Meet The Jane, New York’s Titanic Hotel Where Seamen Surviving the Catastrophic Sinking Wound Up
What 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
What You Missed if You Skipped the 2012 Architectural Digest Home Design Show
Donuts — baked not fried.
One reason we like hotels is that the best are laboratories for design, jam-packed with decorating ideas you can try at home. So, of course, we love home design shows, and this is one of our favorites (full disclosure: we moderated the show’s New York Times designer seminars, but we’d be fans anyway). Read more
In the Pink in the Roaring 20s Lobby of the Intercontinental New York Barclay
Hello, spring.
We know – winter wasn’t a big deal this year, but that doesn’t mean we aren’t ready for spring. So bring it on.
These big bouquets of lilies and blossoms come courtesy of the Barclay, or to be formal about it the Intercontinental New York Barclay, a hotel that can always be depended upon for fresh flowers in the lobby. The message? Spring’s here – we’re in the pink!
What You Missed if You Skipped the 2012 New York Times Travel Show
We’re with New York Governor Andrew Cuomo on this one – Jacob K. Javits Convention Center is a big, soulless barn. But once a year The New York Times Travel Show moves in for a weekend along with a big chunk of the world, and the place lights up.
With representatives from more than 70 countries and 14 states – and that’s not counting cruise ships, hotel chains and tour operators – you could travel the world without a passport this past weekend. Here’s a small sampling of what we saw. Read more
Are These The Best Hotels in New York in 2012? AAA Thinks So and Rolls Out Its Five Diamond List
Not long ago Trip Advisor posted its crowd-sourced list of the top hotels in the US. New York City fared badly with not one property in the top 25.
Another day, another survey. AAA has released its 2012 list of Five Diamond hotels and restaurants, and New York City cleaned up with eight hotels and one hotel restaurant landing the coveted diamonds, the goldest star AAA’s professional raters award. Only Las Vegas scored higher in the hotel category, with a nod for ten properties. Read more
Trip Advisor Rounds Up Its Best Hotels of 2012: How Did NYC Hotels Fare?
We don’t know whether to be befuddled or embarrassed. We’re pretty partial to New York City hotels, but not a single one – not one! – landed on Trip Advisor’s annual Travel’s Choice list of the 25 Best Hotels in the World list published yesterday.
New York did better last year, when the city offered fewer rooms but apparently played to more enthusiastic Trip Advisor users. Though none made the cut for the top 25 international hotels in 2011, the plucky Casablanca in Times Square rolled in at number eight for best in the US. Alas, it – and every place else here in town – was shut out of that list this time. Read more
Want to Stay at Big-Name Chain Hotel like Hyatt, Hilton or Marriott? Check out Roomkey.com, a New Hotel Booking Website
Is Room Key the hotel version of the Empire Strikes Back?
Last week Roomkey.com, a new hotel search engine, went live. But instead of a third-party consolidator like Expedia or Travelocity, Room key is operated by a consortium of big-gun hotel chains whose properties it handles exclusively. Read more
Best of the New: What We Saw And Loved at NYC Hotels in 2011
By the time 2011 morphed into a memory at the stroke of midnight, New York City boasted an unprecedented 90,000 hotel rooms. But the year that was didn’t just set records. If 2011 was a wine we’d raise a glass (and buy several cases). Read more
New York’s First Ever Hotel Week Arrives With Rooms Starting at $100 a Night
Hyatt Lex48 lounge.
Come early January, slow season at the city’s hotels, New York’s record-breaking tally of 90,000 hotel rooms may seem more like a glut than a victory lap.
What to do with all those rooms? Take a tip from Macy’s – or New York’s wildly successful Restaurant Week – and orchestrate a sale.
The first ever Hotel Week runs from January 6 through 15 at eight hotels, namely those with ties to the New York public relations firm that dreamed up the idea. Read more