HotelChatter - Tag: Hotel Protests

NEW YORK: Why The Warwick Was So Popular This Week

ASchechter — 2011-09-23T12:23:57-05:00

Despite their best efforts, United Against Nuclear Iran was not able to convince every hotel that it would be a bad idea to host Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. And now, after several days of being surrounded by vehement protests and demonstrations, The Warwick is probably regretting its decision to temporarily house the Iranian president and his entourage.

A CBS news reporter managed to sneak a camera into the hotel, and was welcomed by anti-Ahmadinejad activists, who had installed themselves on the eleventh floor. So what was the Warwick's excuse? Did they miss the memo? Were they making a ton of money? Did they just feel like going against the trend?

London: Squatters Protest Park Plaza's London Art'otel

JulesLdn — 2010-07-26T23:56:13-05:00

<![CDATA[For the rest of the week, we'll be focusing on the latest news out of Londontowne. Got a hotel we should check out or know of any tawdry London hotel scoop? Or better yet, got the skinny on where all the WAGs hang out? <a href="mailto:tips@hotelchatter.com">Tip us off.<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/parkplazaartotellondon.jpg" class="top">It seems <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/park%20plaza%20hotels"> Park Plaza Hotels</a> have quite a fight on their hands with their proposed East London <a href="http://www.artotels.com/londonhoxton">artotel london hoxton</a>. Park Plaza had planned to demolish The Foundry to build an 18-storey, 350-room hotel and retail complex housed in a diamond shaped building. But they clearly underestimated the publics attachment to the venue in Shoreditch, East London. The Foundry was a well loved centre for music, art and

New York: Essex House Workers Stage Protest During Sean Penn's Movie Shoot

Jenna — 2009-05-13T09:11:53-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/6929/13essex_600.JPG" class="top"> Well, this is sort of awkward timing for everyone: yesterday, workers at the <A href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Jumeirah+Essex+House+On+Central+Park/ian/106394">Jumeirah Essex House on Central Park South</a> (non-front-deskers, that is) staged a protest to call attention to "what they said was the hotel's failure to pay its banquet-room staff nearly $2 million in tips." According to the <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/13/nyregion/13essex.html">New York Times</a>, hotel workers in uniform stopped work entirely and "filled the hotels lobby with more than 100 red-frocked chambermaids, toque-topped kitchen workers and banquet waiters, casually chatting among themselves." A few feet away, Sean Penn and a film crew were filming a scene for an upcoming movie (we assume it was Fair Game with Naomi Watts). Yeah, kind of uncomfortable timing. Per the

New York: 'Slumlord Fashion' at The Jane NYC

JetSetCD — 2009-02-17T10:56:53-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/6193/Janeprotest.jpg" class="top"> Today, we really wish that we could have brought you some stunning pictures of Cynthia Rowley's fashion show being held inside of the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Jane+Hotel/local/923">The Jane</a>'s revamped ballroom, but being on the list doesn't mean anything if the show is overfilled, and so we ended up just kicking it with the protestors across the street. While the fashion types made the trek down from the Bryant Park tents to the far West Village for the show and queued up in the cold wind, a few Jane residents and their supporters held signs to draw attention to their position in the conversion of the property from SRO residency to hotel. In fact, a few of the signs were