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Serving Up An Edible — and Visual — Taste of Fashion Week at The Pierre
/in Hotels and Fashion/by Terry TruccoFor a certain kind of hotel — stylish, luxury-minded, not too obsessed with the NFL — New York Fashion Week is a biannual opportunity. The timing is ideal — end of summer for the Spring Collections, the dead of February for Winter offerings. What better moment to entice newcomers and remind locals and former guests that yes, we’re here?
Enter The Pierre’s fashion pop up in the Two E bar, a glamorous, windowless black and white lounge tucked discreetly off the lobby. Read more
Hotels That Want You To Look Good During New York Fashion Week
/in Hotels and Fashion/by Terry TruccoFashion Week 2014 roars into town September 3 through 11, and if week is a misnomer, fashion isn’t. Hotels by definition are big league Fashion Week participants – the well-dressed hoards have to stay somewhere. But promoting good looks for guests – and drop-ins – tops the FW agenda at several hotels. Read more
Checking Out the Crosby Street Hotel — And Its Grand Slam Cocktail
/in Hotel Food and Drink/by Terry TruccoCan’t make it to today’s matches at the U.S. Open?
The Crosby Street Hotel offers a tall, cool alternative. The Grey Goose Honey Deuce Cocktail is available as long as the Open is in town – through September 8, in other words.
It’s a last liquid gasp of summer – vodka, raspberry liqueur, lemonade and chilled honey dew melon balls on a stick. Sounds like an ace. Read more
Cocktails With King Kong: Five NYC Hotel Roof Bars With Killer Views of the Empire State Building
/in Hotel Food and Drink/by Terry TruccoRead more
Don’t Leave Home Without It? How Americans Really Feel About Taking a Smartphone on Vacation
/in Hotels and Tech, Hotels in the News/by Terry TruccoPassport, smartphone and sunscreen are the top three items in order of importance Americans say they pack when they go on vacation. (Travel insurance comes in at the bottom of the list.)
But given a choice, a majority of Americans say their preference is to holiday without a mobile device, according to Hotels.com’s Global Disconnect Survey of 2,495 respondents from 28 countries. Indeed, just 35 percent of Americans said they were unwilling to ditch their electronic devices on a vacation. Read more
Mermaids, Mythology and Magic: the Roger Smith Hotel’s Haunting New Murals
/in Hotels and the Arts/by Terry TruccoLast Thursday, when Lily’s Bar and Lounge at the Roger Smith hotel closed for the night, the large panels that envelop the room were the color of Wite-Out.
That changed the next day. Armed with acrylic paints, India ink and an idea from a recent visit to Iceland, artist Danica Novgorodoff rolled up her virtual sleeves and got to work. Read more
Move Over Yobot — A New Hotel Robot Rolls In
/in Hotels and Tech, Hotels in the News/by Terry TruccoIf you plan to stay at the Aloft Cupertino on August 20 to witness the debut of Botlr, the new robotic bellhop that’s being test driven by the hotel, you’re out of luck. The Aloft is fully booked. (Rooms are still available for August 21, if you don’t mind being a day late.) Read more
A Hotel That Fines Guests $500 for a Thumbs Down? Why Online Guest Reviews Matter More than Ever
/in Hotels in the News/by Terry TruccoHotels dream of instant internet renown, just not the kind Union Street Guest House experienced this week.
To recap if you were stranded on a net-free island, word got out that this self-described boutique hotel in New York’s Hudson Valley charged $500 for negative reviews posted by wedding party guests. Read more
Curtains, Anyone? The Latest Attention-Grabbing Hotel That Offers Too Much To See
/in Hotels in the News/by Terry TruccoIt seems the Standard High Line NYC isn’t the only big city hotel to serve up rooms with unexpected views – for those looking in.
Over the long summer weekend images from the 25 Hours Hotel Bikini, a new, 10-story hotel in Berlin, burned up the internet and landed in The Daily Mail, Fox News and Deadstate.org. Read more
Eat Up: Summer Restaurant Week Is Back In Town
/in Hotel Food and Drink/by Terry TruccoYum
Here are 35 tasty reasons for hotel enthusiasts to stay put in New York City during the long, hot summer (or at least, for the next three weeks).
NYC Restaurant Week is upon us once again. From July 21 through August 15, 318 restaurants throughout Manhattan will serve up three-course lunches for $25 and dinners for $38. This summer, 35 of them are at hotels – more than ever before, or at least during the four years Overnight New York has tallied the troops. Read more