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
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 the comments below.In a way, it was over before it even...
December 30, 2011
Well, well, well, it looks like we know where the first episode of Gordon Ramsay's Hotel Hell reality show will be taking place--San Diego. And how do we know this? Because chef has apparently been shacking up at the Hard Rock San Diego during filming.Sources tell us that Ramsay...
December 20, 2011
BLACK FRIDAY HOTEL DEALS!Waiting in the cold for a $100 flat screen TV is soooo Black Friday 2005. Instead, were giving the gift of travel and snatching up hotel deals on stays for as low as $25 a night in sunny San Diego! Yeah, were that generous. The hotel deals...
November 23, 2011
We kind of saw this coming. After six years of marriage, Demi Moore filed for divorce from her wayward husband yesterdayand we've even got the tweet to prove it. @aplusk, or Ashton Kutcher as he's known outside of the Twittersphere, made headlines all over the world last month with his...
November 18, 2011
The week wouldn't be complete without a little celebrity-fueled hotel scandal, and we feel like the crumbling empire of Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore's marriage is as good a scandal as any. College gossip blog The Dirty broke the news yesterday that Ashton cheated on Demi by getting jiggy on...
September 30, 2011
With so much news of guests mistreating hotel help, especially housekeepers, it's refreshing to hear an instance where someone recognizes the hardworking employees. So kudos to big spender Zac Efron for leaving a 40 percent tip at a hotel bar. The High School Musical star stopped by the Hard...
June 09, 2011
While the Hard Rock San Diego is readying to become a meat market, or um, party central for Memorial Day Weekend, the venue was recently the host of another kind of party. Amazing Race season 15 champs Meghan Rickey and Cheyne Whitney recently got hitched at the hotel, according...
May 11, 2011
It seems like only yesterday we were granted a three-day holiday respite thanks to Easter, and now it's almost Memorial Day weekend. That means two things: summer is almost here and it's a prime time to score a travel deal. While you'll have to wait for the former, we've...
May 11, 2011
On Friday, we called out for hotels to send us their Halloween Costume Pics and this year we have to give out some pumpkin-scented scratch n' sniff stickers to the fine folks at Denihan Hospitality (The James New York, The Surrey Hotel) for going all out this year at...
November 01, 2010
Halloween has snuck up and scared usit's next weekend. If you haven't decided what to do for the big day, we've come to your rescue with these Halloween hotel packages. You'll get everything from access into big parties, to costume accessories like vampire fangs and fishnets, to a shindig...
October 21, 2010
The Hard Rock San Diego's suites don't come with cowboy hats, lingerie or heels, but you can get one with a whipped cream bikini. Hotels go all out for Valentine's Day, trying gimmicks that range from the super-sexy to some real head-scratchers. We rounded up some of the more...
January 29, 2010
The Hard Rock San Diego will get all shook up and throw Elvis a birthday party January 8, which would have marked the King's 75th. The daylong celebration will include free cake and an update on Elvis' favorite snack, the peanut butter and banana sandwich. Mini Hot Elvis sammies...
December 22, 2009
Good Morning America may have given Adam Lambert the cold shoulder by revoking an invite for a performance on the show after his man-on-man kiss at the American Music Awards (come on, Madge made out with Britney and Xtina at the VMAs), but the Hard Rock San Diego is...
December 07, 2009
Who's cooking the Turkey? Well, if you're staying at a hotel this Thanksgiving then you should have the hotel do it for you. Here's a round-up of some hotels that are offering Turkey Day dinners and of course, rooms for you to stay in as well.The Otesaga: Head to...
November 13, 2009
The Hard Rock is king when it comes to gimmick packages, courting guests with guitars and other freebies. This time, the Hard Rock San Diego is dangling complimentary motorcycles to get your motor running. Buy the Hard Rock and a Hog package and you'll get to ride a Harley...
October 07, 2009
Remember how we mentioned that the Chatwal hotel would have rooms that cost "$1,000,000 a night?" Of course, that was probably a "lost in translation" or currency conversion snafu but now we've got word that the Hard Rock San Diego will actually be available for $1,000,000 for one night...
