http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2012-02-14T07:23:24Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelhotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/local/960 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/11/8/141031/284 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/killerview_sunnyisles.jpg"><p>Miami hotels are already gearing up for <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Art%20Basel"><b>Art Basel</b></a> next month, and plans go beyond hiring extra housekeeping to clean up the trashed hotel rooms of art buyers and "artists". <b><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Le+Meridien+Sunny+Isles+Beach/ian/228091">Le Meridien Sunny Isles Beach</a></b> is going over the top with art installations throughout the property, as part of Le Meridien's broader, brand-wide One Night program.<br> <p>In addition to literally covering the property with fine art photography (in the form of appliques on windows), Sunny Isles will have newly designed keycards designed by artist Sam Samore. Besides opening guest rooms, they'll also grant access to a contemporary art space in Miami. A big One Night party is slated for December 2, just a few days before Art pbb 2007-11-08T14:42:38-05:00 25.949038 -80.120732 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/1/4/113421/5087 <![CDATA[<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/admin/killerview_sunnyisles.jpg"><p> <p>Lately, we've beeh in a rut thinking that Killer Views had to come from a hotel abroad. However, <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/quirkygal/317208282/">QuirkyGal</a> shows us on juliana 2007-01-04T11:46:58-05:00 25.949038 -80.120732 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2006/7/3/1461/75129 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/sunnyisles_lemerid.jpg"><p><a href="http://travel2.nytimes.com/2006/07/02/travel/02check.html">The NY Times</a> hit up family-friendly <a href="http://www.starwoodhotels.com/lemeridien/search/hotel_detail.html?propertyID=1910&amp;neverShowCheckAvail=yes"><b>Le Meridien Sunny Isles</b></a> in Florida just a little outside South Beach.<p>Because it's a condo-tel, most rooms have &nbsp;amenities that you would find within an apartment such as two televisions, a kitchen stocked with cookware and utensils, stainless steel appliances and a living room with a sleeper sofa.<p>However, while the hotel scores points for accomodations and beachfront location, the service is described as pokey (slow and inattentive) and the hotel has high prices for cheap stuff. Like a breakfast with the quality of Dennys and a $16 resort fee for the use of the hotel's small hot tub and pool. Valet parking at the hotel, which is in a town still juliana 2006-07-03T14:13:12-05:00 25.949038 -80.120732 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/