As a couple of folks guessed, the new hotel that will be flaunting this uniform at its concierge desk is the new NYC Wyndham, Fashion 26, scheduled to open March 15. To get a taste of how the uniform process works, HotelChatter went through a fitting with Top Hat Imagewear, designers and outfitters for hundreds of hotels around the world.

Apparently celebrities have jumped the shark. This, according to celebrity designer Marc Jacobs, who has been bragging about how he doesn’t want any boldfaced names at his runway show this year. It’s funny then, that he would choose to have his after-party at a hotel club like the Boom Boom Room, um QT… er, Bon Bon? atop The Standard.

Times Square is always a hive of activity, but lately there’s been a whole lotta work going on high above the neon and the tourists, too. Case in point, the construction on the InterContinental Times Square. The hotel is still hammering and drilling and sanding away its new home but they’ve also taken time to give us a sneak peek of what we can expect once it opens on July 1st.

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It’s our end of the week round-up, Suite-Hostel. Get it?

SUITE:
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	Top Five Hotels for Model-Spotting During NYC Fashion Week
	THE INVITED: Our new VIP reviewer series ALSO: Fairmont Pacific Rim wants you to drink tap water
HOSTEL:
	A Real Househusband is a Wannabe Hotelier
	Ritz-Carlton Lake Las Vegas to Close
	Helmsley Middletowne Closes

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Should be nice views – if you can dodge the traffic to get to your room

Normally we think of soft openings as being an opportunity for people like us to stay at new hotels on the cheap – especially if the hotels are advertising their soft opening. So we were expecting to be able to book a room for this weekend at the new Park Plaza Westminster Bridge hotel in London, seeing as its website trumpets the fact that its soft opening started on February 4.

Only, when we tried the rezzie system online, it wasn’t showing any availability. Was it full already, or had it been delayed? The PRs didn’t get back to

While we didn’t see Brangelina or Marion Cotillard there, Delphine at the new W Hollywood Hotel and Residences does bring a bit of Cannes glam to the heart of Hollywood with an imaginatively Riviera-ish decorative scheme, some classic brasserie dishes, and a sceney crowd.

Start with a cocktail at the marble bar up front with a view of the boulevard. The Monaco Breeze ($11) is a mix of Bombay Saphire, St. Germain, rhubarb bitters, green grapes and lemon juice; while the Van Gogh ($10) will sock you in a fog of Abyss Absinthe, ginger syrup and water—just make sure there aren’t any sharp objects around.

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Room Service bagel from the Mandarin Oriental Las Vegas.

Let’s talk room service, shall we? The story of a former assemblyman and senator from the Bronx who doctored his receipt for a bagel and diet soda on his expense report has had the New York media in a tizzy. The total was $177. Sounds nuts, but if you’ve ever been stung by an overinflated room-service bill for a bagel and a cup of coffee, you know this figure does not necessarily belong in fairy land.

This New York Times story on the varying costs of the bagel found at least two Manhattan hotels that charge over 20 bucks. Which got us thinking: We all know