HotelChatter - Tag: Barack Obama

Las Vegas: The POTUS Is Just Like Us--He Stays at The Element Hotel!

juliana — 2012-01-27T12:16:47-05:00

It's been a while since we checked in on the hotel habits of the POTUS but yesterday we we were psyched to see that Barack Obama stayed at a hotel that we've actually stayed at before...twice!

When visiting Las Vegas on the campaign trail, Obama eschewed the hotel casinos on the Strip and instead took over the entire Element Las Vegas hotel in Summerlin, about 15 minutes from the Strip. 8newsnow.com reports:

Onlookers were curious as to why President Obama chose to stay farther away from the bright lights of the Las Vegas Strip. "This Element is earth friendly, and I think he's trying to promote that on his visit," Carol Bieganowski said.

Vail: Get Rebranded, Get a First Family Visit, If You're the Sebastian Vail

juliab — 2011-02-21T09:01:29-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/21888/sebastianlibrary.jpg" class="top"> The brand new Library, before its Obama baptism Hows that for a ringing endorsement of your new name? Just over a month after the Vail Plaza Hotel & Club was <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/1/6/01417/65098/hotels/The_Vail_Plaza_Has_Tranformed_into_The_Sebastian_Vail">reinvented as <a href='http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel/local/4826'>The Sebastian</a>, it swung itself a presidential visit this week. Or, rather, a presidential family visit while Obama stayed in DC this weekend, Mrs O took the kids on a jaunt to the hotel. According to the <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1358829/Obama-accused-double-standards-family-holiday-telling-Americans-to.html">Mail Online</a>, theres a spot of controversy over the First Familys trip to Vail following Obamas advice on saving money that one might like to cut back on ones vacations. But hey, it was Presidents' Weekend after all. Michelle Obama would almost certainly

New Delhi: POTUS Rents Out an Entire Hotel in New Delhi, The Maurya

MsRebecca — 2010-11-08T10:26:54-05:00

The talking heads may still be yapping about how much President Obama's trip to India is costing, but the locals are loving it, with the ITC Maurya giving the President and First Lady a lavish welcome today.

The hotel not only spruced up its gardens and filled its lobby with flowers for the Obamas' arrival--it also organized a traditional 'Brides of India' ceremonial welcome.

Marbella: Spain's Hotel Villa Padierna Prepares For Obama Girls

MsRebecca — 2010-08-03T15:31:16-05:00

Forget Whatshername who just got married in Rhinebeck, there's much more exciting Presidential Daughter news going on in hotel land: the Obamas are headed to Marbella, Spain. Well, two of them are: First Lady Michelle and First Daughter Sasha.

The pair, along with longtime family friends, are said to have booked four nights at the luxurious Villa Padierna, a Ritz-Carlton property that we've ogled before.

Bar Harbor: Hotel, Motel, President Obama Stays at the Holiday Inn

JetSetCD — 2010-07-16T14:59:50-05:00

Wow, well it looked like the modern rebranding of Holiday Inn is working out for them, because President Barack Obama and his family are staying at the Holiday Inn Regency Bar Harbor this weekend.

Michelle and the girls headed up to Maine with Barack earlier today, all packed and ready for a relaxing weekend of hiking Acadia National Park and hanging out in cooler temperatures. Bo the dog is joining them too! He flew up a few days early though, with secret service and security detail who've been working to nail down the specifics of the President's long weekend stay.