HotelChatter - Stories about The Four Seasons Beverly Wilshire Hotel http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2009-11-24T05:53:49Z HotelChatter HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelhotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/local/166 Los Angeles: Chris Brown Is Not The SLS Hotel's Ideal Celebrity Guest http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/3/6/161855/6902 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/sls_exterior.jpg" class="top"><p> When we toured the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+SLS+at+Beverly+Hills/local/1098"><b>SLS Hotel</b></a> a few months ago, we thought that hands-down this would become the hotel for celebrities to be seen and in fact, much of the hotel's suites and conference rooms were created with press junkets and celebrity events in mind. Yet having Chris Brown dine there last night probably wasn't in the hotel's celebrity outreach program.<p>Rihanna's boyfriend and abuser regrouped from his day in court (where he was charged with two felonies) by having dinner at the SLS Hotel on La Cienega.<p> <a href="http://www.tmz.com/2009/03/06/chris-brown-it-was-all-business/">TMZ</a>, ever alert for celebrity abusive boyfriends, caught Brown leaving the hotel at 3:45am. Brown reportedly spent most of the evening at the hotel bar with bodyguards. Despite juliana 2009-03-06T16:18:55-05:00 34.0699461 -118.37640 Los Angeles: NBA Finals Hotels :: Scoping Out the LA Hotel Scene http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/5/30/14411/6767

So the Los Angeles Lakers are in the NBA Finals this year. (Um...yay?) Should you find yourself needing a hotel room in Los Angeles to cheer on the Lakers, or either the Detroit Pistons or Boston Celtics, we've put together a few selections for the different types of fans.

Keep Reading for Our Hotel Picks ]]> juliana 2008-05-30T14:52:26-05:00 Beverly Hills: Stayin' Green :: More Candlelit Dinners in Beverly Hills http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/4/23/12734/4957 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/BLVDcandlelit.png" class="imgborder"><p><i>No Friday Night Lights at the BLVD this summer.</i><p>The <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Four+Seasons+Beverly+Wilshire+Hotel/local/166"><b>Four Seasons Beverly Wilshire</b></a> held a <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/3/26/82144/0881/hotels/Dine_By_Candlelight_at_a_Four_Seasons_For_Earth_Hour">"Dine by Candlelight"</a> dinner at their <a href="http://www.fourseasons.com/beverlywilshire/dining/the_blvd.html">BLVD restaurant</a> to conserve energy in honor of Earth Hour last month.<p>Well it musta been a hit with rich tree huggers and romantics alike because the hotel is continuing the special menu and candlelight setting throughout the summer.<blockquote><p> In honor of Earth Week, Chef de Cuisine Brian Moyers at The Blvd in the Beverly Wilshire, has prepared a three-course menu that is exclusively comprised of items from local and sustainable farmers. The special menu will debut on Friday, April 25, 2008 and continue to be offered every Friday through the end of summer.</blockquote></p><p>The special juliana 2008-05-02T16:38:30-05:00 34.067122 -118.40013 Hotel Retail News :: A Louis Vuitton Store Inside a Marriott? http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/4/28/114135/282 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/lvbags.jpg" class="imgborder"><p>Hotels are slowly moving beyond the bar, nightclub and restaurant trend to add some hip retail spaces in their properties. Of course, this is nothing new as some hotels have been doing this already for a long time. But what is news is the report of a Louis Vuitton store <a href="http://www.zf.ro/articol_169674/louis_vuitton_arrives_in_june.html">opening inside</a> the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Jw+Marriott+Bucharest+Grand+Hotel/ian/191973"><b>JW Marriott Bucharest Hotel</b></a>.<p>The store will open in June and offer customers the standard LV leather goods as well as the opportunity to design their own travel trunk based on their "requirements and taste." Hmmm...Marriott we smell a package!<p>As for why LV would open in a Marriott, international senior VP for LV said :<blockquote><p>"We looked on Calea Victoriei and on other boulevards in juliana 2008-04-30T17:05:01-05:00 Dine By Candlelight at a Four Seasons For Earth Hour http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/3/26/82144/0881 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3873/Beverly_Wilshire_from_Rodeo_Drive.jpg" class="imgborder"><p> <p>With Earth Hour coming up this Saturday, we hope you're all working out where you're going to be when you turn the lights out for an hour to remind us all about conserving energy. We previewed the special "Dine in the Dark" menu at the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/2/15/32042/0905/hotels/Sydney_s_Observatory_Hotel_Observes_Earth_Hour">Observatory Hotel</a> in Sydney, and have just learned that a bunch of <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Four%20Seasons%20Hotels">Four Seasons</a> hotels are taking part too.</p><p>Timezones mean they'll be starting out with the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Four+Seasons+Sydney/ian/106005"><b>Four Seasons Sydney</b></a>, with an 8.00pm candlelit dinner. Similar events will carry on through 34 other Four Seasons properties, with the final three taking place on the west coast of the US.</p><p>The pick of the bunch sounds like the Earth Hour dinner at amandak 2008-03-26T09:05:34-05:00 Search HotelChatter Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/