HotelChatter - Tag: Austin Hotels

Austin: Kevin Connolly Flies in Playmates To Spice Up His Stay at The Driskill

juliana — 2009-11-10T09:29:24-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/kevinconnollydriskill.jpg" class="top"> If you play a guy on TV that's always used to having an "entourage" of hot girls around you, giggling and agreeing with everything you say, we guess it must be hard to go anywhere without these fembots. How else to explain Kevin Connolly's (aka "E" from <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/entourage hotels">Entourage</a>) BYO-Playboy Playmates incident at the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Driskill/local/382">Driskill Hotel</a> in Austin, Texas? <a href="http://www.nypost.com/p/pagesix/kevin_connolly_poker_playmate_combo_TvkCCmnAH1KeEAMQ6RbgTK">Page Six reports</a>:<blockquote>Kevin Connolly knows poker and Playmates go together. For a poker tournament the "Entourage" star and a group of buddies organized at the Driskill Hotel in Austin, Texas, a couple of dozen Playboy Playmates were flown in just to keep things lively. </blockquote>Hmm...we've heard of people bringing their own pillows and toiletries with

Austin: The Ginger-Chile Mojito From the Four Seasons Austin

juliana — 2009-07-01T17:33:49-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/gingerchilemojiot.jpg" class="top">We've kicked off our <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/summer cocktails">Summer Cocktails</a> series where we profile fun new summer drinks that hotels are making. Got one we should know about? <a href="mailto:tips@hotelchatter.com">Send us the recipe with a photo of the drink.</a> Otherwise, enjoy and <a href="http://www.twitter.com/hotelchatter">@reply us</a> when you're wasted! Guests hitting up the <a href="">Four Seasons Austin</a> should try out some of the hotel's "Summer Sips" being served in the hotel's lobby lounge from now through the end of September. These cocktails are fun, fruity and most importantly, packed with alcohol! The hotel's mixologists have introduced five new summer drinks, available for $12.50 each: The Ginger-Chile Mojito, The Sparkling Sangria, The Terlingua 75 (served with Patron tequila), a Cucumber Martini and

Austin: SXSW Attendees Minus Hotel WiFi Equals Disaster at the Omni

Jenna — 2009-03-18T16:45:07-05:00

By now, most of us are well aware of the major AT&T snafu that happened down in Austin at this year's South by Southwest. Basically, the cell service provider was not equipped to handle the massive amount of iPhones that convention-goers were packing — not to mention the heavy twittering, texting, and emailing they were probably doing. Yikes. Not good.

And almost as bad as a big ol' AT&T fail is a SXSW hotel in Austin with crappy WiFi. Sadly, this was the case at the the Omni Austin, where one blogger and SXSW attendee reports the WiFi was mostly down. Oh noes.

Austin: What Hotel Rooms Can You Get for SXSW?

juliana — 2009-03-09T10:33:33-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/17697/sxsw.jpg" class="top"> Despite the recent reports that signal music festivals might be <a href="http://www.jaunted.com/story/2009/3/3/124754/6543/travel/Spain%27s+Summercase+Music+Festival+Bites+the+Dust">dying</a>, everyone's favorite Texan music fest--<a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/sxsw%20hotels">South by Southwest</a>--is still very much on again this year. If you have the time to get to <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/city/austin">Austin</a> (perhaps the downfall of our economy has freed you up a bit, eh?), hotel rooms are available but not quite affordable. We have a feeling Austin is trying to milk this event even harder in the wake of the economy's collapse.We checked our <a href="http://hotelrates.hotelchatter.com">hotel rates search engine</a> for March 13-16--prime festival time and found the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Hyatt+Place+Austin+North+Central/ian/124384">Hyatt Place Central Austin</a> for $109 a night. This hotel is about five miles from downtown and it involves a freeway ride. But

Austin: Hotel Options Dwindling for SXSW Festival

KatieK — 2009-02-24T11:41:10-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/17697/sxsw.jpg" class="top"> Its almost time for Austins annual blowout music event, <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/SXSW%20Hotels">SXSW</a>, and you know what that means: Come March 12, a heaving mass of skinny-jeans and bearded bloggers will descend on the hot streets of Austin for 10 days of music festival madness. Also, with this starting in less than three weeks, hotel rooms are <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/2/5/12558/21251/hotels/Hilton_Austin_Still_Has_a_Few_Rooms_Left_For_SXSW">getting scarce</a>. If you want to stay in one of the <a href="http://sxsw.com/attend/hotels/">official SXSW hotels</a>, your options are paltry particularly if you want to stay through the whole festival. At this writing, the SXSW website lists four not-particularly-central hotels with availabilities: <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Candlewood+Suites+Austin-South/ian/147925">Candlewood Suites-South</a> (doubles $123), <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Marriott+Austin+South+Airport/ian/196609">Marriott-Austin South</a> (doubles $149), Crowne Plaza (doubles $156), and <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Barton+Creek+Resort+%26+Spa%2C+A+Ksl+Luxury+Resort/ian/194903">Barton Creek Resort