More than 40 years after the Beatles were banned from playing in Israel, Sir Paul McCartney has landed in Tel-Aviv and checked into the Dan Hotel and will be preparing for an historic performance tonight.

The Dan, if you'll recall, was featured on this humble little website when one of our readers was so kind as to review it for us. To recap: the property is posh, it's located in the city's center and it's steps from the beach. ]]> Jenna 2008-09-25T11:07:12-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/8/6/15543/68329 <![CDATA[<p><i>Every so often we feature a hotel review from one of our readers that we feel should be shared with the rest of you dear hotel guests. These reviews are highlighted because they are timely, about cool hotels in cool places and are relatively level-headed. Think you can submit one just like this? <a href="mailto:tips@hotelchatter.com">Send it in</a>. Now, we present you with reader P's review of the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Dan+Tel+Aviv/ian/141123"><b>Dan Hotel in Tel Aviv.</b></a> Enjoy.</i><p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/danhoteltelaviv.jpg" class="imgborder"><p><p><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotels/city/il/Tel%20Aviv"><b>Tel Aviv</b></a> is a city on the brink. With a daily-changing political climate in the region, there's a constant uncertainty in the air. <p> In recent years, the city has seen a slowing of the once widely reported suicide bombings and other violence and juliana 2008-08-06T16:03:54-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/6/6/11450/61974 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/palacejerusalem.jpg" class="imgborder"><p>While <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Waldorf-Astoria%20Collection"><b>Waldorf-Astoria Collection</b></a> keeps plucking new properties left and right, the renovation/re-construction is actually being started on the luxe chain's <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/4/18/125723/651/hotels/Hotel_News_Briefs_Waldorf_Astoria_Collection_Snaps_Up_Property_in_Jerusalem">Jerusalem property</a>.<p>WAC decided to renovate the historic Palace Hotel (built in 1929) and turn it into a 220-room hotel with 30 residences on site. Harry over at <a href="http://www.jerusalemite.net/blog/2296/waldorf-astoria-chain-links-jerusalem-to-luxury">Jerusalemite</a>, a Jerusalem Culture Guide, tipped us off as to what's been happening as of late:<blockquote><p>The structure has been completely gutted, with the detailed outer walls, now a mere facade, serving as the only remnants of the original building. Despite its decrepit appearance, the former Palace Hotel is one of Jerusalem's most beautiful buildings, with numerous carvings designed as an amalgamation of Moorish, Roman and Arab architecture.</blockquote></p><p>The hotel juliana 2008-06-06T11:17:07-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/1/8/111642/4324 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/bush_kingdavid.jpg"> <p>No matter what your political persuasion, if you're a U.S. president heading to Jerusalem, there's one place to say: <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+King+David+Jerusalem/ian/141134"><b>The King David</b></a>. Sure enough <a href="http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5ipy4q-dPUgE49yMSLoCm_N_3pFLAD8U0FDHG0">George W. Bush is staying there</a> on his first official visit to Israel. <blockquote><p>Bush will be staying in a suite at the King David hotel that costs $2,600 a night -- for guests who are not president of the United States. Assistant General Manager Benny Olearchik would not disclose how much the Americans are paying to stay at his hotel, one of Israel's most expensive.<br><br> Bush's entourage already has taken up more than two-thirds of its 237 rooms, and will take over all of them once he arrives himself, Olearchik said. Unlucky Tim L. 2008-01-08T14:26:16-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2006/12/11/1552/8915 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/enrique_anna.jpg"><p><a href="http://www.nypost.com/seven/12102006/gossip/pagesix/enriques_holiday_bonanza_pagesix_.htm">The NY Post</a> reports that Enrique Iglesias is apparently married to former tennis star Anna Kournikova and the two are now hosting a Hanukkah party at the <a href="http://www.hilton.com/en/hi/hotels/index.jhtml?ctyhocn=TLVHITW"><b>Hilton Hotel</b></a> in Tel Aviv on Dec. 21.<blockquote><p>The Spanish crooner and his Russian spouse, who was once a top-10 tennis player, need 30 luxury hotel rooms for their entourage, and they've already requested that mineral water and freshly squeezed orange juice be placed in their own room at 7 a.m.</blockquote></p><p>The holiday party is in honor of a billionaire Arcadi Gaydamak who is on the lam for tax evasion in France. Apparently, he donates huge sums of money to Israeli charities to avoid extradition.<p>Iglesias and Kournikova are also charging about $1 juliana 2006-12-11T11:15:53-05:00 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/