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 <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><a name="scotch"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June&nbsp;4, 2007</font></b></a></p> <div style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 6.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;"> <p align="right" style="border:none;margin:0in 0in 12.0pt;padding:0in;text-align:right;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Registration No. 333-<u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u></font></b></p> </div>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:18.0pt;">UNITED STATES</font></b></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:18.0pt;">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</font></b></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Washington, DC 20549</font></b></p>

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<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:18.0pt;">FORM S-8</font></b></p>

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<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;">REGISTRATION STATEMENT</font></b></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;">UNDER</font></b></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;">THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</font></b></p>

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<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:18.0pt;">MORGANS HOTEL GROUP CO.</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in 12.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(Exact name of Registrant
as specified in its Charter)</font></p>

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<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Morgans Hotel Group Co.</font></b></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">475 Tenth Avenue</font></b></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">New York, New York 10018</font></b></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(212) 277-4100</font></b></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;">(Address of principal executive
office)</font></b></p>

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<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Morgans Hotel Group Co.</font></b></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2007 Omnibus Incentive
Plan</font></b></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;">(Full title of the Plan)</font></b></p>

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<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">David Smail, Esq.</font></b></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Executive Vice President
and Chief Legal Officer</font></b></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Morgans Hotel Group Co.</font></b></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">475 Tenth Avenue</font></b></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">New York, New York 10018</font></b></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(212) 277-4100</font></b></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;">(Name, address and telephone
number of agent for service)</font></b></p>

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<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0in 0in 6.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;">Copies to:</font></i></b></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">J. Warren Gorrell, Jr.,
Esq.</font></b></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Bruce W. Gilchrist, Esq.</font></b></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Hogan &amp; Hartson LLP</font></b></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">555 Thirteenth Street,
N.W.</font></b></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Washington, D.C.
20004-1109</font></b></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(202) 637-5600</font></b></p>

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<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">CALCULATION OF
REGISTRATION FEE</font></b></p>

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  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Amount To Be</font></b></p>
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  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Amount of</font></b></p>
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  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="14%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in 0in;width:14.66%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Registration&nbsp;Fee(2)</font></b></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="30%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in 0in;width:30.72%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Common&nbsp;Stock,&nbsp;par&nbsp;value&nbsp;$0.01&nbsp;per<br>
  share</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0in .7pt 0in 0in;width:1.42%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="14%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in 0in;width:14.48%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">3,250,000</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0in .7pt 0in 0in;width:2.38%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in 0in;width:16.66%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$23.91</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0in .7pt 0in 0in;width:2.38%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in 0in;width:16.28%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$77,707,500</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0in .7pt 0in 0in;width:1.0%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="14%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in 0in;width:14.66%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$2,385.62</font></p>
  </td>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:6.0pt 0in 6.0pt 20.0pt;text-indent:-20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(1)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Pursuant
to Rule 416(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1933, as amended (the
&#147;Securities Act&#148;), this Registration Statement shall also cover any additional
shares of the Company&#146;s common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the &#147;Common
Stock&#148;), that become issuable under the plan by reason of any stock splits,
stock dividends or similar transactions. </p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 20.0pt;text-indent:-20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(2)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Calculated pursuant
to Rule 457(h) of the Securities Act on the basis of $23.91 per share, which
was the average of the high and low prices of the Common Stock as quoted on the
Nasdaq Global Market on May&nbsp;25, 2007. </p>


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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in 12.0pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">EXPLANATORY
NOTE</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in 12.0pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">We are filing this registration statement to register
an additional 3,250,000 shares of our common stock, par value $0.01 per share
(the &#147;Common Stock&#148;), for issuance pursuant to the Morgans Hotel Group Co. 2007
Omnibus Incentive Plan (the &#147;2007 Plan&#148;), which amended and restated the
Morgans Hotel Group Co. 2006 Omnibus Stock Incentive Plan (the &#147;2006 Plan&#148;).&#160; The increase in the number of shares
authorized for issuance under the 2007 Plan, as well as certain other
amendments to the 2007 Plan that are described in our definitive Proxy
Statement for our 2007 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, were approved by our
stockholders at our 2007 Annual Meeting of Stockholders held on May 22, 2007.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in 12.0pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8, the
contents of the earlier registration statement on Form <br>
S-8 concerning the 2006 Plan filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
(the &#147;SEC&#148;) on February 14, 2006 (File No.&nbsp;333-131834), are incorporated
herein by reference, except to the extent supplemented, amended or superseded
by the information set forth herein.</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in 12.0pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">PART
II</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in 12.0pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">INFORMATION
REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</font></b></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;margin:0in 0in 12.0pt 47.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-47.0pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Item&nbsp;3.</font></b><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Incorporation
of Documents by Reference. <a name="Item3_IncorporationOfDocumentsByR_141748"></a></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in 12.0pt;text-indent:24.5pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">We incorporate
information into this registration statement by reference, which means that we
disclose important information to you by referring you to another document
filed separately with the SEC. The information incorporated by reference is
deemed to be part of this registration statement, except to the extent
superseded by information contained herein or by information contained in
documents filed with or furnished to the SEC after the date of this
registration statement. This registration statement incorporates by reference
the documents set forth below, the file number for each of which is 000-51802,
that have been previously filed with the SEC:</font></p>

