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Hotel Construction Zones Are The New Hot Party Venue, In NYC At Least
Apparently there are not enough event spaces or hip hotel bars in New York City to appease the fashion flock, since the biggest party in town (for the trend-ites, it seems), was held in the under-construction core of the NoMad Hotel. If you remember, we went to the big Interview Magazine party last year in the under-construction core of The Standard Hotel, probably with some of the same attendees who showed at the NoMad.
There is this old saying: "two's a coincidence and three's a trend." Well, we've got two down with these parties; what hotel skeleton will be the next to hold a fashion party, thereby elevating this to a trend? Will songs by "Men at Work" be played? Now let's talk about the Nomad...
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Hilton New York Honored With a 'Green Street' Award. Really.
Swarming with smog, exhaust, and buzzing with the din of taxis in neutral, New York's Avenue of the Americas is hardly a location we think of as being environmentally-considerate. A work in progress, maybe, with a little cheerleading needed to nudge it in the right direction.
The "Green Street" Award was established by the Avenue of the Americas Association to inspire the thoroughfare's tenants to think eco and find new ways to close the loop. This year, the Hilton New York was honored, and not just because it hosted the ceremony in its Trianon Ballroom last week.
Innovative eco-hotels are normally found bourgeois bohemian neighborhoods like the West Village or SoHo, so when we caught wind of this news we were looking for certifiable proof of the Hilton's investment in going green. According to the Avenue's Association, proof came in the form of a futuristic, energy-saving PureCell system that uses electric power to power the hotel and heat water, which has accounted for 6% of the hotel's consumption since being installed. It is also three times more energy efficient than a normal electric grid and operates 24-hours per day.
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Get Tickled Pink By W's Generous 'Share Your Heart' Package
Magenta hues at the W Times Square
We've written about green hotel packages, but pink? The "Share Your Heart" promotion from New York's family of W Hotels proves that philanthropy and pleasure-seeking aren't mutually exclusive, and they've set out to give back to guests who want to do the same.
October, as you may well know, is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Perhaps you've already pitched in by collecting and sending in pink yogurt tops or attended a fundraising event, but you can also contribute by booking the "Share Your Heart" package at an NYC W location. Being uber femme-themed, it's perfect for girlfriends looking for a brief New York getaway in the fantasy-Manhattan vein of Sex and the City. We also see that the W San Francisco and W Hoboken have joined in on the charitable efforts, and we're tickled you-know-what color by their generosity.
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The NYT Digs the Knotty Vibe at Dartbrook Lodge
Whether or not you’re a regular on the Adirondack Mountains camp scene, you can probably surmise that luxury retreats are rare. Dartbrook Lodge, with seven suites designed by Jaw Haws and his partner Steve Pounian, is the exception. “Using a distinctly Adirondack vernacular — twiggy furniture, pine beams and American Indian prints — the cabins are at once rustic and hip,” says the New York Times.
Perched on seven acres of wildflowers in the High Peaks region of the Adirondacks, Dartbrook Lodge is in low-key Keene at the center of a network of hiking trails that lead to Mount Mercy, New York’s highest peak.
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New York Hotels Hang 'No Vacancy' Signs For Gadhafi And Ahmadinejad
Gadhafi, Gaddafi, al-Qaddafi...whichever name you want to call Mr. Moammar of Libya, none of them will be allowed to bunk down at Manhattan's swank Pierre Hotel during his time in NYC for United Nations functions. Apparently of all the luxury hotels in New York, Gadhafi and his retinue had set their sights on the luxe Upper East Side hotel on Central Park as his headquarters in New York, but after complaints from current guests (paying four figures a night, so they should have such a say), the hotel turned him away.
Now it looks as though Gadhafi will have to crash at the Libyan Mission; no luxury hotel and room service for this dictator.
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Sweating It Out on the Empire Hotel City Running Tour
Last week we told you about the Empire Hotel introducing City Running Tours, and this week we actually tied on a pair of sneakers and tagged along on one.
We were a little nervous about not being fit enough to run the 5-mile route through Central Park and the Upper West Side, however, as they promise on their website, the City Running Tours team are laidback and accommodating. Not crazy, wired, running freaks at all! After signing our waiver form in the lobby of the busy Empire Hotel (it was the eve of Fashion Week), we set off with our guide. It was 7 p.m. so the streets around the hotel were pretty busy with people leaving work and others heading to dinner, so we walked to the Columbus Circle entrance of Central Park, where we did our stretches. And away we went.
