HotelChatter - Tag: California Hotels

AAA Gives Six New Hotels Five Diamond Status

juliana — 2008-11-14T11:36:57-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/montagelbview.jpg" class="top">The view from the Montage Laguna BeachUPDATE: See the full list <a href="http://www.aaanewsroom.net/Main/Default.asp?CategoryID=8&ArticleID=647">here.</a>AAA has just released their <a href="http://www.usatoday.com/travel/hotels/2008-11-13-aaa-five-diamond-list_N.htm">new list</a> of 2009 Five Diamond Hotels and it turns out California is a pretty nice place for hotels. Of the six new hotels to gain Five Diamond status, three of them are in Southern California.· <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Beverly+Hills+Hotel/ian/124056">The Beverly Hills Hotel</a>: Our favorite hotel for <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/6/6/131419/8786/hotels/A_Celeb_for_Everyone_at_the_Polo_Lounge_at_The_Beverly_Hills_Hotel">celeb-spotting</a>. · <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Montage+Resort+And+Spa/ian/208480">The Montage Laguna Beach</a>: They of the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/8/24/213645/424/hotels/Montage_Hotels_Wow_Guests_With_Crab_Cakes">best crabcakes.</a> · <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Four+Seasons+Hotel+Westlake+Village/local/581">Four Seasons Hotel Westlake Village</a>: The place to recuperate from your <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/5/16/213917/565/hotels/Travel_Leisure_Unveils_Their_It_List_">plastic surgery</a>. There's no complete listing on either the <a href="http://www.aaanewsroom.net/Main/Default.asp?CategoryID=8">AAA website</a> or their <a href="http://www.twitter.com/AAAnews">Twitter</a> page but <a href="http://www.usatoday.com/travel/hotels/2008-11-13-aaa-five-diamond-list_N.htm">USA Today</a> reported that the other three new Five Diamonds

Westlake Village: Hawaii Meets Cali at Four Seasons Hotel Westlake Village

annie0007 — 2008-07-25T11:15:51-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/fourseasonswlkv.jpg" class="imgborder">If you find yourself stuck on the West Coast over the long Labor Day Weekend, unable to get to the Aloha State (or unable to afford it), never fear -- Hawaii will come to you. <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Four+Seasons+Hotel+Westlake+Village/local/581">The Four Seasons Hotel Westlake Village</a> has created a Hawaii-style "staycation" for left coasters in this snitzy LA burb. They've taken cues from the island of Lanai, which this month's Conde Nast Traveler coincidentally sums up as "essentially a pineapple plantation until 1990, when two resorts (now owned by Four Seasons) opened."  Funny, that! For $195 a night for the nights of August 27-31, you'll get an Aloha-style laua with all the Pacific Rim poi, lilikoi, and pork you could ever

Rancho Mirage: Hi-Tech Lighting Makes Agua Caliente Resort Green, Too

amandak — 2008-07-25T09:13:07-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3873/Agua_Caliente_Resort_California.jpg" class="imgborder"> It's no surprise to us that the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Agua+Caliente+Casino+Resort+Spa/ian/267588">Agua Caliente Resort Hotel</a>, part of a casino complex in Rancho Mirage, California, has a bunch of dazzling lights. The surprising bit is that the whole lighting system in the new hotel is so high tech and at the same time, clean and green.The fiddly details are that the hotel have used special LED cove lighting on 14 floors and this lighting has a bunch of advantages: it lasts longer, so they don't need to get staff up to change light bulbs, and it's easy to choose different light "colors" with this technology so you can get the atmosphere you're after. On top of that the lights are also

West Hollywood: Snapshot :: Inside a Villa at Hollywood's Sunset Marquis

Jenna — 2008-06-17T16:45:39-05:00

Props to Hotel Maven CourtneyMay for dropping some pics of Villa 11 at the Sunset Marquis into the HotelChatter Flickr Pool.

We love the place enough for the slogan alone ("If we were any more Hollywood, our pool would be shallow at both ends"), but we're totally loving the sleek, modern villa too.

See more of Courtney's Sunset Marquis pics after the jump.

Riverside: Lawyers Act Like Bratz and Ban Mean Kids from Slumber Party

Jenna — 2008-06-10T09:15:01-05:00

<![CDATA[<img align="right" src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/bratz.jpg" class="imgborder"> If you aren't up to speed on <a href="http://blogs.wsj.com/law/2008/06/09/in-barbie-and-bratz-case-is-the-chronology-the-key/">Doll Warz '08</a>, here's a quick summary: the Barbie-making people (Mattel) are trying to nail the Bratz-making people (MGA) in court. Mattel is claiming MGA essentially stole the idea for Bratz dolls from them. Bratz, if you haven't had the pleasure, are female dolls with big heads, nasty attitudes, liberally-applied eyeliner and sorta scandalously skanky clothes. Since a former Mattel employee may or may not have thought of the idea for Bratz while still at Mattel, things are all messy and are even messier since the Bratz people are all like, "no way, and in fact, Barbie has been dressing like a hoochie lately because she is