Tag: New York City Hotels
View All TagsThe Surrey Hotel / Relais & Chateaux Hotels / New York City Hotels / Hotel Spas / → All Tags
The Surrey Hotel Gets a New Spa
HotelChatter gets a little leery when established New York City hotel’s announce they’re opening a spa. We wonder if it’ll be some shoebox operation with a limited treatment menu and outrageous prices. Given that there are so many independent spas to choose from that do a great job, we’re approaching the buzz about the new Cornelia Spa at The Surrey Hotel with cautious, but hopeful optimism.
Hotel Gifts / Ace Hotels / Holiday Hotels / New York City Hotels / Manhattan Hotels / Hotel Shopping / → All Tags
Painfully Hip Holiday Gift Bundles for Ace Hotel Lovers
Hotel gift shops often offer a dire selection of wares: chintzy city memorabilia and chocolates of questionable quality, for instance, and maybe a plush monogrammed robe if you're lucky. There are exceptions of course, usually on the higher end of the spectrum (see: offerings from Ritz-Carlton properties and The Beverly Hills Hotel, for instance).
Ace properties, however, have done a stand up job in reversing the middling retail reputation of hotels. (Partnering with bourgeoise hipster boutique Opening Ceremony added some definite street cred). Currently offering a few Holiday Bundles, these pre-packaged and branded designer goods include a themed New York pack with an Ace New York x Pendleton plaid throw, Ace x Wings + Horns hooded bathrobe, and Ace Hotel Tee ($390.00).
Relive the whole hotel experience in your own bedroom! Minus the free Chromebooks and naked British TV stars.
Father's Day Hotels / Hotel Packages / New York City Hotels / Fort Lauderdale Hotels / Caribbean Hotels / Florida Hotels / New Hampshire Hotels / Omni Hotels / Hilton Hotels / → All Tags
Five Hotel Happenings for Father's Day
If you're panicking because Father's Day is this weekend and you still haven't picked up a gift for dad, there's still time to show him that you care. Whether you want to treat him to a cooking class—or not so subtly show him there's more to food than TV dinners—or send him flying down a zip line, these hotels offer the perfect gift for dear old dad.
Check out our top five list of Father's Day hotels after the jump.
Kimpton Hotels / New York City Hotels / Chelsea Hotels / → All Tags
How To Score The Room You Want At The Eventi Hotel
Our friend Virginia might have been wait listed at The Eventi but there is a way to get the room you want when there is availability.
Let's get this out of the way right up front, Eventi Hotel, Kimpton's giant ground up half condo half hotel tower is in no man's land as far as New York tourists are concerned. It isn't in Times Square, though you can walk there in no time, and it isn't in Union Square, though you can hoof it there just as fast. Eventi is technically in Chelsea, but if you are looking for a plethora of bars and restaurants right outside your window, you won't find it here.
However, Eventi has a courtyard, bar with a giant screen, and a take out place virtually built into the hotel. Don't like to be so agoraphobic? Ace Hotel New York is a block or two away and houses the tasty Breslin as well as a cool after work lobby bar..
Mother's Day Hotels / Hotel Brunch / Five Best / Chicago Hotels / Santa Monica Hotels / Dallas Hotels / San Diego Hotels / New York City Hotels / → All Tags
Five Tasty Spots for a Mother's Day Hotel Brunch
Mother's Day is this weekend and you need to get her something pronto. Instead of giving her another tchotchke she doesn't need or an impersonal gift card, go all out and treat her to a swanky hotel brunch. Let her feast on everything from eggs Benedict and pancakes to champagne.
Check out our top five spots for Mother's Day brunch.
Celebrity Scoop / Jersey Shore Hotels / New York City Hotels / → All Tags
Sammi Sweetheart Ditches Karma for the Hotel Gansevoort
Could it be that Sammi "Sweetheart" Giancola has finally gotten over Jersey Shore boyfriend Ronnie? The constantly yelling reality star was seen stepping out of the Hotel Gansevoort with another reality star, Kim Kardashian buddy Jonathan Cheban of The Spin Crowd.
There probably wasn't any hanky-panky going on there. After all, he's not her type—a big gorilla juicehead. We're guessing she's looking to employ the publicist to give her image a much-needed makeover, since she's known as one half of one of the most toxic couples on reality TV.
Fashion Week Hotels / Manhattan Hotels / New York City Hotels / → All Tags
Manhattan Hotels Are Channeling Fashion Week
Where you won't be staying this Fashion Week: The Mondrian Soho
New York Fashion Week starts today and more than a couple properties are offering catwalk-oriented events to lure big spending clothiers out of the Lincoln Center tents and into their lobbies.
