HotelChatter - GEORGIA

The St. Regis Atlanta Has a Sweet Tea With Some Kick

shiralevine — 2009-04-16T16:21:29-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/str1714re.60500_md.jpg" class="top">Atlanta's "Beverly Hills East" aka Buckhead is working the sophisticate. The brand new <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+St.+Regis+Atlanta+/ian/309126">St. Regis Atlanta</a>, where a king-size room starts at $240 and comes with butler service is delivering impressively on dining. The hotel has brought in a notable chef to open their signature restaurant. <a href="http://www.starwoodhotels.com/stregis/property/dining/attraction_detail.html?propertyID=1714&attractionId=1003527973">Paces 88</a>, led by Atlanta Chef de Cuisine Mark Alba opened just two nights ago. We hear guests can expect an American restaurant with a twist on local and seasonal southern recipes. The Paces 88 name comes from the hotel's address (88 West Paces Ferry Road). Breakfast sounds killer good with options like the skillet-crisp Georgian trout with shirred eggs, pork belly cracklings and roasted pear compote, or maybe the

Two Atlanta Hotels We Would Have Stayed In If We Were Richer

shiralevine — 2009-04-13T15:21:54-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/12atlanta.jpg" class="top"> Don't get us wrong, the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/4/3/22462/00949/hotels/Atlanta_Marriott_Marquis_Thinks_Guests_Can_Still_Expense_Everything">Atlanta Marriott Marquis</a> is no <a href="http://www.motel6.com/">Motel 6</a>, but if we could do it again, we'd have splurged to spend the night in these lovely Atlanta spots. <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Twelve+Centennial+Park/ian/255744">Twelve Hotel And Residences Centennial Park -- Downtown</a> is where we imagine the Housewives of Atlanta staying while they have ridiculous work done on their ridiculous multi-room (and in some cases now <a href="http://www.realitytea.com/2009/04/13/atlanta-housewives-sheree-whitfields-home-in-foreclosure/">foreclosed</a>) mega-mansions. Twelve is an all-suite condo hotel ideal for long-term stays. At 700 square feet, the rooms are bigger than the average person's rental apartment. They include full kitchens and private balconies. Plus with everything in-room computer automated for room service and housekeeping, the staff is spared having to

Atlanta Marriott Marquis Thinks Guests Can Still Expense Everything

shiralevine — 2009-04-06T14:45:27-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/6929/atlmarriott_bedsm.jpg" class="top"> It's always shocking when a major hotel like the recently-renovated <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Atlanta+Marriott+Marquis+Downtown/ian/109281">Atlanta Marriott Marquis</a> isn't super convenient for business travelers. In this time of recessionary layoffs and cutbacks, the business and conference hotel is still obnoxiously charging for Internet connectivity. How hard it is to switch from broadband to WiFi, <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/bill marriott">Mister Bill Marriott</a>? At $12.95 for noon-to-noon service in the rooms and then a discounted $9.95 around the food court on the reception and marquis levels, charging on top of the $159 to $221.95 a night for a king size bed in a city view room still seems cruel and unusual. Guests hunched over their laptops outside the in-hotel Starbucks were not happy. We

Air Force One Can Now Land at the W Atlanta

shiralevine — 2009-01-30T09:00:57-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/WAtlantaHelicopter.jpg" class="top"> Good news for Richard Branson, John Travolta and pilot-as-hobby guys like them with their highfallutin' flying planes. If ever they need to land in the Hotlanta area, they can land on the brand spanking new <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/W+Atlanta+Downtown/local/1433">The W Atlanta Downtown</a> roof. The boutique hotel has stepped it up an amenity notch with a private helipad for whatever the reason it is that fancypants people on the go need private helipads.While we're not sure how many people are flying their private jets in this recession, if there is one man who can eco-acceptably fly privately, it's President Obama on Air Force One. Only he and a handful of other notables can have an insane carbon footprint if insane

An Atlanta Hotel Goes Down The Drain

AndrewC — 2008-10-31T14:40:37-05:00

In the past few years, Atlanta Georgia's Buckhead neighborhood has become the place for new luxury hotel projects, everyone from the Ritz-Carlton, St Regis, Sheraton, W, InterContinental, Westin, JW Marriott is either building a hotel or has a location there already.

The development which really put Buckhead on the map is called Streets of Buckhead, and has high-end shopping, restaurants and condos in addition to Starwood Capital's 1 Hotel & Baccarat Hotel, both of which were to include residences. Now it seems both of those hotels have been taken out of the development.