HotelChatter - Stories about The Dorchester Hotel http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2009-11-25T21:15:35Z HotelChatter HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelhotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/local/5 London: 'Twilight' Stars Forced to Face the Sunlight at The Dorchester http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/11/12/93550/404 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/twilightdorchester.jpg" class="top"><p> What if we told you that you had to guess the one hotel in London where "Twilight" stars (and lovers) Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart, along with fellow co-start Taylor Lautner were forced to evacuate because of a fire alarm? C'mon it isn't that hard. It's the hotel where everyone goes to have a meltdown. <p>Yes! You got it! <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Dorchester+Hotel/local/5"><b>The Dorchester Hotel</b></a> in <s>Knightsbridge</s> Mayfair. <a href="http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/b153391_twilight_stars_forced_evacuate_hotel.html">E! Online reports:</a><blockquote><p>A fire alarm went off Wednesday at The Dorchester hotel in central London, completely evacuating the premises where&#151;surprise!&#151;Pattinson, Kristen Stewart, Taylor Lautner and New Moon director Chris Weitz were giving press interviews. <p> An eyewitness said the swanky hotel was completely cleared around lunchtime and that "everyone was juliana 2009-11-12T09:45:40-05:00 London: The Dorchester London Hosts A Tea Party In British Airways' Skies http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/6/25/22551/0856 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/6193/DorchesterTea.jpg" class="top"> <p>It seems like afternoon tea has been picking up heat in London again, now that the classic hotels are updating their menus and places like <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/6/24/123048/218/hotels/Escape_A_Fussy_Hotel_High_Tea_With_Vintage_Fun_At_Covent_Garden">Covent Garden</a> are taking it outside and literally dancing around it. Among the top hotels for tea is the classic and celeb favorite <b><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Dorchester+Hotel/local/5">Dorchester</a></b>, which is now extending its <b>famous tea service</b> up into the skies. <p>Beginning in August, The Dorchester's complete formal afternoon tea with champagne will be found on the traytables of <b>First Class seats on transatlantic flights with British Airways</b>. The airline originally began serving tea in the 1940s on its Stratocruiser plane, but then that baby took twenty hours to cross the ocean, so tea was JetSetCD 2009-06-26T09:11:50-05:00 The HotelChatter Diva Tracker: Mariah, Beyonce and Madge http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/6/12/101333/910
Mariah arrives at the Dorchester.

If you were a pop-star diva a la Madonna and could, ostensibly, spend nights in any hotel in the whole entire world, where would you go? The Seasons? The Ritz? We'd guess old-school, Sean-Penn-era Madge would probably hit up The Standard NYC with all its public sexytime craziness — and, oh, wait, this just in: rumor has it she's there right now.

The Stan D'Arde Twitter spread some hot goss on the Internet this morning: "Madonna is @StandardNY. Shhhhhhh." Yes, yes. We'll be quiet about it when we're skulking around the High Line this evening. ]]> Jenna 2009-06-12T10:17:04-05:00 London: What Britney Wants From The Dorchester Hotel in London http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/5/5/151226/8494 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/britneydorchester.jpg" class="top"><p> The <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/britney%20spears"><b>Britney Spears</b></a> comeback train will be taking its show across the pond next month for an eight-show stint at London's 02 Arena and someone at <a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/05/04/entertainment/main4990300.shtml?loc=interstitialskip">CBS News</a> got a hold of the contract rider given to <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Dorchester+Hotel/local/5"><b>The Dorchester Hotel</b></a> for when Brit checks in. <blockquote><p> &#183; A room that has "never" been smoked in at all. <br>&#183; Humidifiers in all areas. <br>&#183; A selection of the latest magazines. <br>&#183; A fresh selection of flowers that she will then arrange herself. <br>&#183; DVDs of her favorite Marilyn Monroe movies. <br>&#183; Books. Ideally, topical chick lit novels. <br>&#183; Lighting must be 100 watt bulbs - no low lighting. <br>&#183; Running routes for nearby Hyde Park. juliana 2009-05-05T15:26:19-05:00 London: Jetlagged Jacko Is Alienating London&#146;s Hotels http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/3/10/84356/8849 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/Michael_Jackson___Another_Part_Of_Me3.jpg" class="top"><p> So <b><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Michael%20Jackson">Michael Jackson</a></b> left London yesterday after coming over for a week to announce his world tour. Seeing as that only took a mere three minutes, he had to find other things to do. Like seeing a West End version of <i>Oliver!</i>, and, um, getting drunk and going crazy, if the <a href="http://www.newsoftheworld.co.uk/showbiz/207803/Michael-Jackson-looked-off-his-face-as-he-lurched-around-the-Lanesborough-Hotel-near-Hyde-Park.html">News of the World</a> is to be believed. <p>It reports that staff at <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Lc+The+Lanesborough+St+Regis/ian/181858"><b>The Lanesborough</b></a>, where he&#146;d been holed up, thought he looked &#147;off his face&#148; <i>(hur hur)</i> in the early hours of last Wednesday, the day he had arrived in London. He was, apparently, lurching round the lobby, asking for DVDs to watch and had to be led back to his £7500-a-night juliab 2009-03-10T08:59:36-05:00 Search HotelChatter Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/