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- Eight NYC Hotels For Watching the 2021 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day ParadeOctober 20, 2021 - 5:42 pm
New York Hotel Sightings Abound on the Hit TV Show “Smash”
/in Hotels and the Arts/by Terry TruccoCarlton’s star turn.
Why is Smash, the hit NBC series about the creation of a Broadway musical, our favorite television show this season? We can’t recall a TV show or movie with scenes shot at more New York City hotels. Read more
LobbyFriend, a New Travel App, Aims to Bring Social Media to Your Hotel Lobby
/in Hotels and Tech/by Terry TruccoHotel guests fall into two categories – those who want to meet and mingle with other guests and those who can’t think of anything worse. Read more
Pass the Popcorn: The Most Watched Hotel Room Movies in April 2012
/in Hotels and the Arts/by Terry TruccoNew Yorkers like to think they’re different from the rest of the country, but does that go for the movies watched in New York City hotel rooms?
Not in April. Last month’s ten top Hollywood movies – we don’t keep track of the other kind – viewed in hotel rooms throughout the nation were identical to the top ten screened in New York City hotel rooms. Read more
Meet The NoMad Library — The Book-Filled Room That Double as a Crafted Cocktail Bar
/in Hotel Food and Drink/by Terry TruccoLibraries and libations go together like gin and tonic. Or perhaps we should say like Islay scotch, Chambery Blanc vermouth, South India Solera sherry and crème de cacao, the makings of the Old Alhambra cocktail we had in the Library lounge and bar at the new NoMad Hotel. Read more
How The New York Hilton Is Cultivating a Green Roof in the Middle of Midtown Manhattan
/in Green Hotels/by Terry TruccoIn observation of Earth Day (and Month), we pause for a quick pulse check on how New York City hotels are doing on the green front. Read more
Freak Construction Accident Startled Morning Coffee Drinkers and Closes Le Parker Meridien’s Knave Cafe
/in Hotel Food and Drink/by Terry TruccoTalk about a double whammy. First came the news that Le Parker Meridien’s new next-door neighbor will be a new 296-room boutique hotel. Then yesterday morning the new neighbor invaded Parker Meridien’s turf. Read more
Meet Tingo — The New Online Booking Site with the Amusing Name
/in Hotels and Tech, Hotels in the News/by Terry TruccoNew York in springtime – it’s lots better than New York in January, and hotel rates reflect this. What better time to unveil a new online booking site promising low prices?
Tingo purports to offer that elusive but delectable commodity – the sure thing. Read more
Hotels Where You Can Eat Lunch and Chill When You’re on Jury Duty
/in Hotel Food and Drink/by Terry TruccoMany are called – and last week we were among them, taking a seat in the gigantic two-room juror’s bullpen at 60 Centre Street. Read more
Meet The Jane, New York’s Titanic Hotel Where Seamen Surviving the Catastrophic Sinking Wound Up
/in Hotels in the News, Notable Check-ins/by Terry TruccoWhat the Titanic survivors saw.
On Sunday the Titanic Memorial Cruise left Southampton, England for New York City tracing the path of the doomed luxury liner that sank on April 14, 1912. The 1,309 passengers, ranging from relatives of survivors to Titanic groupies, paid from $4,445 to $9,320 for the 12-might cruise. Read more
Jumeirah Essex House Celebrates Easter with Gigantic Faberge Eggs — in Chocolate
/in Hotels and Holidays/by Terry TruccoWhenever a holiday rolls around, we head to Jumeriah Essex House in the hope of seeing a grand-scale edible work of art. Last Christmas a 10-foot-tall tree constructed from 500 lbs. of white chocolate commanded a corner of the lobby. The year before, a minutely detailed rendering of the hotel in gingerbread doubled as a mouth-watering photo op. Read more