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1/30/2008 at 5:51 PM
Tags: Hotel News, Ali Larter, Heath Ledger, Chicago Hotels
We're feeling a little under the weather 'round here, but we couldn't let a couple more news bits slip by without mention. First and foremost: the Trump International Hotel and Tower in Chicago opened today. True, it's a seriously soft opening, with 125 of 339 rooms available, but you can finally stay there. (This after announcing delays late last year.)
In New York, Varsity Blues dessert goddess Ali Larter checked out the Godiva chocolate suite at the Bryant Park Hotel. And in the wilds of West Virginia, The Greenbrier missed out on recapturing that elusive fifth Mobil Star.
Oh, and Perez Hilton managed to make us feel even worse with Heath Ledger/Chateau Marmont speculation. Speaking of sick...
Related Stories:
· Trump Tower Hotel Opens to Guests [NBC5]
· The Greenbriar Unable to Recapture Fifth Star [AP, via CNN]
· Ali Larter at The Godiva Suite [ICYDK]
· Shocking Heath Ledger Drug Video [Perez Hilton]
[Photo: ICYDK]
by pbb
1/23/2008 at 4:27 PM
Tags: Celebrity Scoop, Jeff Klein, Heath Ledger, Hotel News
We were looking forward to reading hotelier Jeff Klein's blog posts at the NYT The Moment blog. But unfortunately his third post had to be about something so tragic--yesterday's passing of actor Heath Ledger at age 28.
Klein writes that Heath, then-girlfriend (wife?) Michelle Williams and their newborn daughter Matilda spent four months living at the Sunset Tower Hotel. Some tidbits that Klein shares about Heath as a hotel guest.
My dealings with Ledger began when his agent called me personally -- they often do -- to make a reservation. Ledger was shooting a movie and wanted to stay in the Sunset Tower for four months. It was one of my first celebrities at the hotel and I was insanely excited for so many reasons. He was hot hot hot and fresh off "Brokeback Mountain," which everyone was talking about. He was sure to get an Oscar and soon! So I couldn't believe he wanted to stay at my hotel....
Ledger and Michelle Williams, his wife at the time, took a suite with their baby and the nanny. And he soon revealed himself to be one of the kindest, sweetest guests we have ever had. He had absolutely no pretention, was very chic (in a sort of bohemian way) and was always a gentleman to all the employees here, including me....
Heath Ledger was an extremely talented actor, a devoted father, and a very kind giving man. He was also the perfect hotel guest and he will be very missed by us all at Sunset Tower.
You can read Jeff Klein's full post on Heath Ledger here. He gets into a bit of tiff in comments with people who accuse him, a gay man, of being a homophobe. Seriously. But you can sort that out for yourselves. Now, excuse us now while we cry in a corner for Heath.
[Photo: Jennifer S. Altman/LA Times]
Related Stories:
Remembering Heath Ledger [Jaunted]
Hotelier Jeff Klein 'Freakishly Obsessed' With Hotels
by juliana
1/22/2008 at 5:19 PM
Tags: W Hotels, Hotel Construction, Sneak Peeks, Atlanta Hotels, Rosewood Resorts, Kate Moss, Heath Ledger, Celebrity Scoop
The Atlanta blog, Around Midtown, has posted some pics of the conversion of the W Hotel Midtown from a Sheraton on their site and this is what the new W will look like. What's going on there? Well Around Midtown breaks it down:
Now construction is finally at the point where you can see some of their plans unfolding, which include painting the predominantly cream building a slate color, accented by a linear black effect up the building. The retaining walls at the ground level are being covered with a slate.
While anything is better than a fugly Sheraton, we have a feeling the folks in Hotlanta might get sick of W Hotels soon. Aside from this one and the current W Atlanta Perimeter, there are Ws set for downtown and BuckHead. Maybe they should just call it Watlanta. Ok, bad joke, we know.
In other news:
· The Crescent Hotel in Texas has officially been renamed the Rosewood Crescent Hotel.
· Luxury hotels in France might get extra tax to fund historic building restorations, making your expensive stay at the Four Seasons George V more expensive.
· If you are visting the Dorchester Hotel anytime soon, you can rest assured that Kate Moss did not have an orgy there...so she says.
· Not hotel related but totally important: RIP Heath Ledger
by juliana
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