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The Top Three New York Fashion Week Hotels
New York City better get down on its knees and thank the hospitality gods for its good fortune this season. Although it's been a year full of recession talk and an accompanying slide in room occupancy, the first cool breezes of autumn are blowing in the city's favor, with both Fashion Week and the US Open rallying for the city's tourism industry.
Over at our brother site, Jaunted, we've already rounded up the Top Three Hot Spots To Avoid During Fashion Week, and the movers and shakers of the international fashion industry have to sleep somewhere in between runway shows and parties. Thus, we'll let you in on the Top Three Hotels For Fashion Week:
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Hot Restaurants Also Opening in Hot NYC Hotels This Fall
The fashionistas are here! It’s official: New York Fashion Week has begun. And, frankly, the sight of all those models and rack-thin fashion editors makes us hungry. So to console ourselves, we compiled this nifty little list of upcoming hotel nosh spots that we’re already salivating over. Consider it the perfect culinary companion to our “September Issue” list of 10 Hot New York City Hotel Openings.
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Rachel Zoe Thinks Thompson LES Is 'Kind of Awesome'
Rachel Zoe, stylist to celebs like Anne Hathaway and Cameron Diaz and star of Bravo's The Rachel Zoe Project, set up camp at the Thompson LES Hotel in New York for Fashion Week.
But the super-skinny stylista didn't have time to swim in the Andy Warhol-bottomed pool. Team Zoe was too busy averting fashion disasters like nip slips and ugly taffeta trains in the Thompson Loft, the penthouse suite on the 18th and 19th floors of the hotel. "This is kind of awesome," Zoe said as she looked around the duplex. She and her hubby, Rodger, admired the exposed concrete ceilings and columns.
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Moammar Takes Manhattan: Top 3 NYC Hotels Picks For A Picky Dictator
Right now is the time to thank God, Mohammed and Buddha that you are not Moammar al-Qaddafi's travel coordinator, as the Libyan dictator is due in New York City to address the United Nations this September and must stay in a luxurious, secure hotel. Sounds easy, right? Wrong: Qaddafi refuses to ride in elevators, and what 5-star hotel do you know with suites on the first floor and good proximity to the General Assembly building in Midtown East?
Gosh that sounds like such a little kid issue for a North African military dictator to have, but still; dude can't stay in a tent on the ground of the Libyan Government's place in Englewood, NJ, as he had hoped. NYC's selection of hotels is his only option.
So what Manhattan hotel will Qaddafi possibly make his home away from tent? We've rounded up a few possiblities ...
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Reliving the '90s Just Got More Affordable at the Royalton
It’s almost time to give summer the big kiss-off. Wanna party like it’s 1995? Well, you’re in luck: The Morgan Group’s Royalton Hotel in New York is running an “End of Summer” promotion for New York residents, starting at just $199 a night.
Sure, the hotel’s 2007 makeover was met with lackluster reviews from the New York Times not to mention original Morgans gurus Ian Schrager and Phillipe Starck, but is it really the Royalton’s fault that it launched an endless parade of copycat boutique hotels all jostling to be the spot du jour for Manhattan’s it boys and girls?
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The Surrey Hotel Will Cater to Cartier Lovers and Other Luxury Enthusiasts
Um....Is that Kate Moss?
Recession, Schm-cession. While some are in conservation and simplification mode, others, like the soon-to-be-opened Surrey hotel refuse to put luxury on the back burner. In fact, it happens to be at the forefront of the design plan for the Upper East Side-located property. Set to open on October 1st, The Surrey will have 190 "salons" (we're pretty sure that's a fancy way of saying "hotel rooms"), with 30 suites, a Presidential suite and a Penthouse.
The design nods to the 1920s and incorporates more than a few highfalutin touches: gray marble floors, French limestone walls and archways, and the kicker, a Jimmie Martin-designed "Cartier Closet." It's exactly what it sounds like: a custom armoire filled with Cartier goods that will serve as the hotel's retail space.
The designer name march continues in the "salons," with requisite LCD TVs and iPod docking stations, Duxiana beds, Pratesi robes, Sferra bedding, and more. It's like Fifth Avenue landed in your room, er, salon.
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