http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2009-11-25T23:46:35Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelhotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/local/615 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/1/28/214041/967 <![CDATA[<p><embed src="http://services.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f8/1321361467" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" flashVars="videoId=9448463001&playerId=1321361467&viewerSecureGatewayURL=https://console.brightcove.com/services/amfgateway&servicesURL=http://services.brightcove.com/services&cdnURL=http://admin.brightcove.com&domain=embed&autoStart=false&" base="http://admin.brightcove.com" name="flashObj" width="400" height="300" seamlesstabbing="false" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" swLiveConnect="true" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash"></embed><p><p>Do you like the smell of coconut tanning spray? Do you love the color pink? Do you love wireless internet access and flat-screen TVs in your hotel rooms? If you're like us and you answered yes to all of those questions, then the renovated GO rooms inside <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Flamingo+Las+Vegas/local/615"><b>The Flamingo</b></a> are made just for you.<p>We have no idea what's gotten into us on this trip. Yes, we've cruised the Flamingo before and even once spent an entire day by its pool people-watching drunk people. But we never wanted to spend the night here. Until now. You could blame it on the coconut scent that wafts through the casino or juliana 2009-01-29T12:13:26-05:00 36.1165100 -115.17073 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/1/5/93252/78039 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/hardrock55bad.jpg" class="top"><p> It's no secret that room rates have been dropping in Las Vegas these days. Gone are the $299 room rates of 2006. Almost every hotel is offering rooms near the $100 mark or less and the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Hard+Rock+Hotel+and+Casino/local/595"><b>Hard Rock Hotel and Casino</b></a> is no exception.<p>The hotel has recently been hyping its $59 Winter Special. The only problem is when you go <a href="http://www.hardrockhotel.com/las-vegas/hotel/promo.cfm?id=290">online</a> to book, there are no rooms available for $59 in January, February or March. The closest you get to that is $63 for tonight and tomorrow. The rest of the weekeday rates hover around the $103.20 mark. Some weekends (which the deal is not valid for) even peak at $299 a night again.<p>And that's juliana 2009-01-05T09:42:53-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/4/11/43658/0276 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/toni_flamingo.jpg" class="imgborder"><p>If you were headed to Vegas this weekend and had your heart set on seeing Toni Braxton at the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Flamingo+Las+Vegas/local/615"><b>Flamingo</b></a>, you better think again.<p>The singer was taken to the hospital this week suffering from chest pains. She's reportedly suffered from pericarditis, a viral inflammation of the heart in the past. For now, her shows have been cancelled until Tuesday when she will take the stage again.<p>In the meantime, there are a ton of shows you could see in Vegas like Spamalot at the Wynn, Jersey Boys at the Palazzo, Bette Midler at Caesars (with Cher filling in temporarily starting May 6), Bon Jovi at the MGM Grand on Saturday and of course, everyone's favorite free semi-street show--The juliana 2008-04-11T09:40:02-05:00 36.116510 -115.17073 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/1/7/12534/30465 <![CDATA[<p><img align="right" src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3/ceshotelguide.jpg" class="imgborder"><a href="http://www.cesweb.org"><b>CES</b></a> actually began yesterday with Bill Gates (final?) CES keynote speech but the real show kicks off today.<p> Tech and gadget blogs across the internet, like Engadget and Gizmodo will be covering the actual tech products and news that come out of CES, and you know the Digg front door will be full of the latest and greatest CES stories, but we've put together a hotel guide that should help detail a snapshot of what these hotels have to offer the tech-guzzling crowds. <p> If you don't have your hotel by now, and don't want to stay at <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/9/14/9554/07131/hotels/O_J_Simpson_Questioned_in_Vegas_Hotel_Robbery">OJ's Palace</a>, your best bet is to try and convince someone to let you crash in their HotelChatter 2008-01-07T12:23:49-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/11/5/9501/69416 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/venetian1.jpg" class="imgborder"><p>Frequent travelers who live by the maxim, "If you don't ask, you don't get" swear by the $20 room upgrade move. It works like this: when checking in to your ho-hum standard room, you casually slip an extra 20 bucks to the front desk clerk and ask if there's any chance of a "complimentary upgrade." In most cases, one of three things will happen. Either nothing (and you keep your $20), an official upsell at official prices (usually a poor value), or you score and get a much nicer room. <p>Judging by this site devoted to the topic called <a href="http://www.frontdesktip.com/">FrontDeskTip.com</a>, your odds of $20 upgrade success in Las Vegas are far greater than they are at the Tim L. 2007-11-05T12:30:01-05:00 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/