http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2009-11-24T23:07:43Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelhotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/local/1357 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/10/6/14573/3205 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/mandarinboston.jpg" class="imgborder"> <p>Nine years in, now that the fire is out, their front door is feng-shui correct, and they convinced the city to move two stop lights in order to shave one minute off the valet delivery time, the ultra-luxe <b><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Mandarin+Oriental+Boston/ian/272430">Mandarin Oriental Boston</a></b> is <a href="http://www.boston.com/business/articles/2008/10/05/hotel_opens_under_pressure/">open for business</a>. Just in time for the economic sky to fall. <p>They don't seem too worried about filling their rooms though, despite industry doom and gloom predictions. <p>Evidently, there are still people out there who can -- and will -- fork over between $625 and $8,000 a night when in Boston for little touches like a rainforest shower, silk window treatments, mother-of-pearl ceiling tiles and humongous flat screen televisions. At least (from travelingmcmahans 2008-10-06T15:37:55-05:00 42.3490442 -71.081097 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/