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A Room Where You’ll See The Candidates On Election Night
/in Hotels in the News/by Terry TruccoEvery city that’s home to an election-night political candidate, from mayor to POTUS, has at least one hotel you’ve seen a lot even if you’ve never been inside. Read more
Mingling With Giles Bensimon’s Elles in the Lobby at the Sofitel New York
/in Hotels and the Arts/by Terry TruccoWhat hotel wouldn’t kill to bring Charlize Theron, Cindy Crawford, Naomie Campbell, Christy Turlington, Uma Thurman, Ines de La Fressange, Jennifer Lopez and Britney Spears (on a good day) together in one room?
The prize goes to the Sofitel New York. It got the job done, never mind that the women are present in photographs taken by French photographer Gilles Bensimon. Read more
A Raid on the Helly Nahmad Gallery at The Carlyle Hotel
/in Hotels and the Arts, Hotels in the News/by Terry TruccoIt’s no mystery why hotels want shops on their properties almost as much as restaurants and bars.
The best keep guests entertained (and on the premises), attract additional visitors (who may migrate to the restaurant or bar) and impart a patina of prestige to the property, not to mention forking over rent.
But things can go horribly wrong, as the Carlyle Hotel discovered today. Read more
Harvey Wallbangers at the Pierre? Checking out the TwoE Bar’s New Retro Drinks Menu
/in Hotel Food and Drink/by Terry TruccoIt seems some retro drinks, like Manhattans, Gimlets and Sidecars, have never gone away. Then there’s the Harvey Wallbanger.
As the story goes, this time-warp riff on the Screwdriver made with vodka, orange juice and the Italian liqueur Galliano was invented in 1952 by mixologist Donato “Duke” Antone and popularized during the bellbottom era by a savvy Galliano salesman. (Consider: Megan Draper serves Galliano to her New Year’s Eve guests in the Season Six opening episode of Mad Men.) Read more
Stay No More — A New Name for a Times Square Hotel
/in Hotels in the News/by Terry TruccoStay into Night.
Having two hotels two blocks apart from each other with same name sounds confusing. But that’s exactly what Vikram Chatwal and the folks at Wyndham Hotels did late last month. Read more
Are Those Vitamins In the Minibar at The Standard?
/in Green Hotels, Hotel Food and Drink/by Terry TruccoHotel minibars make me think of good times, not good for you. (M&Ms for $7, too, but that’s another story.)
But the minibars at the Standard hotels — including the Standard High Line and Standard East Village in New York – are tweaking what’s good, or at least what you’d imagine to be good in an in-room stash. Read more
Pass the Popcorn: What Movies did Hotel Guests Watch Most During March 2013?
/in Hotels and the Arts/by Terry TruccoI can see why producers want their movies to win Academy Awards. They stick around in secondary markets like hotel rooms and make money. Witness last month’s stats for hotels across the US and Canada and in New York City: five of the top ten in-room movies were Best Picture nominees. Read more
Are Those Chairs Really Hanging From The Ceiling?
/in Hotels and the Arts/by Terry TruccoBe seated.
Are these the ultimate high chairs?
Sitting pretty inches from the ceiling at the Museum of Arts & Design in Columbus Circle is Year and a Day, artist Marc Andre Robinson’s circle of chairs. Read more
Is This The Biggest Chocolate Easter Egg in New York City?
/in Hotel Food and Drink, Hotels and Holidays/by Terry TruccoWho knows? But consider the jaw-drop vital statistics of the ultimate Easter egg on view at the Peninsula Hotel: three pastry chefs, 48 hours and 45 pounds of chocolate.
The result stands three feet tall and boasts enough hand-made candy flowers and butterflies to fill a small army of Easter baskets. Read more
What’s the Opposite of a Wake-Up Call? The Benjamin Introduces an End-of-Day Service
/in Hotels and Holidays, Hotels in the News/by Terry TruccoWork-down call.
The hotel room telephone has a buggy whip quality to it. When was the last time you used it to check a flight, find out movie times or talk to someone outside the hotel? Read more