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MAve hotel opens on Mad Ave with rooms from $169

The MAve hotel opened for business today with rooms from $169 per night, up to $509 per night for the penthouse suite.

Construction is complete on all of The MAve’s 72 rooms. The only incomplete area is half of the lobby, which will eventually house a restaurant or cafe, a hotel spokesman told NewYorkology. Room service is now offered through the Olana Restaurant.

The hotel offers free wi-fi in all rooms and public spaces, and guests are offered free breakfast as well. Rooms have 9-1/2 foot high ceilings, modern furnishings, pillow-top mattresses, H20 Aquatics bath products, 32-inch HDTVs.

Through September 7, rooms are priced from $169 to $509. The hotel’s also taking part in NYC’s third night free program. After Sept. 7, the base rate will rise to $249 per night.

The MAve is located in the Flatiron neighborhood, at 62 Madison Ave., map.

Image source: Boulevard King on The MAve’s website.

Earlier: New hotel The MAve taking July reservations from $169
New York City hotel openings scheduled for 2009

July 2, 2009 4:30 PM Comments (0)

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Four Points, Fairfield Inn hotels open on 40th Street

HotelChatter.com brings word of two side-by-side openings in Midtown: The Four Points by Sheraton Midtown - Times Square and Fairfield Inn New York Manhattan/Times Square are open for business.

A third hotel at the same spot, a Staybridge Suites, is targeting a January 16 opening.

The Four Points by Sheraton Midtown, located at 326 W. 40th St., has 244 guest rooms and offers free high-speed Internet. Online rates at the hotel’s own site start at $195.

The “boutique-style” Fairfield Inn, located at 330 W. 40th St., also boasts 244 rooms and free Internet. Rates are available from $179 on the hotel’s website.

June 25, 2009 9:03 PM Comments (0)

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An image makeover for NY Helmsley Hotel on 42nd

In preparation of its goodbye-1980s-renovation, the New York Helmsley Hotel has paid for the creation of an online archive that seeks to document the history before it changes.

Though to read New York Helmsley Archives, you may see history change before your eyes. Leona Helmsley is indeed omnipresent on the new website, though mainly for her unparalleled attention to detail.

She was remembered quite differently elsewhere, such as in her 2007 New York Times obituary, which started this way: Leona Helmsley, the self-styled hotel queen whose prison term for income tax evasion and fraud was greeted with uncommon approval by a public who regarded her as a 1980s symbol of arrogance and greed. …”

The hotel renovation — with a design by Jeff Ornstein, new individual registration desks with Macassar Ebony wood chairs and a Barovier & Toso Murano Italian glass chandelier — will be complete by the end of the year. The hotel, located at 212 E. 42nd St., map, will remain open throughout.

Image source: New York Helmsley Archives.

June 25, 2009 2:55 PM Comments (0)

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Eloise returns to The Plaza with pricey packages

The famous painting of Eloise is back at The Plaza and the hotel is marking her return with pair of packages perfect for precocious little girls.

The comparatively practical Live Like Eloise package, priced from $895 a night, gets you a Deluxe Rose Suite, a super-duper sundae from in-room dining, a copy of the “Eloise” book, and “Eloise post cards with complimentary postage.”

And then there’s the Live Like Eloise Slumber Party Package. Priced from $3,595 per night, it lets as many as six young girls camp out in a Plaza Suite with Eloise DVDs, snacks, room-service sundaes, post cards and Kay Thompson’s “Eloise’s Guide to Life or How to Eat, Dress, Travel, Behave and Stay Six Forever.”

The popular Eloise character, created by Liza Minnelli’s godmother Kay Thompson, was drawn by Hilary Knight.

Earlier: Christie’s selling ‘Eloise’s slippers’ in Plaza auction

June 18, 2009 3:02 PM Comments (0)

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NYC hotel deals aplenty as average rate dips to $201

Since hotel room rates in New York City continue to slip — down to an average daily rate of $201.20 as of the first week in June, according to Smith Travel Research — deals can still be found under $200 a night this summer.

Quikbook’s NYC sale starts today and runs through this Friday, The deals are good through September 7.

Find rates as low as:

Hampton Inn Manhattan - SoHo from $105
Roger Smith Hotel from $105
Thompson Lower East Side from $120
Gild Hall from: $135
Paramount Hotel Times Square New York from: $140
6 Columbus Circle from $141
Affinia Shelburne from $142
Smyth from $145
Hotel on Rivington from $157

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June 16, 2009 11:12 AM Comments (1)

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VIP auctions: Broadway backstage to Agassi's US Open

VIP New York is yours for the taking — from a private U.S. Open tête-à-tête with Andre Agassi to a table for eight at Rao’s — merely for a contribution to a worthy charity.

