HotelChatter - Tag: Holiday Inn Express

Cleveland: Behold: The Biggest Holiday Inn Express Room We've Ever Seen

Jenna — 2009-06-15T17:49:08-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/6929/holidayinnexpcleve.jpg" class="top"> This just in, dispatched from a tipster road warrior who is currently traveling across the country visiting different baseball stadiums (how cool is that?): there appears to be a Holiday Inn Express in Cleveland, Ohio with absolutely ridiculously large rooms. The <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Holiday+Inn+Express+Downtown/ian/161749">Holiday Inn Express Downtown Cleveland</a>, specifically. He sends this snapshot over to us, along with this description: <blockquote>So far, I've talked to four different employees and all have been fantastic friendly and polite. The room itself definitely seems like a value, given the square footage (or, more accurately, the cubic footage, given the super-high ceiling) and the fixtures. I'm normally a no-frills traveler, but I do enjoy feeling like I'm in a nice place

Dubai: Begin Your Download at Holiday Inn Express Internet City

juliana — 2009-03-10T15:48:31-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/holiday_inn_express_media.jpg" class="top"> When we <a href="http://www.tripadvisor.com/ShowUserReviews-g295424-d673962-r24368592-Holiday_Inn_Express_Dubai_Internet_City-Dubai.html">discovered</a> there was a <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Express+By+Holiday+Inn+Dubai%2C+Internet+City/ian/264582">Holiday Inn Express Dubai Internet City</a>, we thought the hotel chain was just using a clever gimmick to draw in guests. But no, there actually is a real place called <a href="http://www.dubaiinternetcity.com/">Dubai Internet City</a>. According to its website: <blockquote>Dubai Internet City is a strategic base for companies targeting emerging markets in a vast region extending from the Middle East to the Indian subcontinent, and Africa to the CIS countries, covering 2 billion people with GDP $ 6.7 trillion.</blockquote>Ok, so that's a little too much business and geek-speak for us to understand but naturally all these companies heading to Dubai Internet City are going to need a place to stay.

Holiday Inn Cleans Up Image by...Rapping?

JetSetCD — 2008-10-24T13:07:52-05:00

The Holiday Inn chain of hotels hasn't always been known for bonuses like a complimentary hot breakfast bar and occasionally clean pools; no, they used to be real dens of iniquity, serving almost as petri dishes for staph bacteria.

The heyday of their seedy reputation came in the late 1990s, when the term "Holiday Inn" was slang, referring to any cheap motel for unsavory activities regardless of hotel brand. Mentions in popular rap songs, including "Rapper's Delight" by the Sugarhill Gang and the more recent "Holiday Inn" by Chingy, dug a deeper hole for the hotel chain and their image dropped to an almost unsalvageable low.

Kingston Upon Hull: Holiday Inn Express Helps Out With Hull Dialect

amandak — 2008-10-13T10:00:44-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3873/Holiday_Inn_Express_Hull_England.jpg" class="imgborder"> Up in northern England in the town of Hull, some of the locals speak with a dialect that's a bit hard to understand. But don't let that stop you visiting--the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Holiday+Inn+Express+Hull/local/1363">Holiday Inn Express Hull</a> has produced a handy English-to-Hull translation guide so you'll be able to get what you're after.The current manager is Dutch and had a few problems of his own understanding the local lingo when he first arrived. Now he knows that an arfa larga is a half glass of beer, that bains are children and if someone shouts Gerrof! at you they want you to leave them alone.Some of the locals are upset about the guide but we can definitely see the usefulness--we've

Are TV Hotel Ads Totally Obsolete?

Jenna — 2008-07-02T16:00:10-05:00

<![CDATA[<img align="right" src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/remotecontrol.jpg" class="imgborder"> <a href="http://www.msnbc.com">MSNBC</a> Travel columnist Amy Bradley-Hole published a super-interesting piece on hotel advertising called <a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25496709/">"Why Hotels Should Shutter Ad Campaigns."</a> Essentially, she argues that hotel ads are outdated and sort of worthless these days. To some extent, we agree with her: many of the ads for the big-chain hotels on TV are kind of lame (alright, outrageously lame) and follow the pretty people/fluffy beds formula (example: Hampton Inn). But on the other hand, it might be unfair to say that all hotel ad campaigns are outdated. A couple of the points that really stuck out to us: <blockquote>Business travelers are told where to stay. Companies have always made "bulk" contracts with hotels -- the more