http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2012-02-14T10:37:38Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/ http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2012/2/10/113041/431 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/Boutique_9.jpg" class="top"><p>Awards season is in full swing and no one is happier than <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/los angeles hotels"><b>Los Angeles Hotels</b></a> who will not only see a ton of celebrities at their properties but (hopefully) a big boost in occupancy levels as well.<p>Fortunately, you don't have to know someone who knows someone to get in on the festivities. Here are a few ways to celebrate the awards season madness <i>without</i> booking a hotel room. <p>&#183; <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Mondrian+Los+Angeles/local/288"><b>Mondrian Los Angeles</b></a>: The Sunset Strip hotel has partnered with <a href="http://www.stylehaus.com"><b>stylehaüs</b></a>, the first member's only clothing boutique and styling service. For the entire month of February, the hotel and stylehaüs will operate the <b>Red Carpet Room</b>, a pop-up boutique store that will sell seriously juliana 2012-02-10T14:05:02-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2012/1/31/204310/079 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/61268/SubStandardRoom.jpg" class="top"><p>Because a <i>lot</i> should seem weird about this room at the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Standard+Hotel+LA/local/141"><b>Standard Hollywood</b></a>, which isn't even a real room, <b>but a re-construction of a room, assembled in the Standard's parking lot by a group of artists</b>. <p>Yup. Apparently there's a citywide project, titled <a href="http://artintheparkingspace.blogspot.com/">Art in the Parking Space</a>, which inserts performances and installations into (you guessed it!) parking lots all over LA. And last week, it was the Standard's own parking lot that, according to one of the participating artists, <b>"became a total hang-out spot."</b> <p>Tova Carlin, Ania Diakoff and Katerina Llanes, dubbed their installation <b>Sub-Standard</b> (we could slip in a few jabs about the rooms here, but we'll try not to), and specifically intended for ASchechter 2012-02-01T09:20:01-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2012/1/31/145349/133 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/palihotelmelrosebed.jpg" class="top"><p>The <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/sneak peek">sneak peeks</a> continue as HotelChatter contributing editor <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/user/ericrosen">Eric Rosen</a> got a look inside <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Palihotel+Melrose/local/4934"><b>Palihotel Melrose</b></a> in Los Angeles, which officially opens tomorrow. <p>The hotel is a sort of spin-off to hotelier Avi Brosh's <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/PALIHOUSE+HOLLOWAY/local/1130">Palihouse Holloway</a> in West Hollywood except it's gone a bit of a different direction. There's only 32 rooms but the hotel makes the most of each space with Dean & DeLuca treats in the minibar, ladders with hangers on them double as the "closet", footstools work as nightstands and in the bath are fun prints on the shower curtains and Palihotel-branded toiletries. <p>The hotel also features a six-bedroom Thai massage place (massages start at $35 fr 30 minutes), a juliana 2012-01-31T15:06:39-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2012/1/23/132251/609 <![CDATA[<p><!-- 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 language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript" src="http://admin.brightcove.com/js/BrightcoveExperiences.js"></script> <object id="myExperience1409761109001" class="BrightcoveExperience"> <param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF" /> <param name="width" value="500" /> <param name="height" value="470" /> <param name="playerID" value="1290861266001" /> <param name="playerKey" value="AQ~~,AAAAAE7CVnI~,RUihgoZlRJhslCchlYkq3M4yw7rN0t1V" /> <param name="isVid" value="true" /> <param name="isUI" value="true" /> <param name="dynamicStreaming" value="true" /> <param name="@videoPlayer" value="1409761109001" /> </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 juliana 2012-01-23T14:05:01-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2012/1/23/94414/2107 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/palihotelmelrose_room.jpg" class="top"><p> A few months ago we discussed the second coming of the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Palihotel+Melrose/local/4934"><b>Palihotel</b></a> on Melrose Avenue in Los Angeles from hotelier <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/11/14/165036/51/hotels/Hotelier_Avi_Brosh_Returns_with_Palihotel_Melrose_Avenue_Opening_in_February">Avi Brosh</a>. The 32-room hotel with a "European inn" vibe was set to open in February and guess what, it's actually opening on the very first day of next month. <P>The hotel's website is touting a pre-opening special of $150 a night but for February 1, we could only find rooms at $199 a night for a queen bedroom. Meanwhile <a href="http://www.jetsetter.com/sale/palihotelmelrose/palihotelmelrose?nm=upcoming&cl=1">Jetsetter.com</a> is hyping stays for just <b>$115</b> a night on February 1st. Definitely the better deal here. (The flash sale site is also saying the hotel is "Just Opened" but we swear it's not juliana 2012-01-23T10:35:01-05:00 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/