London's undeniably posh West End plays home to some of the city's most impressive—and oftentimes hoity toity—hotels: The Ritz, Langham, and Dorchester all cater to an upper crust clientele who know luxury and expect its delivery in spades. ]]> Heidi Atwal 2011-12-05T16:52:12-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/10/28/152021/83 <![CDATA[<P><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/6193/JSbook3.jpg" class="top"> <P>It seems like only yesterday we were freaking out over the launch of flash hotel sale site <b><a href="http://www.jetsetter.com">Jetsetter.com</a></b>. From the people of Gilt Groupe&#151;who deal mainly in luxury fashion, discounted&#151;Jetsetter hit the online travel booking scene with a bang in late 2009 and has since inspired several spin-off sites. <P>Celebrating two years in business and the continuing expansion of their offerings (it's not just hotels anymore, but also villa rentals, cruises and adventure experiences), they've done what every design-focused successful company does one day or another; they've printed a big, beautiful coffee table book called "<b>Bon Voyage</b>." It's funny to note that the 12"x12" boxed book is a collab with Partners & Spade and made in JetSetCD 2011-10-28T15:20:21-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/10/13/171554/26 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/61268/Cookbook.jpg" class="top"><p>In <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/10/13/10513/323/hotels/What_s_Your_Favorite_Hotel_Snack_">other</a> hotel <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/10/12/20514/490/hotels/Which_Hotel_Chef_Is_Making_Jelly_Doughnut_Pancakes_">food news</a> today, <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/InterContinental%20Hotels"><b>InterContinental Hotels</b></a> announced that they will be issuing an e-cookbook named <i>Flavors At Your Fingertips</i>. Hm, kinda makes us think of an IV drip. But nevermind, this all fits in with <b>IHG</b>'s <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/3/11/84037/3085/hotels/Concierges_at_10_InterContinental_Hotels_Will_Be_Among_First_to_Use_the_iPad_2">reputation</a> for being among the first hotel company to really integrate the wondrous tablet into their amenities. <p>Available to download for free, <b>the unique app compiles 32 classic recipes&#151;taken from 24 IHG properties around the world&#151;that users can browse using a number of cool, easy-to-follow parameters</b>. Want to search by recipe name? Easy enough. Want to spin the globe to pick your cuisine type? Spin away! Feeling undecided and want to "be inspired" with a surprise ASchechter 2011-10-13T17:33:33-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/10/6/112725/646

Cocktails and Chanel Retrospectives — the perfect combo

Taschen and Assouline have won acclaim for releasing gorgeous fashion, art, and design tomes, going head to head for prominence in the realm of luxe book publishers. It seemed that the former had a leg up when the Trump Soho decided to stock its library with mint condition Taschen books, but Assouline is playing catch up as London's Halkin hotel welcomes the Assouline Culture Lounge to its lobby bar. ]]> Heidi Atwal 2011-10-06T12:04:49-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/5/12/125113/195 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/paulcarrbig.jpg" class="top"><p><i>And now we leave you with a special guest post from <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/paul carr"><b>Paul Carr</b></a>, the man who spent three years living in London hotels, an envious escapade which not only serves as the premise for his book, <a href=""><b>The Upgrade</b></a>, but which also gives him license to lay into London hotels for their overpriced rates and poor service. And away we go.</i><p><p>When Samuel Johnson suggested that a man who is tired of London is tired of life, he clearly wasn't paying $500 a night to stay at a mid-refurb Radisson in a drafty twin room overlooking some dumpsters. In fact, <b>if you want to become tired of life very quickly, a night in a London hotel is juliana 2011-05-12T19:06:47-05:00 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/