Unsurprisingly, our March Madness brackets have pretty much failed miserably. For all those folks still in the game, Detroit is the place to be this weekend (now thats not a phrase you hear very often!). If youre Final Four-or-bust, well, we dont have to tell you that your best...
April 02, 2009
Detroit better start prostrating itself before the altar of their financial gods, as after a let-down of an auto show, the Final Four will roll into town during the first weekend in April and hopefully bolster hotel room sales and tourist revenue. According to the Free Press, the "Big...
March 09, 2009
A recent Wall Street Journal article titled Leaving Las Vegas brought to light what we have been noticing for quite a while: Sin City is getting pricey. With 40 million visitors creating gridlock, taxi hell, and a hotel occupancy rate over 90 percent, the grumbling has gotten louder. Many savvy...
November 20, 2007
The MGM Grand Detroit opened up last Tuesday but the christening party hosted by Kid Rock and Wolfgang Puck did not bless this hotel well, according to a recent guest.HotelChatter tipster Pat stayed at the hotel the other night and was disappointed from start to finish. From the excess charges...
October 11, 2007
In case you were wondering what Kid Rock and Wolfgang Puck were doing last night, they were attending the opening festivities of the brand new MGM Grand Detroit Hotel and Casino.The opening was celebrated with a VIP black-tie affair attended by Grammy-nominee Kid Rock and Grammy-Award -winners Ashanti and Anita...
October 03, 2007
We are still reeling over the impending apocalypse of the hotel world--Six Columbus opening in the third week of October--but we have pulled ourselves together just a bit to give you some more hotel opening news. And remember, if you have some hotel opening news we wanna hear it. Send...
September 26, 2007
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