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Are iPads The Next New “It” Item at Hotels? The Morgans Group Thinks So
/in Hotels and Tech/by Terry TruccoWhat’s the next hotel room amenity destined for the slag heap littered with CD players and tube TVs? My guess: the in-room phone with its push-button call list for the concierge, room service and housekeeping. Read more
Marilyn Monroe at the Washington Square Hotel — in a Show of Rare Black and White Photographs
/in Hotels and the Arts/by Terry TruccoJune 3rd would have been Marilyn Monroe’s 85th birthday. Since film legends never really die, Hollywood photographer Murray Garrett celebrated with a show of seldom seen – and in several cases never before seen – black-and-white images of the 1950’s most celebrated blonde at the Washington Square Hotel. Read more
Who Needs a Bartender (or a Chef)? These Three NYC Hotels Put You to Work (In a Good Way)
/in Hotel Food and Drink, Hotels and Tech, Hotels in the News/by Terry TruccoDon’t tip the Yotel robot
That much-discussed Yobot robotic arm that grabs and stores your luggage at the soon-to-open Yotel Times Square got us thinking about other nifty labor saving devices – as in the saving of the hotel staff’s labor – around town.
We visited three hotels with clever do-it-yourself amenities, read the instructions and pushed the appropriate buttons. How did we fare?
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Gleeked: Celebrating the Season Finale of “Glee” at The Intercontinental New York Times Square
/in Hotels and the Arts/by Terry TruccoTalk about savvy product placement.
One of the first sights on screen during the much balleyhooed season finale of “Glee” this week was the lobby of the Intercontinental New York Times Square, the 36-story glass skyscraper that opened last July. Read more
Five Great Decorating Ideas You Can Steal from the 2011 Kips Bay Decorator Show House
/in Hotels in the News/by Terry TruccoWe like decorator show houses for many of the same reasons we like hotels. The best show house rooms are fantasy rooms, a designer’s vision for an imaginary occupant. When a designer gets it right, you’re transported to another world where you can try on a different life, albeit fleetingly, just as you do in an evocative hotel room. Read more
Food Delivered Fresh From a Vermont Farm to Your Room at Element Times Square West
/in Green Hotels/by Terry TruccoBack to the land isn’t a phrase that leaps to mind when I think of New York, especially anything having to do with Times Square. Read more
The Finish Line’s in Sight for the Grand Hyatt New York’s Big Renovation
/in Hotel Renovations/by Terry TruccoWe’ve followed the Grand Hyatt’s three-year march into the 21st century since it began, and after what we saw on a recent visit it’s official – the glass and metal behemoth nudging Grand Central Station is edging closer to the finish line, shedding the last vestiges of shoulder pads, Dynasty and other creaky 80s trappings. Read more
Where Dominique Strauss-Kahn Stayed: The Sofitel New York Gets its Close up
/in Hotels in the News/by Terry TruccoPublicity is catnip to hotels. Still, I can’t imagine the Sofitel New York is thrilled with the reason it’s suddenly the most talked about hotel in town. Read more
Sipping a Pink Ginger Cosmo at the Mandarin Oriental
/in Hotel Food and Drink/by Terry TruccoA Cosmo? In 2011?
I’m in the Lobby Lounge on the 35th floor at the Mandarin Oriental. The city sprawls below on a gorgeous spring night. Read more
Three NYC Hotel Designers Discuss Their (Gorgeous) Handiwork at the Museum of the City of New York
/in Hotels in the News/by Terry TruccoThe Mondrian SoHo, Café Carlyle at the Carlyle Hotel and the Standard Hotel New York are stylish, newly minted places. Last night, the architect behind the Standard, the designer of the Mondrian and the decorator who refurbished Café Carlyle talked about their work at the Museum of the City of New York. Here are five cool facts I learned about each property. Read more