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A Glamorous Parade of Easter Bonnets — In Chocolate! — At The Peninsula New York
/in Hotels and Holidays/by Terry TruccoSpring and its holidays are about new beginnings, and what’s more renewing than a new hat?
Three fetching Easter bonnets perch on a flower-garnished hat rack atop a table on the mezzanine landing at the Peninsula New York, located (aptly) on Fifth Avenue for all you fans of the Irving Berlin movie and song “Easter Parade.”
They look good enough to wear. But the twist is they’re good enough to eat, created from 25 lbs. of chocolate and 12 lbs. of sugar pastilage by Executive Pastry Chef Deden Putra and his able team. Read more
Introducing Hudson Brooklyn, New York’s Newest Organic Everything Hotel!
/in Hotels and Holidays/by Terry TruccoBilled as the first farm-to-factory hotel, Hudson Brooklyn promises “a new view on gluten” and offers reclaimed hay bedding, cold brew coffee imported daily from Japan and organic eggs from the rooftop coop. But wait, there’s more: an introductory offer of 40 percent off all room bookings. Yowzah! Read more
Biting Into National French Bread Day at Sofitel NY
/in Hotel Food and Drink/by Terry TruccoIt’s not just the start of spring. Saturday March 21 doubles as National French Bread Day. (It’s also National Puppy Day this year, but never mind).
A great baguette (crisp on the outside, full of holes on the inside) is worth celebrating, or so believes the French-inflected Sofitel New York. Read more
Where to Catch March Madness at a New York City Hotel
/in Hotels Pets & Sports/by Terry TruccoNew York hotel bars are great places to watch the Super Bowl, World Series and World Cup with a spirited crowd. But March Madness? You’d hardly know there’s a tournament going on at most hotels.
But since opening in 2013 Hudson Common, the cavernous casual restaurant and bar at Hudson Hotel has gone all out in March. Read more
Forget Overnight: This New App Specializes in Hotel Day Stays
/in Hotels and Tech, Hotels in the News/by Terry TruccoCall it the day-cation. You arrive at your hotel in the morning and check in. After ordering room service, you take a bubble bath then curl up in a big bed to read a book, watch a movie, nap. Maybe you visit the fitness center or duck out for a stroll around the city. In a pinch you do some work (quiet surroundings, sturdy desk chair). By the time afternoon check-out occurs, you’re relaxed and ready to go home. Read more
Another Trick Up The Virtual Sleeve Of The New Apple Watch: It Unlocks Hotel Room Doors
/in Hotels and Tech, Hotels in the News/by Terry TruccoIt monitors heart rate, exercise and calories. It makes and takes calls, texts and emails. It surfs the internet.
And for Starwood Preferred Guests staying at select hotels in the W, Element and Aloft chains the new Apple Watch can open doors — specifically, the door to your room.
There’s a Maxwell Smart quality to this. (Hey, Rolex — jealous?) The Apple Watch works at Starwood hotels wired for keyless systems where you can open guest room doors using your iPhone or Android. Read more
Bye-bye, Affinia: Meet the Renamed Properties in the Affinia Hotel Collection
/in Hotels in the News/by Terry TruccoIn what no doubt qualifies as one of the most low key hotel revamps in memory — no marquee unveilings, no press releases — Denihan Hospitality Group’s six Affinia hotels have quietly changed their names. Read more
No Room in the Inn? Why Brooklyn Lost the 2016 Democratic Convention
/in Hotels in the News/by Terry TruccoFor anyone befuddled about why Brooklyn lost out to Philadelphia as host to the 2016 Democratic convention the answer is obvious. The planners did the math. Brooklyn owns the gleaming Barclays Center, enough people to make it the fourth largest city in the land (2.5 million to be precise) and more registered Democrats per square foot than just about anywhere this side of San Francisco. What it doesn’t possess are vast stores of hotel rooms. Read more
What Does The World’s First Hotel Designed By Facebook Look Like?
/in Hotels and Tech/by Terry TruccoLast year at this time it looked like New York City would have the honor, such as it is, of being home to the world’s first hotel boasting interiors designed with input from you and me — crowdsourcing, in other words. Read more
Chew On it: NYC Restaurant Week — and $38 Three-Course Dinners — Are Back
/in Hotel Food and Drink/by Terry TruccoDig in.
What do you need to pull yourself through a bleak, frigid, snow-soaked winter that seems endless, no matter what a certain genetically clairvoyant Staten Island rodent predicted earlier this week? Comfort food. And to guarantee it at an agreeable price NYC Restaurant Week Winter 2015 rolls into town February 16 through March 6 with 340 participants, more than ever before. Read more