HotelChatter - Tag: Hotel Cocktails

New Orleans: Renaissance Pere Marquette Surprises Us With a Boutique Look

juliana — 2008-11-17T16:30:14-05:00

<![CDATA[Last month, <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/user/juliana">Juliana</a> recently spent a few days in New Orleans checking out the city's still-booming business of live music, haunted tours and good cookin' all the while still maintaining its ability to overserve visitors on Bourbon Street (and pretty much everywhere else.) This week, she'll be sending back some thoughts on the hotel scene.<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/RPM_sexy.jpg" class="top">A person once asked us what they thought of Marriott's <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/renaissance%20hotels">Renaissance</a> brand and we couldn't answer the question. Simply because we had no idea what Renaissance was about other than a fuzzy notion of an outdated hotel near an airport.But walking into the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Renaissance+Pere+Marquette/ian/194817">Renaissance Pere Marquette</a> in New Orleans was nothing like those airport hotels from the 80s. Why? Because the

How to Make the Omni Hotel's Hot Chocolate

ced138 — 2008-11-06T17:02:29-05:00

Omni Hotels is once again bringing back their popular "Chuao" gourmet hot chocolate program just in time for the winter.

We have to give Omni some credit--luring people inside their doors by wafting the scent of cocoa. The simplicity of this marketing ploy is what makes it genius...and delicious.

The Venezuelan concoction is served both hot and cold, spicy or mild and spiked or virgin with the Los Angeles and NYC locations creating their own recipes.

If you don't think you'll be stepping inside an Omni anytime soon, here's our cheat sheet for mixing the concoction at home.

Washington: Mayflower Hotel is Literally on the Road to the White House

KatieK — 2008-10-29T09:22:55-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/17697/Sam_Martinis.JPG" class="top"> Defying all reasonable odds, it looks like that election everyone keeps talking about might actually happen (finally!). And now that that fateful day is almost upon us, we can think of no better way to spend Nov. 4 then living it up at a fancy hotel in the heart of the Washington juggernaut. Cue the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Renaissance+Mayflower+Hotel/local/1155">Renaissance Mayflower Hotel</a>. Yes, <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/3/10/17628/7144/hotels/Eliot_Spitzer_is_a_Call_Girl_s_Client_9_at_the_Mayflower_Hotel">that</a> Mayflower. Sitting less than a mile from the White House, the swank hotel has hosted its share of presidents--and future failed politicians!--over the years, even holding many an inaugural ball in its long and storied history since opening in 1925 (suite 776 is the site where FDR wrote the line, the only thing we have

Hotel Cocktails Eclipse The Pillow Mint

ced138 — 2008-10-27T14:14:40-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/margaritas.jpg" class="top"> Weve started noticing that every hotel we visit these days immediately thrusts a free beverage into our hands not that were complaining. The complimentary cocktail is quickly becoming ubiquitous. To keep up, <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/loews%20hotels">Loews Hotels</a> has devised a signature drink for every one of its hotels. Awhile back, an <a href=http://www.hotelfandb.com/biol/july-aug2007-loews-cocktails.asp>industry trade magazine</a> got the details on some of these elixirs. <blockquote>In L.A., the Loews Santa Monica Beach Hotel mixes up the Raspberry Mojito with 10 Cane Rum, mint leaves, brown sugar, lime juice, a top-off of Sprite, and a float of Chambord Liqueur Royale. Loews Ventana Canyon Resort in Tucson features the Ventana Stargazer, made with Grey Goose LOrange vodka, Grand Marnier, freshly squeezed orange juice,

Paris: Paris Hotel Gets to the Meat of the American Election Showdown

KatieK — 2008-10-14T11:45:45-05:00

Dreaming of deporting yourself to Paris until the election dust settles? You'd be wise to avoid the Hotel Concorde La Fayette--unless, of course, you actually enjoy the oh-so-passé satisfaction of an election being decided on the real, shall we say, meaty issues rather than superficial garnishes.

That's right, the Hotel Concorde La Fayette is following in the election-gimmick trend encroaching hotels stateside and has created a French version of presidential-themed burgers: the O-Burger and Elephant Burger at the La Fayette Bar. (Turns out even the City of Light can't outshine the glaring spotlight surrounding this year's wannabe leaders of the free world.)