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Everything's For Sale at The Gramercy Park Hotel

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  Site Where: 2 Lexington Ave [map], New York, NY, United States, 10010
January 19, 2012 at 9:44 AM | by | Comments (0)

Operation blips and woes aside, the Gramercy Park Hotel has a lot going for it.

The plush, dark rooms feel more like your rich, moody uncle's place than your typical hotel room and they are full of lovely little details, including the Allure magazine-editor-curated toiletries--a mix of best-of-the-best products rather than all items from the one brand.

And now, you can take a whole lot of the hotel home with you. For a price. You see, the rooms at GPH are designed for you to shop til you drop. Everything in the collage above—from the pretty tassels right down to the tray that the bathroom toiletries are sitting on—is for sale.

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The Dean Street Townhouse Wants You To Be A Dirty Stop Out

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  Site Where: 69-71 Dean St, London, United Kingdom, W1D 3SE
January 12, 2012 at 2:42 PM | by | Comment (1)

You know the drill. Drinks going well, you decide to get dinner, then more drinks… then all of a sudden it’s midnight on a school night and you have to go home. What a downer!

Ah, says the Dean Street Townhouse, but it doesn’t have to be. Because if that dinner happens to be in that restaurant, and you happen to order after 11pm (it’s open till midnight weekdays and 1am at the weekend, last orders 11.30 and 12 respectively), they’ll make you an offer you can’t refuse: stay on in a hotel room that night for just £50.*

The £50 is per room, not per person, and you could strike lucky – they’ll give you any category, including the top level ones, worth £410.

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3 Reasons To Snag A Room For Hotel Week

January 6, 2012 at 9:51 AM | by | Comments (2)

We don't know about you, but the post-holiday void has left us in need of a little diversion, so we're just going to play along with all this Hotel Week business—however much it feels like a bootleg version of New York's more established Restaurant Week. Here to bolster a select batch of NYC hotels through the dreaded January slow season, the nine-day promotion starts today.

And to help you get excited, here are a few tips on ways to get the best bang for your buck.

#1. By saving money on the room, you can relax (read: spend) a little more at the hotel restaurant. For example, Lexington Brass, the glazed brick-lined brasserie on the ground floor of Hyatt 48Lex, has made a point of luring guests with delicious comfort food items like buttermilk fried chicken, deviled eggs with caviar, and, of course, our favorite, the jelly-filled doughnut pancakes.

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High in the Sky, You'll Be Looking Fly at the Ritz-Carlton Hong Kong

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  Site Where: 1 Austin Road West, Hong Kong, China
January 5, 2012 at 3:00 PM | by | Comments (0)

We've already told you about the glorious bathrooms in the specialty suites at the Ritz-Carlton Hong Kong, the tallest hotel in the world. But down in the other guestrooms, the amenities are just as nice.

For instance, there are Asprey Purple Rain toiletries lining the bathtub and under the sink vanity is a dedicated toiletry drawer which features golden boxes of dental kits (2), a shaving kit, a hairbrush, an emery board, cotton pads, Q-tips, shower cap and mouthwash.

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Most Provocative OpenThread of 2011: Toiletry Dispensers—Eco-Friendly Or Unsanitary?

December 30, 2011 at 10:31 AM | by | Comments (3)

It's what you've been waiting all year for--The 2011 HotelChatter Awards! We'll be bringing you the best and worst of the year all day today and part of tomorrow. Agree or disagree with our picks? Air your thoughts in the comments below.

In August, we decided to resurrect an ever-popular topic of discussion—Toiletry Dispensers—and boy, were you guys full of ideas. This thread easily proved to be the most fruitful of the entire year, and why wouldn't it? What's a hotel bathroom without all its free soaps, gels, shampoos and creams?

But what we (and the hotels themselves) still haven't quite figured out is how to strike a balance between the eco-friendliness of dispensers and the luxury of individually packaged toiletries.

Many, many hotels—especially, smaller, more independent brands or sister brands—have gone over to the dark environmental side, installing dispensers in each and every shower (Aloft, Ace, Element, Viceroy and James, to name a few). As we see it, the conversation boils down to a question of sustainability: are hotels places to go and simply indulge, heedless of whatever environmental impact your stay might have? Or should we all be contributing to the evolution of greener, waste-efficient—and, of course, beautiful—hotels?

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The Soap Rocks At La Posada De Santa Fe

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  Site Where: 330 East Palace Ave, Santa Fe, NM, 87501
December 27, 2011 at 3:26 PM | by | Comments (2)

We've seen plenty of weird and wonderful hotel soaps in our time, but nothing quite as cool as this: the rock soap that greeted us as we checked into La Posada De Santa Fe Resort last night.

There was a normal, pebble-shaped soap in the soap dish - so far, so normal - but then on the shelf by the basin we spied this lump of rock. Was it a pumice stone to grate your feet? An ornament? A random piece of rock? No, it was indeed a bar of soap shaped like a rock.

