HotelChatter - Key West http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2012-02-12T22:37:17Z HotelChatter HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Chill Sunsets at the Southernmost Hotel in the USA http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2012/1/11/125435/557 <![CDATA[<!-- Start of Brightcove Player --> <div style="display:none"> </div> <!-- By use of this code snippet, I agree to the Brightcove Publisher T and C found at https://accounts.brightcove.com/en/terms-and-conditions/. --> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://admin.brightcove.com/js/BrightcoveExperiences.js"></script> <object id="myExperience1383735277001" class="BrightcoveExperience"> <param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF" /> <param name="width" value="486" /> <param name="height" value="412" /> <param name="playerID" value="4862856001" /> <param name="playerKey" value="AQ~~,AAAAAE7CVnI~,RUihgoZlRJi9tuTl58qaAut8tr6OMl2M" /> <param name="isVid" value="true" /> <param name="dynamicStreaming" value="true" /> <param name="@videoPlayer" value="1383735277001" /> </object> <!-- This script tag will cause the Brightcove Players defined above it to be created as soon as the line is read by the browser. If you wish to have the player instantiated only after the rest of the HTML is processed and the page load is complete, remove the line. --> markj 2012-01-12T12:23:34-05:00 Peeakboo Bathrooms and Sexy Photographs Are Not For Everyone http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2010/5/9/2064/99239

Chalk up another point for Team Enclosed Bathrooms. We know how many of you feel about the hotel trend that is not going away, Peekaboo Bathrooms, and most of you are against it.

Here's another gripe about the lack of privacy in the bathrooms at the newly renovated Reach Hotel which is actually now part of the Waldorf-Astoria Collection. Our reader also has a problem with the nude photographs in the restaurant. In short, this may not be the best hotel for families visiting Key West.]]> juliana 2010-05-10T11:25:35-05:00 24.5475430 -81.794264 Chilling Out at the Crowne Plaza Key West La Concha http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/4/27/03217/8578

Jaunted editor Victor Ozols is just back from a trip down to Key West where he celebrated Spring Break. Wanna know where he shacked up during his stay? Watch his in-depth guided video tour here. Or if you're at work and your boss is hovering, read the entire review below and pretend it's work-related.

]]> Victor Ozols 2009-04-30T14:55:29-05:00 24.5559490 -81.803446 Hyatt Key West Helps You AND The Reef http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/9/4/71446/41749 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/hyatt_keywest.png" class="imgborder"><p> <p>Relaxation and indulgence is getting a social conscience down at the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Hyatt+Key+West+Resort+&amp;+Marina/ian/117616"><b>Hyatt Key West Resort &amp; Marina</b></a> as part of its new Jala Spa facility due to open this month. The Jala Spa (that means "water" in Sanskrit, apparently) is just one part of a $10m redesign.</p><p>The spa itself sounds a bit on the small side--just two treatment rooms and three poolside spa cabanas--but the Hyatt wants you not only to feel good yourself but to feel you're doing good too. So they have this special deal with Reef Relief to donate $5 of every Jala Blue treatment price to protect the coral reefs around Key West. And just to follow the green theme, the Hyatt amandak 2007-09-04T09:07:11-05:00 24.561049 -81.804739 Two Key West Resorts Get Florida 'Green Lodging' Approval http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/8/23/135713/534 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/keywest_palm.jpg" class="imgborder"><p>Earlier this month, two Key West properties became the first resorts in the Keys to receive certification from Florida's <a href="http://www.dep.state.fl.us/greenlodging/">Green Lodging</a> program. <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Banyan+Resort/local/784"><b>Banyan Resort</b></a> and the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Gardens+Hotel+Key+West/local/785"><b>Gardens Hotel</b></a>, both in the Old Town section of Key West, each earned "one palm" designations for initiatives ranging from recycling and linen reuse programs. <p>The Sunshine State instituted its Green Lodging program in March 2004. The program currently has 30 certified properties, including the two Key West ones, and more than 60 more have applied and are awaiting approval. The program is voluntary. However, starting January 1, 2008, Florida state agencies will only be allowed to hold meetings and conferences at Green Lodging properties. That sounds like a barbarab 2007-08-23T15:20:45-05:00 Search HotelChatter Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/