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The Best Geek Hotels in the World in 2010

HotelChatter — 2010-05-25T16:55:53-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/GeekHotels2010_2.jpg" class="top"> <a class="DiggThisButton DiggMedium" style="float: right;"></a>Did you know it was <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geek_Pride_Day">geek pride day</a>? Yup. And to celebrate, we are listing this year's top geek hotels. When it comes to hotel technology it's no longer enough for hotels to offer flat-screen TVs, iPod docks, gaming consoles or TVs in the bathroom mirrors. Been there, seen that. In 2010, to be a truly geek hotel you must go beyond <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/foursquare hotels">check-in chic</a>, <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2010/5/5/9132/16729/hotels/Where_to_Find_Hotels_With_iPads">"we got ipads"</a>, and run-of-the-mill gadgetry. Not that all those things are passe, they are all great, however, in a world where <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2010/5/16/224033/045/hotels/Aloft_Hotels_to_Start_Smart_Check_In_Program_on_June_">smart card check-ins</a> are about to take over, you better step it up a notch to land on this list.

Santa Clara : No Blue Aliens With Tails Checking Into The Avatar 3D Hotel in NorCal...Yet

MsRebecca — 2009-12-18T12:13:12-05:00

UPDATE: The Avatar is no longer a Best Western, but 100% Joie de Vivre.

It’s finally here: the weekend when Avatar mania infects millions of fan-boys and (James Cameron hopes) spreads to the rest of the masses. And if you’re in Silicon Valley this weekend, you can extend your all-things-Avatar-all-the-time experience by checking into The Avatar Hotel which is already in 3D. (Get it?)

This new joint venture between Joie de Vivre Hotels and Best Western is located in Geek Town Santa Clara, near the folks of Yahoo!, Cisco, Intel, et al. Accordingly, it has all the amenities techie travelers like, the most important being free WiFi.

Santa Clara: The Avatar Hotel: A New Geek Hotel in Silicon Valley for $99 a Night

EricRosen — 2009-09-14T14:07:51-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/hotelavatar.jpg" class="top"> You dont have to be a Second Life fanboy to take advantage of the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Avatar+Hotel/local/1560">Avatar Hotels</a> $99 opening rate. <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/jdv%20hotels">Joie De Vivres</a> sixth Silicon Valley property is opening in a former Holiday Inn this month with 168 rooms, and claims to be the only boutique hotel in Santa Clara. For you non-geeks, Santa Clara is home to Yahoo!, Cisco, Intel, Sun Microsystems, and McAfee.The hotel is targeted toward tech road warriors, with a network of techie amenities designed to appeal to start-up entrepreneurs as well as established technology gurus. Rooms come with complimentary wired and wireless internet access, laptop tables for working in bed, iPod docking stations and 37-inch flat screens. Theres also a new