HotelChatter - Stories about Renaissance Mayflower Hotel

HotelChatter - Stories about Renaissance Mayflower Hotel http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2012-02-14T06:39:13Z HotelChatter HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelhotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/local/1155 Washington: Town & Country Bar at the Renaissance Mayflower Re-Opens with New Look, Menu http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/12/8/103448/092 <![CDATA[<img src=" http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/30451/TownCountry.jpg" class="top"> If youre a political power broker in D.C. you already know that the Town & Country Bar inside <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Renaissance+Mayflower+Hotel/local/1155">The Renaissance Mayflower Hotel</a> is an integral part of the citys wheeling and dealing. You may even consider it as an extension of your office. But given the hotels history, the place was starting to look a little worn. Thats why people called it distinguished and a classic with world-class charm. No more! After being a closed for a month, the Town & Country has re-opened sporting $200,000 worth of renos. Fans of that distinguished look will be pleased to know that the additions are being described as subtletheres new leather furniture, communal tables, and sleek MsRebecca 2009-12-08T12:34:40-05:00 38.9044760 -77.040360 Travel + Leisure Picks Out the 'Most Notorious' Hotel Rooms http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/6/21/131150/522 <![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 JetSetCD 2009-06-22T09:55:41-05:00 Washington: The Inauguration Hotel Scene Celeb Tracker http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/1/20/92852/6059 <![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 Jenna 2009-01-20T11:49:56-05:00 Washington: Where Are the Hotel Inauguration Parties At? http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/1/19/91140/6313 <![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 Jenna 2009-01-19T09:30:35-05:00 Best Celebrity Performance at a Hotel :: Eliot Spitzer http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/12/30/1028/5116 <![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 HotelChatter 2008-12-30T13:56:48-05:00 Search HotelChatter Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/