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 2012-02-14T22:11:43Z HotelChatter HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Simon%20van%20Kempen New York: Simon Van Kempen is Working From The Hotel Chandler Today (Maybe) http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2010/3/16/11952/0964 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/simonandalexrhonyc.jpg" class="top"> So says his <a href="http://twitter.com/SimonvanKempen">Twitter</a> stream. Even if <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2010/3/12/10740/6232/hotels/Is_Simon_Van_Kempen_Still_the_General_Manager_of_the_Hotel_Chandler_#comment-block">no one cares</a> whether or not "Real Househusband" <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/simon van kempen">Simon Van Kempen</a> works at the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Hotel+Chandler/ian/197983">Hotel Chandler</a>, we're still committed to finding some evidence that he really does work at the hotel and that it's not a <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/8/29/141317/345/hotels/Tori_and_Dean_Inn_Love_Addressing_the_Ownership_Rumors">Tori Spelling</a> sort of sham.The online evidence is slim but it's there. In fact, Simon even <a href="http://twitter.com/SimonvanKempen/status/10719584796">tweeted</a> about "work" today saying: <blockquote>Heading off to work where #Realhousewives is banished for the day while the real work happens.</blockquote>We're hoping work is his work as General Manager at the hotel but it could always mean work on his book promotion or his house renovation out in Brooklyn. Yet juliana 2010-03-19T14:25:25-05:00 40.7459710 -73.985232 New York: Is Simon Van Kempen Still the General Manager of the Hotel Chandler? http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2010/3/12/10740/6232 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/simonvankempenbook.jpg" class="top"> He's on Real Housewives of NYC, he's on <a href="http://twitter.com/SimonvanKempen">Twitter</a>, he has a new book coming out about kids in the city that he co-wrote with his wife but is <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/simon van kempen">Simon Van Kempen</a> still working at <a href="">Hotel Chandler</a>? You know the Murray Hill hotel which people once thought he was the owner of but really, he was just the general manager? All signs point to no. Simon seems way to busy now with RHNYC and other activities to deal with any day-to-day hotel job. And in <a href="http://www.mccordvankempen.com/simon.php">his bio</a> on his <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/3/25/9134/95784/hotels/All_in_the_Family_Alex_McCord_and_Son_Model_for_Hotel_Chandler_s_Website_">notorious website</a>, the text mysteriously cuts off just after he gabs about his Australia hotel career. Of course, maybe we shouldn't juliana 2010-03-12T10:20:37-05:00 40.7459710 -73.985232 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 Search HotelChatter Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/