http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2009-11-25T06:56:55Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/CES%20Hotels http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/12/2/95839/6419 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/vegasatnight.jpg" class="top"><p>Further proof that Sin City is not the city it once used to be? Room rates are not soaring during peak conventions. In fact, they may even be dropping. <a href="http://www.cnbc.com/id/28000235/site/14081545?__source=yahoo|headline|quote|text|&par=yahoo">CNBC's TechCheck</a> reports that the hotels in Las Vegas are not jacking the rates as much as they used to in previous years for <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/CES%20Hotels"><b>CES</b></a> (Computer Electronics Show). In a letter sent out the registered CES attendees, the convention told them:<blockquote><p>Those who have attended CES over the years and are accustomed to peak rates...may be pleasantly surprised when they book rooms this year.</blockquote></p><p>So how "pleasantly surprised" will they be? We went to Expedia.com to begin a broad search for the dates of CES, January 8-11. The Planet juliana 2008-12-02T16:10:23-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/1/7/162418/3804 <![CDATA[<p><img align="right" src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/sahara_logo.png" class="imgborder">This morning we gave you our <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/1/7/12534/30465/hotels/The_Geek_s_Hotel_Guide_to_CES_in_Las_Vegas">Geek's Hotel Guide to CES in Las Vegas</a> where we ran down the hotel tech scene for CES attendees. In it, we mentioned a Luddite Hotel, the Roman Tower of Caesars Palace, because it's high tech bathroom TVs are only considered high tech in the past. Like 1985. <p>Now we can add another geek faux pas. Harry McCracken (any relation to Phil?) of <a href="http://blogs.pcworld.com/techlog/archives/006190.html">PC World</a> checked into the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Sahara+Las+Vegas+Hotel+And+Casino/ian/129410"><b>Sahara Hotel and Casino</b></a> for CES and took a gamble on the hotel's check-in kiosk.<blockquote><p>Whenever I see one, I try to use it--but I'm only able to leave with key in hand maybe 25 percent of the time. Otherwise, said juliana 2008-01-07T16:52:11-05:00 36.142235 -115.15649 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/1/7/12534/30465 <![CDATA[<p><img align="right" src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3/ceshotelguide.jpg" class="imgborder"><a href="http://www.cesweb.org"><b>CES</b></a> actually began yesterday with Bill Gates (final?) CES keynote speech but the real show kicks off today.<p> Tech and gadget blogs across the internet, like Engadget and Gizmodo will be covering the actual tech products and news that come out of CES, and you know the Digg front door will be full of the latest and greatest CES stories, but we've put together a hotel guide that should help detail a snapshot of what these hotels have to offer the tech-guzzling crowds. <p> If you don't have your hotel by now, and don't want to stay at <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/9/14/9554/07131/hotels/O_J_Simpson_Questioned_in_Vegas_Hotel_Robbery">OJ's Palace</a>, your best bet is to try and convince someone to let you crash in their HotelChatter 2008-01-07T12:23:49-05:00 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/