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Travel + Leisure Picks Out the 'Most Notorious' Hotel Rooms

JetSetCD — 2009-06-22T09:55:41-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/6193/JacksonAdlon.jpg" class="top"> Before we stayed at the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/6/19/84715/8901/hotels/Inside_The_Hollywood_Roosevelt_s_Tower_Rooms">Hollywood Roosevelt</a> last week, we jotted down the property's few haunted room numbers in the hopes of avoiding them (Marilyn Monroe in 246 and Montgomery Clift in 928). Still, infamous hotel rooms aren't restricted to the ghosts of Hollywood; they're to be found all around the world, and <a href="http://www.travelandleisure.com/articles/worlds-most-notorious-hotel-rooms">Travel + Leisure</a> wants to direct you to their list of the Most Notorious Hotel Rooms, which features mostly US properties (with one exception for Michael Jackson). Mimicking previous lists like the truly international one from <a href="http://au.askmen.com/top_10/travel_200/236_travel_top_ten.html">AskMen</a>, the T+L rundown is entertaining, but a bit weakwhere is the Lorraine Hotel where Martin Luther King Jr was murdered, or room 552 at

Washington: The Inauguration Hotel Scene Celeb Tracker

Jenna — 2009-01-20T11:49:56-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/6929/albawarreninaug2.jpg" class="top"> While <a href="http://www.jaunted.com/story/2009/1/20/93732/4290/travel/Jaunted%2C+Live+From+Inauguration">Jaunted</a> is doing its best to keep us updated on the inauguration in real-time, we're still hunting down celebs attending the big parties. The always-reliable <a href="http://www.nypost.com/seven/01202009/gossip/pagesix/page_six_at_the_inauguration_151037.htm">Page Six </a>has been all up in the D.C. Hotel Scene during all this <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/1/19/91140/6313/hotels/Where_Are_the_Hotel_Inauguration_Parties_At_">inauguration hoopla</a> to make sure that, even on the edge of history and on the day that arguably the most famous face in America is to be sworn into office (as we type right now!), we won't forget about important people like Lindsay Lohan and Sam Ronson and Beyonce. Right now, if celebs aren't at <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Sundance%20Hotels%202009">Sundance</a>, they're probably up in DC making the rounds on the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/1/19/91140/6313/hotels/Where_Are_the_Hotel_Inauguration_Parties_At_">party circuit</a> and watching the 44th

Washington: Where Are the Hotel Inauguration Parties At?

Jenna — 2009-01-19T09:30:35-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/6929/obamaparty.jpg" class="top"> It's time, people: the frenzy of parties, celebrations and drink specials surrounding <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Inauguration%20Hotels">Barack Obama's inauguration</a> have kicked off, and D.C. though a bit congested at the moment has turned into patriotic party central over the weekend. Naturally, hotels in the area are doing more than just playing host to the hundreds of thousands of psyched Americans overnight: they are, of course, hosting some of the most anticipated official and unofficial soirees too. According to the AP's uber-helpful comprehensive <a href="http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hSBfplgKCknSYrBU6lZTENGAmfFwD95OVBC80">schedule of events</a> going down for inaugurapalooza, here's what's happened and what's planned at which hotels and where. · On Saturday, the People's Inaugural Gala Celebration went down all day long at the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Grand+Hyatt+Washington+Dc+(Center)/ian/107272">Grand

Best Celebrity Performance at a Hotel :: Eliot Spitzer

HotelChatter — 2008-12-30T13:56:48-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/454/spitzer_hotel.jpg" class="top"><img align="right" src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3/2008_awards_hc.jpg"><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Eliot Spitzer">Best Celebrity Performance: Eliot Spitzer</a>Shutting out reigning champ <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Britney%20Spears">Britney Spears</a>, former New York governor <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Eliot Spitzer">Eliot Spitzer</a> comes in (ha) at number one for our Best Celebrity Performance at a Hotel in 2008. 'Twas just this past spring that our Luv Gov was outed as having made arrangements for a little rendezvous with a very, very expensive prostitute in room 871 of the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Renaissance+Mayflower+Hotel/local/1155">Mayflower Hotel</a>. Going by the alias Client No. 9 for purposes of conducting prossie business, the Spitz actually did wonders for the Mayflower, putting the hotel on everyone's radar and bringing in <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/4/4/125144/3173/hotels/Mayflower_Hotel_Gift_Shop_Doing_Record_Biz_Thanks_to_Client_No_9">record biz</a> for the hotel's modest gift shop. This was certainly not the first major

Washington: The Best Hotels in DC to Celebrate Election Night

KatieK — 2008-11-04T09:30:00-05:00

Say what you will about Washington, D.C.’s image (you know the drill: too many overachieving government drones, not enough girls and guys who just wanna have fun). But make no mistake about it: Nobody parties quite like Washington when it comes to an election night. And considering the enchanting nature of this election in particular, tonight should--by all counts--be epic.

As they did during the debates, D.C. hotels are hosting scores of election night parties. We round up the best hotels to get your election groove on.