http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2012-05-28T09:18:46Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/ http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/5/9/23236/42907 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/2011_04_25_JA___VirginGalacticFifthFlight.jpg" class="top"><p> While we're still waiting on an ETA for <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/virgin hotels">Virgin hotels</a>, it looks like <a href="http://www.jaunted.com/tag/virgin galactic"><b>Virgin Galactic</b></a>, the division of Virgin that's pioneering space tourism, is getting in on the hotel game in a way.<p>Virgin has said the area around Spaceport America outside of Las Cruces, New Mexico--where they plan on putting their sky rockets in flight--is in need of a luxury hotel. The smaller ones already present just aren't up to snuff. After all, their passengers are folks who have forked over $200,000 for the ride to space and will need some luxury accommodations before and after their journey to the final frontier. <p>But instead of building their own Virgin Galactic-branded hotel, Virgin is juliana 2011-05-10T09:02:14-05:00 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/