American Hotelier Vikram Chatwal takes his Dream hotel brand downtown into the hottest neighborhood, right next to the Maritime Hotel at 17th street. End result? The Dream Downtown is stunning and a classy place for drinks and dining, not to mention the unbelievable rooftop for partying.
The very interesting Chatwal was just profiled in the NY Times Style Section and it’s a must-read. Click down below to view full article.Here’s a snippet.
So it comes as something of surprise to encounter the Vikram Chatwal of today — the one who, at age 39, says he has put his partying days behind him; the one who is now single after a separation from Ms. Sachdev; the one who has embraced sobriety after two stints in rehab; and the one who says he is now more focused on being a successful hotelier than being a fixture in Page Six.
On a rain-soaked Thursday in June, Mr. Chatwal was seated in a black chair in Suite 1108 of his new hotel, the Dream Downtown, sipping coffee poured by a white-gloved butler who used to work for the designer Tom Ford. Two publicists huddled off in the distance, one of them perched on the closed seat of a bathroom toilet, tapping on a BlackBerry. “Welcome to my world,” Mr. Chatwal said.
great place