Hotel Coverage: Avalon Hotel
Attention Impulse Buyers: Viceroy's 48-Hour Sale Is On Now
Here’s one of those sales where our heart starts beating, we say throw caution to the wind (and take a quick look at our calendar) and BOOK it! Starting today and ending 9/19 at 11:59 PST, the Viceroy Hotel Group is having a 48- Hour Sale. You can save...
September 18, 2012
A Short Look On Extended-Stay Hotels
A one-bedroom suite at The Residence Inn San Juan Capistrano What’s the deal with extended stay hotels? Some people think they’re those seedy-looking places along a highway that house transient folks unable to commit to monthly rent or a mortgage. But while there are some questionable establishments, HotelChatter is...
August 22, 2012
In LA for Turkey Day? Here are 6 Hotels for Thanksgiving Dinner
Yum, turkey at the Beverly Hills Hotel's Polo Lounge. This Thanksgiving, forget about spending hours shopping, the day cooking in the kitchen and then the evening doing sinks full of dishes. There are a number of Los Angeles hotels that will serve up the traditional meal, with no fuss...
November 15, 2010
Are You More Inclined to Stay at a Hotel That Pays Your Checked Baggage Fees?
Virgin America joined the ranks of airlines that are increasing checked baggage fees last week, thereby pissing off already cash-strapped travelers. But you may receive financial aid at hotels, since some of them are picking up the baggage tab. Washington, D.C., hotels The Dupont and The Normandy will credit...
February 24, 2010
Food Frenzy At Los Angeles Hotels This Month
Foodies in Los Angeles are all abuzz lately about some big turnover in hotel restaurants around town—both on the menu and in the kitchen. Plus, now that there’s an end in sight to beach weather, it’s time to put the bikini away and start thinking about packing on the...
October 27, 2009
Note to Kathy Griffin: blue on blue at the Avalon Hotel is now oliverio
Well, this was out of the blue! The blue on blue restaurant (sorry we couldn’t resist!) Kor Hotels’ Avalon Beverly Hills has transformed into oliverio. Still lowercase, we’re not sure why. Taking over from Chef Scott Garrett is new Executive Chef Mirko Paderno, formerly of L.A. hotspots Cecconi’s and...
September 24, 2009
The Best And Worst of Our American Road Trip
Do not attempt these stairs after a few drinks: the Hotel Monaco Baltimore Greetings from soggy London! After six weeks, 20 states and 7000 miles, our US road trip has finally come to an end and we are back in the city of grey. Hopefully we’ll be back to...
September 04, 2009
Jessica Biel and Justin Timberlake Do It At The Avalon...Lunch, That Is
This post about Jessica Biel will not harm your computer.Once again the The Avalon Hotel has proven to be the newest yet randomest hotspot hotel for celebrities. In the past year, Kathy Griffin, Paris Hilton, William Baldwin, Guy Pearce, Eva Longoria and Selma Blair all have been spotted hanging...
August 28, 2009
Free Booze and Views of Johnny Depp’s House at Andaz WeHo
Last week, after we’d checked out the Chamberlain and the Avalon, we spent a night at Andaz West Hollywood. As devoted fans of the London branch, we were a little nervous. Would they have got rid of the things we love (like the stationery kits in every room and...
August 05, 2009
The Avalon Beverly Hills :: Great, If You Bring Earplugs
So last week, we landed a room at the Avalon for just $118 through Hotwire (booking through the hotel direct would have set us back $270). We had high hopes of sharing the poolside with Paris Hilton and Kathy Griffin, thereby scoring our first LA celeb spot. Unfortunately, it was...
August 03, 2009
Booking Our LA Hotels: A Hotwire Experience
So we had to book a couple of nights in LA this week. Where to start? So many hotels to choose from, so little money to afford them was the general obstacle we came up against. Being fans of Andaz London, we were up for trying out the WeHo...
July 24, 2009
Perez Should Set Up Shop at the Avalon Beverly Hills
It is widely known that celeb snark-blogger Perez Hilton used to bring his laptop to an LA Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf to set up an "office" from which to blog every day, and this particular Coffee Bean location has served up caffeine to many a celeb in its...
May 18, 2009
Inside The Avalon Hotel's blue on blue Restaurant
You don’t have to be Kathy Griffin with her bestie Paris Hilton to enjoy the poolside cabanas at blue on blue, the restaurant at the Avalon Hotel in Beverly Hills.The hotel, which used to house aspiring starlets in the ’50’s, is arranged around a classic kidney-shaped pool. Though you...
May 05, 2009
When Did the Avalon Beverly Hills Become the New Celeb Hotspot?
Alright, well, it's clear that the celeb-spotting game is a-changing in the LA area. Until recently, we were pretty convinced that dropping into the Chateau Marmont and the Hollywood Roosevelt would sort of guarantee at least one celeb sighting, if not a whole handful. If we were despo, we'd...
