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Pass the Popcorn: What Movies Did Hotel Guests Watch the Most in February 2013?
/in Hotels and the Arts/by Terry TruccoDoes anyone go to movie theaters anymore? February was Oscar month, and it seems a lot of guests used hotel room visits to catch the 2012 Academy Award nominees. (So much for witnessing Skyfall’s technical effects on the big screen.) Whatever. No envelope needed. Scroll down to see the month’s top ten hotel room hits. Read more
A New Look — and Name — for ONE UN New York
/in Hotel Renovations/by Terry TruccoNot-so-heavy metal, 1970s style.
North by Northwest, one of my favorite movies, was on television recently. Which got me thinking about the United Nations General Assembly Building, a magnificent international style classic just seven year old when the movie was released in 1959. Which got me thinking about the Millenium UN Plaza, the once-gleaming, twin-towered hotel designed by architect Kevin Roche and planted across the street from the United Nations in 1976. Read more
What City Has the Third Most Expensive Hotel Rooms in the World?
/in Hotels in the News/by Terry TruccoIn fact, they’re third highest in the world – just behind Moscow (priciest for the ninth year) and Lagos. So says the newly released hotel survey from Hogg Robinson Group (HRG), which compared rates for 55 international cities. The New York average is $341.59 a night, up 4 percent from 2011. That uptick reflects confidence in the financial sector, a good thing until you have to swipe your credit card. Read more
How The Pierre Hotel Plunged Deep into Fashion Week — And Yes, Those Are Mannequins in the Bar
/in Hotels and Fashion/by Terry TruccoDresses in the Two E Bar/Lounge by (from left) Angela Gao, Wen Shi, Laura Siegel and Samantha Sleeper.
New York hotels love Spring Fashion Week, unspooling in the dead of winter, for obvious reasons – full rooms, bustling bars, parties in the ballrooms and a sprinkling of glamour. What better way to perk up a slow season? Read more
Pass the Popcorn: What Were the Most Watched Movies in Hotel Rooms in January 2013?
/in Hotels and the Arts/by Terry TruccoAbraham Lincoln or James Bond? That seemed the big question hotel guests pondered when choosing in-room movies last month. (Denzel Washington and Liam Neeson were also deep in the mix.) To find out if Oscar contenders trumped blockbusters for the top spots, read on. Read more
What AreThe Best New York Hotel Bars for Watching Super Bowl XLVII?
/in Hotels Pets & Sports/by Terry TruccoWhere do you want to be when the Baltimore Ravens and San Francisco Forty-Niners clash on Sunday? Read more
Looking for Great Hotel Coffee? Foursquare Serves Up Its “Best of New York Guide”
/in Hotel Food and Drink/by Terry TruccoIt’s billed as the guide that tells you where people actually go when they’re in New York. Well, up to a point. Foursquare’s new Best of New York Guide is based on where people linked to Foursquare go – and that ain’t everyone (or everywhere). Read more
Need a Bookcase or Coffee Table? Check Out Christopher Columbus’s Tag Sale
/in Hotels and the Arts/by Terry TruccoAt home with Christopher Columbus.
No, you can’t buy the Nina, Pinta or Santa Maria. But how about a price-slashed Mitchell Gold white leather side chair? Or a deeply discounted 48-inch Samsung LED TV?
Last fall I wrote about Christopher Columbus’s living room – the one artist Tatzu Nishi designed up in the air around the famed Christopher Columbus statue (you could visit the living room, see Gaetano Russo’s towering marble statue up close and personal, then cross the street and gaze down upon Columbus’s temporary abode from the lounge on the 35th floor of the Mandarin Oriental New York). Read more
Hungry? More than 30 Hotel Restaurants Sign On for NYC Restaurant Week, January 14 to February 8, 2013
/in Hotel Food and Drink/by Terry TruccoWeek is a misnomer, but who’s complaining? New York’s Winter Restaurant Week, an annual event for, well, decades, stretches luxuriantly from January 14 to February 8, proving a week can be longer than seven days – and that 2013 is already a lucky year, at least for diners out for a deal. Read more
Pass the Popcorn: What Movies Did Hotel Guests Watch In Their Rooms in December 2012?
/in Hotels and the Arts/by Terry TruccoOnce again it’s time to take a peek into hotel rooms across the nation and Canada (and New York City) and report on what guests chose to pay to watch on their flatpanel screens. The verdict? Ted, the trash-talking bear, had a great two-month run. But last month he fell – though not very far — from his cushy perch at Number 1. Taken 2 and Liam Neeson overtook him. No teds there. Read more