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Eat Up! These NYC Hotel Restaurants Offer Deals on Meals During Winter Restaurant Week 2018
/in Hotel Food and Drink, Hotels in the News/by Terry TruccoAs NYC Winter Restaurant Week 2018 roars into town for a three week stint from January 22 to February 9, this seems a good time to pause and take a look at its history.
Dozens of cities, large and small, offer promotional prix-fixe meals once or twice a year, but until 1992 that wasn’t the case. Read more
Before 2017 Winds Down, One Last Look at New York City Hotel Holiday Decorations We Love
/in Hotels and Holidays/by Terry TruccoIt’s hard to recall a colder, darker New York City holiday season than 2017. But for much of the month, an upbeat antidote to the relentless chill could be found at the city’s hotels — enough to make it worth your while to duck into a lobby for a welcoming blast of warmth and sparkle. Before the year slips away, here’s a last look at how some of our favorite hotels dressed up for the holidays. Read more
Coming Soon to a Hotel Near You: Our Top Picks from the 2017 Hotel Trade Fairs
/in Hotels and Tech, Hotels in the News/by Terry TruccoWhat new designs and creature comforts can you expect to see when you visit a hotel in the near future?
For a hotel products preview, I attended the industry’s real life take on a crystal ball, the two annual trade shows — HX: the Hotel Experience and BD Boutique and Design Fair — that eat up a chunk of New York’s cavernous Javits Center for several days each November.
From the thousands of offerings on view, including those only a hotel manager could love — advanced waste handling systems, anyone? — I zeroed in on the little guys, small companies often run by an entrepreneurial inventor with something fresh to show. Here’s what caught my eye. Read more
Hotel Happenings You’ll Want to Check Out during New York Fashion Week
/in Hotels and Fashion/by Terry TruccoYou’ll need an invitation to get into the more than 130 shows by the likes of Marc Jacobs, Alexander Wang and Fenty Puma by Rihanna that comprise New York Fashion Week, aka NYFW, unfurling September 7 through 15. The parties, too.
But not every NYFW event is roped off with velvet. You may need to RSVP, but these happenings at New York hotels are open to all. Read more
Surprise — The Unheralded Star of the Hit Musical “War Paint” Is the St. Regis Hotel
/in Hotels and the Arts, Hotels in the News/by Terry TruccoWatch a movie set in New York, and there’s a good chance you’ll see a Manhattan hotel, whether in a starring role or an unforgettable cameo (think of the The Plaza’s Oak Bar in North by Northwest).
But Broadway shows? Not so often.
Which brings us to War Paint, the engaging, multilayered new musical about the indefatigable 20th-century beauty entrepreneurs Elizabeth Arden and Helena Rubenstein. As you’d expect, the equally indefatigable Christine Ebersole portraying Arden (“Hold fast to youth and beauty”) and Patti LuPone as Rubenstein (“There are no ugly women, only lazy ones”) are terrific.
And the hotel where several pivotal scenes unfold on stage? Read more
The Fabled Plaza Hotel Is For Sale — Again
/in Hotels in the News/by Terry TruccoMore over Conrad Hilton. And you, too, Donald Trump. It appears that a new member may be joining the growing coterie of individuals and consortiums who have called themselves owners of New York’s 1907 landmark, The Plaza Hotel.
Sahara Group, the India-based conglomerate that bought a majority stake in the hotel in 2012, has hired a broker to sell their share in the showpiece Fifth Avenue property, The Wall Street Journal reports.
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Catch the Big Eclipse of 2017 at a New York Hotel
/in Hotels in the News/by Terry TruccoThese hotels with roof bars, pools and sky rooms are so stoked they’re throwing eclipse parties. Drop by and watch the big show in the sky with a crowd.
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Strolling Through The Waldorf Astoria on the Final Night of its 85-Year Run
/in Hotel History, Hotel Openings and Closings, Hotel Renovations/by Terry TruccoWhen a hotel opens its doors for the first time, it stays open 24/7, 365 days a year. For 85 years and five months, the Waldorf Astoria did just that, treating the world to innovations like room service, Eggs Benedict and Waldorf salad without ever locking its massive doors.
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Three NYC Hotels Where Top Dogs in the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show Sit, Roll Over and Stay
/in Hotels Pets & Sports/by Terry TruccoNew York in mid-February is special if you happen to be a dog lover. Yes, the wind
Top dog in 1911 — Scottish Terrier Tickle Em Jock. (Westminster Kennel Club Photo)
whistles and the ground is frozen solid. But for two days — February 13 and 14 this year — Madison Square Garden is Dog Central as the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show, caninedom’s show of show, sweeps into town, luring more than 3,000 of the world’s most perfect pooches. Read more
Matilda, the Celebrated Algonquin Hotel Cat, Lands Her First Book
/in Hotels Pets & Sports, Notable Check-ins/by Terry TruccoAs one of New York’s oldest and most storied hotels, The Algonquin has long been catnip for wags and writers. For decades, nearly everyone associated with the place, from the Vicious Circle and beyond, has shared stories about the hotel and its history. Everyone, it seems, except Matilda, the Algonquin cat.
That has changed. In a new illustrated children’s book, aptly titled Matilda, the Algonquin Cat, the hotel’s resident blonde in fur tells all about the hotel she’s called home for most of her nine lives.
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