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Scottsdale: Aw Snap! The Gingersnap Egg Nog Martini at The Camelback Inn

juliana — 2009-11-25T11:00:12-05:00

<![CDATA[You know how much we love our <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/hotel cocktails">cocktails</a> here at HotelChatter. We'll find any reason to celebrate with a cocktail and fortunately for us (but not for our liver), hotels feel the same way. We've slurped down <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/summer cocktails">Summer Cocktails</a> and <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/halloween cocktails">Halloween Cocktails</a> and now we're ready for the main event, <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/holiday cocktails">Holiday Cocktails.</a> We'll be taking a look at these concoctions all season long. If you have a suggestion, <a href="mailto:tips@hotelchatter.com">don't hold out on us</a>. (Photos, recipes and prices are helpful too!) <img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/gingersnapmartini.jpg" class="top"> It's understandable that those who live in a "Winter Wonderland" year after year, may want to hightail it to the desert for the holidays to get some sun

Phoenix: It's Summer Right Now in Phoenix, Price-Wise

juliana — 2009-02-23T15:44:05-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/phxroomdrop.jpg" class="top"> Turns out the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/2/17/15427/9900/hotels/Hold_The_Phone_W_Scottsdale_NOT_Closing_at_End_of_2009">W Scottsdale</a> is not the only hotel in the Phoenix-area going through some rough times. <a href="http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/business/articles/2009/02/22/20090222biz-peakseason0222.html">The Arizona Republic</a> reports that luxury hotels are offering their rooms at summer rates during the peak season--about 15 to 20 percent off their normal rates.<blockquote>Hotels and resorts that routinely command $300 to $500 a night during the winter are on sale for 15 percent to 20 percent off, with some dangling rates of $199 a night and less on select dates, as well as previously unheard-of last-minute deals.</blockquote>The fading <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/2/18/12414/6178/hotels/Why_Is_Obama_Snubbing_the_Arizona_Biltmore_">Arizona Biltmore</a> (recently snubbed by Prez Obama) has rooms open for $179 a night on Expedia. The new <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Intercontinental+Montelucia+Resort+&+Spa/ian/115760">InterContinental Montelucia Resort and Spa</a> in Paradise

Marriott Will Throw In a Free Breakfast If You Book Soon

Jenna — 2009-01-09T12:24:52-05:00

There may be no such thing as a free lunch, but there is such thing as a free breakfast — if you book with Marriott, in the latest throw-free-things-at-you-during-the-recession promo. No better way to start a day away from home than with some free stuff!

If you book a stay at a Marriott or JW Marriott between by January 26th for a weekend stay between January 15 and March 29 (got that?), you score a free breakfast buffet for two adults as long as you stay over on a Friday or Saturday night.

Score Holiday Hotel Deals from JW Marriotts at Home and Abroad

Jenna — 2008-11-07T14:41:42-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3/hc_reader_deals.jpg" class="imgborder"> Shop Til You Drop at the JW Marriott Bangkok From $<a href="http://www.marriott.com/hotels/hotel-deals/bkkdt-jw-marriott-hotel-bangkok/">257 USD</a>The <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Jw+Marriott+Bangkok/ian/131539">JW Marriott Bangkok</a>, located just one or two stops from major shopping hubs in Bangkok, if offering an opportunity to pamper yourself while doing your holiday shopping on the cheap. Starting at Baht 9,000 for a double room (around $257), you'll score a deluxe room, breakfast for two, a 45-minute foot massage for two at JW's Health Club & Spa (sore feet from shopping, hello), a complimentary suitcase to take home all your purchases plus butler service for packing it up, Sky Train Tickets (one ticket per person per day) for getting around, plus shopping guides and discount coupons for Bangkok's major department stores. Available

Scottsdale: BLT Steak Brings Its Yummy Goodness To JW Marriott's Camelback Inn

Jenna — 2008-10-20T10:09:34-05:00

<![CDATA[<object width="400" height="300"><param value="http://www.youtube.com/v/vb6lQ1gn5Ig&hl=en&fs=1" name="movie"></param><param value="true" name="allowFullScreen"></param><embed width="400" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/vb6lQ1gn5Ig&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" height="300"></embed></object> Have you ever experienced the popovers at any of Chef Laurent Tourondel's restaurants? If not, please do yourself a favor and try them. The chef behind BLT Steak, BLT Fish, BLT Prime, BLT Burger and BLT Market makes the most life-changingly-delicious, warm, fluffy Gruyere cheese popovers. We cannot say enough about them and have spent the last several years trying to replicate them at our holiday meals and have failed. Oh, and his steak is pretty magnificent too. Fortunately, we can give our popover pans a rest now that we have another outpost to feed our BLT pastry and red-meat cravings: BLT Steak has just opened at the <a