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Make Your Own Mondrian with Moooi Designs
During a recent stay at the Mondrian South Beach, we were quite taken with the “Sleeping Beauty’s Castle” concept of Dutch designer Marcel Wanders.
After looking back at some of our photos, we wondered if we might be able to recreate the look at home—or at least, parts of it. We’re not too keen on having one of these bug-eyed lady murals staring at us when we wake up every morning.
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Will the Mondrian SoHo Make Guests Check Their Clothes At The Door?
Hungry for details on all of the new hotels coming to Manhattan in the coming months, but operating on little intel, we are sometimes left to our imaginations. Like our musing about what the Mondrian SoHo will look like. So far, we’ve just seen this rendering, which doesn’t go far in helping us visualize what the hotel will look like in real-life.
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The Mondrian's $99 Deal Has Not Gone Smoothly
Deja vu anyone?
On Friday, we told you about the special $99 Rate at the Mondrian Hotel in West Hollywood in honor of the upcoming 9-9-09 date. We thought that was a great deal for the hotel which just recently renovated its rooms. But as we see all too often with these sort of rate gimmicks, one reader had trouble booking the deal. Berk411 writes:
So I called the Mondrian to book my $99 room rate for Sept. 1st and 2nd. I spoke to a reservations agent that had no idea what I was talking about. I explained that I wanted the 9-9-09 special rate and that the promotion code was SPM999.
She explained to me that she did not know what I was talking about because there was no such rate in the system. I started reading off the details of the promotion, so she put me on hold. After 15 minutes, she got back on the line after conferring with her supervisor and again explained that she did not have any rate that low in her system what so ever, had no idea what I was walking about, and offered me a $315 dollar a night room, which was their lowest available rate.
reluctantly, I booked it, even though I could have stayed at the Standard Hollywood, which is awesome by the way, for $170 a night. Who knows...maybe I should cancel my reservation and go hang at the Standard where they don't screw over their guests with riduculous rates....
When we saw this comment, we immediately contacted the PR rep who sent us the rate promotion and asked her what was up.
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LA's Mondrian Wants To See You In A Bikini At Their Pop-Up
Looks like the Mondrian West Hollywood has a little case of boutique envy, ever since their Miami sister the Mondrian South Beach got that baller vending machine back in March.
Looking to get in on the action of selling 24K gold handcuffs and $400 maribou feather vests, the Mondian LA has opened a pop-up shop just off of their lobby. It'll only be open though August 30, but until then the 300-square foot space will feature swimwear designer Shay Todd’s "perfect mix of rich, lush and romantic colors carried through bikinis, one-pieces, cover-ups, renowned terry cloth loungewear, and accessories, perfectly suited to the hotel’s fun, sexy summer vibe."
Although it's the LA hotel's first pop-up, we highly doubt it'll be the last. The Mondrian SoBe is successful with their vending machine, and so all we can say is "watch this space."
[Photo: Mondrian West Hollywood]
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Mondrian SoHo Renderings Strike Terror In the Hearts of Foodies
Earlier this week, the renderings for Mondrian SoHo's new restaurant — which is being headed up by former Top Chef hottie Sam Talbot — surfaced on Eater. And people hate them. The blog Dreamtard actually posted the renderings first, claiming that the "light fixtures on the walls are actually motorized arms that light up and move as somebody walks by them." Uh, ew.
Choice Eater comments: "This design asks a simple question: What if Tron were haunted?" and "oy, serious uglies." We'll hold back on the commentary, especially given the rendering-to-reality discrepancies that we hope (pray) will come into play to tone some of this down in real life.
The hotel itself, by the way, is a-rising: Curbed took some shots of the facade of the 25-story tower, and the rumored opening date of "later this year" is contradicted by the (typically more realistic) HVS Manhattan Market Overview — which is predicting an "early 2010" opening date for the 274-room Morgans property.
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The '150 Lafayette Hotel' Has a Very Familiar Logo
It's just another day in the fiercely competitive New York City Hotel World today. The Mondrian Soho is still rising on 150 Lafayette Street in New York and once completed in late 2009 or early 2010 (our money is on the latter date), the hotel will assume all the bells and whistles that belong to a Mondrian Hotel.
But until then, the hotel's developers, Sochin Downtown Realty, LLC, has a website devoted to the property with a very interesting logo. Can't quite place it? Let us help you here.
Yes, this looks strikingly similar to the Thompson Hotels logo except Thompson's logo is all one one line and has one less block. Thompson's flagship hotel 60 Thompson is still a good 10 blocks away from this upcoming hotel but we are sure they can't be too pleased with the hotel's pending arrival. And this logo similarities might just be the icing on the cake, huh?
Still, this doesn't bring us too much cause for concern. Once the Mondrian brand opens the hotel, the logo will probably cease to exist.
[Photo of the construction: Brooklyn Rider Rob]
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Morgans Ceases Cursing at the Recession and Lowers Room Rates
Ah, remember the days before the recession? Before swine flu swept the world, before Oprah was on Twitter and before Morgans Hotels were going for under $200? Those were the days.
And those days are gone. If you're planning to hit the West Coast, it seems Morgans Hotel Group has done a little bit less cursing at the recession and a bit more adjusting to it: they are majorly kicking back rates.
