It's been a while since we checked in on the hotel habits of the POTUS but yesterday we we were psyched to see that Barack Obama stayed at a hotel that we've actually stayed at before...twice!

When visiting Las Vegas on the campaign trail, Obama eschewed the hotel casinos on the Strip and instead took over the entire Element Las Vegas hotel in Summerlin, about 15 minutes from the Strip. 8newsnow.com reports:

Onlookers were curious as to why President Obama chose to stay farther away from the bright lights of the Las Vegas Strip. "This Element is earth friendly, and I think he's trying to promote that on his visit," Carol Bieganowski said.

]]> juliana 2012-01-27T12:16:47-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2012/1/5/83147/37160 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/61268/mike_tyson_wall.jpg" class="top"><p>If we could be handing out more <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/12/30/12341/914/hotels/HotelChatter_2011_Awards_Epilogue_">HotelChatter awards</a> this week, this story would be a slam dunk in the "stupidest hotel thief ever" category (which shouldn't be confused with <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/12/27/92035/522/hotels/And_In_the_Flash_of_an_Eye_A_Banksy_Got_Stolen">most inventive thief</a>, or <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/11/1/105823/229/hotels/And_This_is_Why_You_Should_Always_Make_Sure_the_Hotel_Door_Closes_Behind_You">luckiest thief</a>). <p>An unnamed intruder broke into a room at <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Cosmopolitan+Las+Vegas/local/1779"><b>The Cosmopolitan</b></a> shortly after midnight on New Year's Eve&#151;probably assuming its inhabitants would be out partying. Which they weren't. Nor, he soon found out, were they just any old hotel guests. Fast asleep in bed, with his family around him, was <b>heavyweight champion Mike Tyson, who woke to strange "rustling sounds" and the glare of the intruder's flashlight</b>, <a href="http://www.tmz.com/2012/01/05/mike-tyson-las-vegas-hotel-intruder/#.TwVsBSNSQmg">TMZ</a> reports. <p>Incredibly, the thief got away with his <del>ear</del> face ASchechter 2012-01-05T09:30:02-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2012/1/3/142021/6381 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/21888/ariavalet.jpg" class="top"><p> <p>Being bored as you wait for a valet to pull out your car is such a first world problem, but that doesn&#146;t make it any less irritating. Which is why we were so taken by this light show we got as we waited for our car at <a href='http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel/local/1594'><b>Aria Las Vegas</b></a> last week. <p>Aria&#146;s main valet is notoriously slow, but the back valet &#150; or, rather, the North Valet, out by Haze nightclub &#150; was much better. Or maybe it just seemed that way, as we were watching the pretty sentences heading across the screen. They made us think, they made us smile, they made us wonder how much of a Vegas funk you have to be juliab 2012-01-04T12:30:01-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/12/30/11255/180 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/454/gallery_301_image_2699.jpg" class="top"><p><i>It's what you've been waiting all year for--<a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/hotelchatter 2011 awards"><b>The 2011 HotelChatter Awards</b></a>! We'll be bringing you the best and worst of the year all day today and part of tomorrow. Agree or disagree with our picks? <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/12/30/11255/180/hotels/People_s_Choice_Award_Cosmopolitan_Las_Vegas#postform">Air your thoughts in the comments below</a>.</i><p>Despite a slew of juicy <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/12/29/945/67447/hotels/Best_Celeb_Performance_of_2011_Ashton_Kutcher_Wrecks_His_Marriage_at_the_Hard_Rock_">celebrity scoops</a> and noteworthy <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/12/29/92456/539">hotel openings</a>, it seems the one story line you guys just couldn't get enough of this year was in Las Vegas, at <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Cosmopolitan+Las+Vegas/local/1779"><b>The Cosmopolitan</b></a>. Might that have something to do with a particular <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/4/26/154923/594/hotels/The_Wrong_Amount_Of_Wrong_Barred_For_Life_From_The_Cosmopolitan_For_Being_Transgender">bathroom incident</a> that took place last spring in the lobby? Maaaaybe so. But, after three consecutive apologies from the hotel's PR team, we're willing to focus on HotelChatter 2011-12-30T15:00:01-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/12/29/14240/420 <![CDATA[<p><p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/454/caesarspalace_killerviewaugustus.JPG" class="top"><img align="right" src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/454/hc_2011.jpg"><p><i>It's what you've been waiting all year for--<a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/hotelchatter 2011 awards"><b>The 2011 HotelChatter Awards</b></a>! We'll be bringing you the best and worst of the year all day today and part of tomorrow. Agree or disagree with our picks? Air your thoughts in <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/12/29/94229/860/hotels/2011_Must_Have_Hotel_Amenity_Personal_WiFi_Hotspots#comment-block">comments below</a>.</i><p>Las Vegas is well-known for its terrible anti-views but we were left stunned by this view from the bedroom inside a Senator's Suite at the Augustus Tower <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Caesars+Palace+Las+Vegas/local/107"><b>Caesars Palace</b></a> back in September. <p>Not only was it a clear sunny day but we actually had prime view of the Bellagio fountains and the new hot casino on the strip, The Cosmo. (As opposed to looking out at a forlorn rooftop which is HotelChatter 2011-12-29T14:03:21-05:00 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/