HotelChatter - Tag: sean macpherson

New York: Jack Kerouac Would Approve This New Greenwich Village Hotel

ASchechter — 2011-09-12T13:00:01-05:00

In New York's Greenwich Village, right above Washington Square Park, there exists a building known as the Marlton House—formerly an SRO, it was converted in 1987 into dormitories for students at Parsons The New School for Design. And now, thanks to Sean MacPherson and Richard Born, it's becoming a hotel again.

What's interesting about the building is its history of attracting notable writers, artists and actors as guests—Jack Kerouac, Edna St. VIncent Milay, Maggie Smith and John Lithgow have all stayed here.

Hotelier of the Year: Nick Jones of Soho House Hotels

HotelChatter — 2010-12-31T12:46:38-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/454/nickjoneshotelier2010.jpg" class="top"> <img align="right" src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/454/hc_2010.jpg">It's what you've been waiting all year for--<a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/hotelchatter 2010 awards">The 2010 HotelChatter Awards</a>! We'll be bringing you the best and worst of the year all day today and part of tomorrow. Agree or disagree with our picks? Air your thoughts in <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2010/12/30/232540/99/hotels/Hotelier_of_the_Year_Nick_Jones_of_Soho_House_Hotels#comment-block">comments below</a>.In looking at our <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/hot hotelier news">hot hotelier coverage</a> from the past year, just three names consistently come up--<a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/andre balazs">Andre Balazs</a>, <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/ian schrager">Ian Schrager</a> and <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/steve wynn">Steve Wynn</a>, who is really a casino mogul than a hotelier. Where have all the hoteliers gone? Have bigger hotel brands finally pushed out the hip, cool, trendsetting, modelizing, jetsetting hotelier? That's what it seems like. Just looking at six new

New York: The Maritime's Merry Christmas Means Playing with Legos

JetSetCD — 2010-12-22T08:45:56-05:00

Happy Holidays from The Maritime from Maritime Hotel on Vimeo.

Have you covered your refrigerator or mantelpiece in Christmas cards sent by the friends and family yet? We haven't either, and do you know why? It's because everyone is going e-card this year, and a great example of how to do a mass virtual holiday greeting right is the above cute video, from hoteliers Eric Goode and Sean MacPherson and their Maritime Hotel. Also, it involved Legos, so you know nothing can be wrong with that.

New York: If You Stay At The Jane, Don't Expect to Have a Night in the Ballroom

juliab — 2010-09-01T16:06:30-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/21888/jane_hotel_ballroom.jpg" class="top"> Off limits come night time if youre a hotel guest As you may have gathered from our <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2010/8/31/12230/6628/hotels/What_s_Under_The_Bed_At_The_Jane_NYC_Or_A_Lesson_In_Hotel_Hell_">review yesterday</a>, we didnt exactly dig our stay at <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Jane+Hotel/local/923">The Jane</a> NYC. But what we lacked as regards a clean room and a pleasant environment, we told ourselves, we were gaining in street cred, as staying there would surely get us entry into the fabled Ballroom, which <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2010/5/4/113929/7029/hotels/The_Jane_Ballroom_Is_Back_Open_This_Time_Small_and_Friendly_">reopened in May</a>. What were we thinking? Of course theyre not going to let plebs who pay $89 for a room into One Of The Most Exclusive Spaces In Manhattan. We would ruin the hipster vibe if we dared enter, smelling of The Jane. We got in around midnight on

New York: The Jane Ballroom Is Back Open, This Time 'Small and Friendly'

MsRebecca — 2010-05-04T11:45:32-05:00

Forget the Costume Institute Met Ball, last night there was big news in hotel nightlife land. Those rumors were right—The Jane Hotel's Ballroom quietly reopened its well-guarded doors yesterday.

But unlike last fall when its late-night carousing prompted neighbors to complain, the new Jane Ballroom is "gentle", according to the folks at Eater NY, who were in the house to see what's changed ...