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Pigeon Forge: America's 'Dirtiest Hotel' Already Trying to Clean Itself Up

juliana — 2011-01-27T08:46:14-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/grandresort_dirtiesthotel.jpg" class="top"> Your first clue that this is a dirty hotel is that they use a bedspread like this. The second is of course, the rip.What, is this opposite day here? We're just not used to this sort of news. Apparently, America's dirtiest hotel, as determined by <a href="http://www.tripadvisor.com/DirtyHotels-g191">TripAdvisor</a>, <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Grand+Resort+Hotel+And+Conv+Ctr/ian/172683">The Grand Resort Hotel & Convention Center</a> in Pigeon <s>Poop</s> Forge, Tenn. has vowed to overhaul the property and has even taken immediate steps to do so. <a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/01/26/national/main7286069.shtml">CBS News</a> reports: <blockquote>CEO and General Manager Nicky Darrell Chaney said he has already fired one manager, hired a new maintenance manager and new head of housekeeping, and is in the process of using a new sanitizer to clean the rooms.</blockquote>

Hotel Carter No Longer 'The Dirtiest Hotel' in America?

juliana — 2010-01-22T10:00:04-05:00

TripAdvisor released its annual Traveler's Choice list yesterday and while a whopping 719 hotels were winners of awards and mentions, we're guessing the Heritage Marina Hotel in San Francisco is not too proud to be considered the #1 Dirtiest Hotel in the United States.

Recent reviews called the place "filthy" "disgusting", "cockroach-infested", "horror hotel", "had the ambiance of fresh vomit" and "the most smelly discusting place ever!" [SIC]. This really doesn't come as a surprise to us since way back in 2006, we had an in-depth report of bed bugs at the place. Yuck.

New York: Gadling Braves Hotel Carter, "Where Dreams Go to Die"

Jenna — 2009-02-10T16:34:03-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/6929/mb_hazmat1.jpg" class="top"> Well, we've gotta hand it to Mike Barish over at <a href="http://www.gadling.com/">Gadling</a> for risking his health, life and happiness for the hotel bloggin' cause. This week, <a href="http://www.gadling.com/2009/02/10/update-inside-the-dirtiest-hotel-in-the-united-states/#continued">he went</a> where HotelChatter would never, ever have the guts to go: <a href="http://www.gadling.com/2009/02/10/update-inside-the-dirtiest-hotel-in-the-united-states/#continued">inside</a> the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Hotel+Carter/local/170">Hotel Carter</a>, a.k.a. the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/1/15/172720/847/hotels/TripAdvisor_Tells_Us_What_We_Already_Knew_About_Hotel_Carter">Dirtiest Hotel in America</a> several years running. After writing <a href="http://www.gadling.com/2009/01/28/dirtiest-hotels-in-the-united-states/">a post</a> about TripAdvisor's newest list of the dirtiest hotels in the country, Gadling commenters urged him to investigate the scene of so many crimes against hospitality. Finally, donning a home-made haz-mat suit and armed with a UV light, he checked in (with a thick wall of plexiglass between his face and the front desker's), was schooled on the

New York: TripAdvisor Tells Us What We Already Knew About Hotel Carter

juliana — 2008-01-15T17:31:03-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/carter_worst.png" class="imgborder">Seriously, how is the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Hotel+Carter/local/170">Hotel Carter</a> still open? We've been writing about the woes of doing NYC budget-style at this hotel for a few years now. From dead bodies under the bed to bedbugs, this place is pretty much a horror hotel. Thus, <a href="http://www.tripadvisor.com/TravelersChoice-c1">TripAdvisor</a> has named it the dirtiest hotel in the U.S. for the third year in a row. Coming in second place? The <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Ramada+Niagara+Falls+Ny/ian/148741">Ramada Inn</a> in Niagara Falls which was cited by travelers as having dirty pillowcases, spiderwebs and dried urine in the bathroom. Gag.In other cleaner news today:· <a href="http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/newjersey/ny-bc-nj--mgmmirage-resort0115jan15,0,7114820.story">MGM Mirage</a> is moving forward with the biggest hotel-casino plan yet for Atlantic City. The MGM Grand Atlantic City will open in 2012. ·

New York: Is the Hotel Carter Officially the Worst Hotel in NYC?

juliana — 2007-08-31T10:34:58-05:00

<![CDATA[<img align="right" src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/icon_small_hell.gif">A maid at the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Hotel+Carter/local/170">Hotel Carter</a> in Times Square undoubtedly had the worst day at work yesterday when she found the body of a young woman under a bed in one of the rooms. The New York Post reports:<blockquote>A chambermaid made a grisly discovery while cleaning a Times Square hotel room yesterday - the corpse of a young woman, bundled in black garbage bags and abandoned under the bed. Police tentatively identified the woman as a 22-year-old tourist from Washington, D.C. But how she met her death at the Hotel Carter on West 43rd Street - by murder or someone trying to hide the body after an accident or an overdose - remained a mystery. Police said