A number of auction sites can get you into Fashion Week, backstage on Broadway, ono the set of “30 Rock,” or even high up a crane in the Brooklyn container port.

Current auctions at CharityBuzz include:

Watch the US Open with Andre Agassi from a Luxury Suite - Current bid: $8,000.

Lunch and Tarot Card reading with Cyndi Lauper - Current bid: $1,100.

Meet Alec Baldwin on the set of “30 Rock” - Current bid: $2,300.

Rao’s dinner reservation for eight on June 25. “Please note that food and wine are not included.”: Current bid: $3,750.

Yankees vs. Red Sox, four Legends Suite tickets - Current bid: $1,700.

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June 5, 2009 2:12 PM Comments (0)

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Hotel Gansevoort High Line package starts June 15

Although there’s not yet an official opening date for New York”s highly anticipated elevated park, the Hotel Gansevoort has a Hit the Highline package “valid from June 15th.”

That’s also the date for the High Line’s Opening Summer Benefit, where tickets start at $1,000.

The hotel package — with rates from $425 to $625.00 for a suite — come with a picnic lunch from Ono, a thermos, eco-friendly tote and an official High Line field guide.

June 4, 2009 7:30 AM Comments (0)

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New hotel The MAve taking July reservations from $169

The MAve hotel has launched its website and is taking reservations from July 26 with rates as low as $169.

Rooms in the boutique hotel will feature free wi-fi, 32-inch Plasma HD TVs, H2O bath products, 13.5-inch pillow-top mattresses and Belgian cotton linens.

The hotel will also offer a third-night free deal.

As HotelChatter noted earlier this year, “MAve’s (pronounced māv’e) name was developed from a creative word play on the location of the hotel” on Madison Avenue. The MAve is located in the Flatiron neighborhood, at 62 Madison Ave., map.

Earlier: New York City hotel openings scheduled for 2009

June 3, 2009 11:25 AM Comments (0)

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Pierre reopens on Central Park with rooms from $537

The Pierre officially reopened its doors Monday on Central Park after a $100 million renovation to its 189 guest rooms.

Summer room rates start at $537 through September 7. (In March, the hotel’s website said it would open June 1 with an “Early Bird Promotion” rate of $816.) Currently the website lists rates as high as $2,175 for a night in the premier suite.

First opened in October 1930, the Pierre was designed by Schultze & Weaver, the same firm that designed the nearby Sherry-Netherland, as well as the Waldorf-Astoria.

Rooms now feature Turkish marble bathrooms, wall-mounted 40-inch flat-screen high-definition TVs, high-def DVD players, Bose Wave Studio with iPod docking stations, high-speed wired and wi-fi Internet access, as well as laptop safes with charging capabilities.

Almost all of the rooms were completed in time for the re-opening, except for a few of the 49 suites, a hotel representative told NewYorkology.

The hotel’s new restaurant, Le Caprice, is on track to open late this summer. Room service is available now.

Image source: Deluxe king bedroom, Pierre website.

Earlier: Pierre to reopen June 1 with ‘early-bird’ rates of $816
Pierre to reopen in May with Le Caprice; Smyth delays
The Pierre closing for $100 mln renovation on Dec. 31
NY’s golden hotel era architects: Schultze & Weaver
Money-losing Pierre hotel to close for renovations

June 3, 2009 9:02 AM Comments (0)

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Live Gershwin Hotel restroom telecast, for a love story

Starting Friday, the Gershwin Hotel will start telecasting a live feed of its lobby bathroom into closed-circuit TVs in guest’s hotel rooms.

And although a “love story” is promised, it’s not what you think.

The restroom will be home to a site-specific dance performance called “Dark Horse/Black Forest.” Standing-room only tickets will be sold to allow a live audience in the bathroom, but hotel guests can watch the performance in the privacy of their rooms upstairs.

The work by Yanira Castro is described as “an emotional and private exchange between a couple that evolves into a formal, sensual dance.” Performances are scheduled through June 28.

The bathroom tickets are $45, according to the Post.

There are also $10 tickets available for Friday’s opening night “screening party” in the lobby.

The Gershwin is located at 7 E. 27th St., map.

The restroom performance isn’t unique to New York. Last year, a site-specific noir thriller “Ladies And Gents” was staged in the toilets at Central Park’s Bethesda Fountain.

Other performances in unusual places include “A Mysterious Way” which will be performed for free starting today “on the uptown C train platform on 81st Street and the downtown J/M train platform at Chambers Street, subject to change due to the inconsistent environment of the MTA.”

Image source: A Canary Torsi.

June 3, 2009 6:57 AM Comments (1)

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