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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
Scones, Sandwiches and Lapsang Souchong: Afternoon Teas Worth Taking at NYC Hotels
/in Hotel Food and Drink/by Terry TruccoHigh tea and texting don’t mix. That, at least, is how I felt on a recent weekday afternoon as I sipped Lapsang Souchong and nibbled miniature sandwiches in the Gotham Lounge at The Peninsula hotel.
Afternoon tea at a hotel is something of an anachronism, a last link to a “What is the weekend?” world. It’s the anti-fast food, offering a civilized setting for a business meeting, a cozy chat or a vacation from the 21st-century for an hour or two.
Green Hotels: Two Organizations That Give New Life for Used Bars of Hotel Soap
/in Green Hotels/by Terry TruccoFull disclosure: I love hotel soaps and have been known to wrap up a gently used bar of Malin + Goetz or Miller Harris and take it home. But I don’t always and I’ve wondered – what happens to the hundreds of thousands of lightly used soaps and shampoos hotels collect each week? Read more
Where Would Will and Kate Go If They Were In Town? New York’s Hotels Battle It Out with Fancy Royal Wedding Breakfasts
/in Hotel Food and Drink, Hotels in the News/by Terry TruccoAt the moment Kate Middleton and Prince William say “I Do” next Friday, early bird guests at a cluster of Manhattan hotels will raise their champagne glasses. How did London’s royal wedding turn into a hotel event in New York? Here’s our play-by-play of the race to see which hotel will catch the bouquet. Read more