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Birmingham's NiteNite Hotel Offering Perks, Not Discounts

juliab — 2009-01-22T11:59:05-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/nitenitehotel.jpg" class="top"> What to do if you're a British hotel wanting to ride out the recession? You can drop your rates. You can run special offers. You can even give away free rooms, as long as your guests buy a <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/1/18/163650/065/hotels/Pop_the_Cristal_and_Get_a_Free_Room_at_Elite_Hotels">bottle of Cristal</a>. Or, if you're Birmingham hotel <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Nitenite+Cityhotels%2C+Birmingham/ian/279235">nitenite</a> (yes, all lower-cased), you can throw in all the extras you'd expect at a big bucks hotel, while you keep your prices in the budget bracket. Simply knocking down rates "may attract an entirely different market sector to those originally targeted," says the hotel which reminds me of a hybrid of <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/yotels">Yotels</a> and <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/easyhotels">easyhotels</a>. A bit sniffy? Maybe, but rooms start at a mere £45 ($61)

"Staying Cool" is Getting Easy To Do in the UK

amandak — 2008-09-17T09:30:28-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3873/Birmingham_Staying_Cool.jpg" class="imgborder"> We're not quite sure if we could book ourselves into accommodation called <a href="http://www.stayingcool.com/">Staying Cool</a> but we admire the gall of people who could. The Staying Cool moniker belongs to a group of serviced apartments in Birmingham, Manchester, Devon and Barcelona, and they strive to be, as you'd imagine, pretty darn cool. In their own words, Staying Cool apartments are: <blockquote> the hip alternative to a hotel ... kitted out with bespoke pieces from some of the hottest UK designers, serviced to meet all your needs but with the independence and individuality (no two are the same) of your own wow apartment.</blockquote>The Birmingham Staying Cool at Rotunda property has just been given the first five-star rating in

Indiana Pacers Equipment Manager Shows Off Balls At Michigan Hotel

c bunt — 2004-06-04T08:19:19-05:00

Usually hotels get peeved when you steal their towels -- but management at The Townsend Hotel, in Birmingham, Mich, is fuming that a guest wasn't wearing a towel.

Joe Qatato, an equipment manager for the Indiana Pacers who lost the same night, was, errrr, handling his equipment, fully naked, in front of an upper-floor window on Tuesday, according to TheIndyChannel.com

Qatato is expected to appear at a Birmingham court to face a misdemeanor charge June 23.