HotelChatter - Stories about The Standard Downtown LA http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2008-10-07T08:27:53Z HotelChatter HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelhotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/local/51 Los Angeles: NBA Finals Hotels :: Celtics Crashing in Beverly Hills Somewhere; Fans at Holiday Inn Downtown http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/6/9/111857/4741 <![CDATA[<p><p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/paulpierce.jpg" class="imgborder"><p><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/maps/NBA-Finals-Hotels-2008"><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/nbafinalshotelmap.jpg" align="right"></a>Fresh off a Game 1 and 2 win, the <b>Boston Celtics</b></a> have headed to Los Angeles for Game 3 at the Staples Center. And they will be shacking up somewhere in Beverly Hills, so says the <a href="http://www.boston.com/sports/basketball/celtics/articles/2008/06/09/this_wolve_joins_the_pack/?page=1">Boston Globe.</a><p>We put out our guesses for team hotels in our initial round-up of <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/5/30/14411/6767/hotels/NBA_Finals_Hotels_Scoping_Out_the_LA_Hotel_Scene"><b>Los Angeles Hotels</b></a> for the finals but the fact that the Celtics would be hosting their gameday shootarounds at the hotel made us rethink some of the options. The hotels would have to be big enough or have enough space somewhere to hold a shootaround.<p>This makes us think of the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Hyatt+Regency+Century+Plaza/ian/105304"><b>Hyatt Regency Century Plaza</b></a> in Century City, adjacent to BevHills. It has juliana 2008-06-09T12:06:30-05:00 Hotel Blog Watch: Stan d'Arde Blog is Below Standard http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/6/3/71110/10930

A few months ago the marketing persona of the Standard Hotel group, Stan d'Arde, was kicked off Facebook since he's not a real person. But in the background since December, Stan's been quietly blogging away on the Stan d'Arde blog. You can't keep a good man down.

]]> amandak 2008-06-03T09:00:01-05:00 Los Angeles: NBA Finals Hotels :: Scoping Out the LA Hotel Scene http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/5/30/14411/6767

So the Los Angeles Lakers are in the NBA Finals this year. (Um...yay?) Should you find yourself needing a hotel room in Los Angeles to cheer on the Lakers, or either the Detroit Pistons or Boston Celtics, we've put together a few selections for the different types of fans.

Keep Reading for Our Hotel Picks ]]> juliana 2008-05-30T14:52:26-05:00 Los Angeles: Express Check-Out :: Los Angeles Rooftop Hotel Bars http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/5/21/173237/571 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/tbhpoolrendering.jpg" class="imgborder"><p><i>Thompson Beverly Hills rooftop pool and lounge: Still just a rendering.</i><p>Los Angeles doesn't need rooftop bars as much as Manhattan does because well duh! It's the land of the sprawl out here. Also, it's warmer most of the year (double duh!) and pools are about as de rigueur as nose "refinements."<p>Yet should you still wish to nurse a sugar-free mojito (light on the rum) while looking at the land of smog, there are some places where your odd dream can come true.<p>And if you were hoping it would be at the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Thompson+Beverly+Hills/local/806"><b>Thompson Beverly Hills</b></a>, you're going to have to wait a bit longer. (Typical!) The rooftop pool and lounge is now expected for late June. <p>&#183; <a juliana 2008-05-21T17:41:32-05:00 Standard Hotels Launches New Website http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/1/3/132546/5260 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/standard_newsite.jpg" class="imgborder"><p> Aside from releasing a calendar of <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/1/2/145815/4483/hotels/Andre_Balazs_Pin_Up_Calendar">hottie staffers</a>, Andre Balaz's <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/standard%20hotels"><b>Standard Hotels</b></a> have also relaunched their website.<p>What was once a very white and minimalistic site has been transformed into a comprehensive, informative and entertaining site. On the home page, you are greeted with video from each location--Hollywood, Downtown Los Angeles, Miami Beach and the upcoming New York. While it looks like live cam video on the site, we highly doubt that the rooftop pool in downtown LA is packed at 10am on a January morning.<p>Nevertheless, when you click on a location, you are taken to a new page. So each hotel now has its own URL, which makes us geeks feel like order has been juliana 2008-01-03T13:36:35-05:00 Search HotelChatter Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/