Now it's July 7, Independence Day is old news. The next big nationalist celebration—other than the party going down in whichever country wins the World Cup on Sunday—is Bastille Day. Since France is immersed in a political spending scandal, Sarkozy and co. may not be celebrating La Fête Nationale in grand fashion, but that doesn't mean hotels can't get their Bastille on.

Here are just some of the hotels getting all French next Wednesday.

]]> MsRebecca 2010-07-07T09:31:03-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2010/4/12/1570/54421 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/21888/pariscondoms.jpg" class="top"> <p><i>Look how lonely it is. It's almost doing a sad face.</i> <p>They say everything&#146;s sexier in Paris (or, at least, the folks at <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Paris+Las+Vegas/local/111"><b>Paris Las Vegas</b></a> like to say it is). So you&#146;d expect their <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/hotel%20sex%20kits"><b>hotel sex kit</b></a> to be a pretty snazzy affair, right? <p>Well, we&#146;re feeling a bit let down. When we spied &#147;Romance Kit&#148; ($5) on the minibar list at the weekend, we thought it might be something frou frou, reminiscent of the days of the Moulin Rouge or something like that.But then we opened the fridge to find a box of condoms. Just a box of condoms. Sitting on the shelf on its lonesome, looking a bit sorry for itself. Are juliab 2010-04-12T11:05:26-05:00 36.1138180 -115.17208 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/6/23/17635/1693 <![CDATA[<p><img align="right" src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/icon_small_hell.gif">One of our worst nightmares just came true for a bunch of guests staying at the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Paris+Las+Vegas/local/111"><b>Paris Las Vegas</b></a>. Four people were inside an elevator on the 30th floor when the cable snapped. <a href="http://www.ksn.com/news/also/20663204.html">KNBC reports</a>: <blockquote><p>The elevator dropped roughly fifteen floors before the brake system kicked in and slowly lowered the people inside to the fourteenth. <p> Officials say once they secured the elevator, crews went through the shaft, cut through the elevator wall and opened the door to get the passengers out.<p> One 60-year-old woman complained of lower back pain, but was treated at the scene. <p> No one else was injured. </blockquote></p><p>We realize this could have been way worse and we are actually quite juliana 2008-06-23T17:09:40-05:00 36.112132 -115.16942 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/5/12/194914/241 <![CDATA[<p><img align="right" src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/cellulitescrub.jpg" class="imgborder">It's not just <a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24582958/">Mischa Barton</a> who cries over cellulite. &nbsp;As beach season approaches, some women are taking a long, hard look at their behinds and thighs and thanking dog they can do it without the paparazzi snapping away. &nbsp;But there's a slew of hotel spas jumping on the "cottage cheese" bandwagon, with all kinds of therapies, treatments, and wraps to zap those dimpled derrieres. Here's just a sampling of what's available:<p>&#183; <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Topnotch+Resort+And+Spa/ian/128853"><b>The Topnotch Resort &amp; Spa</b></a> in Stowe, Vermont, has just rolled out something called Dermawave therapy, a needle-free series of electrical pulses that targets the loose fat cells and tissues of your dermis. &nbsp; A 30-minute session is US$325 (although they carefully point out annie0007 2008-05-13T17:00:01-05:00 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/