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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Symbol" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#183;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="91%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in 0in;width:91.32%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
  December 31, 2006;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in 0in;width:3.68%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="91%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in 0in;width:91.32%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in 0in;width:3.68%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Symbol" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#183;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="91%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in 0in;width:91.32%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter
  ended March 31, 2007;</font></p>
  </td>
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  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in 0in;width:3.68%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="91%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in 0in;width:91.32%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in 0in;width:3.68%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Symbol" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#183;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="91%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in 0in;width:91.32%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">our Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on February 6,
  2007, February 8, 2007, February 23, 2007, March 16, 2007, April 25, 2007 and
  May 22, 2007; and</font></p>
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  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in 0in;width:3.68%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="91%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in 0in;width:91.32%;">
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in 0in;width:3.68%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Symbol" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#183;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="91%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in 0in;width:91.32%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">the description of our common stock incorporated by
  reference into our Registration Statement on Form 8-A, filed under Section 12
  of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;) which
  incorporates by reference the description of our Common Stock contained in
  our Registration Statement on Form S-1 (Reg. No. 333-129277), and all amendments
  or reports filed for the purpose of updating such description.</font></p>
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<p style="line-height:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in 12.0pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in 12.0pt;text-indent:24.5pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">We also
incorporate by reference into this registration statement additional documents
that we may file with the SEC under Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the
Exchange Act from the date of this registration statement until the filing of a
post-effective amendment that indicates that all securities offered have been
sold or that deregisters all securities then remaining unsold except, that we
are not incorporating any information furnished under either Item 2.02 or Item
7.01 of any current report on Form 8-K, except to the extent set forth above.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in 12.0pt;text-indent:24.5pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">You may obtain
copies of any of these filings from us as described below, through the SEC or
through the SEC&#146;s Internet website at www.sec.gov. Documents incorporated by
reference are available without charge, excluding all exhibits unless an
exhibit has been specifically incorporated by reference into this registration
statement, by requesting them in writing or by telephone at:</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Morgans Hotel Group Co.</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">475 Tenth Avenue</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">New York, New York 10018</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(212) 277-4100</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in 12.0pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Attn: Investor
Relations</font></p>



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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Item&nbsp;8.</font></b>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; <b>Exhibits.</b><a name="Item8_Exhibits__142625"></a></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:24.5pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The
Exhibits to this registration statement are listed on the exhibit index, which
appears elsewhere herein, and are incorporated herein by reference.</font></p>



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<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">SIGNATURES<a name="Signatures_143208"></a></font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:24.5pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Pursuant to the
requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it
has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for
filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed
on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of New
York, State of New York on June&nbsp;4, 2007.</font></p>

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  <p align="left" style="font-weight:bold;line-height:12.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:left;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">MORGANS HOTEL
  GROUP CO.</font></b></p>
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  </td>
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  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:12.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="44%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:44.46%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:12.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:12.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:12.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">By:</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="44%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:44.46%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">President and Chief Executive Officer</font></p>
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<p style="line-height:1.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">POWER OF ATTORNEY<a name="PowerOfAttorney_143212"></a></font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:24.5pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">We, the
undersigned directors and officers of Morgans Hotel Group Co., a Delaware
corporation, do hereby constitute and appoint Richard Szymanski and David Smail
and each and either of them, our true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents,
with full power of substitution and resubstitution, to do any and all acts and
things in our names and on our behalf in our capacities as directors and
officers and to execute any and all instruments for us and in our name in the
capacities indicated below, which said attorneys and agents may deem necessary
or advisable to enable said corporation to comply with the Securities Act of
1933 and any rules, regulations and requirements of the Securities and Exchange
Commission, in connection with this Registration Statement, or any registration
statement for this offering that is to be effective upon filing pursuant to
Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, including specifically, but
without limitation, any and all amendments (including post-effective
amendments) hereto; and we hereby ratify and confirm all that said attorneys
and agents, or either of them, shall do or cause to be done by virtue thereof.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:24.5pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Pursuant to the
requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registration statement has been
signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on June&nbsp;4,
2007.</font></p>

