HotelChatter - Tag: hotel openings

New York: Stay? Play? Eat? Chill? You Can Do It All At The Out NYC For Only $150 a Night

ASchechter — 2012-02-13T10:15:02-05:00

That's right, due to a special opening rate (which they've cleverly called the "Coming Out" special), the first guests who stay at The Out NYC will snag rooms starting at just $150/night. Not bad!

The 152-room "straight-friendly" hotel, which opens on March 1 (but who's counting?), has fallen into our good graces with these revised openings rates, which we originally reported would hover around $229/night. Instead, $150/night for a Superior King—that's right, we're not messing around with one of those sleep share dorm-style rooms, at least not until well after the opening—is waaay more to our liking.

Miami: Everything Takes a Bit Longer in Miami, Including the Opening of Element

MsRebecca — 2012-02-10T09:00:21-05:00

If there's one thing that Miami and hotel openings have in common it's that they both make you wait longer than you'd like. Especially when you need to get permits from City officials to open your doors.

Which is all to say: we're not surprised that Element Miami is still a few weeks away and not already open as we thought it might be by now.

The hotel's website is saying Opening February 16--but taking reservations from March 1. A rep for Element tells us it's safe to say it will be open in 'late February.' And the earliest night we could find a room is March 11, for $159 a night.

Atlantic City: Revel in Atlantic City Will Open Hotel Reservations on March 5

juliana — 2012-02-09T13:15:30-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/revelopeningapril2.jpg" class="top"> Gamblers and Jersey Shore lovers alike rejoice! <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Revel+Atlantic+City/local/4963">Revel</a>, the crazysexycool-looking casino-hotel complex on the boardwalk in Atlantic City, has just announced today that it will open up reservations for its 1,800 hotel rooms and suites starting March 5. The hotel will then soft-open on April 2 with the hotel fully functional and seven restaurants open. But come May 25 and Memorial Day Weekend, the unofficial start of summer for the Jersey Shore, all of Revel's restaurants, performance spaces, gaming, spa, nightlife and daylife will be open. And they sound freaking amazing, especially Revelry, located 61-feet above sea level and which will house restaurants, shops, nightclubs and a performance space for 700. Revel will also open a

Jamaica: In True Airport Fashion, Hilton JFK Makes Us Wait A Little Longer

ASchechter — 2012-02-09T09:45:02-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/61268/Jfk_airport_information.jpg" class="top">Though we thought we had the opening date of <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Hilton%20Hotels">Hilton</a>'s new <a href="http://www1.hilton.com/en_US/hi/hotel/NYCJFHF-Hilton-New-York-JFK-Airport-New-York/index.do">JFK hotel</a> pegged, it looks like we'll be waiting a little bit longer. The airport hotel's opening has now shifted back a month and a half from Feb 15 to March 30. Though tired and worn-out passengers still have their pick of beds (<a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Best%20Western%20Hotels">Best Western</a>, <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/DOubleTree%20Hotels">DoubleTree</a>, <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Hilton%20Garden%20Inn">Hilton Garden Inn</a> and <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Courtyard%20by%20Marriott">Courtyard by Marriott</a>, among others), we were excited for the opening of Hilton's glistening white block of 256 rooms, outfitted with a lounge and sports bar, 24-hour shuttle service, and pool. Not that we'll be waiting around, twiddling our thumbs until April. Unlike an airport, which pretty much holds you

Washington : Trump DC Will Open Across The Street From The White House

ASchechter — 2012-02-08T08:41:32-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/61268/OldPostOfficeWashington.JPG" class="top">It was announced this morning that, after much consideration, <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Trump%20Hotels">Trump</a> will be the one to revive DC's floundering architectural relic, the Old Post Office, by turning it into a 250-room hotel. According to the <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/capitalbusiness/trump-to-turn-old-post-office-into-luxury-hotel/2012/02/07/gIQAlS9gxQ_story.html">Washington Post</a>, quite a few investors and developers (including <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Hilton%20Hotels">Hilton</a>) had their eye on the building, which dates back to the 1890s. Though Trump and his daughter Ivanka have plans to do it up Trump-style (think wall mosaics, <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2012/1/3/94755/41185/hotels/Trump_Takes_Toronto_in_Typical_Trumponian_Technique">temperature-controlled</a> chocolate labs, <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2012/2/6/74135/25462/hotels/Inside_a_Room_at_Trump_Ocean_Club_in_Panama">Louis Vuitton-inspired</a> wine bars), the planfor now, at leastis actually to preserve the hotel's heritage. "I think the historic facade of the building will be the greatest signage of all," Ivanka told journalists yesterday. Because, as we all