http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2012-02-14T04:12:31Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelhotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/local/1611 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/11/20/94614/108 <![CDATA[<p> <img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/fireandsageresto.jpg" class="top"><p> <p>In recent years, Washington DC's downtown has transformed into a destination you might actually want to hang out. Or at the very least, those safe-clean-friendly claims being made about it a few years ago are now much closer to being true! Think haute restaurants, quality theatre and galleries, and much, much more foot traffic. (There's even a trendier name for the 'hood: Penn Quarter.)</p> <p>For Marriott's part, they've responded to the neighborhood's spiffier image with an $11 million renovation at the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Marriott+At+Metro+Center/ian/107184"><strong>Washington Marriott at Metro Center</strong></a>, just in time to celebrate the hotel's 15-year anniversary. The 459-room hotel recently unveiled its new contemporary look and feel, which includes 32-inch plasma screen TVs, tech-friendly plug-in panels, KatieK 2009-11-20T12:09:30-05:00 38.8993330 -77.027979 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/1/7/17449/21686 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/6929/mitt_romney.jpg" class="top"> <p>This just in: we just received a tip that <b><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Marriott%20Hotels">Marriott</a></b> has some last-minute open rooms for <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Barack%20Obama">Barack Obama's</a> January 20th <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Inauguration%20Hotels">inauguration</a>. Our tipster writes: <blockquote><p>Marriott has opened rooms over Inauguration at hotels in the District. The Washington Marriott at Metro Center, the Washington Marriott, the Washington Courtyard Embassy Row, and the Washington Courtyard Convention Center, the Courtyard Washington Northwest, and the Renaissance Washington DC are all in prime locations within walking distance of everything.</p></blockquote><p>It looks like the prices are <i>seriously</i> jacked up &#151; we found a room at the <b><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Courtyard+Washington+Dc+Northwest/ian/117798">Courtyard Washington Northwest</a></b> for $499 &#151; but if you wanna go to inauguration, that ain't gonna stop you at this point.<p>Speaking of Marriott and Jenna 2009-01-07T17:26:42-05:00 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/