To be perfectly honest with you, this weekend is not one we'd like to spend in Boston. (Go, Jets!) But if we were bunking in Beantown, we'd want to be staying somewhere with a solid bar to stave off the frostbite.

Why, hello there, Fairmont Battery Wharf. What's that? You have a special winter cocktail called the Hot Cinn-Fusion? We'll be right there!

Here's why.

]]> MsRebecca 2011-01-14T12:12:08-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2010/2/1/165718/7088 <![CDATA[<p><object id="flashObj" width="486" height="412" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=9,0,47,0"><param name="movie" value="http://c.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f9/4862856001?isVid=1&publisherID=1321358962" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF" /><param name="flashVars" value="@videoPlayer=64075589001&playerID=4862856001&domain=embed&" /><param name="base" value="http://admin.brightcove.com" /><param name="seamlesstabbing" value="false" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><param name="swLiveConnect" value="true" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><embed src="http://c.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f9/4862856001?isVid=1&publisherID=1321358962" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" flashVars="@videoPlayer=64075589001&playerID=4862856001&domain=embed&" base="http://admin.brightcove.com" name="flashObj" width="486" height="412" seamlesstabbing="false" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowFullScreen="true" swLiveConnect="true" allowScriptAccess="always" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash"></embed></object> <p>Last week we revisited our old stomping grounds in Boston and decided to shack up at the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Fairmont+Battery+Wharf/local/1229"><b>Fairmont Battery Wharf Hotel.</b></a> With all these new hotels in town (like the Ames and the W), our Boston hotel standards have been ratcheted up quite a bit. Yet the Fairmont didn't wow us.<p> It wasn't that we didn't have a pleasant stay, we did. It isn't that we had a terrible view--watch the video to see our killer markj 2010-02-02T09:15:11-05:00 42.3666885 -71.051118 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/12/2/105531/570 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/30451/Bostonplate.jpg" class="top"><p> We&#146;ve always liked <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/city/boston"><b>Boston</b></a>, but we also know a few people who think of it as a stuffy city&#151;too preppy and picture perfect&#151;or a place full of obnoxious sports fans. One thing&#146;s for sure: the hotel scene in Boston has long been dominated by the big chains and historic properties that have more to offer your Nanna than the digital nomad or weekend-tripper. But no more! Boutique hotels and modern design have come to town, and even the stalwart chains are getting facelifts to stay in step with the competition. <p>So now, not only can you fly cool airlines like <a href="http://www.jaunted.com/tag/jetblue"><b>JetBlue</b></a>, <a href="http://www.jaunted.com/tag/virgin america"><b>Virgin America</b></a> and <a href="http://www.jaunted.com/tag/southwest"><b>Southwest</b></a>, you can stay somewhere just as hip.</p> MsRebecca 2009-12-02T11:26:06-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/7/1/111743/1020 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/17697/FMC045_pool_exterior.jpg" class="top"></p> <p>Ah, rooftop pools. For the city dweller &#151; and traveler &#151; little tops lounging by a pool, lofted above the clamor with a summer sip in hand. <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/fairmont%20hotels"><strong>Fairmont</strong></a> gets that sentiment, offering a number of rooftop pools and alfresco patios at their hotels around the world.</p> <p>The one we&#146;re most dying to be whisked away to, um, RIGHT now? The <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Fairmont+Monte+Carlo/ian/177987"><strong>Fairmont Monte Carlo</strong></a>, with a heated rooftop pool that overlooks the Mediterranean, Opera, and the hairpin turn of the Formula 1 Grand Prix. We just hope we don&#146;t spill Champagne on our <em>maillot de bain</em>.</p> <p>Bermuda travelers sick of all that on-the-beach sun-drenching (we will shed no tears for you!) can retreat to the <a KatieK 2009-07-01T11:25:11-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/1/13/10244/5568 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/17697/bostonbatterywharf.jpg" class="top"></p> <img align="right" src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3/hc_reader_deals.jpg" class="imgborder"><p> <p>Now that the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Fairmont+Battery+Wharf/local/1229"><strong>Fairmont Boston Battery Wharf</strong></a> is <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/12/15/151514/72/hotels/Fairmont_Boston_Battery_Wharf_Now_Finally_Open">finally open</a>, the waterfront hotel is offering a nice January slump goodie package: Stay one night, get the second one free in a standard room (sorry, no fancy <a href="http://www.fairmont.com/batterywharf/Accommodations/FairmontGoldIndex.htm">Fairmont Gold</a> rooms for this deal).</p> <p>That&#146;s a pretty good deal, folks, considering rates start at $299 per night Jan. 15th through April 15th. (To save you the embarrassment of having to pull out your handy cell phone calculator, we&#146;ll go ahead and tell you that averages to just about $150 a night.)</p> <p>What makes it even more appealing? The hotel&#146;s highly anticipated Sensing restaurant <strong>opens today</strong>. The first in the U.S. by Michelin KatieK 2009-01-13T12:30:47-05:00 42.3666885 -71.051118 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/