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Two new Bronx hotels in old buildings
Although out-of-towners have few Bronx lodging options, two new choices are in the works in two old buildings.
A 10-room bed and breakfast will open at the end of this month in the New York City-landmarked Andrew Freedman home on the Grand Concourse. Originally built in the 1920s as a retirement home that would only accept poor people who had once been rich, the full-block building and grounds are operated by the Mid-Bronx Senior Citizens Council. Some of the building is filled with community facilities such as day care and computer training classes, and a large section of two floors has been given over to the No Longer Empty arts group, which has installed its funky “This Side of Paradise” exhibition.
The artwork ranges from sculptures and video to full-room takeovers by a single artist. When “This Side of Paradise” closes June 5, the Mid-Bronx Senior Citizens Council has its sights set on turning the building’s empty spaces into a BAM for the Bronx, MBSCC spokeswoman Marcia Fingal told NewYorkology.
The Italian Renaissance building was originally set up like a villa and guests were expected to dress up for dinner. The building was constrcted with funds from Freedman, who was a financier of the IRT subway and owner of the Giants baseball team.
 Rooms in the new bed & breakfast have been updated from their rich-now-poor retirement-home days and rates will start at $130 for a room with a single bed that shares its bathroom with the adjacent guest room. The rate is $150 for a room with a private bathroom and shower. The price is $250 for a family-style suite, which is made up of two adjoining rooms with the bathroom in between and a total of three beds.
The goal is to run the bed & breakfast as a jobs-training program, Fingal said, as that’s part of MBSCC’s mission. In addition to the on-site art on offer, the Freedman hopes to open a Speakeasy Lounge for guests, complete with pool table.
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April 16, 2012 1:22 PM Comments (0)
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AAA adds NYC diamond hotels to its 2012 list
AAA added 13 properties to its list of best hotels in New York City for 2012.
While its very short list of five-diamond hotels remains unchanged at nine, the four-diamond list got a big bump this year, including the 54-story Eventi Hotel (pictured.)
The AAA five-diamond hotels for 2012 in New York City: The Four Seasons, Mandarin Oriental, The Peninsula, The Pierre, The Plaza , Trump International Hotel & Tower and the Ritz-Carltons at both Battery Park and Central Park.
The new four-diamond hotels for 2012: Andaz hotels at 5th Avenue and Wall Street, Eventi, Hyatt 48Lex, Ink 48, the Intercontinental Times Square, Mondrian Soho, The Bowery Hotel, Carlton Hotel, The Chatwal, Setai Fifth Avenue, The Surrey and the W Downtown.
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March 18, 2012 4:01 PM Comments (0)
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Hotel news: NoMad to open; Quickbook redesigns
Here’s a roundup of recent hotel news for New York City, including upcoming openings, recent sales and quirky packages.
A New York Times Style Magazine slideshow offers a preview of the Jacques Garcia-designed NoMad Hotel in the old Tin Pan Alley neighborhood at Broadway and 28th Street. The hotel website is accepting reservations for arrivals
beginning in April with rates from $295 per night.
New York City currently has 7,296 hotel rooms under construction, a 17 percent increase over February 2011, according to a report by Smith Travel Research appearing in the Hotel News Resource. (In November, Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced a record 90,000 hotel rooms were in operation in New York City.)
Other hotels hoping to open soon include the Conrad Hotel in Battery Park City and the Wythe Hotel in Williamsburg.
Recent high-profile openings include The Out NYC, which bills itself as “New York’s first straight-friendly urban resort located in the epicenter of gay life.”
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March 16, 2012 12:30 PM Comments (1)
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Wellness Week spa reservations open
 Reservations open today for Wellness Week 2012, which offers discounted spa treatments from March 19 through 25.
Some of the locations will offer $50 treatments while others will offer a 50-percent discount on services such as massages, facials and waxing.
Participating locations include The Peninsula, Mandarin Oriental, Trump Soho and Setai Fifth Avenue hotel spas, the Salon & Spa at Saks Fifth Avenue, Faina European Day Spa and Completely Bare.
However, some locations on the January preview list dropped out, including Caudalie Vinotherapie Spa at The Plaza, a spokeswoman for SpaFinder today told NewYorkology.
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February 29, 2012 11:07 AM Comments (0)
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Renovation to retire Algonquin's Oak Room
 When The Algonquin reopens after renovations, its Oak Room will be gone, the hotel announced today on its Facebook page.
“The Oak Room was a launching pad for Harry Connick Jr., Michael Feinstein, Andrea Marcovicci, Diana Krall, Jane Monheit, Peter Cincotti, and Jamie Cullum,” according to the hotel’s website.
The room also has ties to the Round Table, according to Kevin Fitzpatrick, the president of New York City’s Dorothy Parker Society.
“The Round Table first met in June 1919 in what was called the Pergola Room, now called the Oak Room,” Fitzpatrick said today in an email to NewYorkology. “After the group expanded, management moved them to the restaurant, which was named the Round Table room in 1998. So they ate in both rooms.
“I’ve spoken with Intra-Spec and Gary Budge, the Algonquin GM. They are being very respectful,” Fitzpatrick continued. “I think the renovation is important to update the hotel to compete in today’s market; the spirit of Dorothy Parker and the rest are being minded but they can’t be kept under glass. I think the hotel is going about it in a smart way without trying to run a museum.”
