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The Standard's Boom Boom Room Will Now Be Called QT (As In The Old Hotel)
The Standard New York's exclusive 18th floor bar hasn't even officially opened and yet it's already changing its name. Apparently, the Boom Boom Room in San Francisco has sent the club a Cease and Desist letter for using its name (Type in Boom Boom Room in Google and this club comes up first.)
While we weren't in love with the name Boom Boom Room (we always started singing the song, "Boom, Boom let's go back to my room so we can do it all night and you can make me feel right" whenever we heard it), we like QT even less. BlackBook has the scoop on what QT stands for (on the Quiet) but to us, QT will always be Andre Balazs' boutique dorm hotel in Times Square that is now known as Roommate Grace.
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STK Finally Opening Inside The Gansevoort South With Coco de Ville To Follow
Mr. Chow at the W South Beach won the Miami Hotel Restaurant Race fair and square and by a mile but STK at the Gansevoort South is not to be forgotten.
The ONE Group just put out a press release today announcing the restaurant's opening "this fall." Here's what to expect, according to the press release:
A catwalk across the back bar delivers a dramatic production as guests ascend to the mezzanine level of the restaurant, and a glazed screen, spanning the double height space of the main atrium, depicts an abstract shape of a woman's body reflecting off the glass. Upstairs, a second dining room complete with a bar and private dining space overlooks the main area, allowing guests to discreetly observe the Miami social scene or be the center of it - whichever they choose.
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Construction Has Begun on Drai's Nightclub at The W Hollywood
Don't worry. This is just a construction shot of Drai's. It's not the finished product.
As we eagerly await the opening of The W Hollywood on December 3, we've got word that construction on the hotel's nightclub, Drai's Hollywood--a spin-off of the legendary Las Vegas club--has begun. The club's construction firm, R.D. Olson sent us this press release with some detes:
Drai’s Hollywood will include an intimate 2,331-square-foot VIP lounge on ground level with a private VIP entrance separate from the hotel’s public lobby entry; a 21,552-square-foot penthouse glassed-in bar on the 11th floor with a 1,000-square-foot open air balcony; and an adjacent 2,131-square-foot rooftop pool deck and bar. The total capacity of Drai’s Hollywood will be 792 occupants.
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Versace’s Former Mansion to Turn Into Nightclub
Widely considered the third most photographed house in America (behind the White House and Graceland), Casa Casuarina is set to become South Beach’s newest nightclub.
More than a decade ago, telecommunications magnate Peter Loftin snapped up the Ocean Drive mansion after former owner, fashion icon Gianni Versace was gunned down on the property’s front steps. Over the years, Loftin has played around with making the lavish 20,000 square foot estate profitable – from running a private invite-only club (memberships at $35,000 a pop) to a 10-bedroom hotel, and most recently, opening up the grounds for tours.
Loftin recently teamed up with Scott Rothstein, a Fort Lauderdale lawyer and investor to convert the 1930’s building into Bova@Casa Casuarina.
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Paris Hilton Doesn't Let Breakup Interfere With Busy Table-Dancing Schedule
Paris Hilton is going through yet another breakup as yet another one of her "I'm so in love, we'll be together forever" relationships has crashed and burned. The poor fella' this time? Doug Reinhardt. The "table-dancing must go on" post-breakup venue? mur.mur at The Borgata Hotel & Spa in Atlantic City.
Paris hosted a night at the club this past Saturday with some fake "BFFs" and some real ones like fashion designer Richie Rich. Paris even was paid to say shouted out that "mur.mur is the best club in Atlantic City. Borgata is Vegas on the East Coast. So hot I love it!"
Apparently, the party girl stopped at the hotel on her way to Dubai and spent a night in one of The Water Club hotel rooms. Before hitting up mur.mur, she dined at Izakaya with friends. Also in attendance that night at mur.mur was Danny Veltri, recent winner of Hell’s Kitchen, who is getting ready for the opening of Fornelletto Cucina Italiana from Chef Stephen Kalt this summer. In the words of Paris herself, "Yeah, that's hot."
