Are People Avoiding Trump's Soho Hotel?

SOHO, NY — Kanye's recent meeting with Donald Trump at his Midtown Manhattan headquarters apparently hasn't done much to boost the president-elect's popularity in NYC.

A local paparazzo recently told neighborhood news blog The Villager that celebs have been avoiding Trump Soho, the magnate's hotel at 246 Spring St.

No one famous has been seen there since April, the paparazzo said.

“Almost nobody has stayed there for the last six months at least,” he told the Villager. "Most A-listers now stay at the Greenwich Hotel owned by [Robert] De Niro, or the Bowery Hotel or the Mercer Hotel, some Uptown at the Ritz [Carlton] or London [NYC]. It’s possible some celebs are staying [at the Trump Soho], but not the usual numbers who were before.”

Perhaps stars are following the lead of Lebron James, who made headlines earlier this month when he refused to stay at Trump Soho while the Cavs were in New York, even though his team has a contract with the hotel.

Travel site Hipmunk has compiled data on how Trump properties around the country are doing. According to their findings, bookings at the Trump Soho hotel among their users were down 74 percent in the first quarter of 2016 compared to the first quarter of 2015, and down 70 percent in the second quarter. (The site doesn't have information up yet for Q3 or Q4, which would show any post-election impact.)

Trump Soho did not immediately return a request for comment.

Earlier this week, though, the hotel tweeted to thank Time Out New York for "listing our spa as a top one to visit in NYC; we agree!"

A sign of desperation?

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