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Los Angeles: Downtown LA is Looking a Lot More 'Luxe'

juliana — 2011-07-29T12:51:39-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/luxecitycenter_exterior.jpg" class="top"> Even just six years ago, there wasn't much going on in Downtown Los Angeles. Sure, there was the Staples Center, home to The Lakers, The Clippers and the must-stop for any big concert touring act along with several big chain hotels like Westin as well as the downtown outpost of <a href="">The Standard</a>.But with the arrival of <a href="http://lalive.com/">LA Live</a> in late 2007, an entertainment complex that includes restaurants, bars, a bowling alley, the intimate Club Nokia venue, a movie theater, the awesome <a href="http://lalive.com/play/grammymuseum">Grammy Museum</a> and the adjacent <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/JW+MARRIOTT+HOTEL+LOS+ANGELES/local/1622">JW Marriott</a> and <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/THE+RITZ+CARLTON+LOS+ANGELES/local/1623">Ritz-Carlton</a>, downtown LA is pretty awesome these days. In fact, we prefer it to the tourist trap that is Hollywood Boulevard. While the

Los Angeles: The Holiday Inn Near Staples Center to Become the Luxe City Center Hotel

juliana — 2010-03-15T15:12:20-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/city_center_room_cropped.jpg" class="top"> It looks like LA Live in downtown Los Angeles is having a nice impact on the hotel scene nearby. We already know about the new <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/JW+MARRIOTT+HOTEL+LOS+ANGELES/local/1622">JW Marriott</a> and the upcoming <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/THE+RITZ+CARLTON+LOS+ANGELES/local/1623">Ritz-Carlton</a> but now the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Holiday+Inn+Los+Angeles+City+Center/local/1687">Holiday Inn</a> across the street is getting a makeover as well.Come June, the 200-room hotel will be known as the Luxe City Center Hotel and will be a sister property to the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Luxe+Hotel+Rodeo+Drive/ian/115997">Luxe Hotel Rodeo Drive</a> and the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Luxe+Hotel+Sunset+Boulevard/ian/123277">Luxe Hotel on Sunset</a>. Design team SANDdesign has been tapped with the gig of transforming this budget hotel into something more hip and sexy. From the press release: <blockquote> Furnishings include platform beds with woven wood headboards of silvered walnut

Los Angeles: NBA Finals Hotels :: Celtics Crashing in Beverly Hills Somewhere; Fans at Holiday Inn Downtown

juliana — 2008-06-09T12:06:30-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/paulpierce.jpg" class="imgborder"><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/maps/NBA-Finals-Hotels-2008"><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/nbafinalshotelmap.jpg" align="right"></a>Fresh off a Game 1 and 2 win, the Boston Celtics</a> have headed to Los Angeles for Game 3 at the Staples Center. And they will be shacking up somewhere in Beverly Hills, so says the <a href="http://www.boston.com/sports/basketball/celtics/articles/2008/06/09/this_wolve_joins_the_pack/?page=1">Boston Globe.</a>We put out our guesses for team hotels in our initial round-up of <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/5/30/14411/6767/hotels/NBA_Finals_Hotels_Scoping_Out_the_LA_Hotel_Scene">Los Angeles Hotels</a> for the finals but the fact that the Celtics would be hosting their gameday shootarounds at the hotel made us rethink some of the options. The hotels would have to be big enough or have enough space somewhere to hold a shootaround.This makes us think of the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Hyatt+Regency+Century+Plaza/ian/105304">Hyatt Regency Century Plaza</a> in Century City, adjacent to BevHills. It has

Los Angeles: NBA Finals Hotels :: Scoping Out the LA Hotel Scene

juliana — 2008-05-30T14:52:26-05:00

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.

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Los Angeles: Gift Shop at Holiday Inn Staples Center Doubles as Barry's Ticket Office

juliana — 2007-03-07T12:13:20-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/barrys_tickets.png" class="imgborder"/>We learned something a little funny last night as we headed out to Downtown Los Angeles for a <a href="http://www.christinaaguilera.com">chamber music concert</a> at the Staples Center.<a href="http://www.ichotelsgroup.com/h/d/hi/1/en/hotel/laxcc?_requestid=218875">The Holiday Inn</a> across the street has a gift shop that doubles as a ticket brokers' pick-up office. So next to the tampons and toothbrushes, are a couple of people working for Barry's Ticket Office.Obviously it makes sense for a ticket office to set up shop so close to the Staples Center (across the street.) But we wonder how Holiday Inn let their gift shop be rented out for that?As far as staying here, the lobby is small but clean, the rooms get <a href="http://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotel_Review-g32655-d77787-Reviews-Holiday_Inn_Los_Angeles_City_Center-Los_Angeles_California-m10559.html">so-so reviews</a>, there's two restaurants and the hotel