If you haven't booked December holiday travel plans yet, it's not too late to do it without breaking the bank. Next week, Sage Hospitality kicks off a major sale for stays between December 1 and January 9--offering rooms at more than 50 hotels for 50% off. Mark your calendars now for November 17, when the sale starts, because we expect these babies to go fast.

The sale will run over five days, and includes properties in 20 states, making it pretty likely that you have someone who needs visiting in one of the locations.

]]> MsRebecca 2010-11-11T09:30:37-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2010/1/25/113554/595 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/curtisdoubletree.jpg" class="top"><p> <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/doubletree hotels"><b>Doubletree Hotels</b></a> continues to snap up cool boutiquey properties with its latest acquisition of <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Curtis+Hotel/local/655"><b>The Curtis Hotel</b></a> in Denver. We already love this hotel for its quirky theme rooms and packages and now it looks as if you can get free chocolate chip cookies there too. <p>According to the announcement, the hotel will now go by the name "The Curtis--a Doubletree Hotel." You know how we feel about tacking the name Doubeltree onto these cool properties (like <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Doubletree+Chicago+The+Wit+/local/1607">theWIT</a> and <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/3/31/103524/892/hotels/Adventures_in_Rebranding_Seattle_s_Arctic_Club_Now_a_Doubletree">The Artic Club</a>) but as long as the hotel keeps its identity (like the scary <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/9/23/154823/428/hotels/Snapshot_The_13th_Floor_at_The_Curtis_Hotel">13th Floor</a>) and fun promotions, we guess we can rest easy. <p>And it doesn't hurt that guests juliana 2010-01-25T12:25:06-05:00 39.7460190 -104.99711 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/10/26/161135/10 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/CurtisHotel13.jpg" class="top"><p> Still looking for a last-minute hotel room for Halloween? <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Curtis+Hotel/local/655"><b>The Curtis Denver</b></a> has a year-round scare factor with their 13th floor--aka the "Dun Dun Dunnnn!" floor--but this year they aren't going to let the holiest of haunted holidays pass them by without doing anything special.<p>Their <b>Nightmare on Curtis Street</b> package includes a room on the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/9/23/154823/428/hotels/Snapshot_The_13th_Floor_at_The_Curtis_Hotel">13th floor</a>, a "Get Ready for Freddy" goodie bag with a flashlight and a sleep mask, two Krueger Cocktails or Bloody Marys at the hotel's Corner Office, which will be renamed the gruesome Coroner's Office this weekend. Guests who make it through the night will also get a complimentary breakfast. <p>Room rates start at $149 a night. The package is juliana 2009-10-28T15:27:38-05:00 39.7460190 -104.99711 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/10/6/14486/9448

If hotels were people, The Curtis Hotel in Denver would most definitely not be a wallflower. A slightly kooky, always-energetic boss, or your life-of-the-party friend, perhaps. This is, after all, the hotel that has already caught our attention with a humungous doggie door, themed floors, and a ‘Stay Happy’ Contest.

Its relentlessly upbeat nature reminds us of the corporate culture of Zappos, or the new-fangled “positive psychology” craze. Often, this can get, well, a little much. But the latest promotion out of Planet Happy Curtis is so much a little much that it’s mega: the hotel is putting itself up for auction on eBay for New Year’s Eve.