http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2009-11-25T13:31:16Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelhotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/local/923 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/11/6/95142/9902 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/rihannagphinterview.jpg" class="top"><p> <i>Strippers! Sex! Tell-All Interviews! Dead Bodies! Bad Rap Music Videos! </i><p>It always seems that no matter how much <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/celebrity scoop">Celebrity Scoop</a> we write about in a given week, there's also lots more that we didn't have time to get to. So from now on, every Friday we'll be rounding up the week's <b>Infamous Hotels</b>. This weekly list will include hotels that celebrities visited (and it made the news) but also hotels that really up the "Eww" factor. This can easily be done by have a decaying body in your hotel. Welcome to the dark side. <p> &#183; <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+St.+Regis+Atlanta+/ian/309126"><b>St. Regis Atlanta</b></a>: A stripper claims that she had <a href="http://www.usmagazine.com/celebritynews/news/fergie-stripper-allegations-are-nonsense-2009511">"lots of sex"</a> with actor Josh Duhamel in juliana 2009-11-06T10:20:39-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/10/22/173137/79 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/seanmacjcrew.jpg" class="top"><p> <i>"Sometimes...when I get <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Katherine_Gallagher#Catchphrases">real nervous</a>..."</i><p>It looks like a cameo on Gossip Girl wasn't enough for <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/sean macpherson"><b>Sean MacPherson</b></a>. <a href="http://twitter.com/boweryhotelnyc/statuses/5079434724">The Bowery Hotel's Twitter</a> tipped us off to the spread that Sean Mac did for the J. Crew Catalog. <i>J. Crew</i>, people. Clothes you can buy off the rack! How bourgeois! <p> The feature is available <a href="http://www.jcrew.com/AST/Navigation/realguyartist.jsp">online here</a> and it features Sean looking tough in a leather jacket and answering questions about his life. We learn how he likes his martinis (extra dry with three olives) and that he always carries his passport and a credit card wherever he goes. (Let's hope he has better passport-handling skills than <a href="http://www.jaunted.com/story/2009/10/20/9278/9589/travel/%27Twilight%27s%27+Kristen+Stewart+Demonstrates+How+Not+To+Handle+A+Passport">Kristen Stewart.</a>) <p>We also learn this juliana 2009-10-22T17:36:37-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/10/9/102344/553 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/janeballroomnoise.jpg" class="top"><p> The latest news in <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Jane+Hotel/local/923"><b>The Jane Hotel</b></a> v. Neighbors and <a href="http://gawker.com/5374826/10-places-you-should-encourage-your-dog-to-do-his-business-besides-the-jane-hotel">Pissy Dogs</a> is that the ballroom has been closed down, after city officials raided the bar last week. We're hearing from the hotel that the space will re-open "in a few days" after some "tweaks" are made. However, <a href="http://gothamist.com/2009/10/07/the_jane_is_now_closed.php">Gothamist</a> says the bar will be closed for several weeks. Whenever it does re-open, a maximum occupancy limit of 75 people may be enforced and only the front bar will be open, not the ballroom. <p>There may also be some tentative plans to introduce a light food service even though the real deal restaurant/cafe inside the hotel is not open. Either way, if you've booked your juliana 2009-10-12T09:58:36-05:00 40.7381850 -74.009448 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/9/28/223247/069 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/seanmacgossipgirl.jpg" class="top"><p><p>We know that <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/sean macpherson"><b>Sean Macpherson</b></a> was traveling in Bhuktan last week but we sincerely hope he made it back stateside to watch himself on the last night's episode of "Gossip Girl."<p>In the episode, Sean played himself--a New York City hotelier--who Chuck Bass approaches with his nightclub plans (and tries to retrieve a Patrick McMullan photo of Sean.) Interestingly, Sean's hotel on the show was <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Empire+Hotel/ian/125729"><b>The Empire Hotel</b></a> but we all know that he's the man behind <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Bowery+Hotel/local/220"><b>The Bowery</b></a>, <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Maritime+Hotel/local/13"><b>The Maritime</b></a>, <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Lafayette+House+NYC/local/399"><b>The Lafayette House</b></a> and <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Jane+Hotel/local/923"><b>The Jane Hotel</b></a> as well as the restaurant, the Waverly Inn. <p>In the end, Chuck Bass thought, why own a nightclub in a hotel when you could juliana 2009-09-29T09:03:31-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/9/24/85247/4980 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/janeballroomnoise.jpg" class="top"><p> As if dealing with <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/12/18/143545/80/hotels/Jane_Hotel_SRO_Tenants_Will_Protest_Outside_The_Bowery_Tonight">grumpy tenants</a> wasn't enough, <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Jane+Hotel/local/923"><b>The Jane Hotel</b></a> finds itself fighting another battle with folks who aren't too happy about its presence---the neighbors. <p> A blog and a <a href="http://twitter.com/nightmareonjane">Twitter</a> feed called <a href="http://nightmareonjane.wordpress.com/"><b>Nightmare on Jane Street</b></a> have been setup to monitor/publicize all the crowds, events, and noise levels coming out of the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/6/9/102013/9496/hotels/The_Jane_Hotel_Officially_Opens_Their_Ballroom_and_Yes_You_Can_Drink_There">Ballroom at the Jane Hotel</a>. Example: <blockquote><p>1:15 AM Update: Once again a crowd of over 100 people has congregated in front of the Jane Hotel hoping to get in with dozens more loitering in front of 99, 111 and 130 Jane.  We counted six hotel employees in orange jackets lining the block from end to end attempting to manage juliana 2009-09-24T16:43:21-05:00 40.7381850 -74.009448 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/