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HotelChatter - TEXAS http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2013-05-24T10:11:36Z HotelChatter HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/ The Stoneleigh In Dallas Has Morphed Into a Le Meridien http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2013/5/6/5426/95749 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/97904/stoneleighlemeridien.jpeg" class="top"> The most historic hotel in <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/dallas hotels">Dallas</a> has officially changed hands, but all of the historic flair of <a href='http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel/local/2831'>The Stoneleigh Hotel</a> will remain untouched just under the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/le meridien hotels">Le Meridien</a> name. The hotel, originally built in 1923, has seen plenty of stars through out the years; it was where Hollywood's movers and shakers stayed while visiting the Texas city. It has seen everyone from Elvis Presley, Judy Garland and Katharine Hepburn in its glory days, to <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/jessica simpson">Jessica Simpson</a> and <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/lebron james">Lebron James</a> more <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/2/4/112842/4245/hotels/Jessica_Simpson_Seeks_Solace_from_Critics_at_the_Stoneleigh_Hotel">recently</a> after a 2008 refurb. The new owners, HEI Hotels, plan to update the lobby-bar with modern furniture and take advantage of the unique courtyard to jetflyboy 2013-05-06T09:51:56-05:00 Houston to Get Three Marriotts Under One Roof http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2013/3/27/103832/044 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/113893/humbleoil.jpg" class="top"> Oh no they didn't! Marriott announced this week they'll open a third - yes, a third - hotel inside Houston's historic Humble Oil Building <a href="http://www.houstonchronicle.com/business/sarnoff/article/Downtown-apartments-will-become-a-hotel-4378394.php">by converting 82 apartments into hotel rooms</a>. A new 166-room SpringHill Suites, slated to open in 2015, will join the 191-room Courtyard and the 171-room Residence Inn already residing in the building. Apparently, Marriott doesn't think three's a crowd. We have seen examples of two brands under one roof, but we can't come up with another site that houses three hotels of the same parent company. There will be 528 hotel rooms in total if you treat them as one conglomerate, but it's not even close to being the biggest wakeandwander 2013-03-29T12:16:16-05:00 Westin Returns To Austin For Fairmont And Marriott Face-Off http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2013/1/20/44633/8228 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/98243/WestinAustin.jpg" class="top"> A room at the Westin Austin at the Domain 2015 will be a busy year for <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Austin%20Hotels">Austin</a>, Texas. Weve looked at the 50-story <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2012/5/30/11721/9679/hotels/A_Massive_Fairmont_Hotel_is_Coming_to_Austin_in_2015">Fairmont Austin</a> that will add 1,000+ rooms on the corner of Cesar Chavez and Red River Streets, promising views-galore over Lady Bird Lake and the city. Another 1,000+ rooms come courtesy of the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/7/1/84345/73708/hotels/It%27s_Not_All_Falling_Glass_in_Austin_as_Two_Convention_Hotels_Get_Underway_">JW Marriott Austin</a>, on Congress Avenue between 2nd and 3rd Streets. If all of that wasnt enough, <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Starwood%20Hotels">Starwood</a> has just announced the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel/local/5226">Westin Austin Downtown</a>, on East 5th and San Jacinto, opening in spring 2015. With its 326 rooms, that means hotel capacity will increase by a staggering 2,400 rooms within JasonD 2013-01-21T09:04:32-05:00 The Fairmont Dallas Wants You To Be An Oil Baron For A Day http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2012/12/10/213456/18 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/99248/FairmontGoldJrSuite550.jpg" class="top" Some of us are old enough (gulp) to remember the evening soap Dallas which began in the 1970s and ended in 1991. In it, that darn oil-rich Ewing family was always getting into trouble, but boy, did they live life to the fullest. However, if you happen to be one of the lucky ones who doesnt remember the original show, you, too, can become a believer: We hear that the new version of Dallas has just been renewed by TNT for a second season. To celebrate, <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Fairmont+Dallas/local/1634">The Fairmont Dallas</a> wants you to try out the Ewing lifestyle with their "Dallas Oil Baron Experience package. With the recent news of Larry Hagman's <a href="http://www.accesshollywood.com/tnts-dallas-cast-and-crew-deeply-saddened-over-larry-hagmans-death_article_72905">passing</a>, maybe this is Janice Tober 2012-12-11T09:17:05-05:00 Nothing Bony About Hotel ZaZa's Triassic Tour Package http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2012/8/29/95513/7862 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/36985/DinoatHotelZaZa.jpg" class="top"> Now that the school-season is in effect, it seems fitting that Houstons quirky <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/ZaZa+Houston/local/3205">Hotel ZaZa</a>, in the heart of the citys Museum District (and downtown central business region), linked with the Museum of Natural Sciences new Paleontology Hall and created a dinosaur of a discount package to go along with the towering Triassic installation in the hotels lobby. Parents dropping of kids at top-dog Rice and Texas Southern Universities, those in town for Houston Texans football games, or people visiting for work can take advantage of this handsome deal. The Texas Triassic Tour Package includes: One night in one of the 300 luxury rooms Admission for two to the Houston Museum of Natural Science's Chanize 2012-08-29T14:48:30-05:00 Search HotelChatter Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/