http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2012-02-14T09:37:37Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/ http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2010/12/20/05032/409 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/springfieldmarriott_fall.jpg" class="top"><p> We've been covering the wonderful, wild and weird <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Holiday Hotel Decorations">hotel decorations</a> going up this season but this is the first time we've heard of a hotel decoration saving someone's life, even if they were trying to break into the hotel. <p>Last night near Boston, a man was attempting to break into the penthouse suite of the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Marriott+Springfield/ian/106389"><b>Marriott Springfield</b></a> on the 10th floor. But he ended up falling more than 70 feet, yet still survived the plunge. <a href="http://www.masslive.com/news/index.ssf/2010/12/the_man_was_clinging_to_a_snow.html">The Republican Newspaper</a> has the detes on what exactly happened: <blockquote><p>Hotel employees originally reported at about 9 p.m. that a trespasser was on the roof, police said. <p> The man plummeted 70 feet from the 16th floor juliana 2010-12-20T08:55:55-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/6/20/142353/019 <![CDATA[<p><img align="right" src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/icon_small_hell.gif">A smelly hotel in Northern New Jersey? Well, that's nothing new. But when the smell doesn't seem to be coming from the landfills of Secaucus, then you might have a problem. Which is exactly what happened at a <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Holiday+Inn+Springfield/ian/108571"><b>Holiday Inn</b></a> on Route 22 in Springfield.<p>Since we grew up close to Route 22 (Skate 22 anyone?), we can personally tell you it's not the most scenic strip in the Garden State. However, apparently there was a stank so bad in the Holiday Inn along this route that guests had to be evacuated <i>AND</i> have their eyes flushed out as a precautionary measure.<p><a href="http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=news/local&amp;id=6217085">ABC 7</a> reports that the smell came from the 4th floor:<blockquote><p> Between 50 and 60 guests juliana 2008-06-20T14:28:19-05:00 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/