http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2012-02-15T01:16:11Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Hotel%20Celebrations http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/4/6/181037/9691 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/6193/DorchesterDoor.jpg" class="top"> <p><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel/local/5"><b>The Dorchester Hotel</b></a>, home to many a celebrity breakdown, is having a birthday, and not just any birthday--an <strong>80th birthday</strong>. Congrats! They've outlived <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/3/24/01450/0693/hotels/Liz_Taylor_s_Favorite_Hotels_Or_Places_That_Got_a_Whiff_of_White_Diamonds_">Liz Taylor</a> and <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/3/10/84356/8849/hotels/Jetlagged_Jacko_Is_Alienating_London_s_Hotels_">Michael Jackson!</a> (even though he was banned from the hotel.) <p>But yet instead of hosting some crazy party filled with all the crazy celebs who've had crazy times at the hotel, The Dorchester is doing something rather, well, sane, to mark the occasion. <p> <p>On April 18, the hotel will be planting 15 <strong>Future Great Trees</strong> throughout the city. It's not very rock&#146;n&#146;roll but at least it&#146;s eco friendly. The idea is that these trees will become London landmarks like the tree which has grown outside The Dorchester JulesLdn 2011-04-07T13:17:12-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/12/16/11333/427 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/30451/GoldenKeySFPalace.jpg" class="top"><p> <p>Located somewhere in the Bay Area? Keep your eyes peeled for flying room keys. A <b>Golden Room Key</b>, to be precise. If this specimen (possibly still tied to a festive bunch of balloons) whacks you in the head or plops onto your car's windscreen, it's your lucky day. You'll get to play Charlie&#151;only instead of a visit to a chocolate factory with a bunch of obnoxious kids you'll get three nights at the fancy <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Palace+Hotel/local/61"><b>Palace Hotel</b></a> in San Francisco.</p> <p>The Golden Ticket ... er, Key, is part of the hotel's <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/7/29/195710/216/hotels/San_Fran_s_Palace_Hotel_Celebrates_100_Years"><b>100th Birthday Celebrations</b></a>, and was released into the overcast sky above San Francisco yesterday, inside a helium-filled yellow balloon. Whoever finds the balloon containing the MsRebecca 2009-12-16T13:49:44-05:00 37.7882130 -122.40161 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/9/24/225340/338 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/OtesagaHotel.jpg" class="imgborder"><p><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/maps/Fall-Foliage-Hotels"><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/fallfoliagemap2.jpg" align="right"></a> <p>One of America's grand dame hotels is rolling out a special to commemorate its upcoming centennial. <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Otesaga/local/1349"><b>The Otesaga</b></a> in Cooperstown, perched on the shores of Lake Otsego and a stone's throw from America's richest baseball museum, is surrounded by history and <i>is</i> history itself.<p> <p>A century old on July 12, 2009, the hotel is part of literary history (the lake is referred to as "Glimmerglass" in writer James Fenimore Cooper's <i>Leatherstocking Tales</i>); was an architectural marvel when it opened, with phones in every room and central heating, designed by the same fellows that built The Dakota in New York City; and a celebrity haunt, with baseball players like Ty Cobb, Cy Young and annie0007 2008-09-25T09:15:33-05:00 42.7036667 -74.926829 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/