HOTEL BEL AIR
Reopened on October 14, 2011 with new interiors by Alexandra Champalimaud and David Rockwell. Also, Wolfgang Puck is doing the F&B for the entire hotel from his restaurant to room service to poolside fare. Even dog biscuits!
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Hotel Coverage: HOTEL BEL AIR
Hotels Get Summer Ready With Boozy Poolside Treats
It’s almost our favorite time of the year, where we get to laze by the pool, sipping on umbrella-topped cocktails. But really, that seems so 1990s, right? Today's bartenders are getting super creative with their libations. We’re already hearing about yummy mixes that have us begging Mother Nature to...
April 10, 2013
Who's Going Where and Doing What in the Hotel Industry: April 2013
Today we're introducing what will hopefully be a monthly feature, listing recent management announcements at notable hotels. We know that a lot of you dear readers work in hotels and we know that you're curious as to who's gone where and when. (You naughty little gossipers, you!) As always,...
April 10, 2013
Need a Hotel for Easter? These Deals Be Hoppin'!
Deals: you want 'em, and surprisingly, everyone has 'em. Take a look at some of the latest hotel deals going around the internet today from booking sites, social media sites, flash sale sites and more. Don't forget to scroll down to see the HotelChatter-approved deal either. Who knows? You...
March 12, 2013
Need Drink Ideas for Your Oscar Party? These Hotels' Bartenders Can Help
The Le Mizz Fizz doesn't look so mizz after all!It's high season in Los Angeles right now as Hollywood folks spend the next few weeks preparing for the main event, The Oscars, on February 24. Everyone who's anyone is flitting about town "doing lunch", blowing air kisses to "friends", picking...
February 06, 2013
Beverly Hills Hotel and Hotel Bel-Air Pampers Guests for Oscars
It's Oscar time! Or, as they say in Los Angeles hotels, "award season," which is equivalent to "high season" everywhere else outside of Tinsel Town so good luck getting a room. Oh, and you'll never see so much neck craning in hotel lobbies in your life. We've seen "normal"...
January 30, 2013
Ramp Up for the Holidays with Hotel Cocktail Classes
Fresh ingredients play a big part in the cocktails served at Viceroy Riviera Maya With Halloween approaching and Thanksgiving and the winter holidays fast on its heels, we can't help but think about holiday festivities and merrymaking. You know, cocktails. Though we have shed a few tears in our...
October 11, 2012
Taking A Look At Sweet Presidential Suites
If your Twitter and FB feeds haven’t yet been blown to smithereens regarding last night’s Presidential Debate, then we want to know your secret. But at HC, we want to focus on a key issue—and that is—where do presidents like to sleep when they’re on the road? And can...
October 04, 2012
Lindsay Lohan Dips Into the Pool at the Hotel Bel-Air (And Now You Can Too)
Troubled starlet Lindsay Lohan is working hard (again) to redeem herself in the eyes of the general public. After pal-ing around with Lady Gaga on Twitter and wrapping a Liz Taylor biopic, Lohan took to the pool at the luxe Hotel Bel-Air yesterday to show off her bod in a...
August 08, 2012
Nom, Nom, Nom: 5 of Our Favorite Hotel Grilled Cheeses
If you stay in hotels as much as we do, you start to develop a "regular" dish. You know what we mean. This is your go-to order when you've checked into your hotel and desperately need something to order from room service, even at the in-between hour of 4pm. It's...
July 19, 2012
5 More Hotels To Consider for Your Family Getaway This Summer
Hotel Bel-Air's stuffed swans ($12) are great gifts for little ones to remember their trip by. Summer's here and school's out which means your summer travel plans may involve schlepping the little ones along with you. Same goes for new parents who aren't quite ready to compromise their jetsetting...
July 13, 2012
Kids Can Now Work the Red Carpet at The Beverly Hills Hotel
Speaking of hotel kids packs to try this summer, we popped into the Beverly Hills Hotel the other week and discovered this mini-red carpet set-up just before the entrance to the hotel.We snapped a picture of it but wrote it off as just another Beverly Hills-type event happening at...
