HotelChatter - Tag: Gem Hotels

New York: Launch Your Own Hotel Takeover With the GEM Hotel Midtown West

MsRebecca — 2009-11-11T15:14:07-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/30451/GEM_midtownW.jpg" class="top"> Have you ever dreamed of taking over an entire hotel, just like those kids in Hotel for Dogs or like Venezuelan President <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/10/15/102058/14/hotels/Chavez_Not_Happy_With_Hilton_Installs_Himself_At_Front_Desk">Hugo Chavez</a>? Well, now you can do it without having to set up a makeshift animal shelter or get all nationalistic and chummy with the military. Thats because the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Gem+Hotel+Midtown+West/ian/278497">GEM Hotel Midtown West</a> is inviting guests to takeover all of its 39 rooms. The Hotel Takeover offer is available in January and February 2010, which gives you ample time to save the $5,000 youll need for one night of playing hotelier. (Or you could just put it on your Dear Santa list.) The five grand is the starting rate (it's based on

New York: Pitch Your Hotel: GEM Hotels Are Not 'Nightclubs With Rooms'

juliana — 2009-09-28T15:19:12-05:00

<![CDATA[ Welcome to our regular Monday feature, Pitch Your Hotel, 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.  <div style="display:none"> </div>  <script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript" src="http://admin.brightcove.com/js/BrightcoveExperiences.js"></script> <object id="myExperience42391981001" 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

New York: GEM Hotels Want Guests To Get To Know Their Neighborhood

EricRosen — 2009-08-31T15:29:44-05:00

The GEM Hotel Chelsea

Though they only opened less than a year ago, the three boutique GEM Hotels in Manhattan have been busy with promotions. So far, the brand has three properties in Manhattan: Chelsea, Soho, and Midtown West, with a fourth property to open off Union Square in 2011.

Back in June, we hit up the hotel's GEM Hotel Chelsea which we liked very much. What the hotel room lacked up in size, it definitely made up for in amenities and free perks. Haven't checked out a GEM Hotel yet? Amuse yourself with the chain’s very…musical…web site.

New York: GEM Hotels Gets Their Very Own Website

KatieK — 2009-06-24T09:05:01-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/17697/gem_screengrab.jpg" class="top"> <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Gem%20Hotels">GEM Hotels</a> that fun little offshoot of Choice Hotels <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/10/27/121834/25/hotels/Choice_Hotels_Announces_Ascend_Collection_of_Hotels">Ascend Collection</a>, with three boutique NYC hotels recently launched their very own brand platform, complete with a shiny <a href="http://www.thegemhotel.com/index.html">new website</a>. Who says we never bring you exciting news? First, the website. Pervasive elevator music aside with a different tune for each hotel, eep! the site has clean design and is easy to navigate, which, really, is all that matters. Beyond the looping pillow fight on the home page, the overall aesthetic is a little generic though, which doesnt bode well for its memorability, especially for a hotel that was apparently born out of necessity in 2007, according to the website, to

New York: Inside The GEM Hotel Chelsea

juliana — 2009-06-16T14:18:16-05:00

Yesterday we asked you to guess the hotel's funky silhouettes and one of you was able to correctly identify it as the GEM Hotel Chelsea.

For those of you who didn't know, the GEM Hotels in New York (there's one in Soho and two on the West Side) are part of Choice Hotel's Ascend Collection and while the rooms aren't exactly budget prices (the standard queen room can push $199 a night), it's what the hotel doesn't charge for that really made us happy here.