http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2009-11-23T18:09:08Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelhotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/local/927 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/9/3/121418/1262 <![CDATA[<p><p> <i>We are suckers for a room with a killer view. &nbsp;We find that we are even more likely to forgive some minor hotel inconveniences if we can stare out the window at something pretty--yeah we are that shallow. Let's help out our fellow hotel mavens by uploading rooms with killer views to the <a href="http://flickr.com/groups/hotelchatter/">HotelChatter/Flickr photo pool</a>, or by <a href="mailto:tips@hotelchatter.com">sending the photo along to us</a>. We will feature our favorites in this space from time to time. Remember to tell us the name of the hotel and the room number of the hot view.</i><p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/palazzoviewupclose.jpg" class="top"><p> It's not that often that we get rooms with a killer view in Las Vegas. Like everything else in Sin City--if you juliana 2009-09-03T12:16:23-05:00 36.1223434 -115.17123 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/8/26/103741/623 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/gphfivestar.jpg" class="top"><p> <i><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Gramercy+Park+Hotel/local/4">The Gramercy Park Hotel</a>, which by the way, is still a five-star hotel.</i><p>All of the sudden the outlook for the hospitality industry seems to have gone from bad but with hope on the horizon, to worse with drastic cost-cutting measures now taking place. <p>Indeed, 2009 has been one of the worst years in history for hotels but yet the best year for travelers looking for steep deals. However, just because you got that five-star hotel for half of its usual price, doesn't mean you'll be getting all the perks you'd expect. <p>A <a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=a0Jx2BsWXajo">new report</a> says that hotels have begun dropping stars from their <b>star ratings</b> so that they can reduce their level of services and juliana 2009-08-26T10:58:24-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/2/24/9843/34648 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/6929/barrymorepalazzo.jpg" class="top"> <p>Yeah, well, it was <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Oscar%20Hotels">Oscar weekend</a>. Oh, but do you know what else it was? <i><b>Drew Barrymore's</b> 34th birthday</i>. And she would like your attention. <p>According to a tipster, she skipped the Oscars and hit up Vegas this weekend, checking into the <b><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Palazzo+Hotel+and+Casino/local/927">Palazzo</a></b> with a couple of her girlfriends &#151; fellow funny ladies <b>Ellen Page</b> and <b>Kristen Wiig</b>. From the tipster: <blockquote><p>Upon their arrival, the group strolled through The Palazzo casino singing and dancing to old-school jams on her boom box while walking up to their suites.</p></blockquote> <p>Um, isn't that kind of annoying to do in the hallways of a hotel? We know it's your birthday and you're famous and all, but let's be real Jenna 2009-02-24T10:24:02-05:00 36.1230910 -115.17012 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/1/18/232642/029 <![CDATA[<p><p><object width="385" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/zrclRelKUno&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en&feature=player_embedded&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/zrclRelKUno&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en&feature=player_embedded&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="385" height="344"></embed></object><p> <b>Joaquin Phoenix</b> has officially lost his mind. On Friday night he was spotted <a href="http://www.jaunted.com/story/2009/1/18/14757/2844/travel/The+Problem%3A+Las+Vegas+is+Hurting.+The+Solution%3A+A+Rapping+Joaquin+Phoenix%3F">busting rhymes</a> at the Lavo nightclub inside the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Palazzo+Hotel+and+Casino/local/927"><b>Palazzo Hotel</b></a> in Las Vegas. Yes, the Oscar winner was on the mike rapping some nonsense. <p>After watching this video, everyone knows that Joaquin will not be winning any sort of BET award for his "sad skillz." But one of our tipsters did spot him at the hotel before his fateful performance and his gig may not have been so spontaneous afterall.<blockquote><p>I spotted Joaquin Phoenix and his camera crew of documentarians going into Lavo around 2pm on Friday. After seeing the video of him rapping juliana 2009-01-19T09:00:51-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/1/5/25624/07963 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/6193/Westin_Workout.jpg" class="top"> <p>As we are all too well aware, the start of the new year is typically the time to reflect on your health and make some resolutions to do better by it. If you're a frequent traveler, one of the first changes to make (if you haven't already), is to incorporate some light exercise into each of your days, since the rest of the time is spent stressing or eating food on-the-go. To gain musculature along with flyer miles, luckily a few hotels have a better idea of a workout than simply a few guilty stretches on the airplane to save you from deep vein thrombosis; they've got the goods to be our <b>Five Hotels For Working on JetSetCD 2009-01-05T14:45:06-05:00 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/