HotelChatter - Tag: Ian Schrager

Hotel News Briefs :: So Much Drama in the GPH

juliana — 2008-07-08T17:05:13-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/wakiya_GPH_photo.jpg" class="imgborder">There's tons of hotel news flying around this week and we don't have time to give each and every story the love and attention it may deserve, so you will have to settle for some news briefs.·<a href="http://www.nysun.com/new-york/5-million-suit-filed-against-restaurant/81411/">Gramercy Park Hotel Gets Its First Lawsuit</a>: The GPH and others are being sued by a former worker at its Wakiya restaurant who claims she was assaulted by a co-worker and fired for speaking Spanish. [NY Sun]· <a href="http://www.pr-inside.com/wake-up-with-wolfgang-puck-estate-r692304.htm">Wolfgang Puck at a Doubletree Near You</a>: Wolfgang Puck and Doubletree Hotels have teamed up to offer you the celeb chef's Wolfgang Puck Estate Grown Coffee in every room. [PR-Inside]· <a href="http://www.denverpost.com/headlines/ci_9812073">Aloft Now Set for DIA</a>: Aloft Hotels will open up at Denver

Washington: Rejoice! The Edition DC Will Rise in 2009; Repent! It Won't Open Until 2012

AndrewC — 2008-06-20T13:58:00-05:00

<![CDATA[ <img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/8580/EditionWashingtonDC.gif" class="imgborder"> After hearing <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/2/10/231621/203/hotels/In_The_Name_Of_The_Father_Son_and_Edition_Hotel">rumor</a> after <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/3/31/163747/967/hotels/For_Unto_Us_An_Edition_Hotel_in_DC_is_Born_">rumor</a> that Ian Schrager's <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Edition%20Hotels">Edition</a> will rise in what was a former church in the Adams Morgan section of DC, the Washington DC Business Journal has <a href="http://washington.bizjournals.com/washington/stories/2008/06/23/story8.html">confirmed</a> it will really happen. But you just have to wait until 2012 for it's opening.DC's Advisory Neighborhood Commission has approved the plans from developers Brian Friedman (Friedman Capital) and Beztak Properties who are working with Marriott and Schrager to build this Edition. <blockquote> Friedman will present his concept for the First Church of Christ, Scientist, at Euclid and Champlain streets NW, to the Historic Preservation Review Board on June 26. The property is up for historic landmark designation later this

New York: Anne Hathaway Deals with Break-Up at the Gramercy Park Hotel

juliana — 2008-06-19T14:52:54-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/anneGPH.jpg" class="imgborder">Looks like <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Gramercy+Park+Hotel/local/4">Gramercy Park Hotel</a> is going to be The Heartbreak Hotel for a little while for actress Anne Hathaway. Page Six reports that Hathaway is shacking up in Ian's place while her ex, Raffaello Follieri gets a new rental in a Trump Tower. Reports say the two split because of all the shady stuff Follieri has been accused of such as misappropriating his charity funds and bouncing a $250,000 check.But all is not lost yet. The ex-couple are reportedly expected to dine at Cipriani. For now, we think Anne is in good hands. If anyone knows about financial trouble and the law, Anne needs to look no further than <a href="htt://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/ian%20schrager">Ian Schrager</a> himself who did time

Hoteliers Still Loving Their Boutique Hotels

juliana — 2008-06-03T09:20:20-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/schragergphnyt.jpg" class="imgborder"> <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/03/business/03boutique.html?_r=1&ref=business&oref=slogin">The NYT</a> has an article today on the boutique hotel business in which they interviewed several hotel execs and got them to sound off on why boutique hotels are so successful these days.Yes, it's 2008. No, you are not reading a post from 2004 that we mistakenly put up.There's not much of interest in the article except the paper managed to interview a few big hoteliers like <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/ian%20schrager">Ian Schrager</a> (who is ok with selling out to Marriott), <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/jason%20pomeranc">Jason Pomeranc</a> and Michael Achenbaum of the <a href="Http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/gansevoort%20hotel%20group">Gansevoort Hotel Group</a>, along with Thomas F. O'Toole, chief marketing officer for <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/hyatt%20hotels">Hyatt Hotels</a>.However we did like Achenbaum's description of what his hotels aim to do:<blockquote>I want guests

New York: Movie Hotels: Gramercy Park on the Big Screen

pbb — 2008-05-02T15:34:47-05:00

Reality shows about hotels definitely don't work, but we have a suspicion that at least one documentary film about a hotel will be good. "Hotel Gramercy Park" has been playing this week at the Tribeca Film Festival, and it has its final screening tonight.

Director Douglas Keeve went inside the downtown landmark as Ian Schrager prepared the hotel for its grand re-opening. Keeve gives previous owners, the Weissberg family, plenty of screen time, and he tells the story of why the hotel has such a prominent place in New York's history.

If you're not gonna make the screening tonight, Jaunted has some ideas for enjoying the hotel and the surrounding neighborhood, including its namesake private park.