Back in mid October, public-relations rep Jenn Myres of Glodow Nead emailed me (and presumably
many other folks) about a "new holiday trend"—hotels with seasonal ice rinks. She listed four, including the one at her client, the
St. Regis Atlanta. That's one more than the number of examples required to officially be labeled a trend, according to a longstanding joke in the magazine world. But I couldn't imagine simply posting her list, so I
trashed archived it. Well, the trend has now become unignorable: Two hotels in Manhattan have opened ice rinks, making at least six U.S. hotels total! That's enough for two trends! While I've never been a big fan of ice skating—the first loop is sort of interesting, but then what?—I do enjoy watching people fall.
A few notes about these rinks: 1) You don't have to be a hotel guest to skate on them. 2) They're not always large; in fact, they can be tiny. 3) Some have adjacent bars. 4) Some take—and recommend—reservations. 5) Many won't be around much past New Year's. 6) You might actually be skating on a synthetic ice-like material.
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