HotelChatter - Miami Beach

Why One Guest Won't Be Staying at The Delano For Art Basel

juliana — 2009-11-19T12:37:44-05:00

<![CDATA[ <img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/delanohotelpool2.jpg" class="top"> But it looks so pretty!<a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Delano+Hotel/local/16">The Delano</a> is on the list for Art Basel's <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/11/9/12310/0614/hotels/Where_To_Stay_for_Art_Basel_Miami_Beach">preferred hotels</a> and if you're interested in staying there during the art fair it will cost you $825 a night, before tax. But given what happened there last year during Art Basel, one guest is not returning. A tipster wrote into us with her account of The Delano during Art Basel:<blockquote>My stay at the Delano in '08 was anything but posh. Two mornings in a row I woke up to no hot water, to make matter worse I was at Art Basel for work. The hotel said a pipe burst and after I complained they took 50% off one night. They

Get Insider Art Basel Advice at the Riviera South Beach

MsRebecca — 2009-11-11T12:41:37-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/30451/Riviera_room.jpg" class="top"> Heading to <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Art%20Basel%20Hotels">Art Basel</a> in Miami? Think about all those parties youll want to hit up (or crash). Then think about the mornings after when you have to drag yourself out of bed, pull together an art-world-approved outfit, and be able to mingle and say insightful things about all that art. You know what will make it easier? Staying as close as possible to the Miami Beach Convention Center, where most of the Art Basel exhibitions take place. This will minimize your morning angst but if you want even more help figuring out how to navigate art browsing and shopping, the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Riviera+South+Beach/local/1379">Riviera South Beach</a> can do that too. One of the hip South Beach

Where To Stay for Art Basel Miami Beach

MsRebecca — 2009-11-09T14:04:24-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/30451/artbasel.jpg" class="top"> Thanksgiving may be just around the corner, but so is one of the most pivotal dates on the Miami social calendar: Art Basel. So if youre an art geek or just like crashing artist parties, its time to start thinking about where youll stay in Miami for this years show, which takes place December 36. With artworks by over 2,000 artists on display, Art Basel events will be held all over town, from South Beach to the Design District, where many of the artist studios are located. But the center of all the public exhibitions and events is the Miami Beach Convention Center, towards the north of South Beachs Art Deco district. All this means there are

POTUS Hotel Hopping Hits the Fontainebleau in Miami

MsRebecca — 2009-10-27T11:59:17-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/30451/FbleauObama.jpg" class="top"> Miamis <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Fontainebleau+Resort/local/998">Fontainebleau Resort</a> is no stranger to celebs, from Frank Sinatra to <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/10/20/0279/0446/hotels/Dennis_Rodman_Continues_To_Be_The_Worst_Hotel_Guest_in_Miami">Dennis Rodman</a>. But last night the revamped resort got a <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/6/25/153128/654/hotels/Barack_Obama_Stops_In_at_the_Ritzy_Fontainebleau_in_Miami">return visit</a> from the most famous person on the planet: POTUS.President Obama has been on a bit of a <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/10/21/82030/525/hotels/POTUS_Dresses_Down_Wall_Street_at_Mandarin_Oriental">hotel tour</a> lately, doing his Democratic Party fund-raising at a series of fancy dinners across the country. Last night, his arrival at one of these events was marked with protests as about 200 people carrying placards lined Collins Avenue across from the Fontainebleau. Inside, around 450 people paid between $500 and $15,000 a head to hear POTUS talk, raising an estimated $1.5 million all up. (Were guessing thats just a little over

How To Get a Room In Miami For the Super Bowl (Game Tix, Too)

MsRebecca — 2009-10-27T09:43:21-05:00

While most folks are focused on the MLB World Series, down in Miami hotels have the Super Bowl on their minds. Room rates for the weekend of the February 7 game were already laughable when we checked back in August, although today Quikbook still has some reasonably priced rooms in the $200-a-night range. (The W South Beach, however? That’s $999 a night.) But thanks to yet another Facebook promotion, the best deal in town so far is to win the Loews Miami Beach Super Bowl contest. The SoBe hotel is giving away a four-night stay valid February 4–7, 2010—and they’ll also throw in two tickets to the big game.