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  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ David T. Hamamoto</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">W. Edward Scheetz</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Richard Szymanski</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="55%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:55.56%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Lance Armstrong</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.86%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.86%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.86%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="55%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:55.56%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ Fred J. Kleisner </font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="55%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:55.56%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Fred J. Kleisner</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.86%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.86%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ Thomas L. Harrison </font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="55%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:55.56%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Thomas L. Harrison</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ Robert Friedman </font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Robert Friedman</font></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">EXHIBIT
INDEX</font></b></p>

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  <p align="left" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:left;"><!-- SET mrlNoTableShading -->Exhibit&nbsp;No.</p>
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  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <td width="88%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:88.46%;">
  <p align="left" style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:left;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Description</font></b></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="88%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:88.46%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;5.1</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="88%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:88.46%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Opinion of Hogan &amp; Hartson LLP as to the
  legality of the securities being registered</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">10.1</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Morgans Hotel Group Co. 2007 Omnibus Incentive Plan
  (filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Company&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with
  the SEC on May 22, 2007, and incorporated by reference herein)</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.86%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="88%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:88.46%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">23.1</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="88%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:88.46%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Consent of BDO Seidman, LLP</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">23.2</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Consent of Hogan &amp; Hartson LLP (included in
  Exhibit 5.1)</font></p>
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 4, 2007
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
MORGANS HOTEL GROUP CO.
(Exact name of Registrant
as specified in its Charter)
Delaware
16-1736884
(State or Other
  Jurisdiction of
(I.R.S. Employer
Incorporation or
  Organization)
Identification
  Number)
Morgans Hotel Group Co.
475 Tenth Avenue
New York, New York 10018
(212) 277-4100
(Address of principal executive
office)
Morgans Hotel Group Co.
2007 Omnibus Incentive
Plan
(Full title of the Plan)
David Smail, Esq.
Executive Vice President
and Chief Legal Officer
Morgans Hotel Group Co.
475 Tenth Avenue
New York, New York 10018
(212) 277-4100
(Name, address and telephone
number of agent for service)
Copies to:
J. Warren Gorrell, Jr.,
Esq.
Bruce W. Gilchrist, Esq.
Hogan & Hartson LLP
555 Thirteenth Street,
N.W.
Washington, D.C.
20004-1109
(202) 637-5600
CALCULATION OF
REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed Maximum
Proposed Maximum
Title of Each Class of
Amount To Be
Offering Price
Aggregate
Amount of
Securities To Be Registered
Registered(1)
Per Share(2)
Offering Price(2)
Registration Fee(2)
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per
share
3,250,000
$23.91
$77,707,500
$2,385.62
(1)
Pursuant
to Rule 416(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1933, as amended (the
"Securities Act"), this Registration Statement shall also cover any additional
shares of the Company's common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the "Common
Stock"), that become issuable under the plan by reason of any stock splits,
stock dividends or similar transactions.
(2)
Calculated pursuant
to Rule 457(h) of the Securities Act on the basis of $23.91 per share, which
was the average of the high and low prices of the Common Stock as quoted on the
Nasdaq Global Market on May 25, 2007.
EXPLANATORY
NOTE
We are filing this registration statement to register
an additional 3,250,000 shares of our common stock, par value $0.01 per share
(the "Common Stock"), for issuance pursuant to the Morgans Hotel Group Co. 2007
Omnibus Incentive Plan (the "2007 Plan"), which amended and restated the
Morgans Hotel Group Co. 2006 Omnibus Stock Incentive Plan (the "2006 Plan").  The increase in the number of shares
authorized for issuance under the 2007 Plan, as well as certain other
amendments to the 2007 Plan that are described in our definitive Proxy
Statement for our 2007 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, were approved by our
