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According to LA Curbed, the famous House of Blues on Sunset may be replaced by a bewildering hotel-residences complex which would nearly make this stretch of Sunset entirely occupied by hotels.Last week, the West Hollywood Planning commissioned "essentially OK'd" the project which will include:...

Central 214 After partying at the Greenville Avenue St. Patrick's Day Parade on March 13, you can stumble over to the nearby Hotel Palomar Dallas for more Irish-themed shenanigans. The hotel's restaurant, Central 214, will go green for St. Paddy's Day. Everything from the...

You will have to wait just a little bit longer for this hotel room.We've been mightily impressed with the new JW Marriott at LA Live, particularly with that free WiFi in the lobby, but we've also been looking ahead to the day when it's...

As a longtime literary haven, the Algonquin was early on the hotel loan-a-Kindle trend, and now they’re stepping their bookishness up yet another notch. Guests at the Algonquin can choose between a Kindle or a Sony reader to use during their stay (free of charge.)But...

Here at HotelChatter, we’ve heard of some obscene parking charges. And while admittedly this one doesn’t quite trump the $75 overnight fee at Smyth Tribeca, we were pretty shocked by it. Over the weekend, we went to visit a friend staying at Andaz WeHo....

Oh, we really hope Page Six is right with this one: the New York Post reports that Andre Balazs is in talks to create a TV show set behind the scenes at a hot hotel. While in Hollywood for the Oscars this past week, the...

With the opening just two weeks away on March 25, we can now report that the W Vieques Island Retreat and Spa has opening packages starting at $359 a night. Considering our disappointment that regular rates were $339 last time we checked, we're happy that...

Do you want to get our attention? Send us an email with the words "penis festival" in the subject heading and we're all ears (or is it eyes?) The Matsuri restaurant inside The Maritime Hotel has crafted a special menu around the annual Japanese...

Yesterday we wrote about how more and more hotels were looking at Foursquare as a way to offer incentives to guests for frequent check-ins (in the Foursquare sense) as well as to build online buzz about their property, particularly about the property's restaurant, bars...