaches for the New York branch of Alex Calderwood's Ace Hotel, will it fly or will it fail yet again to open on time? Previous optimistic estimates have had us chomping at the bit since early February, and we're hoping that a real and true debut on April 1 will finally allay our fears of construction issues.

Know Your Manhattan Hoteliers

juliana — 2008-06-23T15:02:22-05:00

Ask and you shall receive. In a story the other week about the possible cold war thaw between feuding hoteliers Gregory Peck and Matt Moss (actually, that was just wishful thinking. The frenemy war rages on still), we asked for a copy of the Page Six magazine featuring some of NYC's hottest hoteliers.

And a kind soul sent us a copy!

In it, you see Jason Pomeranc (with ever-present arm candy/fashion publicist/girlfriend Ali Wise), Matt Moss and Greg Peck (totally did not pose together), scary Sean MacPherson and partner Eric Goode, the ever-dapper Andre Balazs, grunge hotelier Alex Calderwood of the Ace Hotel brand and chefs/restauaranteurs Todd English and Ken Friedman.