HotelChatter - Tag: Hotel Minibars

Which Hotels Are Doing Good For Heart Disease Awareness Month?

ASchechter — 2012-02-03T10:50:08-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/61268/RedHotelPalomarBed.jpg" class="top">It's National Wear Red Day, and across the country, the American Heart Association is urging everyone to raise awareness about women's heart disease by wearing the color red. And since we've already done our work pointing out the best <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Valentine%27s%20Day%20Hotels">Valentine's Day</a> hotels (for both <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2012/1/27/132639/459/hotels/Hotels_Are_Getting_Sexy_Er_Ready_for_Valentine_s_Day_in_NYC">NYC</a> and <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2012/1/24/163816/865/hotels/Get_Steamy_in_Miami_With_These_Valentine_s_Day_Hotel_Deals">Miami</a>), here's a look at some heart-conscious hotel efforts happening this month. First stop: Kimpton's <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Hotel+Palomar+-+a+Kimpton+Hotel/local/3133">Hotel Palomar</a>, which is offering a new gluten-free minibar to provide guests with healthy snacks when they get back to their rooms. Our favorite item? The KIND fruit and nut bars, which we always make a point of slipping into our carry-on whenever we travel. So fruity and chewy and delicious! The minibar

New York: Everything's For Sale at The Gramercy Park Hotel

MsRebecca — 2012-01-19T09:44:30-05:00

Operation blips and woes aside, the Gramercy Park Hotel has a lot going for it.

The plush, dark rooms feel more like your rich, moody uncle's place than your typical hotel room and they are full of lovely little details, including the Allure magazine-editor-curated toiletries--a mix of best-of-the-best products rather than all items from the one brand.

And now, you can take a whole lot of the hotel home with you. For a price. You see, the rooms at GPH are designed for you to shop til you drop. Everything in the collage above—from the pretty tassels right down to the tray that the bathroom toiletries are sitting on—is for sale.

Amsterdam: The Biggest, Baddest Hotel Minibar in All the Land

JetSetCD — 2011-11-30T17:35:01-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/6193/gallery_537_image_5052.jpg" class="top"> Have you ever walked into a hotel room and spotted a piece of furniture where you're just like, "what the heck is that?" The hope is that it's something awesomesay a turntable closet or a washer/dryerbut at luxury Amsterdam hotel <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Dylan+Amsterdam/local/150">The Dylan</a>, the surprise is a custom-made minibar cabinet. Open its mother-of-pearl handles (yes, they're real). The Dylan's bespoke cabinets can be found in each room, and they contain everything from fancy teas and bottle opener to Pringles, Heineken, and a fridge of champagne and soda. You won't find Keurig cups or plastic stirrers here; the espresso machine is serious business and so are the china and glassware. For rooms which begin around $460 per night,

Brooklyn: First Look Inside The Hotel Williamsburg

ASchechter — 2011-11-14T11:31:49-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/61268/WillWill2.jpg" class="top">It's the beginning of the end: Williamsburg's first boutique hotel flung open its doors earlier last month on a quiet, park-facing street near the waterfront. Though we initially had assumed Brooklyn would allow for significantly more square footage than, say, an equivalent hotel in Manhattan, we might have been proved wrong. But all is not lost: the hotel's prime location has already begun attracting tourists and film crews alike (The Good Wife, a Vogue fashion shoot, and an unnamed MTV pilot, have all shot here). And if it weren't for the taco truck (it will eventually be installed next to the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/11/11/10354/277/hotels/Williamsburg_Gets_A_Pool_And_It_s_Very_Very_Pretty">pool</a> and bi-level art gallery (opening date still TBD), we wouldn't be nearly so excited about

New Orleans: Hyatt Regency NOLA's GM Does Not Want to Gouge You With His Minibars

MsRebecca — 2011-11-03T14:57:29-05:00

We already took you on a tourof the guest rooms at the back-in-business Hyatt Regency New Orleans--and told you all the gourmet tailgating goodness that can be found at the hotel's bars and restaurants.

As for the reason your minibar is empty, we decided to let the Hyatt Regency NOLA's GM explain. We caught up with Michael Smith at the hotel's 24-hour market Lagniappe Exchange, which factors heavily in his plans not to rip off his guests at the minibar.