http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2010-03-18T15:02:37Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/tri-pack%20hotel http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/7/24/91738/6689 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/6929/tri_packfacade1.jpg" class="top"> <p>As you know (er, if nothing else, then from <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/7/14/145530/144/hotels/What_Do_You_Think_of_the_New_Holiday_Inn_Commercials_">the commercials</a>), <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/holiday inn hotels">Holiday Inn</a> has been going through a <i>major</i> relaunch. The logo is different, the linens are different &#151; and, quite frankly, the whole concept of the new Holiday Inns is a pretty far cry from the crappy-bedspreads and ugly-carpets of the past. <p>And today the budget brand announced that the makeover spree has officially hit 1000: the media is all a-twitter today because HI sent around a press release to announce the opening of the 39th Street Holiday Inn in NYC (they're calling it the Holiday Inn Times Square &#151; which, like, not quite), part of the Times Square Tri-Pack and a Jenna 2009-07-24T09:20:11-05:00 40.7563450 -73.993097 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/7/20/10940/9404 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/6929/tri_packfacade1.jpg" class="top"> <p>Ohhh wow. The <b><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Tri-Pack%20Hotel">Tri-Pack</a></b> is open. Hooray! <p>We got <a href="http://therealdeal.com/newyork/articles/sam-chang-to-sell-west-39th-street-three-pack-next-month-hersha-hospitality">The Real Deal</a> in our inbox yesterday with some wonderful news: <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/sam chang">Sam Chang</a>, the Manhattan budget-hotel guru himself, has finally lined up a buyer for the Tri-Pack &#151; something he'd been having a hard time doing, which (we assume) was partly to blame for the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/4/28/143710/448/hotels/We_Can_Stop_Stalking_the_Tri_Pack_For_a_While">opening delay</a> here. <p>Recall that the Tri-Pack (or so we've dubbed it) is a Hampton Inn, Candlewood Suites and a Holiday Inn Express on West 39th Street, near Times Square. The Hampton Inn actually opened on Tuesday of last week, followed by the Candlewood Suites on Friday. The Holiday Inn is opening its doors today. <p>Unfortunately, TRD says Jenna 2009-07-20T10:13:24-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/6/25/102955/888 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/Tri_Pak_Luxe2.jpg" class="top"><p> How could we forget that the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Tri-Pack%20Hotel">Tri-Pack hotel</a> in Times Square would have some competition. We got a press release today saying that the <b>Four Points Times Square</b> has opened. When we checked our archives to see what else we have written about this hotel, we found <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/2/18/13045/5372/hotels/The_Man_Behind_Manhattan_s_Newest_Hotels">this story</a> which focused largely on Gene Kauffman's Tri-Pack Hotel. <p>However, we also wrote that he was working on a similar packaged hotel at 40th street that would include "a Four Points by Sheraton, Fairfield Inn and Staybridge Suites, each more than 30 stories tall." For clarity's sake we'll call this new one <b>Tri-Pack BT</b> (Business Travelers.) The other Tri-Pack will have the more budget-y brands of Holiday juliana 2009-06-25T13:37:16-05:00 40.7565919 -73.992306 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/4/28/143710/448 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/6929/tripackfacade.jpg" class="top"> <p>We've had our eye on the Manhattan <b><A href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Tri-Pack%20Hotel">Tri-Pack hotel</a></b> for a while now, waiting rather impatiently for the budget hotel threesome &#151; a Hampton Inn, a Candlewood Suites and a Holiday Express in a single structure &#151; to open. Yes, we know it's just three budget hotel brands we've been to before &#151; but the building is so cool! And it's another hotel in New York &#151; no, <i>three</i> other hotels in New York. <p>But it's delayed. And an anonymous tipster answered our <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/4/27/155821/365/hotels/The_Great_Tri_Pack_Push_Back_of_2009">call for hot gossip</a> yesterday and sent us this: <blockquote><p>The real story is that [the developer] has a buyer trying to close who is unable to secure the necessary financing. He has Jenna 2009-04-28T14:48:11-05:00 40.7560810 -73.992958 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/4/27/155821/365 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/6929/tripackfacade.jpg" class="top"> <p>The <b><A href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Tri-Pack%20Hotel">Times Square Tri-Pack</a></b> hotel's opening has been pushed back. Insert sad trumpet sound effect here. <p>The lofty Gene Kaufman project on 39th Street in Manhattan &#151; a Holiday Inn Express, a Candlewood Suites and a Hampton Inn that share a single structure with separate lobbies and entrances &#151; was originally supposed to be opening, well, right around now. <P>Last we <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/3/12/9038/54268/hotels/Will_the_Times_Square_Tri_Pack_Open_as_a_Two_Pack_">stalked</a>, the <b>Holiday Inn Express</b> was <a href="http://www.ichotelsgroup.com/h/d/ex/1/en/hotel/nycws?rpb=rate&crUrl=/h/d/ex/1/en/rates/nycws&ias=y">taking bookings</a> starting June 1st, but now the site is not accepting rezzies until <b>August 2nd</b>. Meanwhile, the <a href="http://www.ichotelsgroup.com/h/d/cw/1/en/hotel/nyccw?rpb=rate&crUrl=/h/d/cw/1/en/rates/nyccw&ias=y"><b>Candlewood Suites</b> site</a> allows us to make rezzies for August 2nd and beyond &#151; pushed back from the July opening date we saw last. And finally, the <a Jenna 2009-04-27T16:06:35-05:00 40.7560810 -73.992958 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/