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The Thompson Dudes Form 'Do Not Disturb' Restaurant Group

| May 1, 2009 at 11:35 AM | 0 Comments

Big news out of Thompson today. First up: remember how we reported on some cha-cha-cha changes at Cha inside the Donovan House, near and dear to our hearts because of a Hanson sighting and some delish sushi? We knew Todd English was out and Toronto chef Susur Lee was in (the same chef behind Shang at the Thompson LES), but we didn't know the name was changing too.

'Cha' is now 'Zentan', and "the menu will feature favorites from Shang in NYC and his restaurant, Lee in Toronto, as well as a selection of sushi, sashimi and Asian crudos." The new Zentan is set to open June 8, 2009, and until then, you can still snag sushi and small bites at the bar like we did.

Even bigger news: the dudes behind Thompson — Larry, Michael and Jason Pomeranc and Stephen Brandman — have gone and launched their own restaurant group.

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Thompson LES Hosts Madonna's "Filthy" Soiree

Go To The Hotel's Web Site Where: 190 Allen St. [map], New York, NY, United States, 10002

| October 15, 2008 at 10:57 AM | 1 Comment

How to get your new hotel on the map, even if it's still under construction -- the Thompson LES way: host a party for Madonna.

Fashion Week Daily reports the new Pomeranc spot was christened by the hot high heels of Madge on Monday night as the Thompson LES played host to the afterparty for Filth and Wisdom, Madonnas directorial debut.

Notable A-Listers in attendance: Jessica Alba and funny-named boyf, LiLo, Jeremy Piven, Lake Bell and Padma Lakshmi -- among many others.

We hear the fashion was all about Dolce & Gabbana, which is no surprise since Pomeranc's girl, Ali Wise, is the Director of Entertainment PR at D&G. Nicely done.

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Breaking News :: Thompson Hotels' Emails Get Hacked

| October 10, 2008 at 1:50 PM | 0 Comments

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.

But it gets worse.

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Todd English's Restaurant in Gild Hall is Seriously Bromantic

Go To The Hotel's Web Site Where: 15 Gold Street [map], New York, NY, United States, 10038

| October 2, 2008 at 10:20 AM | 3 Comments


Our dream team: Todd English and Jason Pomeranc.

GQ -- the dude magazine for dudely dudes -- went inside The Libertine Restaurant, Todd English's brand new outpost in NYC's Gild Hall, and found it to be the perfect spot for a lovely, unusual romantic bromantic dinner. Plus, the reporter saw dead people and himself some fried chicken.

Right then!

Apparently, the place has a men's room and not a ladies' room immediately accessible. Whatevs. But it seems he wasn't quite expecting something so...over-the-top and seriously Thompson-esque with the ambiance.

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In Which HotelChatter and Jason Pomeranc Finally Collide

| September 24, 2008 at 9:40 AM | 2 Comments

We never thought this day would come. After years of constantly blogging about Jason Pomeranc, his hotels, his crackberry and his social life, we finally got to meet the hotelier in person. And he was not happy.

"I am very passionate about what I do and I'm very serious about it too," he told us firmly.

Gulp. We were sitting in a booth at Thompson Beverly Hills' restaurant Bond Street with Jason and his publicist and we were regretting valeting our car. Parking on the street would have made for a much easier getaway.

Despite Jason's annoyance over our coverage of his social life and at the fact that Six Columbus is now a verb on Urban Dictionary, he was surprisingly chill with us when we started talking about his hotels.

Just back from Hawaii, he was already in the casual LA uniform often found on young, successful creative dudes--a worn-in white button down shirt with the sleeves rolled up, jeans and black John Varvatos converse sneakers. More proof that Jason is chill? He drinks iced green tea.

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Hotel News Briefs :: Gild Hall Toasts Libertine With Playful Spanks

| September 18, 2008 at 5:03 PM | 0 Comments

There's tons of hotel news flying around this week and we don't have time to give each and every story the love and attention it may deserve, so you will have to settle for some news briefs.

· Libertine at Gild Hall Opens, Spanks Guests: Gild Hall on Wall Street threw a party for its new Todd English restaurant, Libertine. "Top-hatted cocktail waitresses offered cigars and spankings." No word though on whether English and Jason Pomeranc (above) doled out some spanks too. [Men.Style.Com]

· Bill Marriott Live-"Blogs" Residence Inn OpeningResidence Inn opens in National Harbor and Bill is on hand to talk about Marriott's Diversity Ownership Initiative. [Marriott on the Move]

· Phone Sex Hotel Bill Runs Too High for Guest: Wacky but true: A German man spent 27 hours on the phone and couldn't pay the  €7,200 bill when he checked out. [Bild]

· New Hotel Opens in Steamboat Springs: The Highmark, located at base of Steamboat Resort gondola, is the resort area's first luxury all-suite hotel. [Official Site]

· Hotels Mag's Adam Kirby Survives the Wellington Hotel: Here's his review of the place which smelled like Vaporub and charged $9.99 for 24 hours of WiFi that he could access only after he received a code from the front desk. WTF? [Hotels]

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Thompson Hotels Says Puerto Rico, Suave...Maybe

Go To The Hotel's Web Site Where: Puerto Rico

| September 11, 2008 at 3:19 PM | 0 Comments

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Seoul is not enough for the insatiable Thompson Hotels group. The company might be headed for Puerto Rico. Hola!

