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HotelChatter - D.C. http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2012-02-12T12:55:07Z HotelChatter HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Trump DC Will Open Across The Street From The White House http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2012/2/8/81215/85970 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/61268/OldPostOfficeWashington.JPG" class="top">It was announced this morning that, after much consideration, <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Trump%20Hotels">Trump</a> will be the one to revive DC's floundering architectural relic, the Old Post Office, by turning it into a 250-room hotel. According to the <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/capitalbusiness/trump-to-turn-old-post-office-into-luxury-hotel/2012/02/07/gIQAlS9gxQ_story.html">Washington Post</a>, quite a few investors and developers (including <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Hilton%20Hotels">Hilton</a>) had their eye on the building, which dates back to the 1890s. Though Trump and his daughter Ivanka have plans to do it up Trump-style (think wall mosaics, <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2012/1/3/94755/41185/hotels/Trump_Takes_Toronto_in_Typical_Trumponian_Technique">temperature-controlled</a> chocolate labs, <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2012/2/6/74135/25462/hotels/Inside_a_Room_at_Trump_Ocean_Club_in_Panama">Louis Vuitton-inspired</a> wine bars), the planfor now, at leastis actually to preserve the hotel's heritage. "I think the historic facade of the building will be the greatest signage of all," Ivanka told journalists yesterday. Because, as we all ASchechter 2012-02-08T08:41:32-05:00 Are Hotels Becoming The Next Rock 'n Roll Venues? http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/12/21/9021/6392 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/61268/DOMsnap.jpg" class="top">Yesterday, the widely-read indie music blog <a href="http://stereogum.com/908271/stereogum-x-w-hotel-suite-session-2-dom/video/">Stereogum</a> published a second installment of their new "Stereogum x W Hotel Suite Session" video series, which features up-and-coming bands performing at a <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/W%20Hotels">W Hotel</a> of their choice. No fans, no stage, not even any fancy lighting or effects. Just a regular old rock band taking over a regular old hotel roomand making you wish you could be snuggled up in bed for a front row seat. But this isn't the first time we've seen this. Back in April, <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Aloft%20Hotels">Aloft</a> hotels were running a near identical partnership with <a href="http://pitchfork.com/">Pitchfork</a> called the Video Surveillance Series, where the "footage" was made to look as though it "caught" the bands in ASchechter 2011-12-21T09:07:26-05:00 Twitpic Of The Week: Look What Conan O'Brien Found In His Hotel Room http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/12/12/115215/74 <![CDATA[There is one particular trend <a href="http://twitter.com/#!/hotelchatter">@HotelChatter</a> happens to quite enjoy: candid hotel photos. These pics range from stunning views to anti-views to celebrity tomfoolery and everything in between. And we can't get enough of 'em! Every Monday, we commemorate our favorite hotel-themed snapshot du semaine. Got a favorite of your own? Want to show off your sweet suite? <a href="mailto:tips@hotelchatter.com">Send it in!</a> <img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/61268/twtipic_washington_monument.jpg" class="top">We don't know quite what to make of <a href="http://teamcoco.com/content/conan-finds-creepy-cookie">this</a> photo <a href="http://twitter.com/#!/ConanOBrien">@ConanOBrien</a> tweeted from his DC hotel room yesterday. On the one hand, we're happy that he was greeted by such a thoughtful, though slightly bizarre, gesture. On the other, we're a little jealous. Seriously, a phallic cookie? With frosting? Normally, we count ourselves ASchechter 2011-12-12T11:53:20-05:00 Angella Reid Says Bye-Bye Ritz Carlton, Hello White House http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/10/4/184336/828 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/61268/White_House_Front_Twilight.jpg" class="top">Almost three years ago, America welcomed its first black president. This week, history was made again when the White House <a href="http://www.nationaljournal.com/whitehouse/white-house-gets-its-first-female-chief-usher-20111004">hired</a> its first-ever female Chief Usher, Angella Reid. OK, fine, not quite as ground-breaking as Obama's inauguration. But still! One small step...yada yada. Reid will leave her post as general manager of the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2005/10/22/125726/78/hotels/Ritz_Carlton_Pentagon_City">Ritz Carlton Pentagon City</a> to take over the coveted position, which entails housekeeping duties like property inventory, state dinners, and Inauguration Day house moves. That last one's gotta be a doozymoving the president isn't exactly your standard U-Haul by-the-hour operation! Two decades of work for the Ritz Carlton brand (at properties in Miami, New York, D.C., and Rocky Hill, CT) should have prepared ASchechter 2011-10-05T09:15:02-05:00 The Hilton Muffin Drama Gently Winds Down http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/9/26/82340/5597 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/61268/zucchini_muffins.jpg" class="top">An Inspector General report <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2011/09/audit-finds-16-muffins-at-justice-department-conferences/">found</a> last week that the government spent $16 per muffin at a 2009 conference inside a <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Hilton%20Hotels">Hilton Hotel</a>. The news, which spread around the internet faster than spilt coffee on a tablecloth, snowballed into a broader condemnation of both the government's extravagance and the hotel chain's greediness. But everyone can calm down now. <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2011/09/food-fight-hilton-denies-muffins-were-16/">ABC News</a> is now pointing out a receipt error that misrepresented the total cost of the continental breakfast, which was served each morning during the five-day conference. So rather than actually serving $16 muffins, the invoice had simply mis-labeled the entire cost of the continental breakfast (which included fresh fruit, coffee, juice, function space, tax and tips) as ASchechter 2011-09-26T10:15:57-05:00 Search HotelChatter Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/