There's tons of hotel news flying around this week and we don't have time to give each and every story the love and attention it may deserve, so you will have to settle for some news briefs.

· Hotel Shangri-La in Santa Monica Delayed: We've spent a lot of time today talking about hotel openings and delays here so it's fitting we end the day with another. The Hotel Shangri-La was to re-open tomorrow after a long renovations process. However, the reservations line says the hotel will open at the end of October. Meanwhile, the website is only taking bookings for after November 12th. Either way, it ain't opening tomorrow.

More news briefs are after the jump. ]]> juliana 2008-10-09T17:00:42-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/7/30/112320/344 <![CDATA[<p><p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/sunsetparty.jpg" class="imgborder"> <p>As we've told you before, the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Sunset+Marquis+Hotel+and+Villas/local/12"><b>Sunset Marquis</b></a> just completed an overhaul of their <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/6/30/115513/866/hotels/Sunset_Marquis_Unveils_New_and_Improved_Villas_">sexy hideaway villas</a> in the Hollywood Hills and an addition of 40 new suites, so to celebrate, they are throwing a party tonight which will feature a performance by <b>Stevie Wonder</b> and guitarist <b>Jeff Beck</b>. <p>Everyone knows who Stevie Wonder is so he needs no explanation but as for Beck, he was a guitarist for the Yardbirds (Clapton's old band) and was ranked 14th on Rolling Stone Magazine's list of the "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time. He is also the man responsible for the Sunset Marquis' <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/6/23/02449/3948/hotels/The_Five_Best_Hotels_With_Recording_Studios">famous recording studio.</a><p>The party will also host a private viewing of "Gibson Through juliana 2008-07-30T11:46:37-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/6/30/115513/866

The Sunset Marquis -- the West Hollywood hotel with one of our favorite taglines ("if we were any more Hollywood, our pool would be shallow at both ends") -- has just reopened with a fresh new look after its $20 million expansion.

The hotel's reps just emailed us a bunch of pics of the new villas and it looks like the place is indeed even more Hollywood now. ]]> Jenna 2008-06-30T12:11:59-05:00 34.092197 -118.37733 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/6/23/02449/3948 <![CDATA[<p><img align="right" src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/recordingstudios.jpg" class="imgborder"><p>Imagine you are a jet-setting rock star and your label is being really pushy about getting you to lay down some new tracks for your album. But all you really want to do is be big pimpin' all over the world. Is there a way to do both? Actually there is. <p>A few hotels offer recording studios inside their properties, making it possible for rock stars and pop stars to take a working vacation.<p>Of course, you don't need to be a big time rock and pop star to book these hotel studios, you just need plenty of cash. <p> That means any monied up schmo can throw down a hack version of Chocolate Rain, upload it somewhere, juliana 2008-06-26T10:54:07-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/6/17/16399/1476

Props to Hotel Maven CourtneyMay for dropping some pics of Villa 11 at the Sunset Marquis into the HotelChatter Flickr Pool.

We love the place enough for the slogan alone ("If we were any more Hollywood, our pool would be shallow at both ends"), but we're totally loving the sleek, modern villa too.

See more of Courtney's Sunset Marquis pics after the jump.]]> Jenna 2008-06-17T16:45:39-05:00 34.092197 -118.37733 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/