HotelChatter - Tag: Hotel Ads

New York: Sean MacPherson Moves On From 'Gossip Girl'; Tries Modeling Instead

juliana — 2009-10-22T17:36:37-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/seanmacjcrew.jpg" class="top"> "Sometimes...when I get <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Katherine_Gallagher#Catchphrases">real nervous</a>..."It looks like a cameo on Gossip Girl wasn't enough for <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/sean macpherson">Sean MacPherson</a>. <a href="http://twitter.com/boweryhotelnyc/statuses/5079434724">The Bowery Hotel's Twitter</a> tipped us off to the spread that Sean Mac did for the J. Crew Catalog. J. Crew, people. Clothes you can buy off the rack! How bourgeois! The feature is available <a href="http://www.jcrew.com/AST/Navigation/realguyartist.jsp">online here</a> and it features Sean looking tough in a leather jacket and answering questions about his life. We learn how he likes his martinis (extra dry with three olives) and that he always carries his passport and a credit card wherever he goes. (Let's hope he has better passport-handling skills than <a href="http://www.jaunted.com/story/2009/10/20/9278/9589/travel/%27Twilight%27s%27+Kristen+Stewart+Demonstrates+How+Not+To+Handle+A+Passport">Kristen Stewart.</a>) We also learn this

NH Hotels Runs Ad With Child in Bikini; Gets Banned

juliab — 2009-09-11T09:28:20-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/21888/organisers.jpg" class="top"> Oopsies we may have been impressed by <a href=http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/NH%20Hotels>NH Hotels</a> this week for plugging their <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/9/3/175338/4243/hotels/The_Five_Best_Budget_Brands_in_Europe">cheap rooms</a> and offering us a <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/9/10/85357/3065/hotels/NH_Hotels_Offering_a_Free_Holiday_to_the_Person_with_the_Best_Dream">dream holiday</a>, but theyve got in a teensy bit of trouble elsewhere the UK advertising watchdog has just banned one of their ads because they reckon it showed a child in a sexually provocative pose. The picture was part of an email campaign and series of ads called The Organizers (ridiculous tagline an organized group with a license to save). Supposedly, the ads have been promoting good deals although we found them so baffling, seeing as they seemed to consist of photos of models rather than telling us what the deals

What Do You Think of the New Holiday Inn Commercials?

Jenna — 2009-07-14T15:06:43-05:00

<![CDATA[<object width="486" height="412 name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/GCYjMG8iYas&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="486" height="412"></embed></object> So, <A href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/holiday%20inns">Holiday Inn </a>has a new look. It's had this new look for quite some time now we stayed in one of the first-to-be-refreshed properties <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/7/28/368/94060/hotels/New_Holiday_Inn_Chelsea_May_Look_Sexy_but_It_s_Not_Good_for_Sex">in Chelsea</a> last summer (and quite liked it, might we add) and now they're spreading the word out to Holiday Inn's peeps by way of baseball fans and racing fans. They've rolled out two new ad spots to finally start promoting the total brand makeover the chain has been undergoing (the ads come in conjunction with Holiday Inn's "brand relaunch.") Promising that this brand relaunch is the "largest in hospitality history," more than 3,200 properties are undergoing the

Herradura: Hotel Villa Caletas Needs To Quit It With Those Ads For Its Spa and Residences

globetrotting gourmet — 2009-07-02T16:02:59-05:00

We got all Diane Lane “Under the Tuscan Sun” as we pulled up the windy hill to Hotel Villa Caletas in Herraduras, Costa Rica. We’re a sucker for sweeping panoramic views of the Pacific (especially from cliff side vantage points) and all the pomp and circumstance en route led us to believe we were in for something really special. As in five star special – the elite status this misguided member of Small Distinctive Hotels of Costa Rica fancies itself to have. Reality check: three stars is more like it.

We must’ve suffered a bad case of beer goggles, because as soon as we starting paying close attention to our surroundings, it wasn’t all that pretty.

Philadelphia: Philly Hotels Try to Woo You With Love Letters and Packages

Jenna — 2009-05-15T09:01:55-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/6929/Loews_Windo_R.Kennedy.jpg" class="top"> Philly's running a new ad campaign that is sorta like a collection of love letters signed, "With Love, Philadelphia." The idea here sorta echoes an ad campaign from '97 "Philadelphia: The Place That Loves You Back" and apparently everyone likes love and people respond to love letters best in the tougher economic times. So as part of the new (officially-titled) "With Love, Philadelphia XOXO" campaign, there are 100-ish featured hotel packages on the <a href="http://www.gophila.com/withlove">gophila.com/withlove</a> website, and anyone who books will score a "special gift" at check-in. This is a shot of the <A href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Loews+Hotel+Philadelphia/local/446">Loews Philadelphia</a>, who is participating in the campaign (obvs) and whose "As You Wish" package is being offered through September: <blockquote>Enjoy