http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2012-02-14T05:47:44Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelhotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/local/347 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2010/1/27/155724/584 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/redceramicpenguins21c.jpg" class="top"><p> <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/21C+Museum+Hotel/local/347"><b>The 21C Museum Hotel</b></a> is one of the funkiest, quirkiest, art/design hotels in the world but if you can't find a way to get to Louisville, Kentucky, don't worry, there's still a way for you to bring home a piece of the hotel's sensibility--through its newly launched <a href="http://shopat21c.com/"><b>Online Shop.</b></a><p>Items from the hotel like scented candles from Malin + Goetz, jewelry from local designer Elva Fields, chocolates from TCHO and 21c-branded items like water bottles ($10), umbrellas ($30), t-shirts ($21, heh) and even mint julep cups ($48.)<p> And for those still lusting after <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2010/1/26/155613/939/hotels/Wrap_Yourself_Up_in_These_Hotel_Bathrobes">hotel bathrobes</a>, the 21c Museum Hotel robe starts at an affordable <a href="https://shopat21c.com/item/23/">$72.</a> However, our favorite item is the 6 1/2" tall<a juliana 2010-01-27T16:05:03-05:00 38.2571396 -85.761490 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/11/5/02842/5577 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/21cmuseumlobby.jpg" class="top"><p> <i>The 21C Museum Hotel in Louisville.</i><p>A reader in Ohio tipped us off last night about this excellent news for downtown Cincinnati--<a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/21C+Museum+Hotel/local/347"><b>The 21C Museum Hotel</b></a> in Louisville, Kentucky will open its second hotel in the old Metropole Hotel next year. And in living up to the museum part of its name, the new hotel will play a huge role in the city's burgeoning contemporary art scene. <p> Here are some detes from the <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS196100+04-Nov-2009+PRN20091104">press release</a>:<blockquote><p>The new 21c Museum Hotel in Cincinnati will be located adjacent to the Contemporary Arts Center and across the street from the Aronoff Center for the Arts. 21c Museum Hotels is working with the Cincinnati Center City Development Corporation on the restoration, juliana 2009-11-05T08:44:22-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/10/19/8532/0280 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/32083/hoteldupalaisviews.jpg" class="top"><p> <p><i>The stunning coastal views from Hotel Du Palais</i> <p>They say the customer is always right, and we generally agree. PR pushes and clever marketing can often make a hotel sound better than it is, but leave it to a consumer to give you the inside track with merciless honesty. This is precisely why Readers Choice lists are more trusted than other carefully cultivated round-ups. <p>Last week, <b><i>Condé Nast Traveler</i>'s unveiled its 22nd Annual Readers Choice Awards</b>, a respectable overview of the best cities, islands, resorts, airlines, and other travel-related miscellany. It's the location-specific hotel and resort "Top Three" lists that caught our eye first, of course, but there were some questionable standouts as well. <p>Some of the Heidi Atwal 2009-10-19T09:43:40-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/7/9/142457/4473 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/6929/antiview21c.jpg" class="top"> <p>This could be a Killer View, we suppose, depending on how you look at it. This is the view from the urinals in the public men's room at <b><A href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/21C+Museum+Hotel/local/347">21C Museum Hotel</a></b> in Louisville, Kentucky. And those are real people. And they could be you! <p>Alright, we get it. 21C is an art in a hotel that dually functions as a public art museum but its "gender-specific latent exhibitionist fetish features" within the lobby bathrooms are a topic <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/6/9/101522/2334/hotels/21C_s_Bathrooms_Worthy_of_Exhibitionists_Fetishists_and_the_Title_of_America_s_Best_Restroom">we've discussed before</a>, and now that we're seeing a real (read: non-PR) shot of the view from in the little boys' room, we're not so sure we're okay with this. <p>Allow is to explain what's going on here: Jenna 2009-07-09T14:38:25-05:00 38.2570620 -85.761933 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/4/8/155935/1278 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/derby2009.jpg" class="top"><p> The <b>Kentucky Derby</b> will be held this year on <b>Saturday, May 2</b> and it's sure to be less glitzy than other years thanks to the economy and well, the loss of Anna Nicole Smith. Her absence is still felt two years later. Oh well, there's always Heidi Montag or Lindsay Lohan to step in.<p>But despite these tragedies, hotel room rates are not coming down. Even though, hotels are <a href="http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20090408/DERBYFUN/904080377/1003/BUSINESS">moaning</a> about the loss of business and empty rooms for Derby weekend, you will be hard-pressed to find any mildly respectable hotel brand that is <i>not</i> going for less than $200. In fact, most room rates are averaging about $350.<p>We checked rates on our own <a href="http://hotelrates.hotelchatter.com">Hotel Rates juliana 2009-04-08T16:05:48-05:00 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/