Sooo, about Vikram Chatwal's Lamb's Club Hotel? You know, the Times Square property that's been in the works for like 10 years that was supposed to open a whole bunch of times but then finally we found something that promised an August '08 opening?

Ok. Said August opening is not going to happen, but reader "J" gave us a hot tip today: the hotel in question is now called The Chatwal. And according to its little spot on Leading Hotels of the World's site, it's slated for an early 2009 opening.

Oh, and hello -- check it out: we have a visual!

We'll keep you updated as we learn more. ]]> Jenna 2008-08-04T16:12:52-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/7/8/161956/3411 Hey, remember the Lamb's Club Hotel? You know, Vikram Chatwal's new Times Square project opening up next month? No? Allow us to refresh your memory:

Back in 1999, the New York Observer reported that Hampshire Hotels (the parent company of VCH) had announced plans to turn the historic Lamb's Club, the legendary Times' Square "theatrical social club" frequented by beloved figures like Fred Astaire and George Gershwin, into a hotel. Locals were sad.

Fast forward to 2006. The NY Post runs a similar story, this time specifically mentioning that "Hampshire Hotels announced plans to gut the building and construct a five-star, 99-room boutique hotel" to open in 2007. ]]> Jenna 2008-07-08T16:56:56-05:00 40.758520 -73.988828 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/4/28/23410/2569 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/dreammaritime.jpg" class="imgborder"><p>Is what you see above: A) another nautical building sticking off the back of the Maritime Hotel? &nbsp;B) a homeless shelter? Or is it C) <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/vikram%20chatwal"><b>Vikram Chatwal's</b></a> $70 million dollar chunk of the Meatpacking District?<p> As is only proper in the business of building New York hotels, ALL THREE crazy statements are very true. The property at 346 West 17th Street, formerly The Covenant House homeless shelter, was purchased by Vikram's father's company <b>Hampshire Hotels</b> late last year. <p>Looking like The Maritime in drydock, the <b>Downtown Dream</b> so far has a gutted interior, a fully painted mud-grey exterior and construction that appears to be moving right along...for now. <p>According to Vikram's company website, his Downtown Dream is JetSetCD 2008-04-29T14:00:01-05:00 40.742293 -74.003428 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/12/6/104841/628 <![CDATA[<p><img align="right" src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/vikstitches.png" class="imgborder">We didn't know that hotelier <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/vikram%20chatwal"><b>Vikram Chatwal</b></a> was friends with ex-Paris Hilton boy toy Stavros Niarchos but apparently he is. However, he may want to rethink hanging out with a kid ten years younger than him.<p>Page Six is reporting that Vik had to go to the hospital for some stitches:<blockquote><p>At the swimming pool of Chatwal's Half Moon House in Beverly Hills, the duo were playing with Chatwal's new Labrador. "They both fell in the water," said an onlooker. "Vikram ended up in an emergency room getting a dozen stitches in his head."</blockquote></p><p>Vik's rep made it sound like everything was all hunky dory when Vik returned home, telling Page Six that him and Stavros toasted each other juliana 2007-12-06T10:58:09-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/6/18/92519/5722 <![CDATA[<p><img align="right" src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/Midtown080.jpg" class="imgborder"/><p>Since getting married and having a baby last year, hotelier Vikram Chatwal has been keeping quiet &nbsp;lately. With the exception of <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Dream+Hotel+Bangkok/local/559"><b>Dream Bangkok</b></a>, we hardly heard anything from this playboy-turned-actor-turned hotelier.<p>That is, until now. <a href="http://nymag.com/daily/food/2007/06/chatwal_zakarian_and_the_lotus.html#gs-int">New York mag</a> reports that Vik will be opening two hotels in the next few years. The first, the <b>Lamb's Club</b> (pictured, right) will be another tourist draw in midtown at 44th Street, close to his Dream and Night hotels.<p>The Lamb's Club is scheduled for an August 2008 opening (way later than what <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2006/12/12/125811/51/hotels/2007_New_York_City_Hotel_Openings_Preview">we predicted</a>) and will feature an upscale restaurant from Lotus partners. A word about the restaurant from Lotus' David Rabin:<blockquote><p> "It's not going to be off-putting or juliana 2007-06-18T09:32:39-05:00 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/