April 02, 2009
'D-List BFFs' Paris Hilton and Kathy Griffin Spotted Poolside at Avalon Hotel
A hotel guest snapped this photo of Paris Hilton and "My Life on the D-List's" Kathy Griffin sauntering around the pool at the Avalon Hotel. Paris, fresh off the her Hawaii trip, was helping Kathy out by filming an appearance on her show at the hotel's pool area, Blue on...
March 26, 2009
Kor Group Woos Facebook Friends with Freebies
The Viceroy Santa MonicaThe Kor Group is ringing in the New Year with a little help from their friends — uh, Facebook friends, that is. Offering diners at the Viceroy Santa Monica’s Whist free appetizers and the Avalon Beverly Hills’ Blue on Blue discounted drinks with proof of Facebook...
January 02, 2009
Where Else You Can Celebrate Election Night
We already rounded up where the movers and shakers in DC will be celebrating the end of Election 2008 but of course, Americans will be celebrating all over. Here are some places in your neck of the polls.Beverly Hills· The Avalon Hotel: The Blue on Blue restaurant here will be...
November 04, 2008
"Drink the Vote" at The Avalon Hotel in Beverly Hills
While some of us are planning some unofficial living room shindigs in which we plan to, in a way, "drink the vote" (or make up a drinking game to get us through the VP debates tomorrow night, really), the poolside Blue on Blue at The Avalon Hotel is taking...
October 01, 2008
It's Official :: The Avalon Hotel in Beverly Hills Will Get a Makeover
There's a ton of new things happening with Kor Hotels this week. First, an Abu Dhabi company bought a 50 percent stake in the company allowing Kor to expand their presence overseas opening hotels in Middle East, North Africa and Asia. And back in the states, The Avalon Hotel in...
September 24, 2008
Three Hip LA Hotels Are Picking Up Your Checked Baggage Fees
Poolside at the Chamberlain.Good news for weary travelers sick of the airline drama that continues to plague our nation. Three boutique hotels in Los Angeles are picking up the tab for your checked bags. The Chamberlain Hotel in West Hollywood and The Avalon Hotel and Maison 140 in Beverly...
August 08, 2008
HotelChatter Reader Deals: Version One Point Oh Yeah
In which, HotelChatter readers are treated to exclusive hotel deals dug up by us. All deals have a limited amount of rooms attached to them and may sell out quickly. Today's Hotel Deals 10.28.07$Pod Full Bed @ 6 Columbus for $165Six Co still running incredibly low opening deals. 10.27.07$Standard...
October 17, 2007
Cosmo For A Cure
October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Next month, Kor Hotel Group, getting in on the marketing-meets-charity craze in the hotel industry we told you about last week, launches the second year of its "Think Pink" campaign.During this promotion, guests staying at a participating Kor hotel can choose a...
September 17, 2007
Weekday Hotel Happening: Once in a Blue Moon at Avalon Hotel
Typically, we save these types of event listing for the weekend but hey, a blue moon only comes around once in a while. Actually, only every two and a half years on average. Hotel: The Avalon Hotel Beverly Hills When:Thursday, May 31, 2007. Reservations 6:00-10:30pm Where: Poolside at the...
May 30, 2007
Weekend Hotel Happening: Chef's Table at The Avalon Hotel
Hotel: The Avalon Hotel Beverly Hills When: Fridays and Saturdays night throughout the month of May. Where: Poolside at the blue on blue restaurant. What: Executive Chef Gabriel Gabreski is hosting customized, seven-course "Chef's Table" meal every Friday and Saturday night in the month of May. The seven-course menu...
May 11, 2007
Room with an Anti-View: Avalon Hotel
You know the scene. You open the door to your brand new hotel room, run over to the window, open the blinds and bam, you are hit with the anti-view. Maybe you are looking down a dirty alley, witnessing a drug deal, staring at an air shaft in the face,...
January 04, 2007
Where Wallpaper* Stays In LA
This months Wallpaper* Navigator pull out is all about LA . One of two "24 hour cities in the U.S.," according to one hotelier. So where does Wallpaper* stay in LA? Chateau Marmont The Mondrian Avalon Hotel The Standard According to Wallpaper, the rumors of Schrager's demise have been...
May 16, 2005
Avalon Hotel, Beverly Hills: See And Be Unseen
From the unflaggingly discreet mouths of its staff, you will never hear the names of the A-list guests at the Avalon Hotel in Beverly Hills. Frankly, that's exactly how you know they're there. Just spotting the sign is a challenge, but once you're in, you're in. Tucked into an...
June 11, 2004
Corporate Leisure Defined: Kor Hotels, The Avalon
When business meets pleasure, stay at a Kor Hotel. Believe it or not, I stumbled upon this must-know through Ted Casablanca's gossip column, "The Awful Truth". All he did was whisper Heath Ledger and The Avalon in the same breath, and my ears were up. But when I got...
April 04, 2004
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