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clipped from www.dailymail.co.uk New Yorker Hotel New York: With an excellent central location and recently completed full renovation of all 912 Art Deco inspired rooms and public spaces, the New Yorker Hotel makes a great base for a comfortable and affordable stay in midtown Manhattan. 3 night weekend breaks including flights from Heathrow between 1 January to 31 March 2010 start from only £455pp.

Night of the Dream That Didn’t Make It

By Paul Cowan

clipped from blogs.villagevoice.com Early in the evening at William Buckley’s election-night headquarters in the New Yorker Hotel, a small 15-year-old who looked like an Eagle Scout was describing the way he had converted his liberal parents to conservatism. Around him, on seats in the ballroom, at a bar that had been reserved for conservatives, Buckley’s supporters were already jubilant. Abe Beame was ahead and Buckley was drawing a substantial vote.

Jazz Musician David Allyn Mentions the New Yorker

clipped from www.allaboutjazz.com JW: What did Raeburn think? DA: I knocked Boyd out. This was at the New Yorker Hotel. He hired me on the spot, and then the band went out to California. David Allyn is a singer’s singer. All jazz vocalists with a heart have a tender spot for David’s warm, passionate baritone. Leading arrangers and jazz musicians from the 1940s and 1950s, including Johnny Mandel , Hal McKusick , Joe Wilder and others who came up during this era, also love David’s voice and intonation. Before Chet Baker, before Johnny Hartman and before Jackie Paris, David pioneered the sensitive male ballad, and his confessional phrasing remains remarkable today. [Photo: David Allyn, left, with Jack Teagarden at the 1959 Playboy Jazz Festival]

CNN’s Don Lemon on User Generated Content

At MediaBistro’s UGCX Conference, held … well … here!

clipped from www.mediabistro.com User generated content is the subject of mediabistro’s UGCX, the conference being held at the New Yorker Hotel here in Manhattan this week. Go to mediabistro.com/ugcx for more info. You can listen to all the past podcasts archived at mediabistro.com or download episodes for free on iTunes.

..And This week’s #twotels Award Goes To …

… Darrah de jour, who wrote a lovely review of our Midtown Manhattan hotel for an international publication.

Darrah du jour | Writer & Entertainment Journalist

Here was Darrah’s review:

One of the most coveted travel destinations is New York.  And with the myriad shops, restaurants, jazz clubs and famous hot dog stands to take pause at while fluttering amid the sights and sounds of The Big Apple, having a hotel that sets the standard for not only amenities, but killer views, is essential.  Under new management, The New Yorker has been remodeled into a luxurious overnight must.

After five years of renovations, The New Yorker Hotel has gone from 178 guestrooms, to 910.  Two Italian restaurants have been added, which include rooftop dining, as well as a catering department to serve the two stately ball rooms and 14 meeting and conference rooms.

This mid-town Manhattan hotel, which plays host to many visitors, including business, leisure and wedding parties, is a stone’s throw to Broadway theatres, Madison Square Garden, Macy’s department store, and the Jacob Javits Convention Center. It has a remarkable lobby, with cathedral ceilings and luscious chandeliers that capture the glamour of Old New York.  Staff is present to lend a hand to any accidental or intentional tourist requesting the best seats and the quickest transportation to sporting events and fabulous sightseeing locales.

And for those jonesing for variety on that oxymoronic working-vacation, resources and repose are here as well, with a fitness center and espresso bar accompanying an ever-faithful business center with Wi-Fi access.

Who Is Darrah de jour?

Twitter handle: @darrahdejour

Name Darrah de jour

Location La La Land!

Web http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=661678486&ref=profile

Bio Writer, Entertainment Journalist, Performer, Singer, Harbinger, Lover of Life and Transformationalists and Butterflies. Cool Hunter. Vegan in training.

Our Favorite Tweet from Darrah:

(Actually, well we can’t publish our favorite because it might not be suitable for younger audiences, so here’s our second favorite

Darrahdejour @NewYorkHotel I did a review of your hotel for a magazine! I hope to stay there soon. Missing the city!

You are welcome to stay with us anytime, Darrah. And we’d like to thank you for writing a great review of our hotel as well as for your support of our hotel.

Special Thanks to Coolhunt.net which commissioned Darrah’s article.