June 04, 2012
Best Hotel Renovation of 2011: The Hotel Bel-Air
It's what you've been waiting all year for--The 2011 HotelChatter Awards! We'll be bringing you the best and worst of the year all day today and part of tomorrow. Agree or disagree with our picks? Air your thoughts in comments below.Good things come to those who wait and the reopening...
December 30, 2011
This is Life at the Hotel Bel-Air, Admiring 24k Gold Chandeliers While Selecting Your Massage Music
This was meant to go yesterday for Design Thursdays but we got a little sidetracked. Maybe you can slot it in for Fun Fridays?As you probably already know, there were so many shimmery and gilded new things to lust after inside the reopened Hotel Bel-Air but we were left...
November 18, 2011
Wolfgang Puck at The Hotel Bel-Air is Now Open for the Rest of Us
After two weeks of soft-opening exclusively for hotel guests, the Hotel Bel-Air and its super fresh Wolfgang Puck restaurant and bar is now officially open to the public. The restaurant is open for breakfast and dinner daily (at 7am and 5:30pm respectively), lunch from Monday through Saturday and brunch...
November 04, 2011
What is This at The Hotel Bel-Air?
We like to keep it fun but informative here at HotelChatter so our newest series, What is This? is devoted to odd-looking items in hotel rooms that upon first glance look as if they serve only a decorative purpose. But everything happens for a reason, right? And we're here to...
November 02, 2011
Now The Beverly Hills Hotel Will Get its Own Makeover
Last week as we were traipsing through the newly glamorous Hotel Bel-Air, we had the chance to speak with general manager Edward Mady who is also overseeing things at the Bel-Air's sister hotel, the equally iconic Beverly Hills Hotel. And once it was confirmed by Dorchester Collection CEO Christopher...
October 25, 2011
Wolfgang Puck Gets Fresh at The Hotel Bel-Air
Wolfgang Puck is either drinking a lot of red bull these days or he has clones of himself running around the world from one top luxury hotel to the next launching new hotel restaurant concepts. Fresh off the opening of his CUT Steakhouse at 45 Park Lane, Wolfgang was...
October 25, 2011
This Might Be The Best Part of the Hotel Bel-Air's New Rooms
Usually we save our hotel bathroom escapades for Bathroom Tuesdays but we just had to share this loo story from the recently reopened Hotel Bel-Air.Inside of all the guestrooms, not just the fancy suites, are the finest thrones you could hope for--Neorest 500 automatic toilets, complete with remote controls....
October 20, 2011
Inside a Canyon View Suite at The Hotel Bel-Air
Welcome to our newest new feature, Design Thursdays! Thursdays are now our day to focus on hotel design through photo tours, video walkthroughs and interviews with hotel designers. Got a cool hotel design story we should know about? Let us know!If you followed our live-blog of the recently reopened...
October 20, 2011
Inside The Newly Reopened Hotel Bel-Air, LIVE!
We have been waiting for over two long and torturous years to step inside the legendary Hotel Bel-Air since it closed down for renovations. But today, we don't have to fret about whether or not we will be plucked from the waitlist to experience the hotel's new glamorous look. That's...
October 19, 2011
Why You Should Stay at The Hotel Bel-Air on Opening Night
UPDATE: The hotel is TOTALLY SOLD OUT for the first two weeks. Arrggh. There is a waitlist available and we suggest you get on it if you want to taste some Wolfgang Puck before the rest of the world. Fingers crossed someone drops out!We can't believe this day is almost...
September 29, 2011
The Hotel Bel-Air Will Reopen at Last on October 15 at $595 a Night
When the Hotel Bel-Air closed for renovations back in 2009, we were actually quite relieved as the storied hotel was starting to date itself. But it's been a long two years and we've been getting ants in our pants wondering what the hotel has been so busy working on....
June 01, 2011
Mr. C Hotel to Open June 1 and More LA Hotel News
There seems to be a lot of hotel happenings going down in Los Angeles right now. The most important of them all is that the Mr. C Hotel will open June 1, according to a tip. That info is confirmed on the Beverly Hills hotel's website, but our tipster...