stockholders at our 2007 Annual Meeting of Stockholders held on May 22, 2007.
Pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8, the
contents of the earlier registration statement on Form
S-8 concerning the 2006 Plan filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
(the "SEC") on February 14, 2006 (File No. 333-131834), are incorporated
herein by reference, except to the extent supplemented, amended or superseded
by the information set forth herein.
PART
II
INFORMATION
REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3.
Incorporation
of Documents by Reference.
We incorporate
information into this registration statement by reference, which means that we
disclose important information to you by referring you to another document
filed separately with the SEC. The information incorporated by reference is
deemed to be part of this registration statement, except to the extent
superseded by information contained herein or by information contained in
documents filed with or furnished to the SEC after the date of this
registration statement. This registration statement incorporates by reference
the documents set forth below, the file number for each of which is 000-51802,
that have been previously filed with the SEC:
·
our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
  December 31, 2006;
·
our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter
  ended March 31, 2007;
·
our Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on February 6,
  2007, February 8, 2007, February 23, 2007, March 16, 2007, April 25, 2007 and
  May 22, 2007; and
·
the description of our common stock incorporated by
  reference into our Registration Statement on Form 8-A, filed under Section 12
  of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act") which
  incorporates by reference the description of our Common Stock contained in
  our Registration Statement on Form S-1 (Reg. No. 333-129277), and all amendments
  or reports filed for the purpose of updating such description.
We also
incorporate by reference into this registration statement additional documents
that we may file with the SEC under Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the
Exchange Act from the date of this registration statement until the filing of a
post-effective amendment that indicates that all securities offered have been
sold or that deregisters all securities then remaining unsold except, that we
are not incorporating any information furnished under either Item 2.02 or Item
7.01 of any current report on Form 8-K, except to the extent set forth above.
You may obtain
copies of any of these filings from us as described below, through the SEC or
through the SEC's Internet website at www.sec.gov. Documents incorporated by
reference are available without charge, excluding all exhibits unless an
exhibit has been specifically incorporated by reference into this registration
statement, by requesting them in writing or by telephone at:
Morgans Hotel Group Co.
475 Tenth Avenue
New York, New York 10018
(212) 277-4100
Attn: Investor
Relations
Item 8.
Exhibits.
The
Exhibits to this registration statement are listed on the exhibit index, which
appears elsewhere herein, and are incorporated herein by reference.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the
requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it
has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for
filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed
on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of New
York, State of New York on June 4, 2007.
MORGANS HOTEL
  GROUP CO.
By:
/s/ W. Edward Scheetz
W. Edward Scheetz
President and Chief Executive Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
We, the
undersigned directors and officers of Morgans Hotel Group Co., a Delaware
corporation, do hereby constitute and appoint Richard Szymanski and David Smail
and each and either of them, our true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents,
with full power of substitution and resubstitution, to do any and all acts and
things in our names and on our behalf in our capacities as directors and
officers and to execute any and all instruments for us and in our name in the
capacities indicated below, which said attorneys and agents may deem necessary
or advisable to enable said corporation to comply with the Securities Act of
1933 and any rules, regulations and requirements of the Securities and Exchange
Commission, in connection with this Registration Statement, or any registration
statement for this offering that is to be effective upon filing pursuant to
Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, including specifically, but
without limitation, any and all amendments (including post-effective
amendments) hereto; and we hereby ratify and confirm all that said attorneys
and agents, or either of them, shall do or cause to be done by virtue thereof.
Pursuant to the
requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registration statement has been
signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on June 4,
2007.
Name
Title
/s/ David T. Hamamoto
Chairman of the Board
  of Directors
David T. Hamamoto
/s/ W. Edward Scheetz
Director and President
  and Chief Executive
W. Edward Scheetz
Officer (Principal
  Executive Officer)
/s/ Richard Szymanski
Chief Financial Officer
Richard Szymanski
(Principal Financial
  and Accounting Officer)
/s/ Edwin L. Knetzger, III
Director
Edwin L. Knetzger, III
Name
Title
Director
Lance Armstrong
/s/ Fred J. Kleisner
Director
Fred J. Kleisner
/s/ Thomas L. Harrison
Director
Thomas L. Harrison
/s/ Robert Friedman
Director
Robert Friedman
EXHIBIT
INDEX
Exhibit No.
Description
5.1
Opinion of Hogan & Hartson LLP as to the
  legality of the securities being registered
10.1
Morgans Hotel Group Co. 2007 Omnibus Incentive Plan
  (filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with
  the SEC on May 22, 2007, and incorporated by reference herein)
23.1
Consent of BDO Seidman, LLP
23.2
Consent of Hogan & Hartson LLP (included in
  Exhibit 5.1)
24.1
Powers of Attorney (included on signature page)