HotelChatter - Memphis

Lowering the Benchmark at The Benchmark Hotel in Memphis

juliab — 2009-04-16T11:06:25-05:00

Last week, we found ourselves on an unplanned Easter road trip and ended up in Memphis on Good Friday. Having paid our Graceland dues, we decided to shack up for the night, and soon realized that the town was pretty full for the weekend.

Our options? The Peabody had a double room for $200, but the Benchmark had one going for $130. The lobby looked a little worn but the staff were nice, we were tired, and we hadn't seen the warnings on TripAdvisor so we gave it a go.

Cubicle Dreamin': An Inn That Has Everything But Elvis

jennm — 2008-07-25T13:39:46-05:00

<![CDATA[ Cubicle Dreamin' is a feature in which we ask the hotel mavens to take some time out of their busy work day, surf the Internet, and tell us what hotel they wish they could beam themselves to right that very second--all on the slave driving companies dime, of course. Oh, like these people aren't surfing aimlessly anyway--at least now their purposeless clicking will be cobbled together into useful hotel stories--we hope. Have a destination hotel you are just dying to leave your cube for? <a href="tips@hotelchatter.com">Send the story our way</a>. In this episode, Hotel Maven <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/user/jennm/stories">Jennifer Merritt</a> puts on her blue suede shoes and heads to Graceland. Enjoy.<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/11725/myroomoverlookingthe.jpg" class="imgborder">I'm not much of an Elvis fan, but for

Hamptons Hotel Workers Spruce up MLK Museum

annie0007 — 2008-04-01T09:39:13-05:00

<![CDATA[<img align="right" src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/hamptonlandmarks.png" class="imgborder"> <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Hampton%20Hotels">Hamptons Hotels'</a> <a href="http://www.hamptonlandmarks.com/RefurbishedLandmarks.aspx">Save a Landmark</a> program isn't just about restoring ginormous cuckoo clocks or 20-foot-tall duck-shaped gift shops. No, there's a serious side to it too.The program has recently enlisted more than 100 of its workers - along with serious star power in the form of actor Samuel L. Jackson - to overhaul the National Civil Rights Museum, in Memphis, Tennessee. The Museum celebrates the work of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and sits on the former site of the Lorraine Motel, where the civil rights leader was assassinated on April 4, 1968. From new wallpaper and walkways, to displays, landscaping and electrical work, the Museum aims to complete most of the project

Dinner at The Peabody: Just Don't Try and Order Duck Confit

ced138 — 2007-06-01T15:02:05-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3/peabody_hotel_memphis_eat.jpg" class="imgborder"> For everyone with an oil portrait of Robert E. Lee hanging in the Billiard Room, you and your fellow Daughters of the American Revolution should venture from the plantation to enjoy a fantastic meal at Chez Phillipe, a <a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18746249/">Forbes Traveler story</a> on the best hotel food reports. The French-Asian establishment, located within <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Peabody+Memphis/local/611">The Peabody hotel in Memphis</a>, is one of the highest rated restaurants below the Mason-Dixon. Apparently, all the restaurant buzz proves the hotel now has more than marching ducks to offer its travelers. Since 1932, when a few drunken aristocrats left their duck decoys in the hotel fountain after a day of hunting, fowl have achieved royalty status at

The Madison Hotel Tour With Added Bonus Booking Tip

juliana — 2007-01-29T11:59:01-05:00

<![CDATA[<object width="268" height="325"><param value="http://www.youtube.com/v/cqihJvFPO1E" name="movie"></param><embed width="325" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/cqihJvFPO1E" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" height="268"></object></embed> Fearless Jaunted contributing editor <a href="http://www.jaunted.com/user/djk">Davie</a> has flown into Memphis, Tenn. for a quick trip and is staying at the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/MADISON+HOTEL/ian/198618">Madison Hotel</a> in room 1308. For those of you so fascinated by this hotel video tour that you want to book a room immediately, Davie has this tip on getting a special internet rate:<blockquote>Go to the <a href="http://www.madisonhotelmemphis.com/">Madison Hotel web site</a>, click "make a reservation" and then "promotional rates" at the bottom---or pay $60 extra per night plus a few extra in taxes.</blockquote>We put her tip to work and found a Bankers full room for $175 on Friday, Feb. 9 and Saturday, Feb. 10 under the internet promotions rate.