http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2009-11-24T15:31:07Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelhotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/local/581 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/11/14/41622/014 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/montagelbview.jpg" class="top"><p><i>The view from the Montage Laguna Beach</i><p><b>UPDATE</b>: See the full list <a href="http://www.aaanewsroom.net/Main/Default.asp?CategoryID=8&ArticleID=647">here.</a><p><b>AAA</b> has just released their <a href="http://www.usatoday.com/travel/hotels/2008-11-13-aaa-five-diamond-list_N.htm">new list</a> of 2009 Five Diamond Hotels and it turns out California is a pretty nice place for hotels. Of the six new hotels to gain Five Diamond status, three of them are in Southern California.<p>&#183; <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Beverly+Hills+Hotel/ian/124056"><b>The Beverly Hills Hotel</b></a>: Our favorite hotel for <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/6/6/131419/8786/hotels/A_Celeb_for_Everyone_at_the_Polo_Lounge_at_The_Beverly_Hills_Hotel">celeb-spotting</a>.<br>&#183; <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Montage+Resort+And+Spa/ian/208480"><b>The Montage Laguna Beach</b></a>: They of the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/8/24/213645/424/hotels/Montage_Hotels_Wow_Guests_With_Crab_Cakes">best crabcakes.</a><br>&#183; <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Four+Seasons+Hotel+Westlake+Village/local/581"><b>Four Seasons Hotel Westlake Village</b></a>: The place to recuperate from your <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/5/16/213917/565/hotels/Travel_Leisure_Unveils_Their_It_List_">plastic surgery</a>. <p>There's no complete listing on either the <a href="http://www.aaanewsroom.net/Main/Default.asp?CategoryID=8">AAA website</a> or their <a href="http://www.twitter.com/AAAnews">Twitter</a> page but <a href="http://www.usatoday.com/travel/hotels/2008-11-13-aaa-five-diamond-list_N.htm">USA Today</a> reported that the other three new Five Diamonds juliana 2008-11-14T11:36:57-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/10/24/115012/11 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/kelsen_fire_LAT.jpg" class="imgborder"><p>As Southern California continues to burn, area hotels are filling up fast.<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071024/ap_en_ce/wildfires_hollywood_4;_ylt=Ar23BkTT83U3RLb8u8xjt3EE1vAI">The AP</a> reports that in Los Angeles <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Shutters+On+The+Beach/ian/132437"><b>Shutters on the Beach</b></a> and the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Viceroy+Santa+Monica/local/583"><b>Viceroy Hotel</b></a> in Santa Monica along with the Beverly Hills' <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Peninsula+Beverly+Hills/local/550"><b>Peninsula</b></a> and both Four Seasons hotels--the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Four+Seasons+Beverly+Wilshire+Hotel/local/166"><b>Beverly Wilshire</b></a> and the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Four+Seasons+Los+Angeles/ian/115203"><b>Los Angeles Hotel</b></a>--are booked solid this week with evacuees, mainly from the Malibu and San Diego fires.<p> Also, the not-so-effective rehab center Promises (which hosted Britney Spears and Lindsay Lohan) has been evacuated and patients were put up in an undisclosed upscale hotel in West Los Angeles.<p>Meanwhile, one of our sources say the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Four+Seasons+Hotel+Westlake+Village/local/581"><b>Four Seasons in Westlake Village</b></a> is taking reservations from fire evacuees. Plus they allow juliana 2007-10-24T12:06:37-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/5/16/213917/565 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/bowery_itlist.jpg" class="imgborder"/><p>Conde Nast has the "Hot List" so <a href="http://www.travelandleisure.com/articles/the-it-list-june-2007">Travel + Leisure</a> has the "It List" full of the 25 Best New Hotels this year.<blockquote><p>Selected by the magazine's editors after anonymously road-testing numerous contenders, the IT LIST is Travel + Leisure's guide to the best new hotels, featuring six hotels in Europe; six in the U.S.; five in South America; and five in Asia. The remaining three hotels are in Panama, Mexico and South Africa. With hundreds of openings each year, Travel + Leisure's IT LIST pinpoints the hotels that are redefining service, design--even where travelers will be going next.</blockquote></p><p><p> <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/The%20Bowery%20Hotel"><b>The Bowery Hotel</b></a> in NYC (above) makes the list as a "Trailblazer". The Ritz Carlton Beijing is a juliana 2007-05-17T11:15:02-05:00 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/