Glennon Travis | The New York Observer

Ousted Chelsea Hotel Managers File for Arbitration

Thu, 01 May 2008 13:09:32 -0400

BD NY Hotels, the Richard Born and Ira Drukier-led outfit hired last year to replace eccentric longtime Chelsea Hotel manager Stanley Bard, has filed for arbitration after being fired by the hotel's governing board for "willful misconduct."

The controversial management team, which installed a rookie, 26-year-old Glennon Travis in the place of the veteran manager, Mr. Bard, has claimed in court papers that it has "fully performed its obligations" under a three-year contract, signed last...

More Shakeups at Chelsea Hotel

Wed, 30 Apr 2008 15:58:47 -0400

Rumors have been circulating for days about the looming departure of Glennon Travis, controversial manager of the embattled Chelsea Hotel.

Now, the Chelsea Hotel gossip site, Living With Legends, is suggesting that Mr. Travis' corporate higher-ups at BD Hotels have been sacked, as well.

The Observer just sent an email to hotel president Marlene Krauss' publicist at Rubenstein Communications to get some type of confirmation -- only to find out that Rubenstein doesn't work...

Stanley Bard Speaks! New Management 'Has No Idea What The Chelsea Hotel Is About'

Fri, 04 Apr 2008 13:03:49 -0400

Legendary hotelier Stanley Bard doesn't hang out in the lobby of his beloved Chelsea Hotel as often as he used to.

But, two weeks ago, the hotel's infamously ousted manager made a rare appearance, joining the director Milos Forman (himself a former hotel resident) for an on-camera interview smack-dab in the middle of the lobby.

"The new management comes running out of the back and is like, 'You can’t shoot that here!'" said the...

Chelsea Hotel Manager Quits MySpace

Tue, 27 Nov 2007 14:33:51 -0500

So much for the Chelsea Hotel's resident "eurotrash beachbum."

Glennon Travis, the new director of operations for the embattled bohemian enclave, whom The Observer profiled last week, has scrapped his revealing MySpace page following the article's publication.

Nevermind that part about "[d]espite the teasing, Mr. Travis has yet to remove or even alter his MySpace presence."

Yet the new guy continues to provide more juicy gossip for writer Ed Hamilton's blog about hotel life, Living With...