Official sponsor W Hotels has a variety of events, with the headline show tonight, a Fall 2011 Global Glam collection commissioned by the brand's global fashion director to reflect the sensibilities of three new (or newish) properties around the world: W Taipei, W Austin and W Mexico City. The W Times Square is partnering with Gilt City for the launch of Kate Betts' new book "Everyday Icon: Michelle Obama and the Power of Style" on February 15. And don't forget about the cool sketch-up offer at the W Union Square we told you about, in which illustration students at achingly stylish design school Parsons will doodle you in your fineries for free.
Hotel Bars / Hotel Rooftops / Manhattan Hotels / New York City Hotels / → All Tags
Double the Snuggies! NYC Rooftop Bars Drink Through the Cold
Indoor-outdoor rooftop bar 230 Fifth, already rightly famous for its Snuggie offerings, is going even bigger this winter, just in time for a cold snap that has New Yorkers even more gripey than usual.
Set atop the former Victoria Hotel, the massive nightlife space is adding 50 new heaters and doubled the size of its Snuggie collection to more than 1,000, meaning the club now has enough fleece robes for every last guest. Also added this season is a new drink list which purportedly includes cocktails
which offer a moderate dose of that jolt popularized by the now-banned caffeine and alcohol infused energy drinks, such as Four Lokko.
Hotel Sex / Hotel Packages / Le Meridien Hotels / New York City Hotels / Manhattan Hotels / Love Hotels / → All Tags
Le Parker Meridien Offers A Four-Hour Quickie Package
You probably won't be watching Laurel and Hardy
It's the grossest hotel promo of the month—or so we hope! In a collab with Urban Daddy, Midtown Manhattan's Le Parker Meridien is offering an "afternoon tryst" package for adulterers, office Casanovas, and assorted other bros who don't find the idea of paying hourly rates for a hotel completely repellent. The details?
You’ll have access to a Park View room from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., where you’ll be free to indulge in whatever consensual indoor activities you desire. Or you can upgrade so your room includes champagne, strawberries with whipped cream and an on-demand adult film of your choice.
The room-only rate is $150, while the upgrade is $250. Which seems a lot for some bubbly and a skin flick.
Hotel Deals / Hotel Fitness / Hotel Workouts / Hotel Health / Manhattan Hotels / New York City Hotels / Fitness Hotels / → All Tags
Push Up to Push Down Your Room Rate At Affinia Dumont
Just the kind of place we fancy doing some push ups
There are two types of travelers: the ones who stick to routine while they’re away, hitting up the gym and eating the way they would at home, and the ones who let good intentions slide, fill up on burgers and hail a cab as exercise, because they’re on a jolly. Both, however, can benefit from a new deal that the fitness-freaky Affinia Dumont in New York is offering.
With the Push Up, Push Down Your Rate deal, you can save up to $40 on your stay by performing push ups at check in. Yes, push ups at check in. Remember to check out your modesty at the door.
The idea is simple: you book a room as normal, and, as you check in, staff will give you 30 seconds to perform as many push ups as you can (we’re not sure if there’ll be whistles and shouting, bootcamp style, but we’re crossing our fingers that there will). Each is worth a dollar, and they’ll accept a maximum of 40. The amount will then be deducted from your first night’s stay. Ta da! If you’re a lazy hotel guest, you can go and eat something greasy while feeling virtuous. If you’re an exerciser, it’ll act as a nice warm up.
Hotel Technology / Free Wifi / Manhattan Hotels / New York City Hotels / Hotel Amenities / → All Tags
Left Your Charger at Home? Hotel Giraffe Will Power You Up
Just in case you leave all four chargers at home
Much as we like to think of ourselves as seasoned travelers able to pack a bag and be out the door in half an hour, forgetting to pack something crucial happens rather more often than we’d like. And when it’s something we need – like a phone charger – it can make us stressed.
Which is why we’re pleased to hear that the Hotel Giraffe in New York – which we already approve of for its free WiFi policy - has bought a bunch of Powermats to rescue people in that predicament.
No more running down to front desk with crossed fingers that they’ve kept the charger someone left in room 503! If you discover you left yours at home, the concierge will (for free) lend you a Powermat. If you haven't used one before, it seems idiot-proof (which is good, considering it's meant for people who forget stuff). To use, you simply attach your phone to the receiver (that’s designed to fit all smartphones) and drop it on the mat to charge it. Voila.
Valentine's Day Hotels / New York City Hotels / Manhattan Hotels / W Hotels / Hotel Packages / → All Tags
New York's W Hotels Will Give You a Shot This Valentine's Day
Every Valentine's Day, we're inundated with crazy hotel packages that would require a Real Housewives-sized budget (and aren't all that inventive). So this week, we're taking a look at affordable, but fun deals that us regular folks would book.
The W Hotels in New York and Hoboken will give you lovesick sweeties a shot of lurve medicine for Valentine's Day.
Seriously—the New York hotels will offer a Love Sick package that includes a Max Brenner chocolate syringe. You'll also score goodies like Max Brenner massage oil, an in-room movie credit—romcoms only—breakfast in bed, a bottle of bubbly and late checkout.
