HotelChatter - Tag: Ascend Collection

New York: Plan Ahead to Score 20 Percent Off GEM Hotel Rooms and Free Gift Cards

Jennifer Kester — 2010-12-14T12:45:53-05:00

You may be scrambling to find those last-minute Christmas gifts, but you'll want to make a New Year's resolution to drop those procrastination tendencies to get this deal from GEM Hotels. If you book early and prepay in full, you can get 20 percent off of your room.

You really have to be a planner for this one. The New York chain, which has hotels in Chelsea, Midtown West and Soho, will slash the rates, but you will have to pay it all upfront, it's nonrefundable and no changes are allowed. Though you'll be rewarded with rates as low as $135 a night, which is pretty darn good for a Manhattan hotel.

New York: What is the Solita Soho Hotel in New York?

juliana — 2010-06-15T12:55:52-05:00

We recently saw this new Ascend Collection Hotel pop up in our hotel listing for New York and immediately we had two questions: One, what is it? and two, is Solita some sort of new NYC neighborhood?

As far as we can tell the Solita Soho Hotel is a cute little budget option downtown and that Solita is not a new nabe term in Manhattan. The hotel is sandwiched between Little Italy and Chinatown with Soho close by so it could be a Solita of sorts. Otherwise, you can just call the area by it's better-known name--Chinatown.

New York: The Distrikt Hotel Addresses Drilling Noise and Other Service Glitches

juliana — 2010-04-14T15:08:45-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/distriktbed.jpg" class="top"> Yesterday, our hotel spy, <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2010/4/12/9386/70570/hotels/Drill_Baby_Drill_A_Night_at_The_Distrikt_Hotel">Myra Ellen</a>, told us about the drilling that interrupted her stay at the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2010/4/12/9386/70570/hotels/Drill_Baby_Drill_A_Night_at_The_Distrikt_Hotel">Distrikt Hotel</a> as well as a few other glitches. The hotel had told us that they would accommodate any guests who complained about the drilling noise with a new room on a different floor. But today they wanted to address the other issues that our hotel spy had. Here is the Distrikt's full response: <blockquote>The Staff and Management of Distrikt Hotel are distressed that we were unable to exceed the expectations of this guest as we have with so many others. While we strive to greet every guest at the door, we are disappointed that this and the

New York City: Drill, Baby, Drill: A Night at The Distrikt Hotel

Myra Ellen — 2010-04-13T09:25:21-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/distriktbed.jpg" class="top"><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2010/4/14/113723/229/hotels/The_Distrikt_Hotel_Addresses_Drilling_Noise_and_Other_Service_Glitches">See The Distrikt Hotel's Response to This Review Here</a> Our very own hotel Agent Zero returns with yet another review. Her not-real name is Myra Ellen and she's our version of <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1193138/">Alex Goran</a> who travels once a week for business, usually along the Eastern seaboard. Every so often, she'll be dropping in with her latest hotel and travel observations. In this episode, she tries out a new hotel in Manhattan.<img align="right" src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/alex_upintheair.jpg">The scaffolding obscuring the entrance should have been my first ominous clue as I arrived at the new <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Distrikt+Hotel/local/1548">Distrikt Hotel</a>, on a dark block and an easy walk from Penn Station. The doorman ignores me when I enter. I'm happy for one

New York: The Distrikt Hotel Still Has $159 Opening Rates Until April 30

MsRebecca — 2010-03-30T09:17:50-05:00

The Distrikt Hotel may have opened two months ago but if you haven’t checked in yet, you haven’t missed out on opening rates. The Hell’s Kitchen-area hotel is offering rooms from $159 a night through April 30.

The press release informing us of this good news also told us that the Distrikt has joined the Ascend Collection, a network of historic, boutique, and unique Choice Hotels properties across the U.S. and Caribbean. After some memory dusting, we realized this was always part of the plan, from back when we first started tracking the Distrikt— but with free WiFi as part of the deal, it bears repeating.