Inspired by the pulse and passion of New York City, the hotelier Vikram Chatwal’s Night Hotel is a stylish boutique hotel of distinctive elegance, located in the heart of Manhattan’s theater district, steps from Broadway, Grand Central, Fifth Avenue shopping, and Rockefeller Centre in the hub of Times Square, New York.

Combining the traditions of vaudeville and music hall with Berliner Kabarett, Absinthe is a variety show on acid, features new strange and sultry acts with deliciously seductive men and women who perform amazing feats of strength, balance, danger and unfathomable flexibility - this season’s Absinthe is destined to take variety to sexy new heights. Absinthe has been called “Cirque Du Soleil as channeled through The Rocky Horror Picture Show ” by the New York Times.

Michael Satsky (Stereo, NYC) and Unik Ernest (PM, NYC) created their new East Hampton nightclub Lily Pond, which occupies the former space of Resort nightclub in East Hampton. Lily Pond is a legion of pop-culture nightlife, attracting everyone from Lindsay Lohan to the Hills-gang to generation 20-something dance events and private parties throughout the Hamptons and Manhattan.

If it were the Bangkok NYC, you’d know to expect visual allusions to Asian temples. If it were the Rio de Janeiro NYC, you could safely assume a palm frond here, some other nod to the tropics over there. But the London NYC? What ready, easy design aesthetic can it tap?

Highbar, the new haute spot for the ultimate cocktail party under the sun or the stars just opened in Midtown, Manhattan. Drink al fresco this summer at Highbar, a new ultra-modern rooftop lounge from Greg Brier (Aspen, Amalia, D’or located in Hells Kitchen).

The club veterans Ronnie Madra, Jeffrey Jah, Scott Sartiano and Richie Akiva’s new place 1Oak (453 W. 17th St) is the latest hot spot in the city. With a limited capacity of 250 people, 1Oak is intimate. First you need to get in, then you need to be cool enough to get a table, then you can get bottles.

Lounge offers a perfect mix of established designer brands and a well-edited selection of hard-to-find, up-and-coming labels. Specializing in both men’s and women’s high-end denim, couture labelsand casual wear, lounge also offers jewelry, shoes, beauty, sunglasses, music and more.

This weekend, meatpacking club Tenjune will be an after-party spot for movies being shown at the Tribeca Film Festival. One person who knows to expect guests like Mariah Carey, John Cusack, and Hilary Duff is doorman Aalex Julian. Over the course of a few years, he worked the doors at Cain, Pink Elephant, Home, and Guest House before being brought on by Eugene Remm and Mark Birnbaum to open Tenjune.

From the creators of De La Guarda comes a brand new original work: Fuerzabruta (‘brute force’), which originated in Buenos Aires and has been developed over the past four years. A non-stop collision of dynamic music, visceral emotion, and kinetic aerial imagery.

Clubland rejoice! Opium Group, the Miami team responsible for Prive, and Opium Garden and Set, has opened a New York outpost of their South Beach flagship Mansion–in their old Crobar space on 28th Street.