http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2012-02-15T01:42:35Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Holiday%20Inn%20Hotels http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/4/14/17545/6421 <![CDATA[<P><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/6193/HIhubmain.jpg" class="top"> <P>The days of <b><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/holiday%20inn">Holiday Inns</a></b> with generic lobbies, business centers packed with fax machines and only regular or decaf coffee with breakfast are almost over. Get ready for Holiday Inns with cappuccino machines, an "e-desk," and a lobby that's more like a living area complete with gaming zone; it's called the "<b>Social Hub</b>," another humongous advance by Holiday Inn after their $1 billion rebranding. <P>There's a lot of information and details to discuss with regard to the new "Social Hub," but what you really need to know is that you'll be able to experience all of the new stuff as early as June, when the Atlanta area's <b><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Holiday+Inn+Gwinnett+Center/ian/218370">Holiday Inn Gwinnett Center</a></b> launches it for real. JetSetCD 2011-04-15T10:18:40-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/2/14/123910/903 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/4912/JacksonSquare.jpg" class="top"></p> <p>With everyone saving their party game for March 8&#151;<a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Mardi%20Gras%20Hotels">Mardi Gras</a>&#151;there are plenty of well-priced hotels in New Orleans for this long weekend. And it being New Orleans, visitors won't exactly be given short shrift on drinking and carousing just because the official holiday is still a couple weeks away.</p> <p>And so to <a href="http://hotelrates.hotelchatter.com/">the booking engine</a> we go! The bad news is that the French Quarter hotels are, for the most part, sold out for Saturday night. But many Canal Street properties, which are on the edge of the Quarter anyway, have rooms for the night like the <b><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Holiday+Inn+New+Orleans+French+Quarter/local/1193">Holiday Inn French Quarter</a></b> ($200) and the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Marriott+-+New+Orleans/local/1963"><b>Marriott</b></a> ($219). The <b><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Intercontinental+New+Orleans/local/1194">InterContinental</a></b> is at $195 for pbb 2011-02-14T14:19:34-05:00 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/