http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2009-11-23T14:55:41Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Tribeca%20Film%20Festival%20Hotels http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/4/27/14326/7270 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/6193/CooperFilmParty.jpg" class="top"> <p>With the <b>Tribeca Film Festival</b> in town through May 3, the hip hotels of New York City are absolutely gushing with celebs drinking in the lounges, dining in the on-site restaurants, or simply partying it up on the rooftop. One such property reaping the love of thirsty starlets and film fans is surprisingly our new old friend, the <b><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Cooper+Square+Hotel/local/247">Cooper Square Hotel</a></b>. After hosting party after party on the penthouse veranda, including last night's Independent Filmmaker Project's 30-year Celebration, the Coop' can count <b>Katie Holmes</b> as a fan. <p>Although she arrived without hubby Tom and daughter Suri, Katie climbed to the top of the big white behemoth hotel, which is totally not in Tribeca, and lent her JetSetCD 2009-04-27T14:59:26-05:00 40.7277690 -73.990788 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/4/8/171030/7436 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/greenwich1.jpg" class="top"><p> Considering that <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Greenwich+Hotel/local/1047"><b>Greenwich Hotel</b></a> owner Bobby DeNiro is also the man behind the <b>Tribeca Film Festival</b>, we expected his hotel to be either sold-out or ridonkulously expensive, like the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/4/8/155935/1278/hotels/Only_Rich_Folk_Will_Be_Attending_the_Kentucky_Derby">Kentucky Derby hotels.</a><p>To our genuine surprise, we found rooms on April 22nd, the start of the film festival for a mere $475 a night via the hotel's website. That was for a 325-sq.ft. courtyard room, one of the starting room categories. The Greenwich Room (395-sq.ft.) was going for $525. Sure, these aren't recession-friendly prices but they aren't as jacked up as they could be. <p>Looking for an even cheaper stay at the start of the festival? Over on Quikbook.com, <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Smyth+Tribeca/local/870"><b>Smyth</b></a> was just a mere $177 juliana 2009-04-08T17:17:55-05:00 40.7197331 -74.010184 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/4/19/154113/215 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/whoteltribecafilm.png" class="imgborder"><p><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/W+NEW+YORK+UNION+SQUARE/local/177"><b>The W New York Union Square</b></a> may not be located in Tribeca but it's getting in on the Tribeca Film Festival with two <a href="http://whotels.destinations.starwoodhotels.com/W_NYC/tribecafilmfestival07">VIP show packages.</a><p> The first package is the for the <i><b>Live</b></i> movie, mocumentary directed by Bill Guttentag starring Eva Mendes as a network executive who "puts her career on the line to produce a reality show in which everyday people play a game of Russian Roulette with a loaded gun on live TV." The movie screens April 28th. <p>The second package is for the <i><b>Watching the Detectives</b></i>, directed by Paul Soter and starring Cillian Murphy as a "quirky cinephile who wishes his life were more like his favorite film noirs, and Lucy Liu, juliana 2007-04-19T15:45:49-05:00 40.736482 -73.988245 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/