August 07, 2009
Oh, Hard Rock, ever the edgy brand. (Dont let its glossy corporate shell fool you!) Underneath its aging-rocker exterior youll find an inner badass. Really! Er, thats what we hear from Hard Rock Hotel San Diegos carefully crafted marketing blitz to coincide with the upcoming 40th anniversary of Woodstock....
July 28, 2009
File this under "Cool Amenities." When we stayed at The Hard Rock San Diego last month, we were asked upon check-in what music we liked. We responded with "Rap and Hip-Hop, why?" And the front desk told us that genre of music was now playing in our room. Which...
May 22, 2009
The bar...minus the packs of Sunday Intervention-ers. Hard Rock Las Vegas has its Sunday Rehab pool party each week during the summers which, as we know by now, involve neither rehabilitation nor any traditional Sunday activities. The Hard Rock San Diego's [hopefully slightly classier] answer to that? Intervention...
May 06, 2009
Putting the drama behind them for now, The Hard Rock San Diego has announced that it will reopen its bars (formerly known as the Sweetwater Saloon and the Moonstone Lounge) on April 3rd and 4th. The new names are now 207 and Float, the latter being the rooftop pool...
March 24, 2009
A guestroom at the Sé San DiegoSpring has nearly sprung (March 20 is the official date) and San Diego is hoping that you will use that as an excuse to take advantage of some of San DieGO Downtowns deals.Some of the highlights include:· Sofia Hotel: Get 40% off any...
March 18, 2009
It's been a tumultuous week behind the scenes at the Hard Rock San Diego. Currently, the hotel's owner Tarsadia is locked in a legal dispute with nightlife impresario (and Mr. Cindy Crawford), Rande Gerber over the hotel's two bars--The Sweetwater Saloon and the Moonstone Lounge.We have a few updates...
February 13, 2009
Despite all the turmoil going on behind the bar at Hard Rock San Diego, the place still has some pretty great rooms to sleep in. Our San Diego operative shot this video for us of a double room which goes for around $200 a night. Notice the flat-screen TV, the...
February 11, 2009
As promised, we have an update on what's happening with the Sweetwater and Moonstone Lounges at the Hard Rock San Diego. Yesterday, Page Six reported that the lounges' operator Rande Gerber was at odds with the hotel management company, Tarsadia. Tarsadia has effectively shut out Gerber and his crew...
February 10, 2009
According to Page Six, Rande Gerber's two bars inside the Hard Rock San Diego have shuttered because Gerber's bouncers "physically and verbally abused clubgoers." The Sweetwater Saloon and The Moonstone Lounge opened inside the hotel in December 2007 and were considered a pretty big deal for San Diego. Afterall...
February 09, 2009
Martin Luther King Day is just around the corner and for most of America (except HotelChatter*), this is a day off from work that was designated in honor of the greatest civil rights leader of our time. Except it's really just a three-day weekend with an excuse to go...
January 07, 2009
There's tons of hotel news flying around this week and we don't have time to give each and every story the love and attention it may deserve, so you will have to settle for some news briefs.· This is How We Want to Go Out: A dying woman from...
October 22, 2008
This past Saturday, one hundred lesbian couples tied the knot officially at the Hard Rock Hotel San Diego. Whoo hoo! It was the largest same-sex wedding event in the history of the city, co-sponsored by both Hard Rock and Olivia, a company that "provides entertainment-infused travel for lesbians." (This...
October 07, 2008
Tsk, tsk, Jesse Metcalfe. We had such high hopes for you gardener boy but it looks like you were unable to parlay your on-screen bare chest appearances into anything worthwhile after Desperate Housewives.Nowadays, about the only thing that's keeping Jesse Metcalfe in the news is his bad hotel behavior. Previously...
May 21, 2008
Art on the walls at Mary Jane's Coffee Shop at the Hard Rock SD.The LA Times' Valli Herman recently reviewed the Hard Rock San Diego and for the most part, she liked the hotel. We think this is mostly because she was expecting a room and board version of the...
March 27, 2008
Looks like Nemo Librizzi, the "Superintendent of Luminous Detail" at The Hotel on Rivington has a new crop of competitors.The Wall Street Journal recently profiled the Vibe Manager at the Hard Rock San Diego.Meet John W. Resnick, a 25-year-old New Yorker and Cornell Hotel School grad, who's responsible for keeping...