We actually heard this rumor a few months back but didn't know what to make of it. Nor would anyone verify it for us. But in this recent T+L article on a day in the life of Jason Pomeranc, we learn Thompson has its sights set on San Juan.

Next stop; the Chelsea-based architecture and interior design firm Studio Gaia, to look at renderings of upcoming Thompson Hotels in Toronto, Seoul, and San Juan. Pomeranc pores over the details of his Canadian property---everything from the type of projector they'll put in the movie screening room to the atmosphere of a private, members-only club he's creating.

Bonus! Now we know a little bit more about what to expect inside Thompson Toronto as well. However, Thompson Hotels wouldn't confirm whether or not Puerto Rico was a possibility so we're still really nowhere on this location.

Also anyone dreaming of being a hotelier, should read this article and then start working hard at owning hotels. Jason's day at work sounds kinda amazing.

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HotelChatter Goes Inside the Thompson LES

Go To The Hotel's Web Site Where: 190 Allen St. [map], New York, NY, United States, 10002

| August 5, 2008 at 1:24 PM | 3 Comments


Well, we finally did it: we spent a night at the much-hyped, seriously-delayed, half-open Thompson LES.

We've been waiting on this hotel for so long that walking into the front doors to see lights on and people moving about the lobby felt like watching our child's first steps. If our child were a trendy Manhattan hotel fathered by a dude with the initials JP.

And even though the restaurant wasn't finished, the wireless Internet wasn't set up yet, the pool was still majorly under construction and a bit of an incident with the elevator left us walking down eight flights of stairs, we were very, very pleasantly surprised.

And now that we think about it, fantastic surprises were sort of the theme for our Thompson LES stay.

See, we booked a Standard Queen room online at a rate of $299, but when we arrived, the front-desker greeted us with the words no guest ever wants to hear: "Unfortunately, due to a full house tonight..." Crap. No! But then: "...we had to upgrade you to a King Studio Suite for the same rate." Oh. Yeah, okay. If you insist, dude.

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More Boutique Hotel Delays :: Atlantic City's Chelsea Hotel Not Quite There

Go To The Hotel's Web Site Where: 111 South Chelsea Ave [map], Atlantic City, NJ, United States, 08401

| July 31, 2008 at 4:21 PM | 0 Comments

Curtis Bashaw on the roof of The Chelsea

Right now we were expecting to be packed and ready to go to the opening party for The Chelsea tomorrow in Atlantic City, but unfortunately we have to sleep in our own beds instead.

While guests have been able to sleep at The Chelsea, they won't be able to use the pool or partake in the nightlife and Stephen Starr dining that The 5th Floor is set to offer. As for the spa, well that probably will not open until November. Thompson LES, you are not alone! The Chelsea AC is here for you.

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Inside ABH at Thompson Beverly Hills

Go To The Hotel's Web Site Where: 9360 Wilshire Blvd [map], Beverly Hills, CA, United States, 90212

| July 11, 2008 at 1:05 PM | 1 Comment

Yesterday we got an invite to check out the hotel guests-only rooftop pool and bar at Thompson Beverly Hills and since we've been waiting for this rooftop oasis since about February, we jumped at the chance to explore it.

ABH--"Above Beverly Hills"--officially opened in mid-June with a flashy party for Gucci attended by Rihanna. Since then, the rooftop--a joint partnership between Thompson Hotels and Bond Street Sushi--has been percolating with celeb guests like Britney Spears, Eva Longoria and David Beckham.

Rooftop pools have become a staple for Thompson Hotels. The A60 rooftop at 60 Thompson in Soho is a much sought-after venue for hotel guests and special card-carrying members. Donovan House in DC just opened their ADC rooftop over Memorial Weekend. And the upcoming Thompson LES and Thompson Toronto will feature rooftops areas as well.

So what's a Thompson rooftop like?

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Know Your Manhattan Hoteliers

| June 23, 2008 at 3:02 PM | 1 Comment

Ask and you shall receive. In a story the other week about the possible cold war thaw between feuding hoteliers Gregory Peck and Matt Moss (actually, that was just wishful thinking. The frenemy war rages on still), we asked for a copy of the Page Six magazine featuring some of NYC's hottest hoteliers.

And a kind soul sent us a copy!

In it, you see Jason Pomeranc (with ever-present arm candy/fashion publicist/girlfriend Ali Wise), Matt Moss and Greg Peck (totally did not pose together), scary Sean MacPherson and partner Eric Goode, the ever-dapper Andre Balazs, grunge hotelier Alex Calderwood of the Ace Hotel brand and chefs/restauaranteurs Todd English and Ken Friedman.

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Express Check-Out :: Thompson Hotels Definitely Not Into Hooters

| June 10, 2008 at 5:51 PM | 1 Comment

A travel blog called Travel Blog is reporting that Jason Pomeranc and co. was involved in the group that was set to buy Hooters Casino Hotel. As we reported this morning, that group failed to make a payment by June 6 and the entire deal went through.

However, we got a call from Stephen Brandman, a Thompson Hotels co-owner who adamantly insisted that Thompson Hotels and Jason Pomeranc were not involved at anytime with this project. Brandman counters:

We haven't looked at it. We haven't walked by it. We have nothing to do with that project.

Of course, that isn't to say that Thompson isn't looking to expand in Vegas anymore. The interest is still very much there. When and where, however, have yet to be determined.

Update 6/12/08: Turns out David Landsel of the New York Post was the original source of the "is/was associated with Jason Pomeranc's Thompson Hotels" claim we talk about above.