HotelChatter - Avon http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2012-02-14T07:24:47Z HotelChatter HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/ It's Official: Teens Have Cooler Hotel Lounges Than Grown-Ups http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/6/21/14725/7961 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/34094/Westin_PoolViewToBC.jpg" class="top"><p>NOMG. Teens totally have it way better than adults at hotels these days. The Atlantis Resort in the Bahamas kicked off the teen lounge trend with their teens-only nightclub, <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/1/3/144617/6508/hotels/Atlantis_is_Starting_Kids_Early_on_Their_Club_Habits_with_New_Teen_Club_Crush">Crush</a>, followed by the JW Starr Pass in Tucson with their teen lounge, <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/5/2/224417/1164/hotels/Are_Teen_Lounges_The_Newest_Hotel_Trend_">Blur</a>. Now, teens vacationing in Colorado have their own place to chill away from the lame adults. <p><b><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Westin+Riverfront+Resort+and+Spa/local/749">Westin Riverfront Resort & Spa at Beaver Creek Mountain</a></b> will launch <b>7430</b>, a new program for teenagers ages 12 to 16 on July 1. <p>The program offers teens a parent- and little-kid-free zone where they can hang out. The centerpiece of it is the Whitewater Lounge, where for $20-a-day cover charge they can play video games Jennifer Kester 2011-06-21T12:09:56-05:00 More Cool Hotel Jobs: Man&#146;s Best Friend at Ritz-Carlton Bachelor Gulch http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/1/20/1559/95545 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/18481/BachelorPinUp.jpg" class="top"><p> <i>All this week, HotelChatter contributor Eric Rosen will be telling us about some of the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Hotel%20Jobs">coolest hotel jobs</a> out there. He reached out across the globe to talk to the dynamic folks who do everything from wrangling elephants (and guests!) to designing the latest high-tech gadgetry for your next guest room. So check back every day to see who he&#146;s talking to next.</i> <p> <p> Today&#146;s cool hotel job is special. Not just in the way that the others we&#146;ve told you about so far this week have been special, but in that the character who occupies this post isn&#146;t even human! No, we&#146;re not talking about a super-intelligent android, or a beneficent extraterrestrial. Rather, we&#146;re EricRosen 2011-01-21T09:31:11-05:00 A Colorado Wildflower Grows at Park Hyatt Beaver Creek (And You Can Drink It) http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2010/7/29/163012/564 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/30451/ColoradoWildflower.jpg" class="top"><p> <p><i>Who's thirsty? It's time for another installment of our <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/summer cocktails">Summer Cocktails</a> series. All summer long we'll profile fun new summer drinks served at hotels around the world. Got one we should know about? <a href="mailto:tips@hotelchatter.com">Send us the recipe with a photo of the drink.</a> Otherwise, enjoy and <a href="http://www.twitter.com/hotelchatter">@reply us</a> when you're wasted!</i><p> Do you like flowers? We think they're pretty and all, but they're not at the top of our list of things to notice. We're not even sure that we need flowers in our cocktails, as is the current mixology trend. But the <b>Colorado Wildflower Cocktail</b>, served at the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Park+Hyatt+Beaver+Creek+Resort+And+Spa/ian/139584"><b>Park Hyatt Beaver Creek</b></a> looks just lovely so we put our petal bias MsRebecca 2010-07-30T09:31:14-05:00 The Westin Riverfront Has a Kids Club That Even We Want to Join http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2010/2/4/24855/41872

Westin Kids Club

It's hard for parents to keep the kids occupied during the winter, when they're cooped up inside. But kiddies can enjoy the great, cold outdoors with the Westin Riverfront Resort & Spa's Mini Mountaineer package.

Don't worry, there's no actual mountaineering going on. The hotel's playing off of its location at the base of the Beaver Creek Mountain. Your 6-year-old won't get a harness and helmet and get sent down a mountain for some rappelling. Instead, the fam will get a two-bedroom condominium and a s'mores kit delivered to the room upon arrival.]]> Jennifer Kester 2010-02-04T09:15:12-05:00 39.6329070 -106.52459 Hotels Keep Gettting Greener: The Westin Riverfront Takes the LEED http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/9/30/133516/100 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/32083/westinriverfront.jpg" class="top"><p> <p>Green hotel news has been taking the LEED (sorry, we couldn't resist the pun) on HotelChatter lately, but don't tab this eco-friendly movement as a passing trend. Most hotels are jumping on the bandwagon by, at the very least, introducing organic linens and natural bathroom amenities into suites. But more ambitious, environmentally-aware hoteliers and conglomerates are enacting full-scale green overhauls. From stem to stern, or penthouse to lobby, rather, we're seeing more hotels take the necessary steps toward meeting critical green standards. <p><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Westin+Riverfront+Resort+and+Spa/local/749"><b>Colorado's Westin Riverfront Resort & Spa</b></a>, a hotel nestled among nature's mountains and trees, recently announced that they've <b>earned Silver LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certification</b>, making them one of only nine Heidi Atwal 2009-09-30T16:55:41-05:00 39.6327074 -106.52282 Search HotelChatter Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/