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Who Are the Five Best Newbies on the NYC Hotel Scene?
October 23, 2008 at 4:35 PM | 1 Comment
We came across BlackBook's picks for New York's Top Five Hotel Newcomers -- and, well, we got to thinking about what our own picks would be. See, we'd be totally down to agree 100% with BB's list if the headline were, say, the "Top Five Trendiest Hotels in NYC" or something along those lines.
But then again, we're hotel geeks seeing things from a different perspective and, of course, everyone's got their faves. Naturally, we had to speak up and give our own opinion.
After the jump, check out BB's list and, like the annoying kid in class who thinks she knows everything, we added our (extra-picky) insight. Be sure to let us know what you think, too.
Jason Pomeranc
Six Columbus Has A Full Page Print Ad, But Remains Eternally Unopened
April 23, 2007 at 11:11 AM | 0 Comments
Leafing through Black Book Magazine's 2007 travel issue, somewhere after the hot Rose McGowan piece, we saw something scary. No it wasn't another androgynous model in an American Apparel bathing suit, it was something far more shocking--a full page advertisement for Six Columbus.
The obvious question might be, why in the world is Six Columus, Jason Pomeranc's years delayed renovation of the West Park Hotel in Manhattan, advertising when there is still "no set date" for opening? That we can not tell you.
However, if your next question is, why on earth is Six Columbus, the hotel world's Chinese Democracy, buying ad space to display an ad with no hotel contact information, no hotel website information (unless you count "thompsonhotels.com"), and no real message, in one of the glossy monthlies? That we can answer.
No, it is not because Pomeranc is looking to create hotel hype for Six Columbus's long rumored impending opening, lord knows he gets enough of that from obsessed web publications. The answer is that Pomeranc and Black Book have a working relationship. One that involves the co-production of "Room 100"--an in-room magazine with Adrian Brody on the cover. We are sure part of the co-production deal involved some ad barter in Black Book. Which is all well and good, and we are thinking years ago, when Thompson did this deal they figured "Hey, by the time the May 2007 travel issue rolls around Six Columbus will surely be open." No such luck.
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Jason Pomeranc
Hot Hotelier News: Pomeranc World
September 6, 2006 at 9:24 AM | 1 Comment
Today we introduce a new feature called Hot Hotelier News where we keep you posted on the work, life and love interests of our favorite hoteliers. This week, we will do one a day. After that, we'll scale back to one or two a week if we can restrain ourselves. Enjoy.
Ah...Jason Pomeranc, where do we begin? We guess we'll start it off easy with some personal info then move on slowly and carefully to the breakdown of all his hotel projects.
As we clarified last month, Jason is no baby daddy to Ami Pomeranc but what we didn't know then is that Jason is the kid's uncle. (Jason's bro Michael is the real father.) So in case any of you were worried, there is an heir to the Thompson Hotel dynasty.
Onto 6 Columbus. When Jason's Thompson Hotel Group agreed to take over the management of the former West Park Hotel, the plan was to give the place a new name and a new look. But when design differences arose as to how the place should look, the hotel was gutted and a full-on renovation was ordered. According to the Thompon Hotel group spokesperson Marissa Cortes, the hotel would have opened earlier but then there was a "problem with the city" concerning construction that lasted for a year. Now, she says, things are back on track with construction almost completed and the Thompson group still hoping for a Fall 2006 opening.
That sounds promising but when it comes to 6 Columbus, we are in a "once bitten, twice shy" kind of mentality. We'll believe it when we can make a reservation.
More on Pomeranc World post-click.
