HotelChatter - Tag: Simon Van Kempen

HotelChatter - Tag: Simon Van Kempen http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2009-11-25T07:55:54Z HotelChatter HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Simon%20Van%20Kempen New York: The Chicago Sun-Times Goes Inside Simon Van Kempen's Hotel http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/4/29/85237/5344 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/6929/simonsuntimes.jpg" class="top"> Oh, goodness: an ambitious newspaper reporter has finally done it. The <a href="http://www.suntimes.com/lifestyles/travel/northamerica/1548640,CST-FTR-simon0429.article">Chicago Sun-Times </a>has gone into <A href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Hotel+Chandler/ian/197983">The Hotel Chandler</a>, the hotel managed by Real Housewives of New York City's real hubby <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Simon%20Van%20Kempen">Simon van Kempen</a>, and they've lived to tell the tale. The hotel has received curiously little press coverage and, frankly, we don't know too much about the place but the Sun-Times went where we were scared to: inside, on a guided tour with Simon himself, who says, "we have had guests who've refused to check out until they get my autograph or photograph. It doesn't happen every day, but it happens." Interesting. The purpose of the article, we assume, was to shed Jenna 2009-04-29T09:11:46-05:00 40.7459190 -73.985272 Simon Van Kempen Clears Up 'Ownership Status' On His Blog http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/3/27/17644/3716 <![CDATA[<img align="right" src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3/international_hotelchatter.jpg">· <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/comments/2009/3/25/9134/95784/2">Cmb</a> clarifies the whole brouhaha over <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Simon%20van%20Kempen">Simon Van Kempen's</a> "ownership" of the Hotel Chandler by reading his blog. Simon says:<blockquote>I remember at the time hoping that as it was so noisy that the microphones might have missed that line but alas the editors subtitle it for all to see. While I corrected that error later when speaking to Bruno it's now been broadcast across the land. I've worked with the owners of Hotel Chandler for going on 10 years first in a consultancy capacity and then in 2001 as the hotel's General Manager.</blockquote>· <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/comments/2009/3/26/101227/901/1">JetSetCD</a> coins a new term in reading about the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/3/26/101227/901/hotels/Ritz_Battery_Park_s_Bachelorette_Party_Doesn_t_Include_a_Stripper">Ritz Carlton Battery Park's</a> bachelorette package: <blockquote>So it's Bring-Your-Own-Stripper, huh? I juliana 2009-03-27T17:09:23-05:00 New York: All in the Family: Alex McCord and Son Model for Hotel Chandler's Website http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/3/25/9134/95784 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/6929/alexmccord.jpg" class="top"> Tee-hee. Last week, after watching yet another riveting episode of Bravo's Real Housewives of New York City, we were forced to do a bit of <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/3/18/101312/987/hotels/Who_Owns_Hotel_Chandler_Not_Simon_van_Kempen">detective work</a> to find out exactly what was going on with the ownership of the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Hotel+Chandler/ian/197983">Hotel Chandler </a>in NYC. See, despite what he may have implied on the show, the hotel did not, in fact, belong to real hubby <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Simon%20Van%20Kempen">Simon van Kempen</a> rather, he was simply the GM of the property. But! This week, we found out that he does seem to oversee the marketing for the hotel. A very astute tipster wrote in to call our attention to this: <blockquote> I was scouting aroung the pages of Jenna 2009-03-25T09:18:20-05:00 40.7459190 -73.985272 New York: Who Owns Hotel Chandler? Not Simon van Kempen http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/3/18/101312/987 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/6929/simonvksite.jpg" class="top"> Apparently, after Tuesday night's episode of Bravo's "Real Housewives of New York City" aired, some people have been <a href="http://gaysocialites.com/2009/03/simon_van_kempen_the_real_hous.html">claiming</a> that Alex's hubby <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Simon%20Van%20Kempen">Simon van Kempen</a> whom we know as the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/3/17/172552/750/hotels/_Housewives_Simon_Van_Kempen_Offers_Advice_on_Hotel_Careers">General Manager</a> of the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Hotel+Chandler/ian/197983">Hotel Chandler</a> in NYC allowed himself to be introduced by someone as the owner of the Chandler. Knowing a thing or two about, um, the vast differences between owning and operating a hotel, we raised an eyebrow...and then we went digging. Turns out: yeah, no. Simon does not, as we suspected, own the Hotel Chandler. He is the General Manager (and has been for quite some time), but the hotel belongs to a company called <a href="http://www.triumphhospitality.com/">Triumph Jenna 2009-03-18T10:31:50-05:00 40.7459190 -73.985272 'Housewives' Simon Van Kempen Offers Advice on Hotel Careers http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/3/17/172552/750 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/simonvksite.jpg" class="top">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.hotelchatter.com/tag/Simon%20Van%20Kempen">Remember Simon Van Kempen?</a>: He's one of the "Real Housewives of NYC's" hubby who also is the general manager of the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Hotel+Chandler/ian/197983">Hotel Chandler</a> in Murray Hill. On his <a href="http://www.mccordvankempen.com/simon.php">family's website</a> he has begun addressing his career as a hotel manager and offered this advice to anyone how wants to work in the biz:<blockquote> Since season 1 started airing Ive received many emails from students considering embarking on a similar career path and I can say that its an juliana 2009-03-17T17:28:23-05:00 Search HotelChatter Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/