http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2009-11-25T01:04:49Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelhotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/local/734 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/11/9/12310/0614 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/30451/artbasel.jpg" class="top"> <p>Thanksgiving may be just around the corner, but so is one of the most pivotal dates on the Miami social calendar: <b>Art Basel</b>. So if you&#146;re an art geek or just like crashing artist parties, it&#146;s time to start thinking about where you&#146;ll stay in Miami for this year&#146;s show, which takes place <b>December 3&#150;6.</b></p> <p>With artworks by over 2,000 artists on display, Art Basel events will be held all over town, from South Beach to the Design District, where many of the artist studios are located. But the center of all the public exhibitions and events is the Miami Beach Convention Center, towards the north of South Beach&#146;s Art Deco district. <p>All this means there are MsRebecca 2009-11-09T14:04:24-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/5/16/234059/912 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/6193/WandersBonn1.jpg" class="top"><p> Now that the <b><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Mondrian+South+Beach/local/734">Mondrian South Beach</a></b> has been open for almost six whole months, the hype as well as the advertising of its Marcel Wanders-designers interior has died down. This means it's perfect timing for Marcel to put himself back out there by leaking photos of his next big hotel project, the <b>Kameha Grand</b> in Bonn, Germany. <p>Due to to open this fall, the Kameha Grand is going to be one of those hybrid design/business hotels, where they'll be venturing outside of neutral tones but still respectful of business traveler tastes. Boasting 192 rooms, 61 suites, and one massive Presidential Suite with a sweeping staircase reminiscent of Wanders' <a href="http://www.fastcompany.com/files/feature-107-marcel-wanders2LG.jpg">Miami masterpiece</a>, the Kameha will bed the JetSetCD 2009-05-21T16:56:58-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/3/23/9114/13743 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/6929/edjessicamondrian.jpg" class="top"> <p>Celebrities &#151; they really are just like us. On weekend beach getaways, they, too, find themselves sleeping through the sunny Miami morning and rolling out of bed sometime after the noon hour, looking sorta dazed and probably vaguely aware that they were supposed to check out of their room several hours earlier. <p>And look! It's <b>Ed Westwick</b> and <b>Jessica Szohr</b> (a.k.a. Chuck Bass and Vanessa on <i><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Gossip%20Girl"><b>Gossip Girl</b></a></i>) doing just that at the <b><A href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Mondrian+South+Beach/local/734">Mondrian South Beach</a></b>. <p>The <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/3/3/82759/26098/hotels/On_the_Left_Coast_Chuck_Bass_Hits_the_Hollywood_Roosevelt">spotted-everywhere-lately</a> celeb couple was in Miami for the weekend so Jessica could host a party during Miami Fashion Week. According to <a href="http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20267057,00.html">People</a>, the two were caught this weekend hangin' in a cabana by the pool sipping Jenna 2009-03-23T09:31:25-05:00 25.7819870 -80.142869 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/3/6/12269/38847 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/6193/Mondrian_Vending.jpg" class="top"> <p>Is nothing sacred? Not for <b><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/morgans%20hotel%20group">Morgans Hotel Group</a></b>, who have just desecrated the almighty concept of a vending machine as well as their Marcel Wanders-designed <b><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Mondrian+South+Beach/local/734">Mondrian South Beach</a></b>. Doing away with a hotel gift shop and brushing off Marcel for a moment, the Mondrian brought in Mari Balestrazzi to reinvent an automat, called Semi-Automatic, for peddling their goodies. It's a great idea except for the fact that it only accepts credit cards and contains nothing edible. <p>That said, we're completely seduced by its clean lines and bounty of Atari classics for Playstation, and we kind of want to rub against it and purr. Aside from Atari games, the automat contains various other earthly delights such JetSetCD 2009-03-06T14:26:16-05:00 25.7819870 -80.142869 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/2/3/134318/8648 <![CDATA[<p>Hotels probably consider February one of the most wonderful times of the year, even in a rough economy like this. Aside from lovers taking Valentine's Day getaways, hotels have the opportunity to capitalize on families with children who have the week off in the middle of the month known as <b>President's Week</b> which celebrates the birthdays of U.S. presidents Abraham Lincoln and George Washington. (You know, we almost forgot about this significance since for so long it's usually meant "vacation" for us.)<p>This year, President's Week starts on February 16 and lasts through the 20th. We decided to look at the rates in <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/miami%20hotel%20mambo"><b>Miami</b></a> for those dates. Why Miami? Because it's easy to get to and because it's warm, especially juliana 2009-02-03T14:03:19-05:00 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/