HotelChatter - Tag: New York Hotels

New York: Hotel Construction Zones Are The New Hot Party Venue, In NYC At Least

JetSetCD — 2009-11-06T08:59:23-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/6193/HalloweenNomad.jpg" class="top"> Apparently there are not enough event spaces or hip hotel bars in New York City to appease the fashion flock, since the biggest party in town (for the trend-ites, it seems), was held in the under-construction core of the NoMad Hotel. If you remember, we went to the big Interview Magazine party last year in the under-construction core of <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/9/5/131138/7916/hotels/Party_Dispatch_Interview_Magazine_Party_at_The_Standard_NYC">The Standard Hotel</a>, probably with some of the same attendees who showed at the NoMad. There is this old saying: "two's a coincidence and three's a trend." Well, we've got two down with these parties; what hotel skeleton will be the next to hold a fashion party, thereby elevating this to a trend? Will songs by "Men

New York : Hilton New York Honored With a 'Green Street' Award. Really.

Heidi Atwal — 2009-10-28T15:54:18-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/32083/hiltonmidtown.jpg" class="top"> Swarming with smog, exhaust, and buzzing with the din of taxis in neutral, New York's Avenue of the Americas is hardly a location we think of as being environmentally-considerate. A work in progress, maybe, with a little cheerleading needed to nudge it in the right direction. The "Green Street" Award was established by the Avenue of the Americas Association to inspire the thoroughfare's tenants to think eco and find new ways to close the loop. This year, the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Hilton+New+York/local/299">Hilton New York</a> was honored, and not just because it hosted the ceremony in its Trianon Ballroom last week. Innovative eco-hotels are normally found bourgeois bohemian neighborhoods like the West Village or SoHo, so when we caught wind

New York: Get Tickled Pink By W's Generous 'Share Your Heart' Package

Heidi Atwal — 2009-10-09T14:02:57-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/32083/pinkroomw.jpg" class="top"> Magenta hues at the W Times Square We've written about green hotel packages, but pink? The "Share Your Heart" promotion from New York's family of <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/W%20Hotels">W Hotels</a> proves that philanthropy and pleasure-seeking aren't mutually exclusive, and they've set out to give back to guests who want to do the same. October, as you may well know, is <a href="http://www.nbcam.org/">Breast Cancer Awareness Month</a>. Perhaps you've already pitched in by collecting and sending in <a href="http://www.yoplait.com/slsl/">pink yogurt tops</a> or attended a fundraising event, but you can also contribute by booking the "Share Your Heart" package at an NYC W location. Being uber femme-themed, it's perfect for girlfriends looking for a brief New York getaway in the fantasy-Manhattan vein

Keene: The NYT Digs the Knotty Vibe at Dartbrook Lodge

KatieK — 2009-09-21T15:00:57-05:00

Whether or not you’re a regular on the Adirondack Mountains camp scene, you can probably surmise that luxury retreats are rare. Dartbrook Lodge, with seven suites designed by Jaw Haws and his partner Steve Pounian, is the exception. “Using a distinctly Adirondack vernacular — twiggy furniture, pine beams and American Indian prints — the cabins are at once rustic and hip,” says the New York Times.

Perched on seven acres of wildflowers in the High Peaks region of the Adirondacks, Dartbrook Lodge is in low-key Keene at the center of a network of hiking trails that lead to Mount Mercy, New York’s highest peak.

New York: New York Hotels Hang 'No Vacancy' Signs For Gadhafi And Ahmadinejad

JetSetCD — 2009-09-21T08:44:25-05:00

Gadhafi, Gaddafi, al-Qaddafi...whichever name you want to call Mr. Moammar of Libya, none of them will be allowed to bunk down at Manhattan's swank Pierre Hotel during his time in NYC for United Nations functions. Apparently of all the luxury hotels in New York, Gadhafi and his retinue had set their sights on the luxe Upper East Side hotel on Central Park as his headquarters in New York, but after complaints from current guests (paying four figures a night, so they should have such a say), the hotel turned him away.

Now it looks as though Gadhafi will have to crash at the Libyan Mission; no luxury hotel and room service for this dictator.