http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2009-11-23T11:49:27Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelhotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/local/1312 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/4/9/84950/18998 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/6929/lenoxboston.jpg" class="top"> <p>We first encountered a floor full of PURE rooms &#151; hypo-allergenic hotel rooms with almost every base covered to eliminate allergens and pollutants from the space &#151; <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/1/8/115746/8097/hotels/HotelChatter_Goes_Inside_NYLO_Plano">at NYLO</a>. As promised, our allergies did not upset us when we stayed in a PURE room &#151; though the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/12/25/143226/19/hotels/NYLO_Plano_Gets_Its_First_Review">blue light</a> from the air-filtration contraption thing under the bed sort of did. But the important thing was that we had a floor devoted entirely to our delicate, easily-triggered allergies. <p>And now, according to the <a href="http://www.boston.com/lifestyle/house/articles/2009/04/09/beyond_green_hotel_floor_goes_hypoallergenic/">Boston Globe</a>, allergy-suffering Boston travelers now have their own whole-floor PURE sanctuary at the <b><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Lenox+Hotel+Boston/local/1312">Lenox Boston</a></b>. This hotel, if you'll recall, first came on our radar because of its <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2006/3/17/10340/1942/hotels/Hot_Tip_Slow_Elevators_Are_Deal_Killers">uber-slow Jenna 2009-04-09T09:11:34-05:00 42.3492180 -71.079376 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/8/14/23017/9131 <![CDATA[<p><img align="right" src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/misterUSA.jpg" class="imgborder"><i>[<b>UPDATE</b>: The pageant is being held on <b>August 23rd</b>.]</i><p> Calling all dudes who ever wished they could enter in the Miss USA Pageants....<p>The first-ever <b>Mister USA Pageant</b> will be held in Boston on Sept. 23rd at the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Lenox+Hotel+Boston/ian/114173"><b>Lenox Hotel</b></a>. <p>So far, 11 young men will "walk it out" to become the first Mister America, who will then travel to the Mister International pageant in Taiwan later this year. Mister USA founder, Rafa Delfin, explains his decision to start up the pageant for men to the <a href="http://www.boston.com/ae/celebrity/articles/2008/08/14/enquirer_settles_with_cape_cod_woman/">Boston Globe</a>: <blockquote><p> "There's so many opportunities for young women to participate in pageants . . . they even have mother-daughter pageants, for Pete's sake!"</blockquote></p><p>Like all other pageants Mister USA juliana 2008-08-14T11:33:35-05:00 42.3492180 -71.079376 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/11/19/6505/2797 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3873/LenoxBoston.jpg" class="imgborder"><p><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/maps/Green-Hotels-Map"><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/lenoxhotel_story.jpg" align="right"></a> <p>Another tip from the Peter Greenberg list of <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/11/12/63834/366/hotels/Peter_Greenberg_Says_Rancho_La_Puerta_s_Definitely_Green">"they're really green"</a> hotels has come our way in the form of the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Lenox+Hotel+Boston/ian/114173"><b>Lenox Hotel</b></a> in Boston.</p><p>We've mentioned the Lenox before and complained about the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2006/3/17/10340/1942/hotels/Hot+Tip%3A+Slow+Elevators+Are+Deal+Killers">slow elevators</a> but now we've got a reasonable excuse for them. You see, the Lenox Hotel, says Peter Greenberg, was one of the first places to offset the air pollution and carbon emissions of 100 percent of its electricity. We figure that it might be trying to use a little less electricity to reduce the emissions and they've set the elevators to the slowest setting. It's still faster than using the stairs, but they're an alternative.</p><p>The Lenox is amandak 2007-11-19T10:22:10-05:00 42.349130 -71.079434 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2006/3/17/10340/1942 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3/the_lenox_night.jpg"><p> Spoke with a constant business traveler yesterday who stayed at the <a href="http://www.lenoxhotel.com/"><b>The Lenox</b></a> on a previous roadie, but opted otherwise on this particular trip. &nbsp;Why? &nbsp;Here is his answer:<p> <blockquote><p> Nice hotel and all, but the elevators are just too slow. &nbsp;<br> </blockquote><p> We hear the corner rooms on the upper floors are spacious and have incredible views, but what good are they if taking the elevator up to one such room is like riding on the Green Line?<p> If you are in town on a romantic sojourn the speed of the elevators shouldn't bother you at all, as a matter of fact you should probably <i>try</i> to slow things down, however, if you are in the markj 2006-03-17T10:03:40-05:00 42.349130 -71.079434 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/