HotelChatter - Cambridge

Volunteer and Vacation at the Same Time at Hyatt Regency Chesapeake Bay

KatieK — 2009-03-24T12:57:08-05:00

DC families inspired by the country’s new populism bent can turn their Spring Break into an opportunity for bragging rights over all the good deeds they did while staying at the Hyatt Regency Chesapeake Bay Resort.

About 80 miles from the Capital Beltway in Cambridge, Maryland, the resort is perched along the Choptank River in the Chesapeake Bay, a prime getaway spot among Washingtonians. And the hotel’s Spring Fever package is not only good for karma but also pretty easy on the wallet, with rates starting at just $129 a night, from March 29 through June 1.

Escape Election Overload on the Eastern Shore of Maryland

KatieK — 2008-09-29T10:35:35-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/hyattchesapeakeext.png" class="imgborder"> The <a href="http://chesapeakebay.hyatt.com/">Hyatt Chesapeake Bay's</a> new <a href="http://chesapeakebay.hyatt.com/hyatt/hotels/news-details.jsp;jsessionid=YA3ZRLRIVEZBOCTEAGDCFEYKMQAYOIV0?newsId=17873195">"Politi-scape Package"</a> sorta speaks to us. After all, we can think of more than a few cracked-out politicos who could do well by a break from the election horse race, not to mention all those average schmoes among us. Just 85 miles east of the District of Columbia and perched on the Eastern Shore of Maryland, the hotel is offering itself up as a "restful retreat" far from the Beltway, and now through the star-spangled inauguration on January 20, guests at the Hyatt Chesapeake Bay will enter full-immersion detox: stashing cell phones and Blackberries at the front desk and trading pantsuits for plush spa robes and iPod shuffles programmed with

Fall Foliage Hotels :: Get Away to Boston's Marlowe

annie0007 — 2008-09-17T09:00:29-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/hotelmarlowefall2.jpg" class="imgborder"><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/maps/Fall-Foliage-Hotels"><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/fallfoliagemap2.jpg" align="right"></a> You may be smack in the middle of Boston Proper, but you can still enjoy that autumn chill in the great outdoors. <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Hotel+Marlowe+-+a+Kimpton+Hotel/local/774">Kimpton's Hotel Marlowe</a> is offering an active Fall Foliage Package. A rate of $999 (and going higher, depending on the room you book) gets you two nights, a bike ride around the city with <a href="http://www.urbanadventours.com/">Urban Adventours</a>, and a kayak to swish up the Charles, park the car at Harvard yard (say that with a Boston accent). For real trees with real leaves, the package also offers your choice of day trips to local working farms. You'll get a free ride to <a href="http://www.bostonhillfarm.com/">Boston Hill Farm</a> in North Andover, for pumpkin

Weekend Hotel Happening: 'Bark and Bath' at Boston's Hotel Marlowe

Jenna — 2008-07-11T15:05:14-05:00

<![CDATA[<img align="right" src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/wetdogger.jpg" class="imgborder"> Hotel:<a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Hotel+Marlowe+-+a+Kimpton+Hotel/local/774"> Hotel Marlowe</a>, <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Nine+Zero+/local/922">Nine Zero</a> and <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Onyx+Hotel+-+A+Kimpton+Hotel/ian/216642">The Onyx</a> in Boston. When: Saturday, July 12th. 10 am to 2 pm. Where: The Hotel Marlowe Courtyard.What: Continuing <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Kimpton%20Hotels">Kimpton's</a> streak of heartwarming efforts to <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/6/24/144441/974/hotels/Kimpton_Hotels_Will_Accept_Any_Type_of_Animal_Even_Sloths">embrace pets</a> and their doting families, three Boston Kimpton properties -- the Hotel Marlowe, Nine Zero and the Onyx -- are holding a Saturday of doggie pampering for charity. The event will feature wash-and-dry services provided by local doggie pamperers Laundromutt (hehe) and "puppy snow cones and peanut butter cupcakes" from Polka Dog Bakery. Awww! The proceeds from the day go to benefit Boston chapter of the Trust for Public Land. Before we pain you with a joke about the

Cambridge Hotels: Grandma Versus the Rest of Us

femmefatale — 2007-12-20T10:39:54-05:00

[Photo: CutterNutter]

Monica Guy is fed up with the old guard hotels of the U.K. that may have entertained her grandparents when they were tripping all over the world in their youth but have since been lasting on reputation and little else. In this new feature, she pits her grandma's favorite hotel against some of the new hip hotels popping up across the rainy motherland. Enjoy.

Yesterday you were in Oxford, today you've taken your grandparents to Cambridge. Running a tour of the boffin towns. But where will you all stay?