HotelChatter - All-Inclusive Hotels http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2008-10-07T08:18:39Z HotelChatter HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/ What's Happening Over at Jaunted :: Where Are the Possible Presidents Cramming for the Debate? http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/10/6/193517/645 <![CDATA[<p><i>Finding a hotel is often only one part of your trip. The other half is getting there. And our bro <a href="http://www.jaunted.com"><b>Jaunted</b></a> does a bang-up job of covering the latest news and trends in the travel world. Here are some recent stories from Jaunted that are worth a look.</i><p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/six_pack_obama.JPG" class="imgborder"><p>&#183; <a href="http://www.jaunted.com/story/2008/10/6/9933/64359/travel/Possible+Presidents+Travel%3A+Everybody+Gets+a+Label"><b>Possible Presidents Map</b></a>: Jaunted diligently tracks the whereabouts of the Presidential candidates -- and reveals where they're (probably) cramming for tomorrow night's debate.<p>&#183; <a href="http://www.jaunted.com/maps/Michigan-Filming-Locations-Map"><b>Michigan is the New Hollywood?</b></a>: Movies are filming all over Michigan. Did you know that? Yeah, stalking Gossip Girl all over the Upper East Side is so over. <p>&#183; <a href="http://www.jaunted.com/story/2008/10/6/94424/6027/travel/The+Sneaker-Restaurant+Trend+Marches+On"><b>And Restaurants Are the New Shoe Stores</b></a>: This trend of selling shoes in stores Jenna 2008-10-06T19:35:39-05:00 HotelChatter Reader Deals :: Baggage Bailout in Vail for Ski Season http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/10/6/185723/202 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/eow_deals2.jpg" class="imgborder"><br><b>Vail Resorts 'Baggage Bailout'</b><br><b><a href="http://www.ibtimes.com/prnews/20081006/co-vail-resorts-ski.htm">$50 baggage credit</a></b><p>So, airlines charge baggage fees now. And that is a huge pain -- especially when you're lugging your skis and poles and little brother's snowboard across the country for your Colorado ski vacay. <p>Vail Resorts hears you: when you book at least a four-day, four-night ski or snowboard vacation by Dec. 1 through Vail Resorts -- whether you're going to Vail, Beaver Creek, Breckenridge, Keystone or Heavenly -- you'll receive a $50 credit meant to be applied to cover your airline's baggage fee. <p>To qualify: book four or more nights of lodging at any lodging property at one of the Vail Resorts' five mountains, and buy at least four days of adult Jenna 2008-10-06T18:58:46-05:00 Chicago: Trump Tower Chicago Fancies Itself Quite the Celeb Magnet http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/10/6/183048/299

This just in: The Donald has said something obnoxious.

Today's Chicago Tribune had an illuminating gem of a piece about the Trump International Chicago Hotel and Tower and its potential (and desperate need) to become Chicago's celebrity hotel hotspot of choice -- the key, says the sales manager, is to "overwhelm them with hospitality and kindness." So, like, out-pamper every other hotel in the city. Got it.

And the big dude himself chimed in with this tiddy-bitty... ]]> Jenna 2008-10-06T18:34:55-05:00 How Should Leading Hotels of the World Apologize for the 1928 Fiasco? http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/10/6/17482/8386 <![CDATA[<p>Poor <b><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Leading%20Hotels%20of%20the%20World">Leading Hotels of the World</a></b>. <p><img align="right" src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/LHWlogosmall.png" class="imgborder"><p>As we covered breathlessly last week, they tried to do something nice for their birthday by attempting to release a limited number of hotel rooms for $19.28 apiece on Wednesday morning (in honor of their birth year, 1928) -- but instead they had some <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/10/1/101723/828/hotels/Yeah_We_Got_Totally_Shut_Out_of_the_LHW_19_28_Sale_Too">major technical meltdown</a> due to the insane traffic on their website on the morning of the contest, everyone got very upset, and then they were going to hold a do-over but now they are kinda like, "<a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/10/2/15921/5765/hotels/Leading_Hotels_of_the_World_Admits_Defeat_Returns_to_the_Drawing_Board">er, um, TBD</a>." <p>CEO Ted Teng has posted <a href="http://www.lhw.com/Promo1928/EndOfPromotion.htm">a personal letter </a>apologizing to the promo participants and the cheap-room hopefuls. But to some particularly fired-up bloggers that's Jenna 2008-10-06T17:50:20-05:00 Gulu: Uganda Hotel Scene :: An Upcountry Luxury Option Fit For A German President http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/9/29/7627/31499 <![CDATA[<p><p><i>HotelChatter's newest contributing editor <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/user/ScarlettLion"><b>Scarlett Lion</b></a> is filing her stories from Uganda. Every now and then, she'll be sending us dispatches about the hotel scene here. Got questions? <a href="mailto:tips@hotelchatter.com">Send 'em to us</a> and we'll get them answered.</i><p><img align="right" src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/koehler.png" class="imgborder"> <p>There's not much about "post-conflict" that makes people think "spa," but that's only if they haven't been to <b>Boma Hotel</b> in Gulu, northern Uganda. <p>Gulu has been the epicenter of a conflict between rebels and the Ugandan government for more than the past two decades, but now that things seem calmer, the flak jackets are being replaced by mud wraps. While most upcountry hotels are never more than basic, Boma Hotel brings luxury in the bush to a ScarlettLion 2008-10-06T17:28:52-05:00 Search HotelChatter Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/