http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2012-02-14T11:03:50Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/richard%20born http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/12/7/9348/74428 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/standardnyc_november.jpg" class="imgborder"><p>We've commented before on the outrageous hotel prices in New York City and noted that this market saw the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/12/4/101731/983/hotels/U_S_Cities_with_the_Worst_Hotel_Rate_Inflation">biggest increase in rates</a> over the past year. That kind of revenue opportunity makes real estate developers salivate, so <b><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/11/26/141441/62/hotels/Introducing_The_Thompson_Hotels_Map">Thompson Hotels</a></b> and others have been on a building spree this year. <p>The hotel industry is known for getting caught up in booms and busts though, so this <i>New York Sun</i> article strikes a cautionary tone: <a href="http://www.nysun.com/article/67165">Amid Boom, a Fear of Glut in Hotels</a>. <p>There's nothing close to a glut right now, of course. "Many hotels in Manhattan will exceed 90% occupancy for the year, and some are likely to exceed 95% occupancy." But when 20, 30, Tim L. 2007-12-07T12:46:33-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/6/22/111449/047 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/marmont_east.jpg" class="imgborder"/><p>The earth-shattering news that the long-time manager of the legendary old-school hotel/residence/bohemian artist camp <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Hotel+Chelsea/local/32"><b>The Chelsea Hotel</b></a> was being kicked out for a slick hotel management company is still producing aftershocks.<p>The biggest one comes today courtesy of <a href="http://www.nypost.com/seven/06222007/gossip/pagesix/marmont_east__pagesix_.htm">Page Six</a> who says <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Andre%20Balazs">Andre Balazs</a> may have some plans up his sleeve to turn the hotel into a Chateau Marmont East as he stopped in for a look-see.<blockquote><p>We hear Balazs, with his knack for historical preservation, will have a role in running and restoring the place. Now all he has to do is figure out how to entice people who have long lived there for little to no rent to vacate.</blockquote></p><p>Naturally, this has the devoted residents of juliana 2007-06-22T12:19:38-05:00 40.744607 -73.996857 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/6/19/95717/4044 <![CDATA[<p><img align="right" src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/Born_Drukier.jpg" class="imgborder"/><p>The NY Post has the scoop today on the new management for the legendary <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Hotel+Chelsea/local/32"><b>The Chelsea Hotel</b></a>. The Post reports that Richard Born and Ira Drukier, "of Mercer Hotel fame," will be doing some revamping of the bohemian outpost. Now, when we think of the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Mercer%20Hotel%20Reviews">Mercer Hotel</a> we think of Andre Balazs but Born and Drukier were his silent partners in the hotel.<p>Born and Drukier (B&amp;D) are the guys behind a lot of Manhattan hotels, notably the still-unopened <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Downtown%20Hotel">Downtown Hotel</a> by DeNiro and the Chambers Hotel. These developer/hoteliers were even featured in <a href="http://nymag.com/nymetro/realestate/urbandev/features/4026/">NY Mag</a> a few years back just as that hotel was about to open. The piece talks a bit of a juliana 2007-06-19T10:18:15-05:00 40.744607 -73.996857 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/