Right now, they've got special rates going at three of their properties: the chic Mondrian LA has rates starting at $295 (eh, you can do better in LA — but if you're dying to stay at the Mondrian you might as well go for it now). The Mondrian Scottsdale is down to $140 these days, and the Clift Hotel in San Francisco is starting at $205.
If you want to score these rates, booking is open directly through Morgans until June 30th — although, ahem, we happened to notice that you can score that Clift rate on Quikbook too — and you get a percentage of that knocked off, which comes out to $172 a night if you stay 3 nights. If you book directly with the hotel, though, you get two free cocktails at the hotel's bar, plus "up to a $100 hotel credit, and preferred reservations at Asia de Cuba."
To book, call (800) 606-6090 and mention promo code PKSTIM.
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Even the Vending Machines Are Kinky at the Mondrian South Beach
Is nothing sacred? Not for Morgans Hotel Group, who have just desecrated the almighty concept of a vending machine as well as their Marcel Wanders-designed Mondrian South Beach. Doing away with a hotel gift shop and brushing off Marcel for a moment, the Mondrian brought in Mari Balestrazzi to reinvent an automat, called Semi-Automatic, for peddling their goodies. It's a great idea except for the fact that it only accepts credit cards and contains nothing edible.
That said, we're completely seduced by its clean lines and bounty of Atari classics for Playstation, and we kind of want to rub against it and purr. Aside from Atari games, the automat contains various other earthly delights such as 24-karat gold handcuffs from Kiki de Montparnasse, rentals of a Rolls Royce Silver Shadow or 2000 Bentley Azure convertible, $28 anti-recession T-shirts and $400 marabou feather vests. Only in Miami, we say. Will this vending machine be popping up in any other Morgans Hotels? Probably not, but we do know it's next destination: our fantasies.
[Image via Morgans Hotel Group]
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Morgans Hotel Group Relaunches New (Gasp!) User-Friendly Website
As the economy gets worse, could it be that Hotel Websites are getting better? Yesterday, we heard music we actually liked on Vikram Chatwal Hotels website and today we peeked in at the newly relaunched Morgans Hotel Group website which has gone from minimalist cool layout with barely discernible text to a colorful, splashy and dare we say, informative and interactive design?
Indeed, the front page is happy and welcoming and actually says a lot more about the hotel's commitment to art and design (including its own interior designers like Marcel Wanders) rather than just putting forth snoozy listing of its hotels and their amenities.
And because this is the company that also brought us the "Recess Is On" promotion, current deals and offers are also promoted on the front page like the Stay Big packages, available in different cities.
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The "Moandrian" South Beach Thrills Its Guests
A TripAdvisor reviewer just nicknamed the Mondrian South Beach one of the best nicknames yet, The Moandrian. We decided to skip over to the massive review-posting site to see what folks were saying about this just-opened hotel and so far, the reviews are pretty good. From the "Moandrian" thinker:
Was just at the Mondrian for 3 nights of art basel. our host, The NYC2LA Group had set us up with a bay front view room and it was absolutely magical, the balcony was really fantastic. Anytime you are over looking any kind of water its just great. It was slightly annoying that the hotel is not on the "hip" side of town, but they did service us in escalades and range rovers wooop wooop. over all good experience - the staff will hopefully be getting smarter as their english is more like spanish...I will be back!
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Three Hot Hotels Still Opening This Month in Miami
Today was supposed to be a day of reckoning--hotel opening-style--in Miami but it's been kind of a bust so far. Here's an update on three hotels set to open this month in Miami--two of which were to open today.
1. MONDRIAN SOUTH BEACH:
The word on the street is that the hotel is officially open today. The hotel is also hosting a party on Wednesday for its designer Marcel Wanders and will be hosting more events later in the week as Art Basel reaches its art collecting and partying peak.
Yet we were still unable to make reservations online. And when we called the phone number for the hotel listed on the website early today, we got a recorded message. It was not from the front desk. Plus, over the weekend we got a message from this tipster:
When I called Morgan's Hotel Group reservations I was told the Mondrian is not available for Art Basel, but the Delano is. I took that to mean the Mondrian was completely booked, but instead maybe the hotel doesn't want to book all the rooms. I know complementary rooms were given away, so maybe it's a soft opening.
Hmmm...We think it's safe to conclude the Mondrian is definitely open. But for regular guests to make bookings, we say give it another week after the Art Basel hub-bub dies down.
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Celeb Roundup: Britney Bitches, Winona Loses Bling
Your favorite celebs have been making news in and out of various hotels this holiday weekend, so we've rounded up the highlights for you right here.
It's Britney, Bitch(ing)
In case you missed it, Britney Spears' epic MTV Documentary (yes, we realize that is an oxymoron), "On the Record," aired last night. While we were not physically able to reach into the screen and scoop out Britney to take her home and soothe her crying, we were able to notice that parts of the documentary were filmed at the Mondrian LA. Lots of teary gazing out the window went down; not a whole lot else.
Later on, we spotted her seeking refuge from the paps at Soho Grand after a New York shopping experience turned into a bit of a mob scene.
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