http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2009-11-21T19:50:26Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelhotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/local/1124 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/2/24/144612/104 <![CDATA[<p> <img align="right" src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/454/best_geek_hotels_2008.jpg" class="imgborder"> <p><p>As most people who suffer from technophilia know, a lot can change in a year. In the year that we released our first Best Geek Hotels List, the iPhone beat out every other cellphone on the market, the MacAir usurped the MacBook and saved shoulders worldwide, Guitar Hero and Rock Band raged, and Facebook surpassed MySpace, at least in our group of friends.<p>While most hotels are still rather slow to adopt technology -- hello, working free WiFi please?-- we did find a new crop of geek hotels that were worthy of superlatives. Some of these hotels have been geeking it out for a while and some are still in beta. But much of the source HotelChatter 2008-03-04T10:34:26-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/2/28/135012/551 <![CDATA[<p><i>HotelChatter's Senior Editor <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/user/juliana"><b>Juliana</b></a> borrowed a page from vintage Britney Spears' 2004 playbook and got hitched after a brief engagement. Juliana and spouse went a little further than <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2005/2/17/141353/970/hotels/Britney_Spears_KFed_The_Turtle_Island_Honeymoon">Brit and K-Fed's honeymoon in Fiji</a> by spending their first few weeks of newlywed bliss in Sydney, Australia with a sidetrip to the Whitsunday Islands. For the rest of the week, she'll be telling you where she stayed and whether or not it was honeymoon appropriate. So, if you have any questions about honeymoon or Australia travel, <a href="mailto:tips@hotelchatter.com"><b>send 'em our way.</b></a></i><p><object width="400" height="300"><param value="http://www.youtube.com/v/jhPdYV27Lc4" name="movie"></param><embed width="400" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/jhPdYV27Lc4" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" height="300"></object></embed><p>Here's another amateur video we shot while on honeymoon in Sydney. This was our first day in town and we were juliana 2007-02-28T14:00:24-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/2/28/34133/9155 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/unwind_westin.png" class="imgborder"/><p>Remember Westin's new <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2006/11/17/95215/762/hotels/Westin_Rolls_Out_Travelers_Renewal_Program_for_Biz_Travelers"><i>Renewal</i> program</a>, where they hand out pineapple sorbet and books of Sudoku puzzles to help travelers recuperate from the side-effects of traveling? Well, Westin also promised to introduce their <a href="http://www.westin.com/unwind"><i>Unwind</i> program</a> in response to their discovery that 34% of frequent travelers feel lonely when on the road. And now <i>Unwind ... A Westin Evening Ritual</i> is here.</p><p>Vice President Sue Brush explains the program in these words:</p><blockquote><p> Westin hopes to provide a richer guest experience, where guests can indulge, socialise and maybe even learn a new skill to bring home courtesy of each destination.</blockquote></p><p>Most Westins hold <i>Unwind</i> evenings from Tuesday to Saturday, somewhere between 5pm and 8pm. Exactly what the evening entails depends on amandak 2007-02-28T09:34:52-05:00 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/