http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2013-06-20T02:35:59Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/ http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2013/2/28/85140/4856 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/113893/arizona_spring_training.jpg" class="top"><p> Hard to believe, but <strong>baseball is back</strong> with spring training under way down South. Florida is hosting its half of the action as well, but the unique thing about the scene in Phoenix is how close all the teams are (<a href="http://media.naplesnews.com/media/img/photos/2012/04/02/SpringTraining_copy_t607.jpg">see map</a> comparing Arizona and Florida facilities). Not only does this mean lots of options for games, it also means lots of hotel choices. And seeing as this is one of the best times of the year to visit the southwest weather wise, it's time to check in on some of the hotel discounts and packages happening in the desert that will help make your childhood dream of jet-setting down to spring training a bit more wakeandwander 2013-03-04T12:03:48-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2013/2/17/175146/223 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/36985/JimmyatFairmont.jpeg" class="top"> <p>You know you should be heading to the gym soon, right? You made some New Year's resolutions, and <strong>this is juuuuust about the time where you start getting a case of the "screw its".</strong> That's because you haven't found the right workout for you, honeylamb! But see, we have sacrificed and done the research for you and found something hella fun. <b>They call it aerial yoga.</b> <p>Here's the thing about aerial yoga: it's better than mat yoga. Not only do you get a better stretch (you use your body weight rather than muscles) but it's a crack up! In that Spiderman kinda way. And the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel/local/3405"><strong>Fairmont Scottsdale Princess</strong></a><b> is one of the few places in the jimmyim 2013-02-19T16:34:14-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2013/1/3/12103/49635 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/36985/Villa_RetreatGaga.jpg" class="top"><p> The past few <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Fantasy%20Friday">Fantasy Friday's</a> have been so completely downright dope and expensive that, at first, <b>we pushed <a href="http://www.theboulders.com/Guestrooms/The-Villa-Retreat">the $5,000 a night Villa Retreat</a> at the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Boulders+Resort+and+Golden+Door+Spa/local/2858">Boulders Resort</a> outside of Phoenix to the other side of the desk.</b> We'd been talking <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2012/11/24/125613/53/hotels/FANTASY_FRIDAY%3A_Mandarin_Oriental_Vegas'_Outrageous_$60K_New_Year_Eve_Package">$60,000 New Year's Eve packages</a> and <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2012/12/14/152926/94/hotels/Fantasy_Friday%3A_Diamonds_For_Dessert_at_the_Four_Seasons_New_York_">$20,000 diamond desserts</a>, and $5,000 seemed a lot closer to reality than fantasy. <p> Well, guess what? We can't afford five grand a night any more than we can afford fifty grand, and <strong>if it's good enough for <a href="www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Lady%20Gaga"><strong>Lady Gaga</strong></a>, we suppose it's good enough for us.</strong> <p> The Villa Retreat is a Bali influenced five-bedroom, five-and-a-half bath home situated amongst the boulder piles wakeandwander 2013-01-04T11:45:35-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2012/12/26/84520/060 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/113893/PhoenixKimpton.jpg" class="top"><p> One of the most surprising things about Phoenix is how uninvolved its downtown has been in the overall scene of the city. It's the sixth largest city in the United States, yet <strong>there are only two -- that's right, two -- leisure-focused hotels in downtown Phoenix</strong> (you can get a great perspective on the small part downtown plays in the greater area from the top of <a href="http://phoenix.gov/parks/trails/locations/south/index.html">South Mountain</a>, where you can see the entire valley almost tip to tip, about 60 miles). <p>Kimpton's <a href="http://www.hotelpalomar-phoenix.com/"><strong>Hotel Palomar</strong></a>, which <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2012/5/2/85727/57098/hotels/Kimpton_Goes_Desert_Chic_With_The_New_Palomar_Phoenix,_Opening_June_5"> opened this summer</a>, hopes to create a spark and start bringing some of the business that's currently going on out in Scottsdale back between the skyscrapers. The wakeandwander 2012-12-27T16:31:04-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2012/9/9/224659/7532 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/36985/TalkingStickCocktail.jpg" class="top"><p> <p><b><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel/local/5108">Talking Stick Resort</a></b> in Arizona has bragging rights not many other resorts can claim. <strong>This luxury resort has its own bourbon</strong>. It's officially called the Woodford Reserve Talking Stick Resort Personal Selection Bourbon--a mouthful of a name. The beverage, which will be sold in the resort&#146;s Shadows Lounge, an indoor cigar bar, will debut on September 14. <p>The group of Talking Stick representatives who helped create the bourbon visited Kentucky&#146;s Woodford Reserve Distillery where they worked with Chris Morris, master distiller. We are sure that an appropriate amount of tasting and mixing occurred, all in the name of providing a quality product for Talking Stick guests. <p>On the September 14th debut, guests can sample the bourbon claudinewilliams 2012-09-11T16:02:40-05:00 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/