http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2008-11-21T05:54:49Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelhotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/local/422 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/7/23/43225/9147 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/parkshore_waikiki.jpg" class="imgborder"/><p><b>[Ed. Note: Alex Salkever is the editor and founder of Hawaii travel blog, <a href="http://www.hawaiirama.com">Hawaiirama.com</a>.</b>]<p> Waikiki has gotten more than its fair share of revivalism of late. A brand new retail center (Waikiki Beach Walk), a bevy of hotel renovations, and other hardhat efforts have started to swing the pendulum on the faded kitsch capital into the bling zone.<p> Of course, the arrival of Donald Trump and an outpost of Nobu hammer that point home. <p>Now Waikiki looks to get a welcome addition -- an honest-to-goodness luxury hotel. The new owners of the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Park+Shore+Waikiki/ian/185672"><b>Park Shore Waikiki</b></a>, which has a dynamite location on the eastern edge of the resort Mecca, have <a href="http://pacific.bizjournals.com/pacific/stories/2007/07/16/daily62.html?jst=b_ln_hl">pledged to upgrade</a> this 1960s era ASalkever 2007-07-23T09:37:20-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/5/1/44941/39690 <![CDATA[<p><p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/sheraton_waikiki.jpg"><p><b>[Ed. Note: Hotel Maven <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/user/asalkever">Alex Salkever</a> is the editor/founder of Hawaii travel blog, <a href="httpe://www.hawaiirama.com">Hawaiirama</a>]</b><p> A number of months back I wrote about the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2006/10/23/215024/10/hotels/Twelve_Levels_of_Renovation_Hell_at_the_Sheraton_Waikiki">ongoing renovations</a> at the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Sheraton+Waikiki/local/422"><b>Sheraton Waikiki</b></a> and how to avoid "renovation gotcha." In a nutshell, the old rooms were bad and were all beneath the 13th floor.<p> As I reported in that post, I knew the resort was quickly renovating all its rooms -- or so I thought. A press release and <a href="http://www.hotelmotel.com/hotelmotel/article/articleDetail.jsp?id=420242">some news article</a> crossed my inbox a week ago touting the completion of room renovations at the Sheraton Waikiki, the largest single-building hotel in the Hawaiian Islands. (With so many rooms, clearly the potential for unhappy vacationers stuck in ASalkever 2007-05-01T09:05:00-05:00 21.277751 -157.82934 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2006/10/23/215024/10 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/sheraton_waikiki.jpg"><p><b>[Ed Note: Hotel Maven <a href="<a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/user/asalkever">Alex Salkever,</a> the brains behind the <a href="http://www.hawaiirama.com">Hawaiirama</a> blog, shares with us his advice about Hawaii hotels. His first tip? Be careful which room you ask for at the Sheraton Waikiki. Enjoy]</b><p>With 1,695 rooms and 31 floors, the <a href="http://www.sheraton-waikiki.com/"><b>Sheraton Waikiki Hotel</b></a> is the largest structure in Waikiki. And it's a classic example of the kinds of traps that await unsuspecting travelers expecting Hawaii paradise. The Expedia description notes that hotel rooms are undergoing renovation and will be completed at the end of 2006. (The description also notes as an "insider tip" that the hotel is next to the main departure point for tour buses -- that would be a massive parking garage ASalkever 2006-10-24T09:20:04-05:00 21.277751 -157.82934 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2006/1/30/15274/6774 <![CDATA[<p><img align="right" src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/hanohano.jpg">It is that time of year again to write about the most commercialized, not to mention the most fake of all holidays--Valentine's Day. <p>Because it pains us to write about this James Frey of special days, we are passing the baton to <a href="http://www.travelandleisure.com/articles/50-romantic-escapes">Travel + Leisure,</a> who has cleverly written up 50 Romantic Getaways.<p>Some of the categories include hotels with Water Views, Off the Grid Hotels, Sexy Cities, and Suites Worth the Splurge.<p> Our favorite category is the Meals to Remember, which features the <a href="http://www.sheratonwaikiki.com/de_hano.htm">Hanohano Room</a> at the <a href="http://www.sheratonwaikiki.com/"><b>Sheraton Waikiki </b></a> in Honolulu. <blockquote><p> The 30-story ride in a private glass elevator to the grand Hanohano Room at the Sheraton Waikiki is the perfect occasion to juliana 2006-01-30T16:07:57-05:00 21.277751 -157.82934 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/