May 18, 2011
Wolfgang Puck to Have a Restaurant in the Soon-to-Open Hotel Bel-Air
As the Hotel Bel-Air readies for its big reopening, one of the new features of the massive renovation is a restaurant from famed chef Wolfgang Puck. According to Eater, he will set up shop in the newly renovated hotel and call his restaurant the not-very-original Wolfgang Puck at Hotel...
May 04, 2011
Hotel Bel-Air Has Been Closed for a Year But It Still Made T+L's Best Hotels List
Once again, we find ourselves confused by a World's Best list from Travel + Leisure. The magazine has just released its 2011 T+L 500 guide which always makes us giddy as we love seeing which hotels are hot and which are not. But when we noticed that the best...
December 13, 2010
Brides Get Ready: The Hotel Bel-Air Will Reopen in July 2011
While one bride may never recover from the closing of the Hotel Bel-Air for renovations last year, other brides can now get started on the Save the Dates for their Summer 2011 wedding.The luxury property, a Dorchester Collection Hotel, announced yesterday that after 222 months it would finally reopen...
October 26, 2010
The Last Vestiges of the Hotel Bel-Air Furniture Sale Are Not Pretty
We were tooling around Santa Monica yesterday making good on our New Year's Eve resolution to not wait until the last-minute to mail important tax letters back to the California State Franchise Tax Board when we walked by the abandoned Circuit City store on 4th Street. Except it wasn't...
January 05, 2010
Everything Must Go! Hotel Bel Air Selling Off Its Old Furniture
Back on October 1, the Hotel Bel-Air closed for some much-needed renovations. While that seemed to create a lot of havoc for brides-to-be, we had no idea that the real chaos would come when the hotel decided to put all its old furnishings up for sale last weekend!On Friday, the...
December 07, 2009
The Hotel Bel-Air 'Truly Regrets' Disappointing Brides-to-Be With Upcoming Renovations
Yesterday we told you about how the Hotel Bel-Air impending renovations have left brides-to-be scrambling for a new place to get married until the renovations are completed, sometime in 2011. Brides who already signed contracts at the Hotel Bel-Air for their wedding days are now being moved to The...
August 25, 2009
Hotel Bel-Air's Upcoming Renovations Mess With Bride's Dream Wedding Day
The Save the Dates and the wedding invitations were mailed out. The flights for family members from out of state and out of country were booked. The deposits for the florists and the band were paid. The Vera Wang wedding dress was altered and waiting patiently in the closet....
August 24, 2009
Hotel Bel-Air To Close Next Month for Much-Needed Renovations
We've always been a little perplexed as to how the Hotel Bel-Air was consistently ranked amongst the best hotels in Los Angeles, winning Best Decor from the Zagat Guide and the #1 Reader's Choice from Travel + Leisure. There's no question that the grounds are beautiful and the service...
August 03, 2009
Hotel Bel-Air Gives New Meaning to Treating Customers Like Dogs
Hotel Bel-Air is introducing the Precious Paws Program, a five-star amenity program designed to cater to man's best friend. The Dorchester Collection hotel gives pups the royal treatment the moment a pet steps it's paw on-property. Pet perks include: a "chic neckerchief" given upon arrival to fancy up the...
June 09, 2009
Pete and Ashlee Choose Hotel Bel-Air for Baby Wentz's Shower
We've given the Hotel Bel-Air a hard time in the past. Travel + Leisure named it the number one hotel in L.A. this summer, and we spent a little bit of time wondering if the property was worthy of such a title. But nevermind what kind of recognition we...
November 03, 2008
A Taste of France in Los Angeles
If you're craving French food and France is just a little too far right now, hop over to the Hotel Bel-Air on November 10, 11, or 12. Chef Yannick Alleno from Le Meurice in Paris will be serving up truly unique and unforgettable dinners. This chef exchange is courtesy of...
October 24, 2008
Why Do Travel+Leisure Readers Love the Hotel Bel-Air So Much?