More Paris party pics after the jump.
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Kiefer Sutherland Goes All Jack Bauer On Someone at SubMercer
'Twas the night of the Met Costume Gala,
And all through the city
All the celebrities were out partying
And it got...not pretty.
Whether this little ditty of a rumor is 100% accurate or not (people tend to see things that are ever-so-slightly more exaggerated when it's late at night and they're in a nightlife venue), but we're pleased to have learned that, the night of the Met's costume gala, Kiefer Sutherland totally went Jack Bauer on someone's ass at SubMercer at the Mercer Hotel — in defense of a lady. The ultimate lady, in fact: Brooke Shields.
TMZ reports:
We're told witnesses say the alleged victim — Proenza Schouler designer Jack McCollough — allegedly knocked Brooke Shields over and Kiefer saw it happen. The witnesses say Kiefer went over to the man and told him to apologize to her. At that point they say McCollough pushed Kiefer and the actor responded with a headbutt.
Meanwhile, Shields' rep told TMZ that "nothing happened to her" to prompt the little dude-fight, and that she'll be interviewed by cops. But really: you don't mess with Jack Bauer, and you most certainly don't mess with a lady in Jack Bauer's presence.
[Photo: Bauer-Griffin via FameCrawler]
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Steve Wynn Works His A-Game On a Mystery Blonde at XS
Fresh off his '60 Minutes' spotlight segment that aired on Sunday, Steve Wynn got dressed in his club-goin' outfit and stepped out for a night of excess at his very own XS nightspot inside the Encore Las Vegas. And, well... just look at these photos, captured by none other than TMZ. How awesome is this? Nobody can accuse the Wynnster of not knowing his clientele — he's out on the club floor with the ugly-shirted masses. Except he's wearing a goofy shirt cause, hell, he's Steve Wynn and he can do whatever he wants.
We wonder if he was working his A-Game on this hot blonde or if they were just hangin' together. Remember, he and wife (and professional colleague) Elaine filed for divorce just recently. Could he be hitting the dating circuit for another go-round?
Actually, we wonder what it would feel like to be approached by a tan older gentleman, catch a glimpse of his blindingly-white smile and listen to him introduce himself over the thumping bass by saying, "hey, I'm Steve. I own the place."
Swoon.
[Photo: TMZ]
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A Night of XS At Encore Las Vegas
Hey, HotelChatter party people: we've got a special surprise for you on this dreary March Tuesday. Our VIP Hotel Reviewer Gabe Rotter has returned to give us a review of the newest nightclub in Sin City. Experience a night of XS through Gabe's eyes.
In Vegas for one night last weekend, the night after Valentine's day, we decided to stay at the brand spankin' new building at the Wynn Las Vegas called Encore. [Ed Note: perhaps you're familiar, faithful readers?] It was a three-day holiday weekend and rates were high on Saturday so we decided to give Sunday a shot.
The rates on the web were in the $2-400 range, so for shits-n-giggles we decided to give them a call. That was a good call -- pun intended. They were running a special: rooms at the Wynn for a RIDIC $129 and at the Encore for an equally-ridic-especially-for-a-brand-new-hotel-room-in-which-it-is-entirely-possible-that-no-one-has-even-pooped-in-the-toilet-yet $149. We decided to go for the Encore, at the reservation agent's urging.
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Hard Rock San Diego Drops The Sweetwater and Moonstone Names
It's been a tumultuous week behind the scenes at the Hard Rock San Diego. Currently, the hotel's owner Tarsadia is locked in a legal dispute with nightlife impresario (and Mr. Cindy Crawford), Rande Gerber over the hotel's two bars--The Sweetwater Saloon and the Moonstone Lounge.
