http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2010-03-15T04:55:27Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/ http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/12/18/141350/48 <![CDATA[<p> <i>We are suckers for a room with a killer view. &nbsp;We find that we are even more likely to forgive some minor hotel inconveniences if we can stare out the window at something pretty--yeah we are that shallow. Let's help out our fellow hotel mavens by uploading rooms with killer views to the <a href="http://flickr.com/groups/hotelchatter/">HotelChatter/Flickr photo pool</a>, or by <a href="mailto:tips@hotelchatter.com">sending the photo along to us</a>. We will feature our favorites in this space from time to time. Remember to tell us the name of the hotel and the room number of the hot view.</i> <p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/6929/hardrockbiloxi.jpg" class="top"> <p><a href="http://flickr.com/photos/chrisjman/3013527295/">Casino Jones</a> stopped by the brand new <b><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Hard+Rock+Biloxi/local/591/">Hard Rock Biloxi</a></b> in Mississippi this fall and snapped this shot of Jenna 2008-12-18T14:14:40-05:00 30.3915340 -88.885489 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/6/4/0446/90374 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/margvillebiloxi.jpg" class="imgborder"><p>The other week we found out that the Trump Marina Hotel would turn into a <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/5/30/9647/70339/hotels/Trump_Marina_Hotel_and_Casino_To_Become_Margaritaville">Margaritaville Hotel & Casino</a> which we thought would be the first one to open. Yet Hotel Maven <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/user/PalmettoSon">PalmettoSon</a> pointed us to the Margaritaville already in the works in Biloxi, MS.<p> Jimmy Buffett and Harrah's have paired up to build a massive hotel down there, one of the metro areas in Mississippi hardest hit by Hurricane Katrina. <p>The hotel chain plans to spend more than $700 million this summer building the hotel, casino, restaurant, and cabanas, with a final budget of more than $100B. (Thassright, <b>billion</b>.)<p>The hotel will have 420 rooms in addition to the 378 rooms from the existing Casino Magic annie0007 2008-06-04T09:45:02-05:00 30.477134 -88.947886 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/7/5/172016/4373 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/hardrock_biloxi.jpg" class="imgborder"><p>What is going on today? First Andre Balazs <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/7/5/141835/2938/hotels/Andre_Balazs_is_Sooo_Pre_Fab_">pulls the inverse of hotel hype</a>, now we hear the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Hard+Rock+Biloxi/local/591/"><b>Hard Rock Biloxi</b></a> has reopened six days ahead of schedule. Incredible!<p>The hotel casino which was heavily damaged during Hurricane Katrina opened last Saturday and Eric Claption's infamous guitar even flew in for the early opening. Yet also thrown into the mix of rock n' roll relics are the ones that were previously shown in the casino hotel after getting swirled around in stormwater. So it goes something like this:<blockquote><p>Behind thick glass is a large black and white photo that stretches perhaps 12 feet, depicting what the resort looked like a few days after Katrina. Also behind the glass juliana 2007-07-05T17:20:45-05:00 30.392940 -88.888432 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/5/23/95447/8856 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/hardrock_biloxi.jpg" class="imgborder"/><p>Looks like San Diego won't be having all <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/5/2/112839/3596/hotels/Hard_Rock_San_Diego_Set_for_Fall_2007_Opening">the rock'n'roll fun</a>. The <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Hard+Rock+Biloxi/local/591/"><b>Hard Rock Biloxi</b></a> is scheduled to open this July, almost two full years after Hurricane Katrina destroyed it--and just two days before it was originally scheduled to open. After rebuilding, the hotel is set to have heaps of casino games, including a poker room, a steak house and a full service spa. (So you can turn it up to 11 while getting a seaweed wrap?)<br> <p>Though the reservations line isn't yet open--that happens on June 1--we're fairly confident the place will open on time. After all, they've got Kid Rock, Cheap Trick and even Poison lined up to play this summer. The former Mr. pbb 2007-05-23T11:13:05-05:00 30.392940 -88.888432 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2006/5/24/145114/692 <![CDATA[<p><img align="right" src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/biloxi_casino.jpg"><b>The Grand Casino Island View Hotel</b> in Biloxi, MS, was demolished over the weekend and the site's new owner <a href="http://www.harrahs.com"><b>Harrah's</b></a> plans on building a brand-spanking-new resort worth $1 billion. <p>The 11-year-old building had been damaged by Hurricane Katrina but was still salvagable. However, Harrah's had other ideas in mind. The new hotel will take at least a couple of years to build but Harrah's may have the casino part ready on another part of the site later this summer.<p>One of our tipsters weighs in on the developments:<blockquote><p>It's highly likely that Harrah's will implode the adjacent Casino Magic tower as well. &nbsp;They just swapped a couple of dowdy riverboat casinos in Louisiana for the Casino Magic property in juliana 2006-05-24T14:59:49-05:00 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/