http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2008-11-21T06:10:12Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelhotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/local/76 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/11/19/14512/415 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/jenjohnpeople.jpg" class="top"> <p>Dear <b><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Jennifer%20Aniston">Jennifer Aniston</a></b>, <p>Hey, girlfriend. Loved you <a href="http://jezebel.com/5086492/oprah-jennifer-aniston-explains-why-angelina-is-uncool">on Oprah</a> last week. And you know what? You're right: what Angelina did <i>was</i> very uncool, but it was also rather unfortunate that <i>Vogue</i> pulled that little tidbit from your interview and used it as your cover line on the front of the December issue, dontchya think? Yikes. Guess they didn't clear that one with your people first, huh? <p>Anyway, we're not here to talk to you about that &#151; nor are we here to point out that your lovah John Mayer is starting to look a wee bit Marc Anthony-esque (if this <a href="http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20241072,00.html">photo</a> on People.com is to be believed) &#151; but rather, your choice of hotels Jenna 2008-11-19T15:13:44-05:00 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 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/2/25/17753/8567 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/once.jpg" class="imgborder"><p><i>Our favorite Oscar win...</i><p>We wonder what Los Angeles-area hotels would have done this past weekend if the Writers' Strike had forced the Oscars to be skipped. But thankfully for hotel owners, general managers, and sales/marketing teams, that didn't happen!<p>Celebs and their entourages as well as media, wannabes and paparazzi flooded the hotels once the award show let out. Let's just say, we would have hated to been on either Sunset or Wilshire Boulevards last night.<p>In case you need to know who was where, here's a handy list:<p>&#183; Page Six runs down the Oscar gossip. <b>The Four Seasons</b> on Doheny had a viewing party attended by Paris Hilton's parents; Earlier in the day, Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban ate juliana 2008-02-25T17:13:57-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/1/23/154853/074 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/heath.jpg" class="imgborder"><p>We were looking forward to reading hotelier <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/jeff%20klein"><b>Jeff Klein's</b></a> blog posts at the NYT <a href="http://themoment.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/01/23/for-the-moment-jeff-klein-on-heath-ledger/">The Moment</a> blog. But unfortunately his third post had to be about something so tragic--yesterday's passing of actor <b>Heath Ledger</b> at age 28.<p>Klein writes that Heath, then-girlfriend (wife?) Michelle Williams and their newborn daughter Matilda spent four months living at the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Sunset+Tower+Hotel/local/76"><b>Sunset Tower Hotel</b></a>. Some tidbits that Klein shares about Heath as a hotel guest.<blockquote><p>My dealings with Ledger began when his agent called me personally -- they often do -- to make a reservation. Ledger was shooting a movie and wanted to stay in the Sunset Tower for four months. It was one of my first celebrities at the hotel and juliana 2008-01-23T16:27:33-05:00 34.095050 -118.37214 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/1/21/14188/8668 <![CDATA[<p><img align="right" src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/jeffklein_nyt.jpg" class="imgborder">Our <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2006/12/29/115425/56/hotels/Hotelier_of_the_Year_Jeff_Klein">2006 Hotelier of the Year</a> <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/jeff%20klein"><b>Jeff Klein</b></a> has begun a guest blogging stint for the NYT mag's <a href="http://themoment.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/01/21/for-the-moment-jeff-klein/">"The Moment"</a> blog. As a blogger, he is going to be sharing some of his observations on the hotel world. But in his inaugural post, he dishes on why he got into the hospitality industry in the first place.<blockquote><p>Ever since I can remember I have been freakishly obsessed with hotels, much more so than the average hotel geek who concerns himself only with bathroom products, bed linen thread count and front-desk service.</blockquote></p><p>Then he recounts how this obsession got him slapped by his mother at age 15 in Rome when he preferred to check out the Hassler juliana 2008-01-21T14:27:16-05:00 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/