http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2012-02-15T02:54:11Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Convention%20Hotels http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/8/3/924/99307 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/61268/YoungMichael.jpg" class="top"><p>It was 4:58am this past Saturday morning&#151;late Friday night, whatever you want to call it&#151;and a Mundelein, IL, local was hungry. So he did what every other red-blooded, stumbling-drunk opportunist would do at five in the morning: break into a nearby Renaissance banquet hall and raid the kitchen. <p>While we've never done anything like this (well, at least not at a Renaissance&#151;this is New York, after all, so inevitably there's always better grub to chase), we can see how the allure of an empty banquet hall kitchen's refrigerator, on a hot summer night, would be a literal beacon in the night. What is unclear is how the suspect, Michael Young, actually ended up inside the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Renaissance+Schaumburg+Hotel+And+Convention+Center/ian/242139"><b>Renaissance Schaumburg ASchechter 2011-08-03T09:36:06-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/6/20/11156/3941 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/61268/MarriottAustin.jpg" class="top"><p>This week, voters in Austin, Texas get to decide if the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/marriott hotels"><b>Marriott</b></a> is worthy of a $4.3 million break in building fees for a prospective 1,000-room-hotel they're planning to open on Congress Avenue and East 2nd Street. <p>The huge scale of the property would make it a Marriott Marquis, putting it on the same level as the giant <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/New+York+Marriott+Marquis+Times+Square/local/1632"><b>Times Square</b></a> tower. The Austin Marquis would have between 27 and 30 floors, and create around 300 new jobs for the city (at a time when unemployment is rearing its ugly head in almost <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/20/business/economy/20cities.html?_r=1&ref=us">every corner of the country</a>)&#151;maybe this is reason enough to condone the multi-million dollar allowance? <p>News of the development comes exactly one ASchechter 2011-06-20T12:36:55-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/10/2/141413/793 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/flightboard.jpg" class="imgborder"><p>Boston has its share of <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/3/14/112953/930/hotels/Best_Geek_Hotels_in_the_World">geeky hotels</a>, so it shouldn't surprise us that the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Westin+Boston+Waterfront/local/427"><b>Westin Boston Waterfront</b></a> has installed a cool new gizmo: A flight departures tracking board. Guests at the hotel can check the status of flights out of Logan International Airport, which should come in particularly handy as fall turns to winter and the airport gets socked with bad weather.<br> <p>The system is called FlyteBoard, and aside from the name it seems like a great innovation. The real-time info comes directly from the airport, meaning it gets some updates that you may not find by simply checking your flight status online.<br> <p>It's too bad you can't check in for your flight at the hotel, pbb 2007-10-02T14:38:50-05:00 42.346559 -71.042770 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/3/27/115941/967 <![CDATA[<p><object width="325" height="268"><param value="http://www.youtube.com/v/MjsdWbLI92k" name="movie"></param><embed width="325" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/MjsdWbLI92k" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" height="268"></embed></object><p> Recently, we decided to check out what was up at one of Boston's newest "conventioner" hotels, the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Westin+Boston+Waterfront/local/427"><b>Westin Boston Waterfront</b></a>. <p> Flat panel televisions in every room, a pleasantly lingering new hotel smell, a big, wide open lobby, and that earthy tone decor that gets everyone at Westin <i>so</i> excited these days.<p> Want the downside? It is in Southie, so South Station is walkable, but kind of far and on-site parking is $36.00 a night--convention suckers. However, if you know the area--D Street <strong>cough</strong>--you can find a good meal at a reasonably priced restaurant within a couple blocks of the hotel.<p> Want to know what it is like to walk markj 2007-03-27T11:59:41-05:00 42.346559 -71.042770 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/