http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2009-11-23T19:48:19Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Four%20Seasons http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/7/8/85626/84319 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/6929/wsanfran2.jpg" class="top"> <p>News outta W Hotels today (well, news besides the <A href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/7/7/104520/9521/hotels/The_Congress_of_Cool_Will_Convene_at_W_Washington_DC_Tomorrow">opening of W Washington DC</a>): according to the <a href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/07/07/BU4O18KLKU.DTL&type=business">San Francisco Chronicle</a>, <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/starwood hotels">Starwood</a> has agreed to sell the <B><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/W+Hotel+San+Francisco/local/60">W San Francisco</a></b> to Hong Kong investment company Keck Seng Investments Ltd for $90 million. Per a statement made by Starwood, the sale was made to reduce the 'wood's debt &#151; but never fear, the place will still operate as a W. <p>But the sale sort of sheds light on the sad-ish state of affairs in the hotel industry: <blockquote><p>The high-water mark for San Francisco hotel sales was set around April 2007, when Taj Hotels Resorts and Palaces based in Mumbai, India, bought Campton Place from Jenna 2009-07-08T08:58:47-05:00 37.7851820 -122.40048 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/6/19/13035/3689 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/isadoresharp.jpg" class="top"><p> Summer is officially here and while the weather on the East Coast has taken its sweet old time warming up, there's still no better way for us hotel nerds to celebrate the hot days and long nights other than with a <b>Summer Reading List of Hotel Books</b>. <p>Once a week, we will review a book about hotels &#151; whether it be fiction, non-fiction, historical, auto-biographical or even just a cool coffee table book with incredible photos. These could be the perfect books to kick back with while laying poolside, or while working the late-night shift at the front desk or while entertaining friends with your high-falutin' aspiring hotelier schemes. <p>First up, one for those aforementioned aspiring hoteliers: juliana 2009-07-07T13:46:04-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/3/21/183/78253 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/mickey_fourseasons.jpg" class="imgborder"><p>The news is a tad old but we just discovered that the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/four%20seasons"><b>Four Seasons</b></a> hotel chain is pairing up with Walt Disney World to build a luxury hotel, residences and an 18-hole "championship"* golf course on the theme park's northeast border.<p>Finally, a luxury hotel in Disney World that isn't all about Disney characters or so we hope.<blockquote><p>The Toronto-based luxury hotel chain is part of two expansion plans that will take eight to 10 years to fully develop and will include single- and multifamily vacation homes, fractional ownership homes and a 450-acre retail, dining and lodging district, said Meg Crofton, Disney World's president.</blockquote></p><p>Yes, that's right. There will be two Four Seasons development in Disney World, to be completed juliana 2007-03-21T09:15:01-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/1/10/0020/59222 <![CDATA[<p><p><i>Travel writer Michael de Zayas is in Miami on an assignment--30 Miami hotels in 30 Miami nights. You will be able to find his detailed travel musings in Miami and Miami Beach books later this year. HotelChatter asked Michael to let us know his minute-by-minute thoughts on the Miami hotel scene during his guide book mission, which he will be doing over the next two weeks. During the fortnight, Michael will share with us every bed, maid, drink, pool, henhouse and outhouse that comprise the Grove, Gables, Sunny Isles, North Beach, South Beach and the Key Biscayne hotel scene in 2007. If you wish to ask him a question during his jaunt, <a href="mailto:tips@hotelchatter.com">shoot it our way</a>.</i><p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/fsmiami_4.jpg" class="imgborder"/><p> At Michael de Zayas 2007-01-10T12:42:01-05:00 25.759469 -80.192351 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/