Travel Inspiration from the LUXE Team – New York, New York & NYFW Facebook Competition!
BY The LUXE Editors
Whatta skyline! [Photo: Ed Page, an entry into our NYFW Facebook photo competition. See below for more.]
TGIF dear readers! Time for another spot of travel inspiration from us at LUXE City Guides and a decade on from 9-11, we salute you New York for your grace, dignity, spirit and downright fabulosity.
So New York, how do we love thee? Let us count the ways… Wait, there are too many, especially in September with Fashion Week fun, frippery and um, fashion. At once painfully edgy, surprisingly laid back and traditional with a capital T, depending on the ‘hood’, it’s simply got everything for everyone. Wanna tickle your pickle at old school deli Katz’s? Wanna catch Woody Allen jamming at The Carlyle on his clarinet? Wanna hang out with the seriously A-list at the top of The Standard? Or simply people watch in Nolita and pick up custom-concoted fragrances at Le Labo? It’s all there and more… You can’t get enough of this concrete jungle, and neither can we.
We’re kicking off New York Fashion week with a tribute to the iconic and majestic city. Share your best shots of New York on our Facebook wall for a chance to win a LUXE New York guide! TTFN!
Bathing beauty
New York City‘s hotel room boom continues in 2011 with the focus on downtown. The much delayed, industrial cool Nolitan has hit yet another roadblock and won’t be ready until at least April, but snow white Mondrian SoHo on hipster Crosby St is ready for the limelight and officially opens on 1st March, with ‘preview’ stays available now at bargain-for-NYC rates of $259. Sneak a peek at these pics of the Mondrian’s rooms.
Less razzle, but lots of Andaz-zle
It’s New York week at LUXEtasy and while our previous posting on The Chatwal is all well and lovely, what of the other new hotels in New York? The good news is that you’re getting more stylish choices to lay your head all over town, including an eagerly anticipated boutique pad in Nolita, while Midtown and Times Square may be having their moment in the sun, but the bad news is, them rooms ain’t getting any cheaper, with the magic $300 line for a decent bed staying in force, and even facing upward pressure.
The Chatwal - take a bow
New York City has been awash with hotel launches this year, with more to come, but if you think more beds and more competition means lower rates, think again. One of the most anticipated, as well as most delayed openings, has been The Chatwal, a ticket stub away from Broadway and 42nd St, with entry prices nudging US$600 for a 300 sq ft chamber. Now, before you throw yourself under a yellow cab at the thought of 600 big ones for a Times Square address, read on…
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