HotelChatter - All-Inclusives http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2009-11-25T14:03:37Z HotelChatter HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Seattle: Celebrate the Season with a Conscience at Hotel 1000 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/11/22/223918/10 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/26601/passport.jpg" class="top"><p> The commercialism of the holiday season isn&#146;t even in full fa-la-la swing, and already, we wish we could click our weatherproofed boots together and fast forward straight to 2010. As soon as we were old enough to know better, materialism, Macy&#146;s and a complete lack of religious convictions killed the seasonal merriment for us and we pretty much tune out the world from Thanksgiving until the New Year. <p> We make a few exceptions, especially for people/places/products that manage to celebrate the spirit of the season with a conscience &#150; <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Hotel+1000/local/1615"><b>Hotel 1000</b></a> in Seattle. The hotel does it up Saint Nick style all month long (faux snow at front door, warm nuts for passerbyers, etc.), but globetrotting gourmet 2009-11-25T08:54:33-05:00 Charlotte: Let The Hotel Holiday Decorations Extravaganza Begin http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/11/24/161654/29 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/gingerbreadhouse2009.jpg" class="top"><p> <i>Pshaw. This is child's play.</i><p><i>Not only do hotels like to dream up some <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/holiday cocktails"><b>Holiday Cocktails</b></a> for lushes like us but they also like to go <i>crazy</i> with <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/holiday decorations"><b>Holiday Decorations</b></a>. So until the holidays are over, we'll be profiling some of the more outrageous ones we hear of and see. Know of an over-the-top decoration we should check out? <a href="mailto:tips@hotelchatter.com">Send it to us!</a></i><p> <p>Move over <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/11/13/141731/20/hotels/Claridge_s_London_Taps_Dior_To_Create_Couture_Christmas_Tree">John Galliano-designed Christmas Tree</a> at Claridge's. Here's comes <a href="<a href="mailto:tips@hotelchatter.com">"><b>The Ritz-Carlton Charlotte's</b></a> ginormous gingerbread house. The LEED-built hotel is creating a 10x14' environmentally-friendly, all-organic Gingerbread House that will be available for public viewing on Friday, November 27. <p>The structure will be overseen by Chef Jon Farace juliana 2009-11-24T17:35:20-05:00 Shanghai: Dust Off Your Quilted Purse! Chanel Opens In The Peninsula Shanghai Tomorrow http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/11/24/15043/414

Shanghai, China's first Peninsula Hotel may have just opened, but it's far from done stealing the show on the Bund. Tomorrow, the hotel opens a flagship Chanel boutique, complete with its own limited-edition "Paris-Shanghai Métiers d'Art" line of products specially designed by Karl Lagerfeld. Following the opening, a short film will debut on December 3 on the dedicated website for the store, featuring more on the special collection and this boutique itself. ]]> JetSetCD 2009-11-24T16:08:38-05:00 Black Friday is Not Just For Electronics But For Hotel Deals Too http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/11/23/155156/38 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/hyattblackfridaysale.jpg" class="top"><p> <i>Hyatt Regency Monterey</i><p>If you missed out on <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/hyatt hotels"><b>Hyatt Hotels'</b></a> <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/11/17/103118/23/hotels/Hyatt_Hotels_24_Hour_Sale_Begins_Tomorrow">24-hour hotel sale</a> last week, you'll have another chance on <b>Black Friday.</b> <p>Yes, Black Friday can also apply to hotel deals and not just electronics at Wal-Mart, Sears and Best Buy. And the good news here is that your chances of getting trampled by eager buyers are slim to none. <p><b>How to Book</b>: Starting on November 27, go to Hyatt.com and use code <b>LTO110</b> to get 30 percent off daily stays at participating Hyatt brands in "key urban and resort destinations around the globe."<p>The Black Friday rate will be good through December 10 for stays through February 28, 2010. <p><b>The Catch:</b> The Park Hyatt and juliana 2009-11-24T14:33:29-05:00 This Christmas, Naughty Mothers-in-Law Will Get Banished to the Holiday Inn http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/11/24/131218/85 <![CDATA[<p> <img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/queen_elizabeth.jpg" class="top"><p> <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/holiday inn hotels"><b>The Holiday Inns</b></a> and <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Holiday%20Inn%20Express"><b>Holiday Inn Expresses</b></a> in the UK are offering monsters-in-law, er, excuse us <i>mothers</i>-in-law 25 percent off at their hotels from <b>December 23-29</b> as a way to give everyone in the family a reprieve from her incessant nagging about your culinary skills, your "expensive" lifestyle, your unwillingness to visit her more often and the real reason why your kids are acting out. <p>Considering that <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/9/9/125345/4463/hotels/The_Five_Worst_Budget_Brands_In_Europe">Holiday Inn</a> is one of our picks for the worst budget brand hotels in Europe because they are so "bland and boring," we think this is a fitting punishment for "Mom." Who knows? Maybe she will like it. <p>There's no word on how you juliana 2009-11-24T13:23:04-05:00 Search HotelChatter Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/