http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2008-08-28T09:32:50Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Hillary%20Clinton http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/6/18/12716/4196 <![CDATA[<p><p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/jimmychooplaza.jpg" class="imgborder"><p><i>There's tons of hotel news flying around this week and we don't have time to give each and every story the love and attention it may deserve, so you will have to settle for some news briefs.</i><p>&#183; <b>Hillary's Hotel Dilemma</b>: <a href="http://www.tmz.com/2008/06/17/hillarys-mass-hotel-exodus/">TMZ </a> is reporting that Hillary staffers are trying to unload all the hotel rooms they booked in Denver, in hopes their boss was going to be the Democratic presidential nominee. <p>&#183; <b>Raunchy Plaza Photo Shoot Planned</b>: The uppity <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Plaza/ian/105314"><b>Plaza Hotel</b></a> will be the scene of the <a href="http://www.wwd.com/search/article/125590?query=hotel+">newest Jimmy Choo photo shoot</a> featuring model Angela Lindvall and raunch photog/cult fave <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Richardson">Terry Richardson</a>.<p>&#183; <b>Ed Scheetz Still Making Money</b>: Ex-CEO of Morgans Hotel Group, <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/ed%20scheetz"><b>Ed juliana 2008-06-18T17:18:45-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/6/4/103441/8657 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/6929/GPenthouse2.jpg" class="imgborder" align="right"><p> <p>Unless you've been living under a rock, you know by now that last night marked the end of the Democratic primaries and, effectively, the end Hillary Clinton's campaign (though she has yet to concede).<p> Clinton was in NYC addressing supporters at Baruch College at an "end-of-primaries celebration event" when the world received word that Obama had clinched the Democratic presidential nomination. <p>Afterward, according to <a href="http://www.radaronline.com/exclusives/2008/06/hillary-clinton-baruch-concession-speech.php"><b>Radar</b></a>, Clinton campaign staffers headed over to the <b><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Gramercy+Park+Hotel/local/4">Gramercy Park Hotel</a></b> to an end-of-primaries Clinton-funded afterparty. Up in the posh penthouse of Schrager's exclusive boutique property, Clinton staffers drowned their sorrows in expensive cocktails. Radar describes the scene: <blockquote><p>"It's a sad night, for sure," [a staffer] sighed, as John Mellencamp's Jenna 2008-06-04T10:50:44-05:00 40.738589 -73.985958 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/4/23/21254/4756 <![CDATA[<p><img align="right" src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/hillaryPA.jpg" class="imgborder"><p>The LA Time political blog, <a href="http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2008/04/hillary-clin-12.html">Top of the Ticket</a> was kinda horrified to see that Hillary Clinton celebrated her Pennsylvania primary win at the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Park+Hyatt+Philadelphia/ian/122660"><b>Park Hyatt Philadelphia</b></a>.<p>Why's that? Because the hotel used to be the Bellevue-Stratford Hotel:<blockquote><p>[T]he hostelry was the notorious scene of a mysterious illness in 1976 during an American Legion convention, later dubbed Legionnaires' disease. Thirty-four deaths were eventually traced to the Legionella pneumophila bacteria.</blockquote></p><p>Yikes, couldn't Hillary have picked a happier place than that? One suggestion: <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Loews+Hotel+Philadelphia/local/446"><b>The Loews Philadelphia</b></a> which just completed a $9 million renovation. <p>Fortunately, in the future Philly is going to be getting <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/3/19/121211/968/hotels/Philadelphia_to_Get_Probably_the_Coolest_Looking_Hotel_Building_Ever">all sorts of cool hotels</a> so the next presidential candidate will have plenty of options. juliana 2008-04-23T09:00:02-05:00 39.948751 -75.164580 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/