HotelChatter - TN

TripAdvisor Names The Top Ten Dirtiest Hotels, Hotel Owner Gets Mad

ASchechter — 2011-10-28T09:14:41-05:00

<![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,

The Free Port At The River Inn Will Get You Rolling On The (Mississippi) River

juliab — 2011-08-05T10:29:32-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/21888/riverroomport600.jpg" class="top"> All this week, <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/user/juliab">Julia Buckley</a> will be taking us down the Blues trail in the Mississippi Delta and giving us the lowdown on the hotel scene. So kick off your blue suede shoes and get comfy. Chocolate, schmocolate. Turndown service usually leaves us slightly cold or rather, it did until our stay at the <a href='http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel/local/4510'>River Inn of Harbor Town</a> in Memphis two weeks ago. Because there, turndown not only means a gussied up bed. It not only means posh, round, Ferrero Rocher-like truffles rather than a tasteless slab of sugar on the pillow. No, at the River Inn, turndown also means a little carafe of port. Why mention Memphis in HotelChatter's official Mississippi

Any Concierges Out There Especially Good With Handling Ducks?

juliana — 2011-07-22T13:30:01-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/peabodyducks.jpg" class="top"> There are all sorts of niche hotel jobs out there--we've profiled more than a few of them <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/cool hotel jobs">here</a>--but being a duckmaster at the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Peabody+Memphis/local/611">Peabody Memphis</a> might be the most unusual hotel job out there. However, taking care of the ducks is a full-time job and apparently a busy one as <a href="http://www.peabodymemphis.com/peabody-ducks/">Head Duckmaster Jason Sensat</a> is looking for an assistant to help him out. <a href="http://www.wmctv.com/story/15126876/memphis-peabody-hotel-seeks-help-with-famed-ducks">The Associated Press</a> reports: <blockquote>The assistant would help head Duckmaster Jason Sensat feed and care for the ducks. The new hire also would guide the four hens and one drake on their two daily walks from their penthouse suite to the marble fountain in the hotel lobby. The

Downtown Memphis Hotels Remain Safe From Floods

Jennifer Kester — 2011-05-09T09:32:14-05:00

While most people headed out to have pancakes with mom yesterday, Memphis battled flooding from the Mississippi River that's expected to reach 48 feet on Wednesday, according to the National Weather Service. However, downtown Memphis hotels are safe and open for business.

We called the Holiday Inn Select Downtown Memphis to see how it was faring, and the front desk said that downtown, which is perched on a bluff, isn't affected at all. "I'm not even wearing a swimsuit or anything," the front desk clerk joked.

Atheists Better Not Check Into This Hotel Anytime Soon

juliana — 2011-03-07T16:21:37-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/godtube_keycards.jpg" class="top"> While it seems that bibles in the nightstand are <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2010/6/16/101017/501/hotels/Should_Hotels_Ditch_Bibles_Once_and_For_All_">on their way out</a>--or at least hotels are leaning towards more non-demoninational spiritual texts--one hotel in Nashville isn't giving up on Christianity entirely. The <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Gaylord+Opryland+Resort+%26+Convention+Center/local/2552">Gaylord Opryland Hotel</a> offers guests keycards with advertisements for <a href="http://www.godtube.com">GodTube.com</a> which is exactly what you think it is--a Christian video sharing site. Um...okaaaaay..... Hotel ads on keycards are not new. Vegas hotels have advertised their shows on keycards for years. Hilton Hotels recently did a crosspromo on their keycards for that movie, <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/12/21/134135/32/hotels/Hilton_Hotels_Puts_Up_in_the_Air_on_Their_Keycards">Up in the Air</a> and down in Mexico, the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/10/12/101610/33/hotels/What_Is_Going_On_With_This_Hotel_Room_Key_">Intercontinental Guadalajara</a> even advertised help for sexual dysfunction on their room keys. (Yes, way!)But advertising for a religious