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Is This The Most Generous Collection Of Hotel Toiletries You've Ever Seen?

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  Site Where: Babington, Frome, Somerset, United Kingdom, BA11 3RW
December 16, 2011 at 1:41 PM | by | Comments (2)

In a world of shrinking amenities (hello, slippers, we miss you) and toiletry bottles getting ever smaller, it’s a mammoth relief to rock up somewhere and find as many options for molly coddling in your hotel room as you have at home.

And at Babington House, the country outpost of Soho House, the selection is pretty incredible. With full-size bottles of the entire Cowshed range of toiletries, you'll be spending more time in the bathroom than the rest of the room!

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Would You Choose A Hotel Based On Toiletries?

December 1, 2011 at 10:20 AM | by | Comments (7)

Earlier this month, we learned about a new partnership between New York-based perfume house Le Labo and Fairmont Hotels—the biggest hotel undertaking Le Labo has ever attempted. We know how particular everyone can be about their hotel toiletries. Some like them sweet-smelling, some like them eco-friendly, and some don't bother with them at all.

But today, while reporting on the new Le Labo line at Fairmont, MSNBC happened to interview an individual who admitted he and his fiancee chose Boston's Liberty Hotel as the site of their wedding "in large part because they provide Molton Brown products in the rooms." Nevermind the actual, like...you know, beds.

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Fresh Dress and Smelling Like a Million Bucks, Thanks to Gilchrist & Soames

November 21, 2011 at 11:50 AM | by | Comments (0)

La di da di, we likes to party...with Fresh hotel toiletries.

In the years and years we've been chatting about which hotel toiletries we love (and dread) the most, the Fresh brand has consistently made our list of faves. But it's been a long time since we've opened the door to our hotel bathroom and seen Soy Shampoo or Pomegranate Conditioner from Fresh perched on the sink shelf. Yet that will soon change.

Fresh has just announced a new partnership with toiletry titans Gilchrist & Soames to bring their revamped Fresh Amenity Collection to more hotels and resorts. The amenity line includes the Soy Shampoo and Pomegranate Conditioner we covet so much along with Citron de Vigne soap, Citron de Vigne body and shower gel, Citron de Vigne body lotion, the Soy Face Cleanser and one of our fave lip balms ever, the Sugar Lip Treatment with SPF 15.

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At These Five Hotels, Every Day is a Tommy Bahama Kind of Day

November 17, 2011 at 1:18 PM | by | Comment (1)

To dispense or not to dispense? We're talking about hotel toiletry dispensers, that is. We (and a few of our readers) have said before that dispensers are cool so long as there are some good products in them. Fortunately, if you are visiting these hotels along the West Coast, you'll be encountering some good "tropical" stuff from Tommy Bahama.

The Acqua Hotel, Hotel FIVE, The Maxwell Hotel, University Inn, and Watertown Hotel have all added gallon dispensers of Tommy Bahama toiletries to their guestrooms in an effort to be eco-conscious. But Kurt Helmke, the general manager of the Acqua Hotel, outside of Marin in California, knew that not any old brand would work in the dispenser.

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At Holiday Inn Express, There's Free WiFi, Free Breakfast and Free Toiletries

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  Site Where: Northwood Park Santry, Dublin, Ireland
November 15, 2011 at 4:37 PM | by | Comments (2)

Normally when we think of the toiletry offerings at Holiday Inn Hotels, we think of soap, shampoo, lotion and if we're lucky conditioner. But at the Holiday Inn Express at the Dublin Airport, the hotel offers guests additional amenities like shaving cream, disposable razor, toothpaste, comb, toothbrush, cotton wool and even special stuff for the ladies.

This "Forgot Something" was snapped by HotelChatter Flickr contributor (UggBoy♥UggGirl) and we've found out that all Holiday Inn Express hotels now have the "Forgot Something" extra amenities program (and have been for a few years now.)

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Fairmont to Debut Sexy New Toiletries from Le Labo in December

November 11, 2011 at 1:24 PM | by | Comments (0)

There's been a lot of movement on the Hotel Toiletries front this year (Yes, we realize how geeky that sounds) but guests at Fairmont Hotels and Resorts are going to be smelling much sexier come December when Fairmont unveils their new toiletries from Le Labo, a New York-based fragrance line known for their handmade aromas and original custom scents.

Le Labo indeed put their creativity to good work here, creating a custom amenity line for Fairmont hotels which will be available in all 64 properties worldwide.

You may have seen Le Labo in boutique properties before (like Gramercy Park Hotel) and you certainly smelled them if you've stayed at a Le Meridien Hotel before (they did the hotel brand's signature LM01 scent) but this is the first time Le Labo has worked with such a big brand.

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