http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2012-02-15T01:30:01Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Denihan%20Hospitality http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2010/7/8/131513/9398 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/Penthouse_Living_Room.jpg" class="top"><p> <i>Where we will never spend a night.</i><p>We've often dreamed about staying at the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/BUCKINGHAM+HOTEL/local/181"><b>Buckingham Hotel's</b></a> <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/11/4/12758/0566/hotels/Stay_at_the_Buckingham_Hotel_s_Penthouse_For_a_Song">Martinelli penthouse suite</a>, provided we had the funds, but it looks like our dream may never come true.<p><a href="http://therealdeal.com/newyork/articles/equinox-founder-danny-errico-sells-buckingham-hotel-at-101-west-57th-to-ubs-for-60-million">The Real Deal</a> reports that this historic NYC hotel has been sold to a UBS investment group for a whopping $60 million. Details are not only scant on the sale but also the future of the hotel.<p>This place was once owned by Danny Errico, who also used to own the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+James/local/1627">James Chicago</a> and was a founder of the Equinox fitness chain (He sold those off too.) In 2008, he turned over the James Chicago to <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Denihan%20Hospitality">Denihan Hospitality Group</a> who own juliana 2010-07-08T14:56:03-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/9/20/233722/248 <![CDATA[<p><p><p><i> Welcome to our regular Monday feature, <b>Pitch Your Hotel</b>, where we let hoteliers, general managers and other hotel execs tell us <b>on-camera</b> 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. </i><p> <embed src="http://c.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f8/1321361467" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" flashVars="videoId=41178452001&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><p>Last week, we attended an event for the soon-to-open <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Surrey/ian/119681"><b>Surrey Hotel</b></a> on New York's Upper East Side. But this was a little different than most "Getting to Know You" parties. <p>For starters, the event was held in Beverly Hills so that West Coast folk juliana 2009-09-21T10:27:18-05:00 40.7744160 -73.963931 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/