So, listen, Travel + Leisure readers: we have a bone to pick with you. You seem to think quite highly of the Hotel Bel-Air, and frankly, we're not quite getting it. See, not only did you rank the hotel #1 in Los Angeles in the World's Best Awards, but...
July 10, 2008
Hotel Bel-Air Might Need a Makeover
The other weekend we popped into the Hotel Bel-Air, a legendary hotel not only known for hosting celebrity clients (cough, Britney Spears, cough) but for having exquisite grounds only accessible to hotel guests, making a stay here one of utmost privacy.The overall feel of the hotel reminds us of The...
April 11, 2008
Conde Nast Readers Have Spoken
It's that time of the year again when Conde Nast Traveler unveils its Readers Choice awards.Topping the list for the best U.S. city was San Francisco who has won this distinction for 17 of the past 18 years. Whoa. Good thing San Francisco has a ton of hotels for all...
October 23, 2007
Angelina Jolie Hotel Tour: The Mommy Edition
Last year at this time, Angelina Jolie was our favorite inspiration for traveling the globe and hopping into different hotel beds for kinky sex.What a difference a year makes. Star Magazine (Oh, please. You know you read it too when no one's looking) reports that the mother-to-be of Brad Pitt's...
January 26, 2006
The Other Smart Hotel
We've heard lots of talk about the latest in smart hotel room technology this week, but the Hotel Bel-Air is putting a different spin on smart hotels in the form of smart hotel employee offspring. As tuitions continue to climb, it is increasingly difficult for many Hotel Bel-Air employees'...
November 18, 2005
The Bel Air Does Care
Ahhh, that's what I think of when I think of this hotel. Ahhhh. Everything at the Bel Air hotel is just so pretty and yes, pricey. Pretty and pricey - a common pairing but this time it's infectious! It magically makes the guest feel pretty too and we all...
January 04, 2005
Hotel Bel Air bell captain captures service gold medal
Who is the bellhop with the most chops? Tony Marquez of Hotel Bel-Air, according to the Mobile Travel Guide, which gave Tony its only individual five star rating. This makes Tony the most decorated hotel worker in the nation. Congrats to him, and to his employer, Hotel Bel-Air, which...
August 20, 2004
Partner Reviews: HOTEL BEL AIR
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Best night I've ever spent in a hotel...period.
I've stayed in business and luxury hotels all over the country, and this was by far the best all-around service I've ever received...period. From the moment I pulled up to the valet to the moment I reluctantly left, I felt like royalty. The staff was attentive and, dare I say, delightful. Some of them have been there for decades. They seem to love what they do, and it shows. Excellent food, awesome rooms, perfect service. The location makes you forget you're in L.A. I'd rather spend one night there than three somewhere else. I agree with the reviewer above, the only con that I found was that I can't stay forever!
terriable afternoon tea service
We went there for an afternoon tea and what an awful mistake. Poor service and it was anything but a "real" afternoon tea. We were there for an hour and it was miserable. They did not have a good choice of teas, the sandwiches were awful the pastry were not just bought from store and dumped on the tray. We paid $90 for two and the worst tea we had ever!!! Save you money
undisputed #1 hotel in LA
The Hotel Bel-Air is by far the most luxurious hotel in all of LA. I've stayed at the top 5 listed for Los Angeles and nothing comes close to The Hotel Bel-Air in all areas of service, comfort, ambience, etc. There's a reason why Oprah Winfrey called it one of her favorite places to stay in the world! If you're looking for luxury, don't even bother going anywhere else in LA.
Heaven on Earth
This is by far, the most private, peaceful retreat ever. The service is second to none throughout the entire hotel. Everyone is treated like a star by all of the staff and given the most courteous and personal attention. The linens are beyond fabulous and the old world feeling in the lounge makes this beautiful, botanical wonder a not to be missed experience!
ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS
I adore this place. We stayed here for a romantic weekend getaway. It is so quaint and beautiful. You don't even know you're in LA!!
CLASS PLUS!
Oh this place is toooooo die for.... they treat you like you are a star, with the most incredible service. There are better restaurants although this is nice for a business dinner. "Most CIVILIZED" per my boss in VA!
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