http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2012-02-15T03:37:04Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/ http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/2/10/84344/8756 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/6929/alg_arod_cigar.jpg" class="top"> <p>After Sports Illustrated reported that they'd confirmed Yankees baseball star <b>Alex Rodriguez</b> had tested positive for testosterone and anabolic steroids in 2003, A-Rod reacted to the media frenzy (and his new nickname, A-Fraud) by bouncing outta the continental U.S. For him, this was probably a good move: tons of Yankee fans and would-be A-Rod supporters are out for blood now that the baseball hero has been ratted out. But instead of sitting quietly and thinking about what he's done (and thinking of ways to apologize to disappointed fans), he's been partying it up at the <b><A href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Cove+Atlantis/local/500">Atlantis Bahamas</a></b>. <p> <a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/yankees/2009/02/08/2009-02-08_steroidtainted_arod_gets_his_drink_on_in-2.html">New York Daily News</a> reports that he checked into a two-bedroom suite in the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Cove+Atlantis/local/500">Cove</a> section Jenna 2009-02-10T09:31:02-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/2/21/24627/7061 <![CDATA[<p><i>We are suckers for a room with a killer view. &nbsp;We find that we are even more likely to forgive some minor hotel inconveniences if we can stare out the window at something pretty--yeah we are that shallow. Let's help out our fellow hotel mavens by uploading rooms with killer views to the <a href="http://flickr.com/groups/hotelchatter/">HotelChatter/Flickr photo pool</a>, or by <a href="mailto:tips@hotelchatter.com">sending the photo along to us</a>. We will feature our favorites in this space from time to time. Remember to tell us the name of the hotel and the room number of the hot view.</i><p><p> <img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3873/K_View_Cove_Atlantis_Bahamas.jpg" class="imgborder"><p> <p>Thanks go to <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jyanich/">jyanich</a> for dropping this killer view into the HotelChatter Flickr pool. The view belongs to the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Cove+Atlantis/local/500"><b>The amandak 2008-02-21T09:55:24-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/1/26/101821/486 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/atlantis_children.jpg" class="imgborder"><p><a href="http://www.nypost.com/seven/01262007/gossip/pagesix/pagesix_u.htm">Page Six</a> has a dishy item today about the suits at CNN who were spotted partying like its 1999 at the <a href="http://www.atlantis.com"><b>Atlantis Beach Resort</b></a> in the Bahamas.<p>According to <a href="http://ftvlive.com/">FTVLive.com</a>, Jim Walton, president of CNN Worldwide, and Jon Klein, president of CNN/U.S. were among the 100 CNN execs who got to go on vacation this week on the company dime. And that dime must go a long way as rooms at the Atlantis, which has an onsite casino, a Nobu restaurant, nearly 6,000 rooms and an open-air marine life habitat, can hit up to &nbsp;$10,000 for a week. <p>Naturally, this has the employees stuck in Atlanta pissed, especially since most of them won't be getting bonuses juliana 2007-01-26T10:18:21-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2006/1/11/153458/044 <![CDATA[<p><img align="right" src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/Dolphins.jpg"><b>[Ed. Note: Hurricane Katrina was beyond devastating for the residents Louisiana and Mississippi. Lives were turned upside down, forcing many residents to find new homes in shelters or hotels. In New Orleans, however, many hotels are anxious to displace the evacuees to make room for the tourists visiting for Mardi Gras. Fortunately a judge <a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-briefs14.4jan14,0,5671953.story?coll=la-headlines-nation"> just ruled </a> that the evacuees could stay until Mar. 1. This just shows that even four months later, Hurricane Katrina continues to have repercussions. This week, we are posting stories involving hotels and Hurricane Katrina, giving an update on how things seem to be progressing. Enjoy.]</b><p> Hurricane Katrina turned the lives of animals who were living in its in path of juliana 2006-01-16T08:31:11-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2006/1/11/155017/383 <![CDATA[<p><img align="right" src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/atlantis.jpg"> In what appears to be a <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2006/1/4/153249/4604/hell/Marriott_Customer_Data_AWOL"> disturbing trend,</a> the <a href="http://www.atlantis.com/flash.aspx"><b> Atlantis Resort</b></a> in Paradise Island &nbsp;in the Bahamas is reporting that personal information belong to nearly 55,000 customers have been stolen from the resort's databases.<p> The stolen information includes names, addresses, credit card details, social security numbers, drivers license numbers and bank account data, according to a filing with the Bahamas Securities and Exchange Commission.<p> Atlantis is notifying affected customers and offering them a free credit monitoring service for one year.<p> Not surprisingly, the resort tried to bury this item on their news page, listing it last and after a news item from November. We only hope they will boost up their data protection juliana 2006-01-11T15:58:20-05:00 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/