http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2012-02-14T13:01:30Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Hotel%20Closings http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/12/16/132616/45 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/matsuri_closing.jpg" class="top"><p> It looks like the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2010/3/9/223614/5354/hotels/Matsuri_at_The_Maritime_Hotel_to_Celebrate_Penis_Festival_on_April_Fool_s_Day">Penis Festivals</a> and the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/9/22/222142/057/hotels/Ain_t_No_Party_Like_A_Hot_Pot_Party_At_NYC_s_Maritime_Hotel">Hot Pot Parties</a> are over at the Matsuri restaurant inside the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Maritime+Hotel/local/13"><b>Maritime Hotel</b></a>.<p> <a href="http://guestofaguest.com/nightlife/the-maritimes-they-are-a-changin-matsuri-hiro-announce-their-official-closing-dates/">Guest of a Guest</a> reports that both Matsuri and the Hiro Ballroom at the hotel are closing at the end of March. And in their place will be two new spots from Marc Packer, who helped launched two of NYC's hottest nightclubs, Lavo and Tao.<p>While Hiro and Matsuri were beloved places in their own right (and not just because of penis worshipping), we're guessing they just could not compete with the PH.D, the nightclub at the bumpin' <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Dream+Downtown/local/4718"><b>Dream Downtown</b></a>.<p> The Penis Festival usually happens during the first week of April. Maybe juliana 2011-12-19T11:30:02-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/10/28/1237/0234 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/algonquinroom.jpg" class="top"><p> <i>The Algonqin, circa 2009.</i><p> Looks like <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/hotel renovations">Hotel Renovations</a> are all the rage these days and the latest hotel to get in on the action is the historic <a href=""><b>Algonquin Hotel</b></a> in New York.<p><a href="http://travel.usatoday.com/hotels/post/2011/10/new-yorks-storied-algonquin-hotel-major-renovation/558825/1">USA Today</a> reports that the hotel will actually close for three months at the start of the new year to complete a major overhaul of the guest rooms.<p> The hotel already did a refurbishment of its lobby back in 2007 along with some guestroom soft good upgrades but the hotel must have needed more, perhaps to keep up with its affiliation as a Marriott <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/autograph collection">Autograph Collection</a> hotel. (Speaking of Autograph, the collection just unveiled a new fancy website you should juliana 2011-10-28T12:37:07-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/10/24/8946/6809 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/61268/LeBleu1.jpg" class="top"><p>Judging from two giant "FOR RENT" signs posted outside Brooklyn's <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Hotel+Le+Bleu/local/720"><b>Hotel Le Bleu</b></a>, it would seem that the entire place was going out of business. But when we stopped in to ask the Front Desk what was going on, they told us it is in fact <b>just the <i>rooftop restaurant and lounge</i> that are in the stinker, and not the actual hotel</b>. Hmm, twice in <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2010/3/12/103016/944/hotels/No_Vue_for_Brooklyn_s_Hotel_Le_Bleu_as_Rooftop_Lounge_Closes">two years</a>? Sounds like the penthouse space at Le Bleu might be what we like to call <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Hotel%20Closings">Le Cursed</a>. <p>According to a Front Desk staffer, the hotel and rooftop remain under the same ownership, but the two spaces are rented out separately. These signs simply indicate that the hotel is ASchechter 2011-10-24T11:30:01-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/8/1/1504/06247 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/hotelchelsea_exterior.jpg" class="top"><p> The day of reckoning has finally come for the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Hotel+Chelsea/local/32"><b>Hotel Chelsea</b></a> in New York, the last Bohemian outpost. The place that housed famous artists and musicians for several years before giving way to tourists on a budget closed yesterday with only a few days of notice.<p>The hotel had been acquired by a new owner back in <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/5/16/104030/359/hotels/Please_Don_t_Let_Chuck_Bass_Take_Over_The_Hotel_Chelsea_Too">May</a> who explicitly said that the hotel would be renovated and modernized. It's just that no one expected it to happen this fast.<p>According to the <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/01/nyregion/historic-chelsea-hotel-closes-to-guests.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1">NY Times</a>, hotel employees learned late last week that the hotel would be closing after Saturday. The 100 residents of the hotel would be allowed to stay but no more guests would be juliana 2011-08-01T10:33:21-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/6/20/124228/687 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/morivieramaya_closed.jpg" class="top"><p> On the heels of the news that the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/6/16/11210/9204/hotels/The_MO_Morocco_is_No_Mo_">Mandarin Oriental Marrakech</a> ain't happening, we learn that the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/MANDARIN+ORIENTAL+RIVIERA+MAYA/local/4470"><b>Mandarin Oriental Riviera Maya</b></a> closed its doors on June 6, maybe for a little while or maybe forever. <p>Commenter <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/6/16/11210/9204/hotels/The_MO_Morocco_is_No_Mo_#1">LuxeSF</a> tells us the property has closed with reports saying the hotel was suffering from a pithy 20 percent average occupancy rate. When it reopens, LuxeSF says, a new company will be managing the property.<p>Yet when we head over to the MO Riviera Maya <a href="http://www.mandarinoriental.com/rivieramaya/">website</a>, the official statement is a little different: <blockquote><p>Mandarin Oriental Riviera Maya is currently closed in order to complete necessary improvements to its facilities. Our re-opening date will be announced in due course. juliana 2011-06-20T13:40:23-05:00 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/