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San Diego: Hotel Opening Rates:: Setai San Diego Opening at $300 a Night

juliana — 2008-10-09T09:15:41-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/setaisandiego.png" class="imgborder">UPDATE: This property is NOT related to the one in Miami Beach. Sorry for the confusion. Read our update <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/10/10/103836/07/hotels/Setai_San_Diego_Not_Related_to_The_Setai_in_Miami_Beach">here.</a>.The understated yet incredibly expensive Miami Beach hotel, <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Setai/local/41">The Setai</a>, is making its way across the country and will land in San Diego sometime later this year. Yes, you read that right. The <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Setai+San+Diego/ian/271487">Setai San Diego</a> is opening soon.The 184-room hotel will open in downtown SD on 5th Avenue, next to the city's House of Blues and near the Horton Plaza shopping center. From the official <a href="http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/setai-san-diego-announces-executive/story.aspx?guid={31F50B90-4622-4382-9F7D-860E468B35C6}&dist=hppr">press release</a>:<blockquote> Setai San Diego will open in late 2008 and includes a 5,500 square-foot spa, 20,000 square-feet of event space, a restaurant, pool deck and lounge, and the

The Five Best Hotels With Recording Studios

juliana — 2008-06-26T10:54:07-05:00

<![CDATA[<img align="right" src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/recordingstudios.jpg" class="imgborder">Imagine you are a jet-setting rock star and your label is being really pushy about getting you to lay down some new tracks for your album. But all you really want to do is be big pimpin' all over the world. Is there a way to do both? Actually there is. A few hotels offer recording studios inside their properties, making it possible for rock stars and pop stars to take a working vacation.Of course, you don't need to be a big time rock and pop star to book these hotel studios, you just need plenty of cash. That means any monied up schmo can throw down a hack version of Chocolate Rain, upload it somewhere,

Miami Beach: Snapshots :: Pictures of Lenny Kravitz's Recording Studio at the Setai

juliana — 2008-05-21T16:53:28-05:00

Yes! We've finally got our grubby hands on some pictures of the Lenny Kravitz Recording Studio inside the penthouse suite at Setai in Miami Beach and we have to say it's pretty killer.

Now, we wish we needed an album to record. Is it too late to ask our parents for guitar lessons?

One more pic after the jump.

Miami Beach: Finally: Lenny Kravitz's Recording Studio at the Setai Has Opened

juliana — 2008-05-19T11:18:07-05:00

For so many years, we have heard about this mythical recording studio that musician Lenny Kravitz would be building inside the tony Miami Beach hotel, The Setai.

But we never really believed this studio would come to fruition, especially not after Lenny made the rounds as a hotel lounge designer.

Yet we were wrong to have doubted Kravitz. The digital and analog recording studio created by Kravitz Design, inc. has opened. It's official name is the Setai Recording Studio and it's located in a two-floor penthouse suite in hotel, complete with ocean views and private outdoor patio.

More Noteworthy WiFi Hotels for 2008

juliana — 2008-05-08T18:00:58-05:00

<![CDATA[<img align="right" src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3/good_wifi.jpg">In our <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/5/5/113450/4230/hotels/Best_WiFi_Hotels_2008">Best WiFi Hotels 2008</a> report we stuck to large chains and hip boutique hotels but there's actually a whole bunch of other hotels that are offering their guests complimentary WiFi and we thought they deserved a shout-out too. · <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Setai/local/41">The Setai</a>: The Setai is a ritzy South Beach property where rooms can cost up to $1,000 a night in high season. Fortunately, unlike some other luxury hotels, the Setai lets you surf the internet for free in every corner of the hotel including by the pool. · <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+James/ian/131004">The James Chicago</a>: The James offers guests complimentary WiFi in all of its 297 guestrooms as well as remote printing through a wireless network. · <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/AKA%20hotels">AKA