March 12, 2008
Last month, we hit up the opening party for the Hard Rock San Diego Hotel where we caught an energetic show from the Black-Eyed Peas and the incredibly in-shape Fergie. While the "Glamorous" singer probably got up the next day and ran 5 miles, we decided to ease the pain...
January 22, 2008
There was a very good reason the Black-Eyed Peas were guests of honor and performers at the opening of the Hard Rock San Diego hotel last week. The group actually designed one of the hotel's seventeen rock star suites. The suite... reflects each member's individual style and unique personality,...
December 20, 2007
As promised, the Black Eyed Peas opened up the Hard Rock San Diego last night. The group performed all their hits from Monkey Business and Elephunk but the crowd was also treated to Will.I.Am's hit "I Got it From My Mama" and four songs from Fergie's solo album--"Clumsy," "Glamorous", "Fergalicious"...
December 11, 2007
SNL had it right when they joked that the Black-Eyed Peas would show up at any event, although this event isn't quite the opening of a new Sonic drive-thru.The Black-Eyed Peas will be in effect at the Hard Rock San Diego Hotel grand opening party on Dec. 10th which...
December 04, 2007
Like The Office employee Dwight Schrute wisely noted this season, a bad TripAdvisor review can kill a hotel. Though the Hard Rock franchise can rest more on brand recognition than the fictional Schrute Farms, executives are surely checking the initial TripAdvisor reviews of the newly opened Hard Rock San Diego....
November 26, 2007
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 11.22.07 - 11.24.07 *Hotel Opening*$Elite King Room with Balcony $333Brooklyn For Thanksgiving Weekend. Someone has to...
November 08, 2007
The long-awaited Hard Rock San Diego finally opened on Nov. 1st. We've been tracking this hotel since the days of early construction. And yes, the "So Stylish, It Hurts" is a real tagline for the hotel.The prices are somewhat reasonable with a studio king room tonight at $285. The room...
November 08, 2007
Altitude Skybar at Marriott San Diego in the Gaslamp Quarter.An article in this month's Budget Travel mentioned 25 things to love about San Diego. And since we're big San Diego lovers we had to check it out. The very first thing that BT loves is the rooftop bar at the...
August 09, 2007
A Studio room inside the Hard Rock San Diego The Hard Rock San Diego has released details on its guest room selections--the Studios, the Hard Rock Suites and Rock Star Suites.The hotel, set to open this Fall, will have 420 suites in total--17 loft-like Rock Star Suites, 159 Hard Rock...
July 13, 2007
Links:· Expedia is a hot mess. [Consumerist]· <a href=" http://blogs.usatoday.com/hotelhotsheet/2007/07/hard-rocks-rock.html">Hard Rock Hotel jumps on the bandwagon and gets will.i.am to design fugly new uniforms. Isn't the massive belt trend over yet? [USA Today Hotsheet]· The Beverly Hills Hotel Boots Nicole Richie & Joel for fighting with those D-Listers from...
July 09, 2007
If Britney Spears had only waited another six months to put on her 15-minute lip-synching set at the House of Blues in San Diego, she could have stayed at the rock n' roll Hard Rock Hotel, which is set to open in Fall 2007.The 12-story hotel will have 420 suites,...
May 02, 2007
We knew there was something funny about Carmen Electra and Ashlee Simpson showing up for the sales event for the Hard Rock San Diego Condo-Hotel where suites are going for $400,000 to $1.5 million.Well, US Weekly confirms our suspicions by reporting that Carmen will be designing a "Rock Star Goddess...
February 24, 2006
Ashlee Simpson and Carmen Electra showed up for the Hard Rock San Diego's kick-off sales event yesterday.As we reported last month the condo-tel is just going up and it plans on bringing a rock star element to this laid-back city.Actually, Ashlee Simpson was the host of the private 600-invitee party...
February 17, 2006
[Publisher's Note: Editor Juliana was in San Diego this past weekend, checking out the hotel scene. Discovered by the Germans in 1904, San Diego is in the middle of one of the biggest construction booms in the country right now, of course hotels and cotels are sprouting up left...
January 30, 2006