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Austin: Can Marriott Win Austin's Heart?

ASchechter — 2011-06-20T12:36:55-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/61268/MarriottAustin.jpg" class="top">This week, voters in Austin, Texas get to decide if the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/marriott hotels">Marriott</a> is worthy of a $4.3 million break in building fees for a prospective 1,000-room-hotel they're planning to open on Congress Avenue and East 2nd Street. The huge scale of the property would make it a Marriott Marquis, putting it on the same level as the giant <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/New+York+Marriott+Marquis+Times+Square/local/1632">Times Square</a> tower. The Austin Marquis would have between 27 and 30 floors, and create around 300 new jobs for the city (at a time when unemployment is rearing its ugly head in almost <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/20/business/economy/20cities.html?_r=1&ref=us">every corner of the country</a>)maybe this is reason enough to condone the multi-million dollar allowance? News of the development comes exactly one

Austin: Guide to the Hotel Lobby Scene at SXSW

markj — 2010-03-17T14:15:56-05:00

<![CDATA[Holy growth spurt. HotelChatter had not graced the halls of the Austin Convention Center for SXSWi in six years, but when the opportunity knocked to head to Austin for 36 hours of south by madness we jumped on a plane, and my has the interactive portion grown. No longer confined to the closets of the convention center the 2010 gathering was spread out over three hotels and the convention center. Of course, this made for a crazy hotel scene, the bell of the ball, Foursquare, even offered a <a href="http://foursquare.com/user/ranajune/badges/1230836">"hookup" badge</a> if you hit enough hotels late at night. As far as price, let's get this out of the way up front, any hotel on this list is going

Austin: Four Seasons Austin Might Not Be Making a Killing from WiFi Fees

juliana — 2010-03-15T17:39:35-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/fourseaonsaustin.jpg" class="top"> If you're one of the lucky ones to be absent from the Twitterverse today then you are missing out on the constant updates from <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/sxsw hotels">SXSW</a> attendees. Half of the tweets we don't even understand since they are full of software names, hash tags and inside jokes.But if you've been following <a href="http://www.twitter.com/hotelchatter">@HotelChatter</a> today, then you know that one of us is attending SXSW as well. Here's what our very own <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/user/markj">MarkJ</a> had to say about the WiFi scene. <blockquote>I can tell you there is free WiFi throughout Austin convention area via SXSW network -- and that the conference is taking place in three hotels as well as the convention center this year.</blockquote>However, if you

Austin: Hilton Austin Still Has a Few Rooms Left For SXSW

Jenna — 2009-02-05T12:52:29-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/6929/hiltonaustin.jpg" class="top"> If you're planning to go to <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/SXSW%20Hotels">South by Southwest</a> in Austin this year, we have some news for you: <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/SXSW%20Hotels">hotels</a> are gettin' pretty full already. You need to get your game up and start booking. We started checking individual hotels' websites for stays that ran March 12-23 (the festival runs March 13-22), but the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Hilton+Austin/local/825">Hilton Austin</a> came back with absolutely no availability on any of those dates which was curious, but not impossible since the hotel is adjacent to the Austin Convention Center, where many of the SXSW activities go down so we investigated further. According to <a href="http://www.expedia.com">Expedia</a>, if you're really set on the Hilton Austin (it's nice and it's convenient;

Club Floor Rooms, Are They Worth It?

alyshabrown — 2007-09-27T15:42:42-05:00

Lately, we've been hearing a lot about hotel club floors, designated areas that offer lounges and special perks to guests. But as enticing as VIP status may be, like all things, there are pros and cons to exclusivity. The WSJ recently took a look at hotel club floors and here's what you can expect.

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