http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2009-11-23T14:50:54Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/ http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/4/8/173042/5768 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/googlehotel.jpg" class="top"> <p><em>With so much hotel news flying around, we don't always have time to give every story the attention it deserves. Here's more of the day's news, in brief. </em><p><p>&#183; <a href="http://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/stories/2009/04/06/daily54.html"><b>New Hotel Next to Google</b></a>: A high-end hotel will be going up soon near the Google Headquarters in Mountain View, Calif. and it might be a Kimpton. But the hotel won't open until sometime in 2013 or 2014. Boo. Until then, shack up at the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/3/14/16231/7307/hotels/Geek_Hotel_Tip:_Hotel_Avante">Hotel Avante</a>. [Silicon Valley Biz Journal]<p>&#183; <a href="http://hotels.travelzoo.com/new-york-hotels/564657?utm_source=top20_us&utm_medium=email_top20"><b>Affordable Weekday Stay at the Empire Hotel</b></a>: This new deal has rooms starting at $149 a night at The Empire Hotel Sunday-Thursday stays through June. [Travelzoo]<p>&#183; <a href="http://www.thestate.com/business/story/742573.html"><b>Hotel Rooms Filling Up For The Masters</b></a>: juliana 2009-04-08T17:30:42-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/3/14/16231/7307 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/hotel_avante.jpg" class="imgborder"><p>Already, tips are coming in from readers about their favorite <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/3/14/112953/930/hotels/Best_Geek_Hotels_in_the_World"><b>Geek Hotels</b></a>. Like this one from Flickr member <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/deadsquid/369932219/">Dead Squid</a>:<blockquote><p>My fave geek hotel would have to be the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Hotel+Avante%2C+a+Joie+de+Vivre+Boutique+Hotel/ian/115780"><b>Hotel Avante</b></a> in Mountain View, CA. No flat panel TV, but retro styling, comfy chairs, solid network connectivity, daily beer busts (ok, cocktails) in the foyer, a HiFi room where you can get out of your room to listen to music, loaner CDs, and a useful desk with something other than a Gideon's bible make for a very, very pleasant stay.</blockquote></p><p>The proximity to Silicon Valley also has a sufficient geek quotient. And notice in the desk, a mini-etch a sketch, a slinky, a yo-yo and of course juliana 2007-03-14T20:10:30-05:00 37.376327 -122.06104 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/