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HotelChatter - TN http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2013-05-25T19:07:56Z HotelChatter HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Room 306 Balcony Opens At the Old Lorraine Motel in Memphis http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2012/11/7/215425/450 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/61268/MLK_Lorraine_Motel_Balcony.jpg" class="top">On April 4 1968, Martin Luther King Jr was assassinated while standing on a balcony at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, TN. Since that day, the hotel has found new life as the National Civil Rights Museum, an impressive collection of photographs, videos and written accounts chronicling the history of the civil rights movement. As <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/historic%20hotels">historic hotels</a> go, they don't come much more important than this place. And now the museum is adding to its repertoire. Though room 306 has always been open to visitors (everything, from the furniture, curtains, carpet, rotary telephone and current newspaper, has been recreated to make the room look exactly the way it did when Dr. King stayed there), that was as ASchechter 2012-11-08T09:19:10-05:00 Shaun White Arrested For Trashing Tennessee Hotel Room http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2012/9/17/191244/415 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/36985/ShaunWhite.jpg" class="top"> While most of us equate Nashville with Justin Timberlake (what, you dont?) and a ridiculous rib scene, after today, its now going to be associated as the city where Olympic gold medalist (and hey, budding actor!) Shaun White showed his behind. According to a <a href="http://www.tmz.com/2012/09/17/shaun-white-arrested-public-intoxication-trashing-hotel-room/#ixzz26lllnjat">TMZ report</a>, the athlete got drunk Sunday in a hotel, which has now been identified in the <a href="http://www.tennessean.com/article/20120917/NEWS01/120917013/Shaun-White-charged-vandalism-Lowe-s-Vanderbilt-Hotel?odyssey=tab%7Ctopnews%7Ctext%7CFRONTPAGE&nclick_check=1">Tennessean</a> as the<a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel/local/2488"> Loews Vanderbilt Hotel </a>and "trashed" it. However, reports are conflicting. The newspaper only says White broke a phone. Nonetheless, upon hearing the ruckus the ginger-haired snowboarder was causing, hotel staff confronted him. He then allegedly pulled fire alarms,tried to kick someone, and then split his head on a fence while Chanize 2012-09-17T19:48:25-05:00 Be Happy This Isn't Your Hotel's Pool http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2012/7/6/16232/35360

Most travelers who've been to Gatlinburg, TN would agree that it's not exactly a hot spot for luxury hotels...or for much at all now that the 1960s and '70s have passed. And isn't that a good thing? Judging from the sort of average roadside motels that used to host Smoky Mountain tourists in the area's heyday, it sure is.

We recently came across an old postcard from the era, of the Watson's Motel. Watson's was (or maybe still is) a one-story motel with 54 rooms, 21 with kitchenettes and fireplaces, and "some with Color TV."

Curious to see inside a room? Here ya go:]]> JetSetCD 2012-07-06T16:44:20-05:00 The Great American Road Trip Hotels Stop #3: Sheraton Downtown Nashville http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2012/6/5/205131/7560 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/sheratonnashvilleroom.jpg" class="top"> Ahhh...we all remember what it's like to be young and in love on a cross-country road-trip staying in a different hotel each night. Or maybe not. For those of you who never got the chance to drive across America after college, we've got a special Summer Road Trip series from <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/user/teddyworcester">Teddy Worcester</a>, a recent Wheaton College grad who's making his way out to San Fran for a job in tech. Along the way, he's hitting up about six hotels and reporting back to us on each one. So grab your iced beverage of choice, settle into your lawn chair and let the sprinkler run.After another 10 hours on the road filled with torrential downpours and hundreds TeddyWorcester 2012-06-08T13:08:42-05:00 TripAdvisor Names The Top Ten Dirtiest Hotels, Hotel Owner Gets Mad http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/10/28/91211/986 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/61268/roaches_on_the_door_frame.jpg" class="top">Hotel owners, take note: when you're trying to build credibility for your brand, it might not be a good idea to let over eight years' worth of god awful customer reviews pile up on your TripAdvisor page without taking action. Kenneth Seaton, owner of Pigeon Forge Grand Resort Hotel in Tennessee, is suing TripAdvisor for $10 million for placing him smack at the top of their <a href="http://www.tripadvisor.com/DirtyHotels">Dirtiest Hotels 2011</a> list, citing 87% percent of reviewers gave the place a thumbs down. According to <a href="http://themountainpress.com/view/full_story/16088932/article--Seaton-sues-TripAdvisor-over--dirtiest-hotel--ranking-?instance=most_recommended">The Mountain Press</a>, Seaton's lawyers are referencing "flawed" rating systems that "distort" the actual performance of the hotelfurther, they accuse TripAdvisor of "contriving...to cause respected customers to lose confidence" in the hotel. Um, ASchechter 2011-10-28T09:14:41-05:00 Search HotelChatter Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/