HotelChatter - Tag: thompson hotels

Los Angeles: The Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel Gets Jazzed About Brunch

EricRosen — 2009-11-20T15:04:30-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/DAK0TAJazzBrunchAD.jpg" class="top"> The <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Hollywood+Roosevelt+Hotel/local/11">Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel</a> has a long and checkered history that well pre-dates todays celebrity tantrums and Super Sweet 16 parties. As a way of hearkening back to that golden-hued heyday, the hotel has started offering a new Jazz Brunch on Sundays from 11:00am-3:00pm. Since the special brunch starts at $18 per person, its actually a pretty good deal, especially for a Thompson Hotel, and especially considering that overnight parking will run you around $30, and the standard rate for a stay at the hotel starts at $225 a night.If youre anything like us, youre naturally dubious about any meal that is accompanied by live music. What is this, the shoe department of Nordstroms? But we

Toronto: Thompson Hotel Toronto To Open (Like a Lion?) in March

juliana — 2009-11-10T16:21:20-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/thomptoronto1.jpg" class="top"> While <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/thompson hotels">Thompson Hotels</a> is busying itself with "Thompsonizing" <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/11/4/113358/015/hotels/On_December_1st_The_Hotel_Sax_Chicago_Will_Be_Thompsonized">The Hotel Sax</a> in Chicago, they shan't forget about our neighbors to the North. When we last checked in with <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Thompson+Hotel+Toronto/local/877">Thompson Toronto</a>, it was June and they were hinting at a 2010 opening. Judging from Thompson's past hotel opening delays we figured Summer 2010 would be a kind estimate. But Thompson co-owner <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/stephen brandman">Stephen Brandman</a> has told us they are looking at March 2010 and they seem very confident in that date. Now, the old adage says "March comes in like a lion but goes out like a lamb" yet we say that with the Thompson's penchant for soft-openings, TT will come in like

Chicago: On December 1st, The Hotel Sax Chicago Will Be Thompsonized

juliana — 2009-11-04T13:10:52-05:00

Room 1433 at Hotel Sax Chicago.

We received a couple of tips lately that there was something brewing with Thompson Hotels and usually when more than one tip comes in, we know something's up. But today we have confirmation that indeed The Hotel Sax in Chicago, best known for its RockBand studio and where we recently shacked up the other week, is turning into a Thompson Hotel.

The conversion will officially happen on December 1st and while the hotel was recently renovated a few years ago, we fully expect the place to get "Thompsonized."

New York: Rachel Zoe Switches Her New York Hotel Loyalty

JetSetCD — 2009-09-30T16:03:51-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/6193/RZoeStandard.jpg" class="top"> Alright, we'll admit it: we are totally addicted to the Bravo Show The Rachel Zoe Project, which follows top Hollywood stylist Rachel Zoe through runway shows in New York, award show fittings in LA, and everywhere in between. In the first season, Rachel famously occupied the penthouse at the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/60+Thompson/local/15">60 Thompson</a> hotel in the Soho neighborhood of New York City. When the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Thompson+LES/local/31">Thompson LES</a> opened, we knew that it was only a matter of time before Rachel Zoe was calling it "bananas" and making it her new headquartersas she did in the second season during New York Fashion Week. Her husband Rodger her assistants Taylor and Brad all agreed that the view from the LES'

New York: Rachel Zoe Thinks Thompson LES Is 'Kind of Awesome'

Jennifer Kester — 2009-09-04T08:49:46-05:00

Rachel Zoe, stylist to celebs like Anne Hathaway and Cameron Diaz and star of Bravo's The Rachel Zoe Project, set up camp at the Thompson LES Hotel in New York for Fashion Week.

But the super-skinny stylista didn't have time to swim in the Andy Warhol-bottomed pool. Team Zoe was too busy averting fashion disasters like nip slips and ugly taffeta trains in the Thompson Loft, the penthouse suite on the 18th and 19th floors of the hotel. "This is kind of awesome," Zoe said as she looked around the duplex. She and her hubby, Rodger, admired the exposed concrete ceilings and columns.