http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2012-02-14T07:40:08Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelhotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/local/1594 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2012/1/3/142021/6381 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/21888/ariavalet.jpg" class="top"><p> <p>Being bored as you wait for a valet to pull out your car is such a first world problem, but that doesn&#146;t make it any less irritating. Which is why we were so taken by this light show we got as we waited for our car at <a href='http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel/local/1594'><b>Aria Las Vegas</b></a> last week. <p>Aria&#146;s main valet is notoriously slow, but the back valet &#150; or, rather, the North Valet, out by Haze nightclub &#150; was much better. Or maybe it just seemed that way, as we were watching the pretty sentences heading across the screen. They made us think, they made us smile, they made us wonder how much of a Vegas funk you have to be juliab 2012-01-04T12:30:01-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/7/14/143529/614 <![CDATA[<P><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/aria.JPG" class="top"><p>Generally, on a trip to Vegas, you can expect to get wasted, lose money gambling, spend more than you can afford on food, drinks and Chippendales and then go home with a wicked hangover and vow to do it all again next year/month/lifetime. What you don't expect is to get home and receive a letter from the hotel like <a href="http://www.vegaschatter.com/story/2011/7/14/141139/548/vegas-travel/ARIA_Guests_Being_Warned_About_Legionnaire_s_Disease_Risk">this one</a>, saying you may have contacted Legionnaire's disease.<p>That's what is currently unfolding at <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Aria+Resort+and+Casino/local/1594"><b>Aria Resort and Casino</b></a>. Apparently guests who stayed at the hotel June 21 and July 4 are being contacted by the hotel in cooperation with the Southern Nevada Health district after "six former ARIA guests have come down with the pneumonia-like disease which juliana 2011-07-14T17:00:02-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/2/21/103532/501 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/34094/pumproom1.jpg" class="top"> <p>If you plan on giving your abode a makeover for spring, you can add a booth that the Rat Pack dined in frequently or even a chair that Elvis Presley may have have used. No fewer than six hotels&#151;<b><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Ambassador+East+Hotel/local/1704">Ambassador East</a>, the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Prince+De+Galles+Hotel/ian/141197">Prince De Galles Hotel</a></b> and three of the hotels at Las Vegas' <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/CityCenter"><b>City Center</B></a>&#151;are doing some spring cleaning and selling off their goods. <p>In <strong>Paris</strong>, the art deco Prince de Galles hotel is getting rid of its goods to prep for its renovation. The 1928 hotel, whose high-profile guests have included Winston Churchill, Marlene Dietrich and the King of Rock 'n' Roll, will auction off arm chairs, chests of drawers, lamps, mirrors and Jennifer Kester 2011-02-21T13:06:22-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/2/18/141033/947 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/4912/PresidentsVegas.jpg" class="top"></p> <p>A holiday weekend in Vegas? It's surprisingly cheap, particularly because Vegas hotels are still, generally, dying for visitors. As always, it's to <a href="http://hotelrates.hotelchatter.com/">the booking engine</a> we go.</p> <p>For Saturday night, we found the <strong><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Bellagio+Las+Vegas/local/57">Bellagio</a></strong> up for grabs at $243, the <strong><a href=http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Venetian/local/38">Venetian</a></strong> at $259 and the <strong><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Wynn+Las+Vegas/local/7">Wynn</a></strong> at $253. Two City Center hotels are even cheaper, with <strong><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Aria+Resort+and+Casino/local/1594">Aria</a></strong> at $189, and the <strong><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Mandarin+Oriental+Las+Vegas/local/1582">Mandarin Oriental</a></strong> at $225. Somehow, <strong><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Vdara+Las+Vegas/local/1585">Vdara</a></strong> is asking $249, which we wouldn't call a deal. <strong><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Cosmopolitan+Las+Vegas/local/1779">The Cosmopolitan</a></strong>, we're sorry to say, is sold out for Saturday.</p> <p>The deals are better on Sunday night, which is normal for Vegas&#151;but a bit surprising for a weekend leading into a Monday pbb 2011-02-18T15:59:57-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/1/3/182747/7477 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/adultexpo.jpg" class="top"><p> Once again, biggest nerd expo, <a href="http://www.cesweb.org/"><b>CES</b></a> and the biggest adult expo, <a href="http://show.adultentertainmentexpo.com/"><b>AEE</b></a>, are getting off together in Vegas this week starting on January 6.<p> Given that this is probably one of Vegas' biggest weeks/weekends of the year, room rates are far higher than they were for <a href="http://www.vegaschatter.com/story/2010/12/28/185532/30/vegas-travel/Expect_to_Pay_Upwards_of_200_a_Night_for_New_Year_s_Eve">New Year's Eve.</a> <p>Here's a quick list of still available, somewhat doable hotel rates for this week. (Compiled from HotelRates.HotelChatter.com for January 6-9.)<p> <br>&#183; <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Hooters+Casino+Hotel/local/37"><b>Hooters</b></a>: <b>$289 a night.</b> Probably more than you'd ever pay for Hooters but we did like those rooms <a href="http://www.vegaschatter.com/story/2010/6/17/11124/1596/vegas-travel/Inside_a_20_Room_at_Hooters_Casino_Hotel">last summer.</a> <br>&#183; <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Palazzo+Hotel+and+Casino/local/927"><b>Palazzo</b></a>: <b>$666 a night.</b> Ridiculously expensive plus you have a $20 resort fee to pay as well. But it is juliana 2011-01-04T16:45:00-05:00 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/