http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2012-05-28T09:17:22Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/ http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/2/22/155539/171 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/hagerstownfire.jpg" class="imgborder"><p>We might have some weird type of ESP. In our story the other day about <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/2/20/144819/240/hotels/Starwood_Devalues_Their_SPG_Points_Yet_Again">Starwood devaluing their points system</a>, we mentioned the Sheraton Four Points in <b>Hagerstown, Maryland</b> which we picked to demonstrate how many SPG points you will need in a random city in a random state like Maryland.<p>Then a <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/2/20/144819/240/hotels/Starwood_Devalues_Their_SPG_Points_Yet_Again#1">Hotel Maven</a> mentioned Hagerstown was his hometown. Interesting.<p>And now, Hagerstown is in the news because novelist Nora Roberts (women's fiction best for airplane reading) was planning on turning an old hotel into a literary-themed, except the place caught fire!<blockquote><p>[A fire marshal] said the fire started around 7:30 a.m. in the <b>Boone Hotel</b>, owned by Roberts and her husband, Bruce Wilder. It spread to the juliana 2008-02-22T16:03:47-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2005/6/14/14332/3097 <![CDATA[<img align="right" src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3/cannon.jpg"><p> Not sure where to take the kids for a weekend this summer that will be both affordable and educational? <br><p> Well, <a href="http://www.clarionantietam.com/"><b>The Clarion Antietam</b></a> in Hagerstown, Maryland has just the solution. They are offering a <i>" Family History Getaway "</i> deal this summer which is good for a family of four. <p> For only $79 a night, the package includes room, breakfast, admission to the Roundhouse Train Museum and the Antietam National Battlefield - pictured above. <p> Thats right, your kids can learn first hand how General Lee got punked by General McClellan when he tried to take his sorry rebel act into Maryland. <p> Best of all, they also offer PB&amp;J sandwiches each night - megn323 2005-06-15T09:08:42-05:00 39.633506 -77.703205 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/