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Lindsay Lohan’s Wild Morning at W Union Square
/in Hotels in the News, Notable Check-ins/by Terry TruccoThe grand staircase.
It’s publicity. And it’s free. But do hotels really want to be splashed on newspaper front pages? The famous guest grabbing the attention is rarely raving about the service. Consider Dominique Strauss-Kahn and the Sofitel New York. And today Lindsay Lohan and the W Union Square.
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A Potent Mixology Class that Updates Classic Drinks at The Pierre’s Top E Bar
/in Hotel Food and Drink/by Terry TruccoWhat the Warwick Hotel Looked Like When Iran Checked In for the 67th General Assembly
/in Hotels in the News/by Terry TruccoThe Warwick’s security blocks.
The Queen’s flag – or absence of it – announces whether or not she is in residence at Buckingham Palace. At large hotels flags flown above the entry perform a similar task, hinting that notables are in the house, whether a visiting government or a football team.
The only flags flying in front of the Warwick Hotel this week were the stars and stripes and the red Warwick banner. Read more
Watch the Hotel Belleclaire Get a New Chandelier
/in Hotel Renovations/by Terry TruccoA little more to the left . . .
Actually, the Belleclaire is getting an entire new lobby (and not a moment too soon).
But a chandelier this big commands more attention than a throw pillow. And we happened to stop by as it was being positioned into place. Read more
Fifth Avenue Star Power: The Pierre and The Plaza Co-Star with Richard Gere in the New Thriller “Arbitrage”
/in Hotels and the Arts/by Terry TruccoYou’re out of luck if you wanted to try the Eggs Benedict at Le Caprice. The Pierre hotel’s gleaming by-the-numbers copy of the popular London brasserie closed earlier this year. (We wonder who got their hands on the gorgeous David Bailey photos of Jean Shrimpton that dressed the walls.) Read more
The Sheraton New York’s 50-Year Club and Throws a Party
/in Hotels in the News/by Terry TruccoCelebratory butter cream with chocolate filling.
Not many guests check into hotels long term unless you count inventor Nikola Tesla, who lived for a decade at The New Yorker, or Cole Porter, who stayed for years at the Waldorf (the hotel lent him a grand piano). Read more
But Are They Fantastic? We Checked Out the W Union Square’s Renovated Rooms
/in Hotel Renovations/by Terry TruccoLeggy desk.
It takes a certain bravura for a hotel to name its rooms Spectacular, Fantastic and WOW.
W hotels have done this for over a decade, of course. Still, one person’s WOW is another’s meh. And what happens when age sets in, as it inevitably does? Nothing looks as forlorn as a trend-conscious hotel pushing ten without a facelift or, at the very least, fresh clothes and make-up. Read more
Another New Mural for the Doors to The Bar at Andaz 5th Avenue
/in Hotels and the Arts/by Terry TruccoArtist Daniel St. George (right) and assistant Max Decker painting the Andaz doors.
Sometimes a door isn’t just a door.
Last week the double doors leading to The Bar Downstairs at the Andaz 5th Avenue were a work in progress (witness the protective plastic, brush-wielding artist, passersby taking pictures).
And this week? Read more
Grabbing a Fashion Week Drink (or Lunch) Near the Lincoln CenterTents
/in Hotels and Fashion/by Terry TruccoFashions inside.
Once again New York Fashion Week breezes in, and suddenly Manhattan’s Upper West Side is uncharacteristically chic – at least until September 13. Read more
Pass the Popcorn: Top 10 Movies Watched in Hotel Rooms in August 2012
/in Hotels and the Arts/by Terry TruccoWhat was the most watched movie in hotel rooms across the U.S. and Canada and in New York City last month?
Think blockbuster. And comics. Since August was too early for either The Amazing Spider-Man or The Dark Knight Rises to leave the big screen for hotel room flatpanels, that leaves one obvious winner – Marvel’s The Avengers. Read more