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It Was Not Josh Harnett in the Library With a Candlestick
Back in September, we relayed a juicy tidbit we'd gotten from the Daily Mirror about John Hartnett engaging in some on-camera, er, "shenanigans" at his hotel.
The UK rag we consult for our celeb hotel gossip had initially reported that, while in London to prep for his role in the West End stage adaptation of Rainman, Mr Hartnett and a ladyfriend had popped into the library of the Soho Hotel for a little sexytime — and it was all caught on closed circuit TV.
Well, our bad for relaying the news: according to the AP, the Harnett camp has cried foul and has won 20,000 pounds (30,000 USD) in libel damages from the newspaper because of the supposedly false report. Yikes. Glad we didn't break that story...
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Josh Hartnett Caught in the Act at the Soho London?
Perhaps we've been watching too much Gossip Girl lately, but we were all sorts of tickled (no, not like that) to hear about Josh Hartnett's scandalous on-camera performance the other day at his hotel.
Apparently, while in London to prep for his role in the West End stage adaptation of Rainman, Joshie and a ladyfriend popped into the library of the Soho Hotel for a little sexytime.
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Cubicle Dreamin': So Good at the Soho in London
Cubicle Dreamin' is a feature in which we ask the hotel mavens to take some time out of their busy work day, surf the Internet, and tell us what hotel they wish they could beam themselves to right that very second--all on the slave driving companies dime, of course. Oh, like these people aren't surfing aimlessly anyway--at least now their purposeless clicking will be cobbled together into useful hotel stories--we hope. Have a destination hotel you are just dying to leave your cube for? Send the story our way.
In this episode, Hotel Maven Amanda K stops in London. Enjoy.
I'm having major cubicle jealousy because my colleague finishes up at work today and takes off at 6am tomorrow for a month-long holiday in London. But I can comfort myself with the thought that she's going to spend that month sleeping on a friend's creaky sofa bed, while in my daydreams I can head to what I consider the #1 hotel in London, The Soho Hotel.
The Soho is definitely where'd I'd stay if I found myself in that mystical situation of money being no object. Tatler called it "the most glamorous hotel in the world" and that's why the average room rate is over $650. But for just $520 I could get the Sunday Siesta special, which includes a deluxe double room, English breakfast, a glass of champagne, entry to watch the Sunday film plus milk and cookies at turn down time.
There is British elegance here, there's Wifi, there are huge windows looking out over London, and there are just 91 rooms here so it feels a bit exclusive. And it sure beats a friend's sofa bed.
[Photo: efren]
Related Stories:
· Hotels in London [HotelChatter]
· Travel Stories in London [HotelChatter]
· Where the Hotel Staff Knows Your Name [HotelChatter]
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Where The Hotel Staff Knows Your Name
[Ed. Note: Hotel Maven Picky Chick shares with us her favorite hotel staff experience. Enjoy.]
On a recent business trip to London, I had the glorious experience of staying at The Soho Hotel. I'm gonna tell you right now...the website does NOT do it justice.
Your arrival begins with a greeting from an absolutely humungous Buddha cat and remarkably put together staff. As you check in you notice the uniforms look less like uniforms and more like...well...what you have on. The vibe at the Soho is that you are all on the same level...we are all family here.
One of the best parts about the staff at the Soho is that in their fabulous "Honor Bar," which is located in one of two "drawing rooms" just off the main lobby, there isn't any. That's right...nope, no one, not a single person there to bring you warmed nuts or a chilled martini. Why is that a good thing? Well, instead, there is a small bar where you actually make your own cocktail. Sign your name, room number and what concoction you made and off you are to enjoy your drink...hence the name "Honor Bar."
Don't get any crazy ideas though (as I found out when a rowdy member of Brit society decided to take his pants off and three security guards quickly swept in and disposed of the riff-raff), there are cameras everywhere and this just isn't that kind of hotel.
[Photo: ckc1ne]
Related Links:
·The Soho Hotel reviews [Trip Advisor]
·Soho's Private Screening Room [Hotel Chatter]
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Private Screening Room At London Soho Hotel
Ya know what a swank hotel needs? It's own movie theatre. We were thinking, if the cast of Entourage can have a private screening room, why can't a cool hotel have one as well? Turns out London based Firmdale hotels is way ahead of us. A handful of their hotels come with private screening rooms, including the new Soho Hotel, which opened in September of 2004. The Soho sports two bleeding edge screening rooms on the lower level. The smaller of which (pictured to the right), is stuffed with ponyskin armchairs and accommodates 46 guests. The larger screening room can cram up to 100 guests in for a movie.
The Soho plans on having weekly film events and serving champagne and canapés, how chic.
Firmdale also offers a "be your own film mogul" at a few of their hotels.
Here is a list of the Firmdale hotels sans screening room.
We dare you to rent it out and show a room full of fifty your European Vacation filmed on digital video. Wait, there must be a better use, maybe the hotels can get their hands on Hollywood pre-releases.
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