http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2012-02-14T08:03:12Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/ http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/3/29/17476/5911 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/sandscasinohotel.jpg" class="top"><p> The Sands Casino in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania is finally getting a hotel for its weary gamblers. <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Sands+Hotel+at+Sands+Casino+Resort/local/4844"><b>The Sands Hotel at the Sands Casino Resort</b></a> will have 300 guestrooms, 16 executive suites and not one, not two but <b>six presidential suites.</b> <p>Like its glitzy Vegas cousins (<a href="http://www.vegaschatter.com/tag/venetian">The Venetian</a> and <a href="http://www.vegaschatter.com/tag/palazzo">The Palazzo</a>), The Sands Hotel will have an Emeril Lagasse restaurant (supposedly a new Italian concept from the chef) and guests will have access to the multiple bars and lounges in the casino. <p>But unlike its greedy Vegas cousins, the Sands Hotel will have <b>free WiFi</b>. Free. We know, it's hard to believe our good fortune this week. First, the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/3/29/144149/497/hotels/The_Tallest_Hotel_in_the_World_Also_Has_Free_Internet">Ritz-Carlton Hong Kong</a>, now The Sands juliana 2011-03-30T09:01:49-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2010/1/6/205835/5949 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/34094/hotelbethlehem.jpg" class="top"> <p>We always love a good <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/hotel ghosts">hotel ghost story</a> here at HotelChatter so on this cold day, kick back and get spooked. <p>Four ghosts have reportedly taken up residence at the historic <b><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Hotel+Bethlehem%2C+A+Historic+Hotel+Of+America/ian/176750">Hotel Bethlehem</a></b> but instead of conducting exorcisms or ghost evictions, the hotel has embraced these "guests" by offering up a special hotel room that's supposed to witness all the paranormal activity. <p>So who's haunting this place? The most well-known guest during the days of the Eagle Hotel, Hotel Bethlehem's predecessor, was <b>May Yohe</b>. The actress/singer was born in the hotel, which her grandpa owned, in April 1866. As a child, Yohe would sing and dance for guests in the lobby. <p>Even though she Jennifer Kester 2010-01-08T12:59:57-05:00 40.6200810 -75.382162 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/12/26/131943/78 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/6193/Bethlehem_wall.jpg" class="top"> <p>Yesterday's holiday filled up more than just hotels in big cities like New York and Paris, but also guaranteed a sea of tourists to religious destinations like Bethlehem, the hub of Christmas. Since a tense peace exists in the area, Bethlehem has taken in record numbers of both pilgrims (some 1.3 million) and their cash this past week. <p>As a result, hotels in the town have been overflowing, forcing even those under renovation to open specifically for the holidays. While Bethlehem businesses hope that the peace holds in the name of more than just souvenir dollars, it seems like they'll be getting that wish no matter what. According to the <i><a href="http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/1226/p07s05-wome.html">Christian Science Monitor</a></i>, hotel chains <b>Mövenpick</b> JetSetCD 2008-12-26T15:30:37-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2005/10/28/85315/220 <![CDATA[<img align="right" src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3/tomb.jpg"><p> Travel writer Tom Brosnahan has stayed in some nasty hotels.<p> Collateral damage when you write guide books about bargain hotels right?<p> He has stayed in a caravanserai in Turkey where the mattress was filled with straw, and a Guatemalan mountain hotel where one very loud rooster kept him awake, however, the worst hotel he ever laid eyes on was the good old American Hotel Bethlehem PA in the U.S.<p> <blockquote><p> The clerk showed me a room. It was awful! I tried to tell myself that I'd seen worse, but I hadn't. Besides being a wreck, the room's door didn't lock, and the bed was a bare, stained mattress. The temperature outside was well below freezing, and the markj 2005-10-28T08:53:15-05:00 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/