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February 2, 2012 6:27 PM Comments (0)
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Wellness Week to offer $50 spa deals March 19-25
Update as of Feb. 29: Wellness Week reservations have opened and some of the preview locations listed below are no longer taking part.
More than 45 New York City spas have so far signed up to offer discounted treatments during Wellness Week 2012 from March 19 through 25, a spokeswoman for SpaFinder told NewYorkology.
The spas will offer $50 treatments or a 50-percent discount on treatments.
Caudalie Vinotherapie Spa at The Plaza, and the spas at the Mandarin Oriental and Trump Soho hotels are among the locations that have so far confirmed.
Like the long-running SpaWeek (scheduled for April 16 through 22,) the $50 treatments are about half-off regular prices.
Wellness Week bookings will open to the public Feb. 29, but early access can be acquired by signing up in advance on the SpaFinder website. The full list of locations and treatments will go live on the Wellness Week website by Feb. 29.
Other New York City locations taking part include the Beljanski Wellness Center, Brilliant Smile NY,Dyanna Spa, Laser Cosmetica, Madison Avenue Chiropractic Center, Metamorphosis Day Spa, Nina’s Day Spa and Laser, Provence Wellness Center, Rejuva Nation Medi Spa, Smooth Med, Tribeca Beauty Spa, Tribeca Dental Studio, White Tea, YAMUNA and the Yin Beauty & Arts Spa.
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January 31, 2012 12:54 PM Comments (0)
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Winter hotel deals below $200 per night
Although New York City is having one of the mildest winters in recent years, hotel prices are so low you’d think there’s a blizzard on. Many of the discount hotels have rooms under $100 a night while fairly luxurious room can be had for less than $200.
Even the week before Christmas, the average daily rate for rooms in New York City was down to $204, according to Smith Travel Research.
Here’s a survey of some of the deals currently available below $200:
Affinia Hotels today begins a three-day sale (with the code JAN3DAY) which includes rooms from $139 in New York for travel through March 31. Affinia operates five hotels in New York City: Affinia Shelburne, Affinia Manhattan, Affinia 50, Affinia Gardens and Affinia Dumont.
NYC Hotel Week, with rooms for $100, $200 and $250 at eight hotels, runs through Jan. 15.
The Hotel Pennsylvania has a winter website promo from $79 through January that comes with free continental breakfast.
 Room rates at The Jane currently start at $79 per night. After Feb. 9, rates rise to $99 on some nights.
Some of the Apple Core hotels in Midtown currently have rooms from $89.
The Pod Hotel has rates from $89.
GEM Hotels currently has three New York City locations, with a Union Square location set to open soon. Rooms can be found from $89 at their Midtown West hotel; from $109 in Soho and $189 in Chelsea.
The MAve has last-minute rates as low as $104.
Rates start at $109 at the Paramount Hotel in Times Square as part of its Winter Wonder Sale.
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January 11, 2012 3:26 PM Comments (0)
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NYC hotel renovations include Algonquin, Tuscany
 A handful of New York City hotels are going under the knife to have a little work done this winter, including the historic Algonquin Hotel, which will be closed until May 1.
Built in 1902, the hotel was designated a New York City landmark as well as a literary landmark as the epicenter of the Round Table.
In addition to an overhaul of the Algonquin’s 174 guest rooms, the hotel’s elevators, plumbing, heating and cooling systems will be renovated, according to Crain’s New York.
Revamped rooms will feature better power outlets, brighter lamps, black-out shades and showers will replace the original bathtubs in most rooms, according to USAToday.
On Feb. 11, the St Giles Hotel New York will close its Tuscany property (formerly a W hotel,) and reopen in August, according to USA Today.
The Hotel Chelsea remains closed as the new owners’ ongoing renovations draw criticism.
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January 9, 2012 1:33 PM Comments (0)
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NYC Hotel Week offers $100, $200, $250 rooms in Jan.
Eight NYC hotels and Nancy J. Friedman Public Relations are kicking off the city’s first Hotel Week from Jan. 6 through 15 with $100, $200 and $250 deals during a traditionally slow season.
 The $100 rates will be available at The Pod Hotel, The Hotel @ Times Square, nyma, The New York Manhattan Hotel and the Z Hotel in Queens.
The $200 rates will be available at Andaz Wall Street and Hyatt 48 Lex while the $250 rates will be on offer at the Gansevoort Meatpacking and the Gansevoort Park Avenue NYC.
The deal is subject to availability and guests must mention “hotel week” when booking by phone or online.
See USAToday for a rundown on the regular rates guests would pay at the hotels without the deal.
A different NYC hotel deal offers a third night free after guests pay for two consecutive nights between Jan. 2 and Feb. 29.
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December 22, 2011 11:13 AM Comments (0)
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Third-night-free winter deal launches at 20 NYC hotels
Twenty luxury class hotels in New York City will offer a third night free in January and Febraury as part of the Signature Collection Third Night promotion, NYC & Company, city’s official tourism marketing group, announced today.
Guests will get a third night free after paying for two consecutive nights between Jan. 2 and Feb. 29. Upon check in, guests will also get a Key to Madison Avenue card with more than 70 offers to boutiques, spas, restaurants and art galleries including VIP services and free gifts. The NYC & Co. offer code is required when booking.
The participating hotels:
The Carlyle
The Chatwal
Plaza Athenee
Jumeirah Essex House
The Loews Regency
The London NYC
Mandarin Oriental
New York Palace
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December 6, 2011 1:43 PM Comments (0)
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