The Pierre Serves Up a Healthy New Menu for Calorie Counters
Did you know a bowl of hotel oatmeal, arguably the healthiest offering on the breakfast menu, can rack up 1,400 calories? Yikes!
Entries by Terry Trucco
At Long Last — A New Look For The Marriott Marquis Lobby
Good-bye, power suits. Hello, 21st century. Earlier this month the Marriott Marquis unveiled its new lobby, centerpiece of its $39 million renovation. As befits a big hotel almost three decades old and 1,900-plus rooms strong big changes are on view in the sprawling 8th floor John Portman atrium lobby, punctuated by colorfully lit elevator cars […]
Your Hotel Doesn’t Have a Spa? No Worries — Select Spa-less Hotels Now Offer Treatments
The new Hyatt 48Lex is a small, upscale hotel that offers guests everything you’d expect, from a restaurant and room service to a well-equipped fitness center – everything, that is, except a spa. But that doesn’t mean you can’t get a hot stone massage or an herbal facial without leaving the premises.
Hotel Cabaret — Complete With a Pianist — Makes a Comeback at The Carlton M Salon
Hotels and piano bars go together like cocktail shakers and martinis. So why, in the city of Broadway and countless preternaturally talented musicians, has the hotel piano bar become a borderline endangered species?
7 New York Hotel Libraries That Make You Want To Curl Up With A Book
I love hotel libraries, book-lined havens – or at the very least, a cozy room with a couple of well-stocked shelves – where you can climb into a big, squishy sofa or club chair. Sure, you can byo, but half the fun is discovery – that obscure novel you missed, a travel or photography book […]
A First Look at Hyatt 48Lex, Midtown’s Newest Hotel Built From the Ground Up
Is the latest, must-have luxury hotel amenity a dishwasher? I wondered after a recent tour of the new Hyatt 48Lex, a 116-room glass box with the moniker of a chain hotel and the heart – and size — of a boutique. The first thing you see as you enter is a butler’s pantry outfitted with […]
Fashion Week: New(ish) Designers Check in at the Hudson, W and Roger Smith Hotels
We’ve been noticing an abnormally high percentage of rangy, good-looking people around town. That means one thing – Fashion Week is back. More than 200 designers unveil their creations during the Spring/Summer 2012 shows at the tents in Lincoln Center and a host of private venues through September 15. What are New York’s fashion-forward hotels […]
Basil and Buzz: A First Look at the Intercontinental New York Barclay’s New Roof Garden
In a city known for lavish rooftop amenities, from lounges to pools, the roof of the Intercontinental New York Barclay is neither the tallest nor the chicest. But it’s got buzz.
All You Need To Know About Tipping at NYC Hotels
We’ll never know the identity of the enterprising employee who cleared his throat, stared down a guest and was remunerated for carrying a bag. But by the 1820s tipping the porter, like signing the register, was a ritual at hotels in New York and other big American cities. Blame it on the buildings. Carrying bags […]
How NYC Hotels Are Coping with Mean Hurricane Irene
And a most unwelcome guest she is. Flooding concerns in low-lying areas of Manhattan prompted several hotels at the island’s southern tip to close this weekend for city-mandated evacuation, including the Ritz Carlton New York Battery Park, the Andaz Wall Street, the New York Marriott Downtown and the tiny Wall Street Inn. And just like […]