Gay Hotels are the best, and we really mean this. We're referencing the hip new chain of gay-focused hotels specifically, and that's Axel Hotels. With free WiFi, a smoothie bar and affordable rooms, it's no wonder that the Axel's few locations in Buenos Aires, Berlin and Barcelona get rave reviews from guests of all types.
And now Axel is ready to conquer their biggest city of all; according to Curbed NY, an Axel Hotel is due to open in New York in spring 2011 in the Hell's Kitchen area around West 42nd Street and 10th Avenue. Granted there will be a bit of partying going on, but not of the sort you would associate with the NYC gay scene of the 1990s; the Axel is more like the Hudson Hotel but likely with bigger rooms (and fewer gays—oh, snap!).
Let's play guess the room rate!
During a trip to Berlin in May of 2009, we stopped into the lobby of the Axel Hotel there, which occupies an enviable location. It was amazing; very modern and with an eye for detail, a hotel to rival the expensive, more hetero chains for sure. If we had to ballpark rates for the upcoming Axel Manhattan, we'd guess $199 a night, and that ain't bad. We'd sooner put our parents up in an Axel Hotel than a too cool to care boutique property anyway.
[Photo of the Axel Hotel in Berlin: HotelChatter]
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