http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2009-11-23T14:13:07Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelhotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/local/1283 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/3/3/13943/02325 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/stpatshotels.jpg" class="top"><p> <i>Knick, knack Paddy whack, find us a hotel room....</i><p><b>St. Patrick's Day</b> falls on a Tuesday this year, meaning most folks are celebrating the Luck of the Irish the weekend before. But the die-hard green beer-drinkers (and of course, college kids) will remain true to the 17th.<p>This holiday is one where a hotel room is completely necessary. You don't want to pull a Mel Gibson on this night and while some of you might have alternative sleeping arrangements (Yes! We're talking to you serial bed-hoppers and couch-surfers) we're thinking that we'd like to end a night of Erin Go Braugh revelry and the unfortunate "Come On Eileen" sing-along on a nice fluffy bed with (hopefully) a toilet very, juliana 2009-03-03T15:38:02-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/2/10/132451/623 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/6929/Leo_Executive_Suite_2.jpg" class="top"><br><i><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Room+Mate+Leo/ian/266484"><b>Room Mate Leo</b></a>, Granada</i> <p><b><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Room%20Mate%20Hotels">Room Mate Hotels</a></b> first caught our attention when <b><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Andre%20Balazs">Andre Balazs</a></b> <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/7/1/145445/8944/hotels/Breaking_News_Hotel_QT_Becomes_Room_Mate_Grace">sold the <b>Hotel QT</b> </a>to the Spanish chain and Times Square's pool-in-the-lobby hotel transformed fairly quietly into <b><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/RoomMate+Grace+Hotel/local/1283">Room Mate Grace</a></b>. Today, <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2009/TRAVEL/traveltips/01/30/spain.hotels/index.html">Budget Travel mentions</a> the Spanish brand on a list of some of Spain's chicest hotel chains, and we just found a <a href="http://www.quikbook.com/getprofile.asp?code=2574&market=46&CMP=EMC-021009bcast&att=nyc_RoomMateGrace">deal on Quikbook</a> promising $119 rooms (if you stay 3+ nights) at NYC's Room Mate Grace. <p>Still, we didn't know too much about the chain's concept &#151; or, for that matter, exactly why all the Room Mate hotels had person-names attached to them. So we put on our investigatin' pants and got in touch with Jenna 2009-02-10T14:23:01-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/1/6/17277/01352 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/6929/quikbooknyc.jpg" class="top"> <p><i>While we're waiting on these NYC hotels to open up in 2009, these hotels are already open &#151; and thanks to <b><a href="http://www.quikbook.com/?CMP=EMC-010609bcast&att=hp">Quikbook's 72-hour-sale</a></b>, they're discounted. Get 'em while they're hot, folks. </i> <p>&#183; <b><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Six+Columbus+Hotel/local/25">Six Columbus</a> </b>from <b><a href="http://www.quikbook.com/getprofile.asp?code=2872&market=46&CMP=EMC-010609bcast&att=nyc_6Columbus">$112</a></b>: This is a freaking <i>good</i> deal. This Thompson property won our <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/12/28/112443/96/hotels/Worst_Hotel_Hype_Six_Columbus">Worst Hotel Hype</a> award in '07, but we've come around to it. <p>&#183; <b><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Cooper+Square+Hotel/local/247">Cooper Square Hotel</a> </b>from <b><a href="http://www.quikbook.com/getprofile.asp?code=4182&market=46&CMP=EMC-010609bcast&att=nyc_CooperSquare">$192</a></b>: Speaking of the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/12/30/122721/53/hotels/Worst_Hotel_Hype_The_Cooper_Square_Hotel">Worst Hotel Hype</a>, check out the recipient of '08's award &#151; and let us know how that works out for you. <p>&#183; <b><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Flatotel/ian/205584">Flatotel</a> </b>from <b><a href="http://www.quikbook.com/getprofile.asp?code=388&market=46&CMP=EMC-010608bcast&att=nyc_Flatotel">$171</a></b>: It's a quality hotel close to Fifth Avenue shopping and Rockefeller Center if touristy Jenna 2009-01-06T17:32:49-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/10/9/122453/238 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/hotelpennMTVcontest.jpg" class="imgborder"><p><i>Are you excited to win a stay in this room?</i><p>Chris Shott over at the <a href="http://www.observer.com/2008/real-estate/win-trip-luxurious-hotel-pennsylvania">NY Observer</a> has blogged about some contest that MTV is sponsoring with Marky Mark's new movie, <i>Max Payne</i>. The contest offers winners an NYPD-themed trip to Manhattan that includes a two-night stay at the "luxurious <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Hotel+Pennsylvania/local/161"><b>Hotel Pennsylvania.</b></a>" Those are MTV's words, not ours or Shott's.<p> This is yet another sign that MTV is totally out of touch. Why, they could have put the winners up at the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/RoomMate+Grace+Hotel/local/1283"><b>Roommate Grace Hotel</b></a>, formerly Hotel QT. It's got tiny boutique-style rooms but at least it's a heck of a lot cooler that the Penn. It also has some crazy pool parties and a location juliana 2008-10-09T12:40:43-05:00 40.7501340 -73.991198 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/7/23/101620/965 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/nylofthostel_1.png" class="imgborder"><br> <p>NYC's <b><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/RoomMate+Grace+Hotel/local/1283">RoomMate Grace Hotel</a></b> (formerly the Hotel QT) had her dorm-sized rooms going for $349 a night on Quikbook last time we <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/7/15/233430/462/hotels/Hotels_Near_Times_Square_RoomMate_Grace_is_Kind_of_an_Expensive_Broad">checked</a>. Pass. <br> <p>Luckily, for those of us who happen to be down with the dorm-style hotel thing, we've got another NYC option in that lovely alterna-trendy Williamsburg/Bushwick area of Brooklyn. <br> <p>And it's <b>$29.99</b> a night. How do you like that, RoomMate Grace?<br> <p>Take the L train (natch) down to the <b><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/New+York+Loft+Hostel/local/1290">New York Loft Hostel</a></b> on Varet St. where you can live like the kids these days and stake out a bunk bed in a big, shiny room full of cheap hip young things. <br> <p>RoomMate Hipster (ha! We're so funny) Jenna 2008-07-23T10:23:03-05:00 40.7040660 -73.933976 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/