http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2008-11-21T03:05:03Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Bill%20Gates http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/11/3/164344/281 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/fsseattle2.jpg" class="top"><p>Loyal guests of <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/four%20seasons%2hotels"><b>Four Seasons Hotels</b></a> are no doubt thrilled that the chain has opened their newest hotel, <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Four+Seasons+Seattle/ian/272117"><b>The Four Seasons Seattle</b></a>, giving them yet another location to travel to. We know about you Four Seasons loyalists--if there ain't a Four Seasons there, you won't go.<p>The hotel officially <a href="http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/stories/2008/11/03/daily3.html">opened</a> today with the Art Restaurant and Lounge inside. Perfect for the city's <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/11/2/213315/775/hotels/Artsy_People_and_People_Wanting_to_Be_Artsy_Will_Totally_Love_This">Thursday Art Walk</a>, no? There's also a spa on site whose treatments incorporate natural elements of the coastal region of Puget Sound.<p>Room rates are steep at $365 a night with the presidential suite going for $5,000 a night. Then again, that's just chump change to Four Seasons' co-owner and Microsoft god Bill Gates juliana 2008-11-03T16:45:15-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/6/11/232716/174 <![CDATA[<img align="right" src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/surface.jpeg" class="imgborder"> <p>The future of dating is looking bleak. First there was the explosion of online dating (which cannot be stopped) -- and now flirting via computer while you're <i>in the same bar</i> is a reality. We can thank Bill Gates. &nbsp; <p>After the Microsoft Surface computer <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/6/12/231159/697/hotels/Microsoft_Surface_Tested_Out_at_the_Sheraton_NYC">debuted</a> at the <b><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Sheraton+New+York+Hotel+And+Towers/ian/105816">Sheraton NYC</a></b> this fall, the technology made its way out west and into in an "iBar" in the <b><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Rio+All-Suite+Hotel+and+Casino/local/425">Rio Hotel and Casino</a></b> in Las Vegas. <p>Six of these $10,000 (!) machines are in the bar, essentially turning tabletops into touchscreen controlled computers with Harrah's <a href="http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5g5ta2_Fat38VD1YKSc1U8nZJAiDA">custom software</a>: <blockquote><p>A "Flirt" feature in the Surface computers lets people exchange original messages or choose from suggested come-on lines. Jenna 2008-06-12T09:00:01-05:00 36.115595 -115.18853 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/