http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2008-10-11T13:37:36Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/AB%20hotels http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/9/7/112544/4884 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/raleighbikes.png" class="imgborder"><p>Surround yourself in art-deco luxury while you pat yourself on the back for being green - and saving some green. The <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Raleigh+Hotel/local/18"><b>Raleigh Hotel</b></a> in Miami Beach is offering a last chance for summer fun rate of <b>$175</b> (for an ocean view room!), a $20 gas rebate, and use of their bicycles to explore South Beach.<p> This is seriously your last chance - the rate is good only through September 30. Use the code SUMMER when you <a href="http://www.raleighhotel.com/index.html">book online</a>. <p>If you can tear yourself away from the pool scene--complete with the waterfall, the bar and the lovely pool attendants and their cool scented towels--you can tool around South Beach without putting out any of those ugly emissions. travelingmcmahans 2008-09-09T13:50:14-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/9/1/223335/8129 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/sunsetbeach_kitchen.jpg" class="imgborder"/> <p>Sure, it was a long weekend, full of hurricanes and scandals and blue skies...and journos checking out the allegedly French-style digs on Shelter Island at Andre Balazs's <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Sunset+Beach+Hotel/local/342"><b>Sunset Beach</b></a>.<p> <p>We're pleased to hear that the hotel's food is to die for -- a <a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601088&amp;sid=aCrkXIa.Izis&amp;refer=muse">rave review</a> of the Sunset Beach menu recommends the bouillabaisse and the moule frites, two classic French dishes, bien sur. &nbsp;The writer notes, "With a little help from the Frenchies at the next table, you could almost make believe you're in St. Tropez admiring the Mediterranean."<p> <p>Interestingly, the writer failed to mention the hotelier's <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/5/24/123630/542/hotels/Andre_Balazs_Dark_Secret_Wine">Reserve Sunset Beach Rose</a>.<p> <p>The terrific food is a plus, but the rooms apparently <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/3/7/154448/7227/hotels/Andr_Balazs_Dark_Hotel_Secret">leave much annie0007 2008-09-02T09:20:21-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/5/24/123630/542 <![CDATA[<p><img align="right" src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/454/andre_balazs_scarf.jpg">Perhaps <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/andre%20balazs"><b>Andre Balazs</b></a> is not so ashamed of his "dark secret"--<a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Sunset+Beach+Hotel/local/342"><b>Sunset Beach</b></a> hotel--after all.<p><a href="http://nymag.com/news/intelligencer/46830/">NY Mag</a> reports that the hotelier is going to debut his own private wine label in his hotels--The Andre Balazs Reserve Sunset Beach Rose. Damn, that's a lot of accents.<blockquote><p>The grapes are grown near Balazs Sunset Beach Hotel on Shelter Island and processed by Wolffer Estate of Sagaponack. It's a blend of merlot, cabernet, sauvignon, cabernet franc and cahrdonally and Balazs argues that it can challenge any california vino.</blockquote></p><p>Apparently South Fork is the new Napa Valley for Balazs. The bottle will cost somewhere between $40 to $50 and a wine expert sought out by NY Mag said it has whiffs of strawberries juliana 2008-05-27T10:30:57-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/5/15/234913/624 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/raleigh_chanel.jpg" class="imgborder"><p> Andre Balazs has always been about fashion and art. Where there is <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/andre%20balazs">Andre Balazs</a> the man (whose ex-wife runs a modeling agency) and Andre Balazs the hotels, there follows models and modelizers. Also, <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/12/4/154210/497/hotels/Art_Basel_News_Raleigh_Hotel_Hosting_Paper_Magazine_Party_Tonight">Art Basel parties</a> and <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/11/5/21640/7552/hotels/Step_Right_Up_Get_Your_Raleigh_Hotel_Room_for_Spiegelworld">Spiegelworld</a>. Now you can add fashion shows to the mix too.<p><a href="http://www.wwd.com/issue/article/124977?src=breakingnews">WWD</a> has the scoop on Chanel designer Karl Lagerfeld's cruise line last week at the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Raleigh+Hotel/local/18"><b>Raleigh Hotel</b></a> in Miami Beach.<blockquote><p>With a lifeguard perched above the Raleigh pool, and double-C logo life preservers and beach balls scattered throughout, the Chanel cruise extravaganza kicked off on Thursday night.<p> Those expecting Miami Vice pastels or even a touch of Golden Girls were in for a surprise though. Karl juliana 2008-05-19T15:51:50-05:00 25.793731 -80.128483 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/4/24/164335/307 <![CDATA[<p><img align="right" src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/454/andre_balazs_scarf.jpg">We must have been so distracted by the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/4/17/164741/430/hotels/Snapshot_Just_What_Is_That_Hanging_in_the_Windows_of_the_Standard_NYC_">crazy curtains</a> in the windows of the rising Standard Hotel NYC, that we have been neglecting the man behind the hotel himself, <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Andre%20Balazs"><b>Andre Balazs</b></a>.<p>Interestingly enough, a bunch of AB-related stuff has come in through our inbox. Here it goes in no particular order of importance:<p>&#183; <b>Hotel QT Sold</b>: A while back we learned Andre Balazs was looking to <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/11/13/17636/774/hotels/Andre_Balazs_Looking_to_Sell_Some_of_His_Hotels">ditch some of his hotels</a> from his portfolio. According to our well-connected tipster, AB sold off Hotel QT to a Spanish hotel group. We're also hearing that his partner may have sold some shares in the Standard Hotels to the same company. All this is very real-estate centric so juliana 2008-05-01T15:00:16-05:00 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/