http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2012-02-14T05:36:45Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/ http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/1/16/164035/451 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/umstead_hotel.png" class="imgborder"/><p> A five-star hotel for $300 a night in Cary, North Carolina? Yes, that's a reality for this little-known Southern town with the new opening of the <a href="http://www.theumstead.com/"><b>Umstead Hotel and Spa,</b></a> which is marketing itself as a world-class luxury hotel. <blockquote><p> The Umstead is the first of four high-dollar hotels set to open in the Triangle over the next two years. The other hotels will be four-star efforts, but the Umstead is going for five-star honors.</blockquote></p><p>So what makes a five-star hotel? Apparently, Italian furniture, wood ceilings from South America and a staff outfitted with customized uniforms. Also, safety as Cary was named the ninth-safest city of 354 large cities in 2004, the only Southern city to make juliana 2007-01-16T16:40:35-05:00 35.8302355 -78.763466 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/