HotelChatter - San Jose

Aloft Costa Rica Won't Cost-a You Too Much

ASchechter — 2012-01-30T10:07:14-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/61268/AloftDoubleBeds.jpg" class="top"><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Aloft%20Hotels">Aloft</a> launches its second Latin American hotel this month with the opening of <a href="http://www.starwoodhotels.com/alofthotels/property/overview/index.html?propertyID=3637">Aloft San Jose</a> in Escazú, close to the Juan Santamaria airport. Though Aloft Bogota opened last year, this is the company's first location in Costa Rica. The budget, easy-in-easy-out appeal of Aloft must have outweighed its flashier big sister, <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/W%20Hotels">W</a> when it came time for Starwood to decide which brand to introduce. A quick <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/TripAdvisor">TripAdvisor</a> search reveals that until now, Escazú has boasted little in the way of hotels. While Real InterContinental Costa Rica and Marriott San Jose are both viable options (and also both boast killer spa servies) $149/night rates will make Aloft very attractive to cost-conscious travelers. And all

Room With an Anti-View: An Unattractive Scene at the Hotel Don Carlos

amandak — 2008-03-13T11:19:16-05:00

<![CDATA[You know the scene. You open the door to your brand new hotel room, run over to the window, open the blinds and bam, you are hit with the anti-view. Maybe you are looking down a dirty alley, witnessing a drug deal, staring at an air shaft in the face, or seeing a brick wall. Whatever you are viewing it is not extremely pleasurable. Help out your fellow hotel mavens by uploading your anti-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>. Remember to tell us the name of the hotel and the room number with the not-so-easy-on-the-eyes view. <img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3873/Anti_View_Don_Carlos_Hotel.jpg" class="imgborder"> Found in the oldest historical section of San Jose downtown in

Geek Hotel Update: Hotel Montgomery

juliana — 2007-04-13T13:45:07-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/hotel_montgom_ipod.jpg" class="imgborder"/>When we compiled our <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/3/14/112953/930/hotels/Best_Geek_Hotels_in_the_World">Best Geek Hotels List,</a> we were disappointed that there was no outstanding Geek Hotel in Silicon Valley, San Francisco or even Cupertino, where the Apple Headquarters are.Since our list, we discovered the Hotel Avante in Mountain View and the Fairmont San Jose, both very encouraging. Today, we came across the blog <a href="http://lucafiligheddu.blogspot.com/2007/03/hotel-for-geeks.html">Thoughts on VoIP, technology... and more</a> who recently stayed at the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Hotel+Montgomery/ian/220714">Hotel Montgomery</a> in San Jose which is another JDV hotel (Avante is the other one.) Here's what blogger Luca Filigheddu had to say:<blockquote> I immediately realized I was in a hotel for geeks, just 15 minutes far from Cupertino (where the headquarters of Apple are), from this: [picture of

Geek Hotel Surprise at the Fairmont San Jose

juliana — 2007-03-19T15:59:11-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/fairmon_sanjose2.jpg" class="imgborder"/>We're not sure a blog can get any geekier than <a href="http://andyabramson.blogs.com/voipwatch/2007/03/gotta_love_grea.html">VoIP Watch</a> but we won't throw salt in this blog's game because we actually learned some useful information about WiFi in San Jose, an area that is surprisingly lacking in <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/3/14/112953/930/hotels/Best_Geek_Hotels_in_the_World">Geek Hotels</a>.Andy Abramson writes:<blockquote>At the Hilton two years back the bandwidth was so overloaded that it hurt. The Marriott wasn't that better, but I'm over at the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Fairmont+San+Jose/ian/116825">Fairmont San Jose</a> where the lobby bandwidth is FREE WiFi and the in-room broadband is free to me as I'm part of the Fairmont President's Club.What's amazing is the quality of the lobby bandwidth...good enough for VoIP Calls (at least on Sunday)..it's so good I know <a href="http://www.tmcnet.com/tmcnet/richbio.htm">Rich

Fairmont Hotels Think Green

juliana — 2005-06-20T09:59:55-05:00

Buried halfway through this article about the perks of owning hybrid cars is the mention that The Fairmont Hotel in San Jose offers free parking for those driving the eco-friendly cars.

The hotel also has a bunch of other environmental initiatives such as food redistribution, water and energy conservancy, and the purchase of environmental-friendly products.

Related Stories:
· Rates Hybrid Owners Get Perks for Thinking Green [NY Newsday]
· Fairmont San Jose Reviews [TripAdvisor]