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In the news
- 8 NYC Hotels with Great Views for Watching Macy’s Thanksgiving Day ParadeNovember 8, 2024 - 4:34 am
- Hotel Obits, Part II: Six Notable NYC Hotels Closed Permanently By The PandemicFebruary 4, 2022 - 10:14 pm
- Eight NYC Hotels For Watching the 2021 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day ParadeOctober 20, 2021 - 5:42 pm
The Quin – Short for Quintessential — Makes a Glamorous Manhattan Debut
/in Hotel Openings and Closings/by Terry TruccoOn a recent visit to The Quin hotel I came across something I’d never seen. A button on the bedside phone – remember those? – connects you instantly with a personal shopper at Bergdorf-Goodman. Should you need a new nail color or a last-minute Alaia, they can send one over (the store is steps away). If you’re not sure what you want, you can check out the Bergdorf’s vitrine in the lobby, laden with eye-catching handbags, fragrances and shoes that look like sculpture. Read more
Name Your Poison – There’s Lots to Choose From at The American Museum of Natural History
/in Hotels in the News/by Terry TruccoCute but lethal.
Eliminate poison and you wipe out much of the world’s great literature, not to mention a slew of movies, crime stories and much of the TV line-up. Consider: no Sherlock Holmes or Harry Potter, no Mad Hatter or Macbeth. No Hunger Games. And most definitely, no American Horror Story: Coven. Read more
Stayful, a Deal-Savvy Website for Bidding on Boutique Hotel Rooms, Checks In
/in Hotels and Tech, Hotels in the News/by Terry TruccoStayful’s New York homepage.
“Imagine that Priceline and Tablet Hotels had a baby,” says Cheryl Rosner of her baby, a new hotel booking site called Stayful that went live today.
Stayful offers rooms in independent boutique hotels, like New York’s Standard High Line and the Inn on Rivington; no large chain properties are allowed. Read more
Farewell Alex Calderwood, Creator of Ace Hotels
/in Hotels in the News/by Terry TruccoEvery decade or so, someone comes along and tweaks the way hotels look and do what they do.
In the 1970s, London designer Anouska Hemphill transformed a pair of run-down South Kensington townhouses into Blakes, the template for the one-of-a-kind boutique hotel with a sumptuous, ethnic-inflected aura and rooms so exotically dressed – puddled silk curtains, midnight colors — guests (usually) forgave the miniscule dimensions. Read more
Yet Another New Hotel with Great Views of the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade
/in Hotels and Holidays/by Terry TruccoOverlooking the parade finale from the lobby patio
When Macy’s changed the route of New York’s marquee parade from Seventh to Sixth Avenue in 2012 it proved a blow to visitors who like watching Hello Kitty & Company float by from a hotel room.
Seventh Avenue’s eight hotels overlooking the parade route dwarfed the five along Sixth Avenue and Central Park West, both in size and number. But this summer the Courtyard Marriott Manhattan/Herald Square added 167 rooms to the mix, many with direct views of Macy’s, the parade’s grand finale.
And this week brought more good news for parade lovers. Read more
Want a Bedtime Best Seller? A Hotel Where Guests Read E-books Hot Off the Presses
/in Hotel Shops and Collectibles, Hotels and the Arts/by Terry TruccoReads on the Road
It’s no fluke that libraries are the go-to amenity at smart hotels. Books and travel go together like gin and tonic, airplanes and airports, pillows and pillowcases.
70 Park Avenue, a stylish hotel in a 1920s building south of Grand Central Station, is New York’s latest hotel to go literary but with a twist. Read more
Bearded Hotel Staffers Are Viewed Less Favorably By Guests, a New Cornell Study Finds
/in Hotels in the News/by Terry TruccoDon’t expect a hotel job at the front desk.
Big bushy beards didn’t hamper sluggers Mike Napoli, Jonny Gomes or Dustin Pedroia in this year’s World Series. But they and their Red Sox teammates would be wise to go clean shaven if they ever aspire to work the front desk at a hotel.
Hotel employees sporting facial hair make a less favorable impression on guests than their smooth skinned counterparts, according to a new survey in the latest Cornell Hospitality Quarterly. Read more
Is Free WiFi About to Become the Norm at Luxury Hotels at Last?
/in Hotels and Tech, Hotels in the News/by Terry TruccoFree WiFi: Mandarin Oriental Hong Kong.
This was a good week for those who believe WiFi is no different from hotel basics like sheets, towels and a shower with running water and should be included free of charge in the price of a room.
Mandarin Oriental announced that its hotels will offer their “exceptional” high-speed internet service on a complimentary basis. Guests will be able to connect up to six wireless devises free of charge. Read more
Is a Sale in the Future for Times Square’s Notorious Hotel Carter?
/in Hotels in the News/by Terry TruccoThe Carter marquee.
The Hotel Carter, Times Square’s notorious flophouse, was in the news today once again. But this time was different.
A night manager wasn’t stabbed as in 1999. A dead body wasn’t discovered under a bed as in 2007. And TripAdvisor didn’t hail the hotel one of the dirtiest in the United States, a distinction the Carter held for years until the site scrapped its list a couple of years back.
The news, as reported by DNAinfo New York, is that the hotel is cleaning up its act, possibly with an eye to a sale. Read more
Tuscany Meets Audrey Hepburn: A First Look at the Refurbished Tuscany New York Hotel
/in Hotel Renovations/by Terry TruccoWhen a hotel closes its doors to renovate, you expect to see something dramatic on the other end. So what went on during the year that the St Giles Tuscany New York was shuttered?
Lots, but a bit of background before we proceed. Read more