http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2012-02-14T06:33:42Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelhotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/local/1610 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2010/1/4/222428/2888 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/34094/hotelvintagepark.jpg" class="top"> <p><i>Hotel Vintage Park</i> <p>Kimpton Hotels' Seattle properties will come to the rescue of its neighbors to the north whose city will be inundated with tourists coming to see the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver. <b><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Hotel+Vintage+Park+-+A+Kimpton+Hotel/local/1610">Hotel Vintage Park</a></b>, the <b><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Alexis+Hotel+-+A+Kimpton+Hotel/ian/126644">Alexis Hotel</a></b> and <b><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Hotel+Monaco+Seattle+-+A+Kimpton+Hotel/ian/132138">Hotel Monaco</a></b> will offer an <b>Escape the Olympics package</b> to aid those in need of a getaway from the craziness. <p>In honor of the 2010 Games, the three Seattle hotels will offer a 20.10 percent discount to all Canucks. According to a Kimpton official, the company knows that since hotel rooms are at a premium, residents are renting out their homes and going on vacation&#151;especially since schools in Vancouver are closed for the Olympics&#151;so Jennifer Kester 2010-01-05T09:38:44-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/11/20/9525/6167 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/algore30rock.jpg" class="top"><p> If you watched "30 Rock" last night then you may have seen former Vice President <b>Al Gore</b> make a confusing cameo as an eco-concerned janitor for Rockefeller Center (above.) But if you were dining at <b>Tulio Ristorante</b> inside the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Hotel+Vintage+Park+-+A+Kimpton+Hotel/ian/130132"><b>Hotel Vintage Park</b></a> in Seattle the other night, then you would have seen Al Gore live, in person.<p> The veep was in town for a town hall meeting to promote his new book, <i>Our Choice: A Plan to Solve the Climate Crisis</i>. He stopped in at Tulio which serves authentic Italian cuisine, for some halibut washed down with cabernet. According to the hotel peeps, he was very gracious to the staff and shook everyone's hand who came juliana 2009-11-20T10:05:47-05:00 47.6073310 -122.33241 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/