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HotelChatter - Stories about Hotel @ MIT http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2012-02-14T07:09:27Z HotelChatter HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelhotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/local/355 HotelChatter Reader Deals: Want To Stay On Google Island This Winter? http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/12/6/141113/338 <![CDATA[ <img align="right" src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hotel-deals/hotel-deals-logo.jpg"> In which, HotelChatter readers are treated to exclusive hotel deals dug up by us. All deals have a limited amount of rooms attached to them and may sell out quickly. <table cellspacing="10"> <tr> <td>Today's Hotel Deals </td> </tr> <tr> <td><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hotel-deals/hotelatmitlogo.jpg"> </td> <td>12.31.07 *New Year's Eve* $<a href="http://hotelrates.hotelchatter.com/HotelRatesOnly.aspx?checkin=2007-12-30&checkout=2008-1-2&fileName=MIT_University_Park_Hotel_Cambridge&languageCode=EN&a_aid=8fe2be04&brandId=534&search.x=72&search.y=21">Hotel@MIT From $162/night</a> Celebrate the New Year at one of <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/3/14/112953/930/hotels/Best_Geek_Hotels_in_the_World">the top geek hotels in the world</a>, before it goes away. </td> </tr> <tr> <td><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hotel-deals/reef-resort.png"> </td> <td>1.01.08 - 02.08.07 $<a href="http://ads.sfomedia.com/adclick.php?bannerid=241">Beachfront from $290</a> Take 20% off room rates at this Grand Cayman spot and if you stay for at least 3 nights you get a $100 at the Beach Bar and Restaurant. Oh, and yes, there is HotelChatter 2007-12-06T15:10:15-05:00 The Peninsula Hotel In Manila Has Re-Opened http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/12/3/165413/030 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/peninsulamanila.jpg" class="imgborder"><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Peninsula+Hotel+Manila/local/1008">The Peninsula Hotel Manila</a> has reopened after a scary <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7124819.stm">failed military seige</a> took place there last week. <blockquote>The Peninsula Hotel has now formally re-opened, after repairs said to cost more than $100,000. It estimates it lost $1.2m through the alleged coup attempt. </blockquote> That is almost as bad as <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/britney%20spears">Britney Spears</a> spending a night at the Peninsula Beverly Hills.Some more hotel news: · <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Hotel+@+MIT/local/355">The Hotel@MIT</a>, one of our favorite <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/3/14/112953/930/hotels/Best_Geek_Hotels_in_the_World">Geek Hotels</a>, is going to become a Le Meridien Hotel. The luxury brand will replace the geeky but cool @ name. [<a href="http://www.boston.com/business/globe/articles/2007/12/03/hotelmit_sold_to_be_a_meridien/">Boston Globe</a>] · Visit Bill Clinton's hometown by staying at the newly opened Capitol Hotel in Little Rock [<a href="http://www.mercurynews.com/travel/ci_7624297?nclick_check=1">Mercury News</a>] · <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/10/3/132633/370/hotels/Bono_s_Hotel_Plans_Strike_Pride_In_the_Name_of_Angry_Dubliners">U2's latest juliana 2007-12-03T17:10:40-05:00 Cambridge: Hoteliers Do Good http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2005/11/10/93054/264 <![CDATA[<img align="right" src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3/hotel_mit.jpg"> To prove we aren't all bad, we are going to start the day with a couple hotelier do gooder stories. Recently, Cara Spalla, general manger of <a href="http://www.hotelatmit.com/">Hotel@MIT</a>, received an unusual request from a MIT Masters in City Planning candidate. The request was for soap.  Lots of soap.  Furthermore, that soap was to be sent and distributed to schoolchildren in Mozambique. Mozambique is one of the poorest nations on the African continent. Home to 17 million people Mozambique lies on the Indian Ocean. The team from M.I.T.'s City Planning School was leading an educational outreach program to elementary schools in Maputo (yup, happy Maputo Day y'all), the capital of Mozambique. Soap is a valuable commodity in Maputo, markj 2005-11-10T09:30:54-05:00 42.362174 -71.100164 Cambridge: Party with the geeks: NYE celebration in Cambridge http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2004/12/28/141131/52 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3/alaskan_bumblebee.jpg" align="right"> Hotel@MIT is offering a <a href="http://www.hotelatmit.com/pdf/MIT_NewYearsEve04.pdf">New Year's Eve celebration</a> fit for a geek. Their in house restaurant will serve you a five-course prix fixe menu including: Maine Lobster Stew, Nantucket Scallops (is it scal-ups or scoll-ups?), Halibut & Mussels, and a baked Alaska Beehive with Chestnut Honey Ice Cream for desert. Ok, smarties, we were with you until the behive thing, we give up, what is it? Looks like some sort of cream dessert. At least that is what the culinary academy, who provided the photo to the right, suggested. In any event, the Hotel@MIT New Year's Eve package includes accommodations from December 31 through Saturday January 1, the five course meal, a New Year's Day brunch, markj 2004-12-28T14:17:56-05:00 42.362174 -71.100164 Search HotelChatter Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/