HotelChatter - Tag: Hot Hoteliers News http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2012-02-14T22:24:10Z HotelChatter HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Hot%20Hoteliers%20News The Donald Believes Himself to be the Best Hotelier in the Universe http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/7/2/0561/67409 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/tajmahal.jpg"> <p>Every once in a while, NYTimes blog <a href="http://themoment.blogs.nytimes.com">The Moment</a> publishes a Q&amp;A called <a href="http://themoment.blogs.nytimes.com/tag/on-the-qt/">On the QT</a> to shed some light on the travel habits of the "world's savviest globetrotters." <p>And yesterday's <b><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Donald%20Trump">Donald Trump</a></b> edition of On the QT was an <a href="http://themoment.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/07/01/on-the-qt-donald-trump/">eye-roller</a> for the ages. <p>We've seen a lot of obnoxious crap come out of that dude, but this one trumps (ha!) most of it. <p>Witness The Donald, in an extraordinary display of modesty, as he congratulates himself and demonstrates that he believes himself to be the best and only hotelier in the whole world: <blockquote><p>Q: What is your favorite hotel? <br>A: Any hotel in the Trump Collection<br> Q: What is your favorite restaurant?<br> A: Jenna 2008-07-02T11:07:44-05:00 New York: Inside the 30th Annual NYU International Hotel Investment Conference http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/6/5/1813/47620 [Ed. Note: We have a special report from Andrew Gindy, Cornell hotel student and blogger behind Chocolate on the Pillow, about the Tisch Center's Hospitality Conference that went down earlier this week. It's full of industry happenings and hotelier appearances. Enjoys.]

Hotel investors meet up at the spot in the Waldorf where they get five bars cell reception.

What a crazy last two days! The biggest hotel conference of the year just wrapped up yesterday afternoon at the Waldorf=Astoria after two days full of guest speakers, informative panels, excellent networking opportunities, and numerous cocktail parties. Over 2,500 attendees were there to witness the hotel madness, including us.

]]> AndyG 2008-06-05T14:14:35-05:00 A Semi-Regular Update on the Always Busy Andre Balazs http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/4/24/164335/307 <![CDATA[<p><img align="right" src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/454/andre_balazs_scarf.jpg">We must have been so distracted by the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/4/17/164741/430/hotels/Snapshot_Just_What_Is_That_Hanging_in_the_Windows_of_the_Standard_NYC_">crazy curtains</a> in the windows of the rising Standard Hotel NYC, that we have been neglecting the man behind the hotel himself, <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Andre%20Balazs"><b>Andre Balazs</b></a>.<p>Interestingly enough, a bunch of AB-related stuff has come in through our inbox. Here it goes in no particular order of importance:<p>&#183; <b>Hotel QT Sold</b>: A while back we learned Andre Balazs was looking to <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/11/13/17636/774/hotels/Andre_Balazs_Looking_to_Sell_Some_of_His_Hotels">ditch some of his hotels</a> from his portfolio. According to our well-connected tipster, AB sold off Hotel QT to a Spanish hotel group. We're also hearing that his partner may have sold some shares in the Standard Hotels to the same company. All this is very real-estate centric so juliana 2008-05-01T15:00:16-05:00 Search HotelChatter Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/