A tipster on the ground in the Meatpacking District snapped a few of these construction shots of the Standard NYC along with the following message:
It's gonna be some grand welcome - poor Gansevoort doesn't have a chance. Anyone with binoculars at Julian Schnabel's Palazzo Chupi will be able to witness quite a few strip shows (and more) on any given night once it opens. This will be one sexified hotel.
Our tipster also said that if you look closely underneath the highline, there are some "silvery arched windows", suggesting these may be a part of the lobby.
Mad love to our tipster for sending us these shots. But frankly, we're just bored of looking at construction shots. Open this place up Andre!
As promised we had a spy attend the opening of the CitizenM Hotel near Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport on Tuesday and he's reported back with this killer snapshot of the lobby area. The full review will come next week and it involves dolls on the bed and capsule showers. Yeah, it's very interesting.
The long awaited opening of The Water Club, a Signature Hotel by Borgata in Atlantic City has finally arrived! And HotelChatter is on the scene to witness the ribbon cutting ceremony today at noon.
But before the ribbon-cutting even occurs we've been hobnobbing with a few people like Jimmy Fallon, Molly Sims, Geoffrey Zakarian, Kyle MacLachlan and Wolfgang Puck in between tours and a synchronized swimming show by two US Olympian Bronze Medalists.
Next week we'll have the full story on our stay at The Water Club complete with pictures and video.
Does the Water Club live up to the hype of being connected to The Borgata? Has the Atlantic City hotel scene been re-defined?
On this very special Friday, we bring you (via Curbed) a view of the swanky Hotel Gansevoort looking oh-so...Euro.
Just to review, Gansevoort is not only a hotspot for celebs seeking privacy and chic digs, but also supposedly one of the "sexiest" NYC hotels.
While we don't judge books by their covers (unless they happen to be hotels and their covers happen to be outdated and gross), we can't help but notice that the item on the far right appears to be either a pair of Manpris (capri pants for dudes) or -- worse -- jean shorts.
We hope those guests European (where Manpris are common and cool) -- otherwise that's some pretty dirty laundry.
Located almost literally on the Southern Methodist University campus, this colorful boutique property is the ideal spot to crash for all you mommies and daddies dropping junior off at college -- and you can even bring the doggie along to give your baby a proper sendoff!
Rates start around $179 (and after forking over SMU tuition, you aren't going to be interested in paying much more than that).
Dallas tourists might want to check out Hotel Lumen for its location as well: the Nasher Sculpture Center, the Dallas Museum of Art, Fair Park and the ultra-cool Mockingbird Station are all well within the 10-mile range.
As for that photo, the windows are lit with artistic LED lighting "in a range of 120 colors."
Props to Hotel Maven CourtneyMay for dropping some pics of Villa 11 at the Sunset Marquis into the HotelChatter Flickr Pool.
We love the place enough for the slogan alone ("If we were any more Hollywood, our pool would be shallow at both ends"), but we're totally loving the sleek, modern villa too.
See more of Courtney's Sunset Marquis pics after the jump.
Last summer, we checked up on the Westin Riverfront Resort and Spa, a massive 19-acre condo-hotel development at the base of Beaver Creek Mountain (near Vail) slated to be completed "Summer 2008."
Well, we swung by the site to check on progress and, um, yeah. About that whole opening-this-summer thing? It's gonna be a stretch.
Last night, Starwood threw a big party to celebrate the launch of their Aloft brand (perhaps you've heard about it?) after the first Aloft officially opened last week in Montreal.
The bash, held in the Aloft "test-lab"/warehouse in Hawthorne, New York (about 10 miles from Starwood's White Plains HQ), featured entertainment by former Destiny's Child-er Michelle Williams.
Williams has, apparently, launched a solo career and the Aloft event doubled as a "Listening Party" for her new album.
The shindig was open to Starwood Preferred Guests Platinum members -- and one of the 150-ish partygoers won a trip to Aloft Beijing. Jealous!
A tipster on the ground in the Meatpacking District snapped a few of these construction shots of the Standard NYC along with the following message:
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