http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2009-11-23T17:31:28Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelhotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/local/787 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/12/11/144022/44 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/steventyler_hrock.png" class="imgborder"><p>&#183;<b>Hard Rock Hotel Fight Club</b>: Aerosmith's lead singer Steven Tyler and his lady got into a fight at the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Seminole+Hard+Rock+Hotel+and+Casino/local/200"><b>Hard Rock Hotel &amp; Casino</b></a> in Hollywood, Florida, says <a href="http://www.nypost.com/seven/12112007/gossip/pagesix/pagesix.htm">Page Six.</a> This hotel chain has had a lot of fights happen at their hotels.<p>&#183; <b>Hotel Surf Lessons</b>: The <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Intercontinental+Sydney/local/787"><b>Intercontinental Hotel</b></a> in Sydney is <a href="http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/4319943a2181.html">offering guests</a> surf lessons at Manly Beach.<p>&#183; <b>Hot Hoteliers</b>: <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/morgans%20hotel%20group">Morgans Hotel Group</a> has announced <a href="http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/newstex/AFX-0013-21569028.htm">a new CEO</a>, Fred Kleisner, who had been serving as CEO since Ed Scheetz's resignation. Just keep Fred away from Vegas.<p>&#183; <b>Hotel Pets</b>: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Chocolate-Four-Seasons-Betty-Paraskevas/dp/0316013757">Chocolate at the Four Seasons</a> is actually a book about a dog and not about our favorite sweet. Interesting, a dog would juliana 2007-12-11T17:00:01-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/8/27/61949/1768 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/intercontinental_sydney_2.jpg" class="imgborder"><p> <p>With all kinds of big-wigs flying into Sydney this week for the APEC summit, we were interested to read about a test-run at President Bush's hotel of choice, the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Intecontinental+Sydney/local/787"><b>Sydney InterContinental</b></a>. The 7-room Australia Suite overlooking the Sydney Botanical Gardens, with views to Sydney Harbour and the Opera House, sounded like a good place for the president to relax after a long day of meeting and greeting.</p><p>The Australian reviewer was particularly taken by the lack of care in the suite regarding the use of water, a commodity which is in especially short supply Down Under:</p><blockquote><p>The president's shower could easily have a sign on the door stating water restriction free zone. More like a car wash than amandak 2007-08-27T11:50:01-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2006/6/20/14847/6012 <![CDATA[<p><img align="right" src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/kidman_urban.jpg">In our opinion, the most recent pictures of Nicole Kidman showed a little bit more of a belly bump than this usually scary skinny actress sports. Which leads us to conclude that's the real reason the Australian pair is getting married this weekend.<p>According to "reports," Kidman and Urban have spent nearly &#163;200,000 on booking 120 rooms in the <a href="http://sydney.intercontinental.com/"><b>Intercontinental Hotel</b></a> in Sydney, overlooking the harbor, for family and friends, and have also gone out of the way to give their guests a &#163;200 "credit" for the mini-bar and other services. <blockquote><p>A source close to Nicole has revealed: "She and Keith are making sure the guests want for nothing. They're arranging for a day spa and salon for juliana 2006-06-20T14:16:10-05:00 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/