http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2012-02-14T04:17:50Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelhotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/local/1403 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2010/12/13/103140/82 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/30451/IconpoolViceroyMIA.jpg" class="top"><p><i>All week long, we'll be fantasizing about some of the <b>Over The Top</b> New Year's Eve events and packages that ritzy hotels are putting together. Who knows? Maybe one of you moneybags out there will invite us to party with you! Know of an OTT hotel package for NYE? <a href="mailto:tips@hotelchatter.com">Send it to us!</a></i><p>New Year's parties are fun and all, but we have to applaud a hotel that thinks about what we're going to need the morning after when planning their New Year's Eve package.<p> So, while the <b>All About Viceroy</b> NYE package at <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Viceroy+Miami/local/1403"><b>Viceroy Miami</b></a> is pricey, it gets a thumbs up for a thorough itinerary that includes recovery with a captial R.<p> Here's what's included MsRebecca 2010-12-14T09:15:53-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2010/11/22/94424/078 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/30451/ViceroyMIA.jpg" class="top"><p><i>The Viceroy Miami</i><p> Down in Miami, the holidays extend beyond this week with the annual <b>Art Basel Miami Beach</b> festivities kicking off on December 1. But if you've left your booking a little late or only just woken up thinking, 'Yeah, I'd love to buy some art!', where can you stay? <p>Rooms <i>are</i> filling up fast--the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/W+South+Beach/local/126"><b>W South Beach</b></a>, <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Palms+South+Beach/local/1966"><b>The Palms Hotel and Spa</b></a> and even the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Courtyard+By+Marriott+Miami+Beach-South+Beach/ian/199707"><b>Courtyard By Marriott South Beach</b></a> are all sold out via Art Basel's <a href="http://www.turontravel.com/1-800-952-7646/artbaselmiamibeach/index_choose.html">official travel agent</a>--but if you have some cash in your pocket, you can still find a place to rest your head between fair-hopping and partying. <p> Here are five options and what they'll set you MsRebecca 2010-11-22T10:55:42-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2010/9/22/23129/3207 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/30451/StandardMIApool_MarkJ.jpg" class="top"><p><i>The Standard</i><p>We've just returned from one of our favorite activities: hotel-hopping in Miami. Unfortunately, along the way we encountered one of our least favorite things--paying for hotel WiFi. <p> We know there are <i>some</i> hotels both on South Beach and in Downtown Miami that offer <b>free WiFi</b>, but in our experience it's still slim pickins'. (We hope the newest additions to the scene might shake this up a little.)<p> But, to look on the bright side of life, we thought we'd kick off a list of <b>Where To Find Free Hotel WiFi in Miami</b>, and then we can add to it as more properties come to their senses. <p>Please--feel free to add to this list in the <a MsRebecca 2010-09-23T10:24:37-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2010/2/16/121447/031 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/jerseyshorecast.jpg" class="top"><p>Jonesin&#146; for a dose of <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Jersey%20Shore%20Hotels"><b>Jersey Shore</b></a>? Well, head south, my friends, because the next stop for Snooki and The Situation looks like <a href="http://www.miamiherald.com/358/story/1471807.html?storylink=omni_popular"><b>South Beach</b></a>. The show filming its second season in Miami makes so much sense that we&#146;re surprised we didn&#146;t see this coming long before Sammi and Ronnie&#146;s second break-up and make-up. <p> SoBe is of course more than equipped as a party town, but is it ready for this level of fist-pumping and beating the beat? Locals and the rest of the folks within a 10-mile radius of Miami Beach will find out in May, when the cast moves into its MTV house somewhere near Lincoln Road. <p> For anyone <i>not</i> interested in MsRebecca 2010-02-16T12:30:32-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/11/17/105832/05 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/illyviceroy.jpg" class="top"><p> We are continuing to geek out over <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/In-Room%20Coffee%20Makers">in-room coffee makers</a>. Yesterday, we showed you how the folks <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/11/16/152252/38/hotels/The_Richardson_Hotel_s_Nespresso_Machine_Helps_The_Down_Under_Jet_Lag_">Down Under</a> do it and today we're including an in-room coffee maker that we forgot to include in our <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-photos/full/25/The+Best+of+In-Room+Coffee+Makers">original round-up</a>--The Illy Espresso machine at <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Viceroy+Miami/local/1403"><b>Viceroy Miami</b></a>.<p>The Francis Francis X8 espresso machines from Illy are found in all rooms at the hotel and there is no grinding of beans or scooping of ground espresso to deal with here. Just plop in a pod into "Frank" (we can call it that, right?) and steaming hot espresso is yours in a matter of seconds. There is milk and as you can see, oranges to accompany your drink as juliana 2009-11-17T12:04:42-05:00 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/