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HotelChatter - CA http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2013-05-22T04:19:27Z HotelChatter HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Now, Here are Three Hotels in LA You Can Actually Book http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2013/5/20/136/44255 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/PaliHouseSM_Bedroom_Dylan_Jeni.jpg" class="top"> This morning, we rounded up some of the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2013/5/18/17216/2762/hotels/Could_There_BE_Any_More_Luxury_Hotels_Opening_In_The_Near_Future%3F_">planned luxury hotels</a> coming to this world and while we're excited to stay in those future hotels, that's, like, years away at this point. We need something to satiate our new hotel fix now. Luckily, we don't have to fly around the world--just to Los Angeles. Here are three hotels that are now taking reservations: · <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Line/local/5374">The Line Hotel, Los Angeles</a>: The first <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2012/12/3/183538/516/hotels/First_Ever_Korean-American-Inspired_Hotel_Coming_To_LA_Next_Summer">Korean-American-inspired hotel</a> in Los Angeles will open now on September 16. Rates on the website are going for about $349 a night, $319 if you use your AAA card. Inside the hotel will be a bar from the Houston Brothers, food options by juliana 2013-05-20T16:31:07-05:00 Kimpton To Bring Their Nightly Wine Hour to Palm Springs http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2013/5/13/204147/667 <![CDATA[ <img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/Kimpton_Palm_Springs.jpg" class="top"> HotelChatter has long had a crush on <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/palm springs hotels">Palm Springs</a> (you can read some of our love letters <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2013/2/7/13044/14729/hotels/The_Hard_Rock_Palm_Springs_is_Happening%2C_but_is_It_a_Good_Idea%3F">here</a> and <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2013/1/31/133433/842/hotels/The_Saguaro_Palm_Springs%3A_Bright_and_Budget_Friendly">here</a>) but now we've got yet another reason to scoot on down to the desert--a brand-new <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/kimpton hotels">Kimpton Hotel</a>.The Kimpton Palm Springs will be an entirely new build hotel on North Palm Canyon Drive with 190 hotel rooms and a rooftop bar and pool, a first for the area. There will also be a "chef-driven restaurant", over 24,000 square feet total of event and meeting space and great views of Mount San Jacinto State Park from all angles. Oh and don't forget about the nightly wine hour and the free WiFi juliana 2013-05-14T09:16:27-05:00 Fancy a Ride in Motorcyle-Drawn Coach? Head to The Peninsula Beverly Hills http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2013/5/9/143758/0120 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/penbevhillscarriage1.JPG" class="top">Sorry, horses. You're not needed anymore, not even for those nostalgic horse-drawn carriage rides.<a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Peninsula+Beverly+Hills/local/550">The Peninsula Beverly Hills</a>, a hotel brand known for their cutting-edge technology and high-flying modes of transportation, is now ferrying their guests around town in these souped up motorcycle-drawn carriages from <a href="http://www.7wheelwonders.com/">7 Wheel Wonders. </a> The hog portion of the vehicle usually resembles a classic car, while the coach part resembles the old coaches of Jane Austen and Cinderella's time. That's the '57 Chevy above and the Old Hollywood in red below. Each ride comes with two "coach concierges" along with drinks and hors d'oeuvres.Right now, the rides are currently offered to guests partaking in the hotel's treasure hunt, i.e. mostly families, but juliana 2013-05-09T17:12:05-05:00 Prohibition Menus Come to The Georgian http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2013/5/7/185356/6861 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/117511/Veranda_Breakfast.jpg" class="top"> Here's the latest happening in the luxury hotel world as told by <a href="http://www.justluxe.com">JustLuxe.com.</a> Got a question about luxury hotels, the travel biz, and where to stay? <a href="mailto:tips@hotelchatter.com">Send it in</a> and we'll have JustLuxe answer it. If bartenders these days are to be believed, Prohibition was not the dangerous, skeevy, Mob-controlled booze era that history books and Hollywood movies have shown us. No, no cocktailing during Prohibition was sexy and elegant, and when a bar today really wants to prove its mixology credentials, it rolls out a special Prohibition cocktail menu. The latest one to do so is <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Georgian+Hotel/local/47">The Georgian</a>, Santa Monicas distinctive Deco hotel and former hangout of Clark Gable, Carole Lombard and justluxe 2013-05-09T16:00:36-05:00 How Mad is The Viceroy Santa Monica Right Now? http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2013/5/3/10515/40830 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/viceroySMconstruxzone.JPG" class="top"> This is the scene these days on Ocean Avenue in Santa Monica and as you can see, <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel/local/583">The Viceroy Santa Monica</a> is right in the thick of the construction zone (without having any work done to its own building.)The construction, which has made this stretch of Ocean Avenue from Pico to Colorado a pain to get through, is all for the <a href="http://www.relatedcalifornia.com/oceanavenuesouth/">Ocean Avenue South</a>, a luxury apartment project from Related Companies, with 318 residences as well as retail, restaurants and walkable plazas. The sales launch for the units should launch this summer with construction going for at least a year beyond that. Which means that the entire north side of the Viceroy looks out onto juliana 2013-05-03T13:54:55-05:00 Search HotelChatter Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/