HotelChatter - Stories about Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino

The Best And Worst of Our American Road Trip

londontown — 2009-09-04T12:45:03-05:00

Do not attempt these stairs after a few drinks: the Hotel Monaco Baltimore

Greetings from soggy London! After six weeks, 20 states and 7000 miles, our US road trip has finally come to an end and we are back in the city of grey. Hopefully we’ll be back to test your speed limits soon; until then, we’ll be wowing London with our awesome t-shirt collection (one for every state) and shouting “USA, USA” at every opportunity. How glad to have us back they must be.

Las Vegas: Want Added Vegas Value? You Need Planet Hollywood

londontown — 2009-07-31T10:50:11-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/33752/plan_hol.jpg" class="top"> Thought our <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/6/29/154215/275">last encounter</a> with <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Planet+Hollywood+Resort+%26+Casino/local/958">Planet Hollywood</a> was too good to be true? Think again because we just spent a night there, and they were flashing the freebies like there was no tomorrow. We booked a room on Hotwire for Wednesday night, and snapped it up for $72 (PHs website cost would have been $99). The checker-inner commiserated with us on our late arrival about 9.30pm, having left our hotel in LA before 1pm and immediately, without any prompts or hints, told us he was going to make things better by upgrading us to a Resort Vista room one step up from the basic, with things like a massive 42in TV

Las Vegas: How We Spent The Morning 'Waking Up in Vegas'

juliana — 2009-07-02T14:32:32-05:00

<![CDATA[<embed src="http://c.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f8/1321361467" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" flashVars="videoId=28319399001&playerId=1321361467&viewerSecureGatewayURL=https://console.brightcove.com/services/amfgateway&servicesURL=http://services.brightcove.com/services&cdnURL=http://admin.brightcove.com&domain=embed&autoStart=false&" base="http://admin.brightcove.com" name="flashObj" width="486" height="412" seamlesstabbing="false" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" swLiveConnect="true" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash"></embed>So you all know by now how <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/6/29/154215/275/hotels/How_54_on_Hotwire_Turned_Into_a_Seriously_Suite_Upgrade">we scored</a> this ridiculous suite at <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Planet+Hollywood+Resort+%26+Casino/local/958">Planet Hollywood</a> to spend the night in last week but when we shot the video room tour, it was nighttime and you couldn't quite see how amazing that view was. Never fear. We made sure to film this killer view when we woke up in the morning so you could Las Vegas in all its sunshine-y glory. For the first time in a while, we spent our time "waking up in Vegas" (cue the Katy Perry song) just admiring the view. Remember, this was a Panorama Suite on the 26th floor. The price: $72

Las Vegas: Inside Planet Hollywood's Panorama Suite

juliana — 2009-06-30T09:42:03-05:00

<![CDATA[<embed src="http://c.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f8/1321361467" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" flashVars="videoId=27980599001&playerId=1321361467&viewerSecureGatewayURL=https://console.brightcove.com/services/amfgateway&servicesURL=http://services.brightcove.com/services&cdnURL=http://admin.brightcove.com&domain=embed&autoStart=false&" base="http://admin.brightcove.com" name="flashObj" width="486" height="412" seamlesstabbing="false" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" swLiveConnect="true" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash"></embed>Yesterday we kicked off <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/6/29/154215/275/hotels/How_54_on_Hotwire_Turned_Into_a_Seriously_Suite_Upgrade">our deal sharing</a> of the summer with our near-incredulous story of how we booked a room at <A href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Planet+Hollywood+Resort+%26+Casino/local/958">Planet Hollywood</a> for $54 a night and somehow ended up with a Panorama Suite on the 26th floor which normally runs for about $599 during the week and about $709 on the weekends. Now feast your eyes on all this. The suite's decor was not really our personal taste and some of the bathroom fixtures appeared to be quite old. Like Aladdin-days old. We also aren't NASCAR fans and therefore didn't really care for the NASCAR memorabilia in the room, including a framed photo of a

Las Vegas: How $54 on Hotwire Turned Into a Seriously 'Suite' Upgrade

juliana — 2009-06-29T16:05:17-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/DealDrop.jpg" class="top"> We're bringing back the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/1/15/143640/151/hotels/Have_You_Scored_an_Amazing_Hotel_Deal_Lately_We_Wanna_Know_Where_#commentsection">Deal Drop</a>! Since last fall when the economy crapped out, we've been bombarded with travel and hotel deals. Reading about shockingly low prices (hello, Vegas!) and affordable packages has been great, especially since we get to share them with you dear readers. But we're tired of hearing about deals from the hotels. We wanna know about the deals that YOU have booked yourselves. Whether you booked the deal through the hotel, Expedia, Hotwire, Priceline or even your travel agent, let us know where you got such a great deal. After all, if we were able to find half-price Christian Louboutins (or for dudes: half-price courtside tickets), we'd share our secret with you.