http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2009-11-21T16:04:47Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelhotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/local/9 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/2006/7/27/111845/531 <![CDATA[<p><img align="right" src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/chip_conley1.jpg">After a successful opening of <a href="http://www.hotelangeleno.com"><b>Hotel Angeleno</b></a> in Los Angeles, <a href="http://www.jdvhospitality.com">JDV Hospitality</a> is in talks to open up two more Southern California properties.<blockquote><p>[T]he new properties are the Strand, in Huntington Beach (Orange County), a 149-room four-star hotel scheduled to open in early 2008; and the Redondo Beach, in Redondo Beach (Los Angeles County), a 200-room hotel that will include a spa and restaurant, scheduled to open in 2008. Joie de Vivre will own and operate the Redondo Beach; it will have a management contract to run the Strand.</blockquote></p><p>Prior to Angeleno, JDV had strictly San Fran-area hotels. And the hotel chain is also currently seeking to renovate a historic high-rise in Sacramento into a hotel as well.<p>Naturally, juliana 2006-07-27T11:18:45-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2006/6/13/17425/9271 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/angeleno_map.jpg"><p><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/maps/hotelchatter-hollywood-star-map"><b>HotelChatter Hollywood Star Map</b></a><p>We've added the <a href="http://www.hotelangeleno.com"><b>Hotel Angeleno</b></a> to our Hollywood Star Map as stop #14, thanks to the celeb attendees like Justine Bateman, Gabrielle Carteris, Jenny McCarthy and Allison Janney. Of course we would have preferred some more scandalous personalities like Lohan, Simpson, or Hilton but beggars can't be choosers. And Justine and Jenny ended up having some history with the place as a former Holiday Inn (Justine had a prom there; Jenny used to put her parents there in her early Playboy Bunny days.)<p>As if that were not enough, we are adding an extra bonus for you: <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/special/hotel_angeleno_1">A Viewlicious Photo Gallery</a> of pictures taken during the party.<p> If that's still not enough for you, juliana 2006-06-13T17:17:05-05:00 34.071108 -118.46570 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2006/6/9/16727/58247 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/angeleno_nightstand.jpg"><p>With all the tequila tasting that went on the other night at the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Hotel+Angeleno/local/9"><b>Hotel Angeleno</b></a> opening party, it's amazing that we remembered to actually check-out the rooms in this joint.<p>We already got a <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2006/3/9/130/65973/hotels/Sneak+Peek+at+Hotel+Angeleno">sneak peek</a> at the place the other month, and we were pretty impressed. This time, we took note of the buzz floating throughout the party was that people were amazed this used to be a Holiday Inn. <a href="http://www.joiedevivrehospitality.com">JDV Hospitality</a> did a bang-up job of renovating the rooms with neutral tones and sleek furniture. Same goes for the lobby and with the hip ambience of the restaurant WEST, the hotel will be a swank and enjoyable place to stay. <p>Catering to business travelers, the juliana 2006-06-09T17:34:33-05:00 34.071108 -118.46570 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2006/6/8/155229/3850 <![CDATA[<p> <b>HotelChatter Exclusive :: Opening Party Coverage</b> <p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/angeleno_west.jpg"> <p>Last night was the official opening for the <a href="http://www.hotelangeleno.com"><b>Hotel Angeleno</b></a> and HotelChatter has the official Party Dispatch on what happened, who was there and what tequila tastes the best. <p>The hotel has been taking guests since March but the finishing touches like the top-floor restaurant, West, and the pool have not been seen until now. <p>The crowd was a mix of travel agents, business clients (like the hotel's wine and spirits distributor) and community folks with celeb appearances by Allison Janney, Jenny McCarthy and Justine Bateman. Interestingly enough, both Jenny and Justine had stories about the hotel in its past life as a Holiday Inn---Justine had a prom there and juliana 2006-06-08T16:43:23-05:00 34.073748 -118.46819 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/