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Sheraton Tribeca's Saucy 5-Day Cinco de Mayo Special
Just in case you're still hankering to continue yesterday's Cinco de Mayo activities (or missed out),you're in luck!
From now until May 10th, New York's Sheraton Tribeca has a specially extended Cinco de Mayo promo in their Dutch Lounge hotel bar.
This deal ties in with their loyalty program, a subject we've been talking a good deal about lately. So, if you want to get your Patron and points on, for every margarita purchased from the Dutch Lounge from 5-7pm, you'll earn 50 SPG points (max 300 SPG points, per member per day).
To get the points, present your SPG card to the waiter when you place your order.
[Photo: Sheraton Tribeca]
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Trump Soho Doesn't Play Around With Their Kids Amenities
You already know, the Trump Soho ticks off all the boxes of a sleek luxury hotel. Soho nabe? Check. Fendi Casa furniture? Check. Bathtubs with killer views? Check. Special events for Fashion Week? Check. Models AND sushi? Check and check. Yet despite all these cool requisites, the hotel is actually very kid-friendly.
We detailed our surprise last summer with their Lather Baby toiletries but they've upped the ante since then, adding a Hop Skip blue whale faucet cover for bath time along with Go Fish baby shampoo and bubble bath, a loofah glove, squeaky toys for babies and a step stool for those sorta-older kids who need just a bit of help inside the shower. Trump even has children's robes in three sizes along with kid slippers.
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Harry Styles And Taylor Swift Get It On At The Greenwich Hotel
Oh man, Taylor Swift and her new boy band-er beau Harry Styles are, like, sooo busted. The pair were reportedly hanging out in NYC on Monday night—you know, just doing regular kid stuff like singing karaoke at Hudson Hotel. By 4am, the pair still weren't ready to call it a night, so one thing led to another, and soon they were back at Taylor's suite at the Greenwich Hotel.
What happened after that, we'll leave up to your imagination. But we're willing to bet it didn't involve more karaoke.
The next morning, paparazzi caught each of them leaving the hotel at separate times. Ah, the classic walk of shame, just like we used to do in college, except with dorms instead of expensive hotels. And nobody cared about taking our picture. Phew!
Need more facts? E! Online writes:
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Models Love The Sashay And Sushi At Trump Soho's Koi
When Koi Soho opened at Trump Hotel in September, we dropped everything to check it out—fashionably late, of course—and it turns out we weren't the only pretty little things there.
When we arrived, we thought we were crashing a Vogue after-party. Seriously, the entire restaurant was packed with models, and not the ones that you see in JC Penny ads, FYI. We asked our waitress what private event was taking place, to which she casually replied, "No event, it's always like this."
A little history: the restaurant space used to be Quattro Gastronomia Italiana, which didn't quite work out. We did the math: carbs + models = fat models = no work. So it only made sense that Trump turned to Koi Restaurant Group from LA, a well-known team that delivers sushi like no other.
Models like to eat things with sticks, and we know this because we've seen them camp out at Bryant Park Hotel, another fashionable place where the only Koi existed in Manhattan—until now, obs.
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A Slice Of Tuscany Popped Up At Mondrian Soho Last Weekend
When it comes to pop-up restaurants in NYC, there's no one more experienced than Guerilla Culinary Brigade founder Alan Philips (we like to think of him as the Ian Schrager of pop-up hotel restaurants).
We've experienced our fair share of Philips-masterminded meals at places like The Sanctuary, THOR and THOR again. So we were impressed to hear he was setting up a temporary space over at Mondrian SoHo.
Make that double impressed once we got there and saw that the dining room was hidden behind a secret revolving bookcase...
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Tribeca Blu Might Be an 'Upmarket Hostel' But It's Still Too Much Money
Just the other week, we called out Tribeca Blu in Chinatown uh, Tribeca as an affordable option in downtown at a time when NYC hotels are regularly asking, and receiving, $300 a night for an average-looking room.
We did forewarn any interested guests by saying that the spot is more like an "upmarket hostel" with no restaurant, no bar, no business center, no refrigerators and no fitness center. However, WiFi is included. And the recent reviews on TripAdvisor were pretty decent.
But a FOH (Friend of HotelChatter) who checked into the Tribeca Blu promptly checked out after getting up to his room. (And it wasn't just because of the cramped space. That photo above is pretty much the entire hotel room, minus the bathroom.) The bad experience actually started from the moment he walked into the hotel.
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Trump Soho's Free Beauty Treatments For Fashion's Night Out
New York Fashion Week brings all sorts of interesting people into town and the city takes on a frenetic, well-dressed energy. If you think you may need a little help getting your glam on, the Trump SoHo is setting up a free pop-up beauty bar open to the public on September 6th the day of Fashion's Night Out.
