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Yellow Penguins! Naked Statues! Inside Cincinnati's New 21c Museum Hotel

suzsteinert — 2012-12-03T17:09:01-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/116850/21c_sign2.jpg" class="top"> Fresh off last week's ribbon cutting, we buzzed by Cincinnati's new <a href="www.21cmuseumhotels.com/cincinnati ">21c Museum Hotel</a> on its first Saturday in business for a quick tour. Our visit was so fresh, in fact, the paint literally hadn't even dried yet (we saw a guy running around spot-touching the walls). When we arrived at 5 o'clock the hotel was booked solid and curious passerby were parading in, some having just caught "The Nutcracker" matinee at the performing arts theater across the street. Or checked out the latest exhibits at next door's sprawling Contemporary Arts Center (designed by Zaha Hadid). Or just pounded few brewskies at Toby Keith's bar around the corner. In other words, the location's choice and

For the Sake of Hotel Art: Maumee Bay State Park Resort's Lighthouse Lens

JetSetCD — 2012-07-09T17:16:42-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/6193/lighthlens_2.jpg" class="top"> What kind of art do you stick in your lobby if you're a Great Lakes resort perched near the entrance to a major harbor, with several famous lighthouses within easy driving (or boating) distance? Well, if you're the <a href="http://www.maumeebaystateparklodge.com/">Maumee Bay State Park Lodge</a>, you don't just hang a giant painting of a stormy lighthouse scene; you take the entire lens of one and install that. This is the original 1904 glass lens for the Toledo Lighthouse, made in Paris by Barbier and Bernard. Its beam of light was visible 16 miles around. Eventually it needed replacing and was removed in 1995, eventually ending up here at Maumee Bay in 2008. These days the lighthouse utilizes a

Art Lovers, Get Ready To Check Into The Hilton Columbus Downtown This October

ASchechter — 2012-07-05T09:01:59-05:00

Hilton Columbus Downtown is getting ready to wow downtown Columbus, Ohio this fall with a 532-room hotel, located conveniently next to the Greater Columbus Convention Center. The glass and steel structure is nearing completion, and renderings on the website offer a peek inside the guest rooms and public spaces.

One neat tidbit about the hotel is the fact that all guest rooms will feature ceiling art by a range of contemporary (and deceased) Ohio-based artists. So if you do feel the need to experience some "culture" while you're in Columbus, you needn't look further than your bed.

Or, to be exact, above it.

Hotel Flashback: The Holiday Inn Sign of the 1950s

JetSetCD — 2012-04-16T14:40:11-05:00

Here at HotelChatter, we don't just love luxury and brand new hotels, nosiree. We've also got a serious fascination with retro spots, hotels of yore and even drive-up motels. This week, we'll be exploring a few such hotels through found postcards and pamphlets from the 1950s and '60s

There once was a time when you could sleep over at a Holiday Inn in almost every major US town and quite a few foreign cities as well. They were mainly drive-up, motel-style affairs, but their slogan spoke to a higher ambition: "The World's Innkeeper."

Can Betty White Make Cleveland Hotels Hot, Too?

MsRebecca — 2010-07-01T09:01:01-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/30451/BettyCleveland.jpg" class="top"> She's the only Golden Girl we have left, bless her soul, and she's everywhere, from Snickers commercials to SNL and now on TV Land every Wednesday night in her new sitcom, <a href="http://www.tvland.com/shows/hot-in-cleveland">Hot In Cleveland</a>. But what we're wondering is: Can Betty White make Cleveland hot enough for a brand new boutique hotel? It's a tall order, sure, but if anyone can do it, she can. Hell, we'd even go and see her in that awful-looking movie coming out this fall, You Again, just to watch her say, "I'm on The Twitter." (The trailer is <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1414382/trailers">here</a>. You're welcome.) But we digress. The reason we got all excited about Betty's great White hopes (ha) for the city