Iceland Hotel Guide: Tim Leffel rounds up the Iceland hotel scene. It's actually pretty good timing since Iceland is going bankrupt and travel there is getting cheap.
Paris Hotel Scene: We've been sending back some stories from our time in Paris.
Hotel Opening Rates While many hotels are getting delayed, a few are still opening and with special introductory rates too.
When family comes to visit in New York, there are three governing factors in choosing a hotel:
· 1. They will constantly bring up price differences between New York and their hometown, so the hotel has to be running a deal. · 2. Walking more than four blocks is considered extraneous exercise; the hotel needs to be next to or on top of a subway station. · 3. If you don't take them to visit the World Trade Center site, you will be disowned.
More than fulfilling all three criteria, the Financial District's Millenium Hilton proved just right to satiate temperamental Midwesterners, especially since it boasts an indoor swimming pool.
With rates for the weekend a New York bargain at $220, they just had to deal with constantly facing the WTC construction. We however, donned our earplugs and enjoyed the new perspective.
Look out for our full review of the Millenium Hilton (and its restaurant) on Monday!
Everyone has been dropping in so many comments lately, it's hard to choose our favorite. Thanks to everyone who commented this week and of course, keep 'em coming!
According to some recently-filed court documents that Cityfile obtained and posted today, Jason Pomeranc and co. are entrenched in a legal battle with an unidentified hacker who obtained confidential Thompson Hotels emails.
From what we understand, the individual--whose IP address was traced back to Silicon Valley--gained access to "one or more" Thompson employees' email accounts, and then forwarded sensitive correspondence and documents to a Rocketmail account that was meant to impersonate the email address of a PR/Communications exec at Thompson.
When it first opened in 2000 under the aegis of then-boutique hotel boss Ian Schrager, The Shore Club in Miami was the place for sex in the city. Nothing was more in vogue than cocktails at SkyBar, dinner at Nobu and the kind of minimalist accommodations that could warrant an hourly rate.
Now though, with Schrager gone and the hotel just another bolt in the machine that is Morgans Hotel Group, The Shore Club is trying to give its rooms away with 25 percent off the best available rate, including a comped room upgrade, two drinks at the SkyBar and 25 percent off a spa treatment.
The deal is valid through Dec. 27, 2008, which really goes to show how, like a pop princess, these once stylin' digs has lost some of its cache with time.
We listed Brooklyn's Nu Hotel as one of the top five hotels in Brooklyn and ever since it opened, we have felt like it could be a place we wouldn't mind stashing our visiting parents, whether we lived in Manhattan or right around the corner.
Since our parents (or friends) haven't had a chance to check it out for themselves -- hammocks in the rooms and all -- we dropped into TripAdvisor to see what reviewers had to say.
Feedback was mostly positive -- a couple "teething problems," but nothing out of the ordinary for any recently-opened hotel. But what really jumped out to us were the number of reviewers who commented on the differences between Manhattan hotels and the Nu: Nu's rooms are apparently bigger, brighter and cheaper than their counterparts over the bridge.
You've got the campaign T-shirts, lapel pin, bumper sticker and the sign in your front yard, but have you downed an election cocktail at Atlantic City's Borgata Hotel?
Much like The Muse Hotel in New York City, The Borgata is offering up their own candidate-themed drinks at one of the casino-hotel's bars.
Now through November 4, belly up to the Gypsy Bar to cast your vote for one of three intoxicating candidates: Ciroc Obama (vodka, blue curacao, lime juice and sprite), McCainarita (tequila, grand marnier, lime and pomegrante juices) or Miss Independent (raspberry vodka, cointreau, cranberry and lime juices).
Playing by the real election's rules, this competition will be tallied and the winner announced after all votes are in on November 4, Election Day. Until then, the thirsty and restless can nailbite over updates on the Borgata's nightlife website.
Just remember- with one presidential debate left on October 15, you've still got to decide on where to drink through it, and this bipartisan deal at the Borgata sounds pretty promising.
Okay, we're not gonna lie: we were a little bit startled when we received word of the "One Way Ticket to Hell...oween" Package from Luxe Hotel Rodeo Drive. Cause why would you advertise a stay in your hotel as a one-way ticket to hell? Who do they think they are, the Hotel Pennsylvania? (Zing!)
But the more we thought about it, the more we could get behind the name: we've had our share of hellacious experiences on Rodeo Drive ourselves. Hell on the wallet, hell on the feet (we felt obligated to wear stilettos), hell on the boyfriend. Perhaps the hotel understands that.
Everyone has been dropping in so many comments lately, it's hard to choose our favorite. Thanks to everyone who commented this week and of course, keep 'em coming!