From 5-8 pm, The Spa at Trump SoHo will host a makeshift beauty section on the 7th floor next to its chic poolside Bar d’Eau. Gals (and guys, too!) can prep for a night on the town with complimentary makeover treatments . As they get pampered while sipping on free prosecco and nibbling on small bites, they can also do a bit of shopping and purchase the makeup and skincare products on hand by Kate Somerville, SpaRitual and more, as well as items sold at the Trump’s spa.
Here’s what’s for free on the Beauty Bar menu:
*Hair touch ups: blow dry, flat iron, curling iron, up-do (no wash)
*Makeup touch ups
*Nail polish change
We say if you’re in the area, this is something to jump on! It certainly beats trying to do a frantic, free makeup application at Sephora, right? What, you’ve never done that?
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'Upmarket Hostel' In NYC Skimps On Space, But Delivers On Low, Low Rates
Looking for a cheap new place to stay in NYC? You might want to take a look at newcomer Tribeca Blu, which opened back in May and has slowly been building itself up as a basic, convenient option for folks needing lodging near Soho, Tribeca, Chinatown, or any other of Manhattan's trendy downtown nabes.
The hotel's amenities are what we'd call..."limited." No restaurant, no bar, no business center, no refrigerators, no fitness center. But the one perk TB does have going for it is low rates—and for many cash-strapped travelers, that's a big perk.
We logged onto the website this morning and found rates of just $169.15 (WiFi included). For that kind of money, who needs room service?
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Read Up on Trump SoHo's Free Poolside Kindle Program
There’s nothing better than sitting by a pool catching up on your reading, and the Trump SoHo’s new Summer Reading Program encourages guests to do just that by letting them borrow their latest amenity—the Kindle Touch.
The glare-proof screen readers are pre-loaded with magazines like Shape, Forbes, and Inc., as well as books such as I Knew You’d Be Lovely, and What Alice Forgot, culled from Oprah’s 2011 Summer Reading List. Pool attendants will distribute the Kindles to those sunbathing at the expansive Bar D'Eau's pool deck, which we recently mentioned as one classy place to let the sunshine in.
Only thing is, you’ll either need to read fast or plan to stay at the hotel (with starting rates of $395 a night this summer) awhile if you get hooked into a nail biter novel like James Patterson's 11th Hour as the Kindles can't leave the pool area.
[Photo:Trump SoHo]
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A Crib With a View at The Soho Grand
Summer's here and school's out which means your summer travel plans may involve schlepping the little ones along with you. Same goes for new parents who aren't quite ready to compromise their jetsetting lifestyles. While it definitely requires more planning and more organization, a dream vacation can still be had. All this week, we'll be looking at a few hotels that are making it not just fun but easier for families to have a summer trip to remember.
One of the greatest things about New York City is that you can find pretty much anything you want at any time of the day from vintage clothing and rare books to exotic cuisine, late-night party spots, outdoor recreation, entertainment for all tastes and something as random as a nail salon open past 9pm. And everyone delivers, even the grocery store.
So when it comes to families staying at The Soho Grand, it shouldn't be a surprise that the hotel has equipped the guestrooms with all the necessary basics for babies including a crib, a diaper pail and a Maclaran Volo stroller. Yet this is the first time we've seen a hotel go all out for babies, beyond plush crib bedding and a stuffed animal (the Soho Grand has one of those too, a soft cuddly teddy bear.)
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Your Next Sex Party In New York Definitely Won't Be Happening At The Mondrian Soho
The Mondrian SoHo—romantic? Yes. But apparently not so liberal when it comes to people wanting to sex it up in the rooms.
The Daily News is telling us that a members-only swingers club called School of Sex (yes, they do have a Facebook page) was holding an event at the hotel over the weekend when security found out what was going on, and promptly shut the whole thing down.
Luckily, as the School of Sex puts it, "members were given ample time to exit the venue and say their goodbyes." Phew. Well, that's a relief.
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The Courtyard Is Now Open At The Greenwich Hotel (And The Spa's Calling Our Name Too)
Well, the Tribeca Film Festival has come and gone, but that doesn't mean the fun's over in Tribeca for the rest of the year. Hardly! We've got our eye on the Greenwich Hotel—and now that summer is on the way, we're ready to pay a visit to the hotel's guests-only Courtyard.
Situated next to the Drawing Room, the Courtyard (pictured) expands on the Greenwich's whole retired-archaeologist-living-in-the-English-countryside vibe, with quaint stone benches, hanging lanterns, and ivy creeping up the brick walls. A Front Desk agent we spoke to called the space "quite stunning."
Of course, guests are the only ones who can actually access the Courtyard. But wait! Didn't we just hear about a new space inside the hotel that's become available to non-guests? Why, yes, as a matter of fact...