We have a few updates about the situation although we are trying not to get mired too much in this. We are a hotel blog afterall and we want to update you on what you can expect when visiting hotels, not who is suing who. We can tell you that as of today the Moonstone and Sweetwater lounges will no longer be operating under those names, as per a court ruling. And of course, they will no longer be a part of the Gerber Group's portfolio.
A rep for Tarsadia told us that the hotel is currently working on coming up with new names. Lynn Kozlowski, VP of Marketing for Tarsadia Hotels, said:
It will take a little research and brainstorming to come up with new names and then we’ll want to re-open with a splash. So nothing to report at this time but stay tuned.
The hotel is also looking to hire new employees for the rooftop bar (formerly known as Moonstone), so if you're looking for a job in San Diego, you can start here.
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SI Swimsuit Issue Holding Bash at LAX Inside Luxor
Another sign that Luxor is trying its darndest to become the #1 hotel amongst the younger party crowd? Sports Illustrated will be holding its "Swimsuit Issue 2009" party at the LAX nightclub inside the resort/casino on Thursday night.
The Club SI Swimsuit, presented by the Las Vegas Convention and Visitor's Authority (LVCVA), will take place on February 12th at the LAX Nightclub located inside the Las Vegas Luxor Hotel and Casino. The party will mark the culmination of a week of activities and events surrounding the launch of the 2009 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue. More than a dozen SI Swimsuit models featured in the acclaimed annual will travel to Las Vegas for a autograph signing meetings, photo sessions and to attend the first Sports Illustrated party held in Las Vegas.
And just in case you wanted to know the models will be traveling on a dedicated Southwest plane from New York to Las Vegas on Wednesday night. The plane will actually be decked out in Swimsuit Issue imagery so we're guessing Bar Rafaeli, the cover girl, will be splashed along the body of the plane. Lucky gal.
The Luxor's Twitter feed also mentioned that they have some invites to giveaway. We're not quite sure how to get 'em but DMing Luxor probably couldn't hurt.
Anyone on the ground in Las Vegas attending the event? Let us know how it goes.
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A-Rod Retreats to Atlantis Bahamas
After Sports Illustrated reported that they'd confirmed Yankees baseball star Alex Rodriguez had tested positive for testosterone and anabolic steroids in 2003, A-Rod reacted to the media frenzy (and his new nickname, A-Fraud) by bouncing outta the continental U.S. For him, this was probably a good move: tons of Yankee fans and would-be A-Rod supporters are out for blood now that the baseball hero has been ratted out. But instead of sitting quietly and thinking about what he's done (and thinking of ways to apologize to disappointed fans), he's been partying it up at the Atlantis Bahamas.
New York Daily News reports that he checked into a two-bedroom suite in the Cove section of the hotel — reportedly $15,450 a night — and spent the evening getting his drank on in the VIP area at Aura nightclub in the hotel. Per NYDN:
Grey Goose vodka, A-Rod's liquor of choice, goes for $425 a bottle in the VIP areas. Hotel staff said A-Rod partied so hard Saturday night that he slept late into the day Sunday before eating and leaving.
The butler in A-Rod's suite told reporters that he had gone to a Grammy party for the evening and was not expected back at the hotel Sunday night.
Eh, he was probably knocking back those Grey Goose and Red Bull cocktails to celebrate the fact that someone would still let him into a VIP area at all.
[Photo: Sipkin/NYDN]
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Is Bungalow 8 Across the Pond Worth a Visit?
Is London’s branch of Bungalow 8 losing its sheen? When it opened beneath the Sanderson Hotel St. Martin's Lane Hotel in September of 2007, it was supposed to be the nightclub to kill off all others. And it looked the part too, with every A-lister passing through on their trips to London.
But now it looks like it may be tailing off a bit. When we went last summer, it was full of what looked like hideously young children having a birthday party (we’re assuming that they must have been over 18, but they sure as hell didn’t look it), and the only celebs around were Peaches Geldof and fashion designer Matthew Williamson.
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