In the past few years, Atlanta Georgia's Buckhead neighborhood has become the place for new luxury hotel projects, everyone from the Ritz-Carlton, St Regis, Sheraton, W, InterContinental, Westin, JW Marriott is either building a hotel or has a location there already.

The development which really put Buckhead on the map is called Streets of Buckhead, and has high-end shopping, restaurants and condos in addition to Starwood Capital's 1 Hotel & Baccarat Hotel, both of which were to include residences. Now it seems both of those hotels have been taken out of the development. ]]> AndrewC 2008-10-31T14:40:37-05:00 33.8384300 -84.380715 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/7/30/19416/4775 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/hotelpennwebsite.png" class="imgborder"><p>In this era of transparency and instant information, it's no surprise that every business under the sun is trying to overhaul its digital image. Jumping on the bandwagon is the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Hotel+Pennsylvania/local/161"><b>The Hotel Pennsylvania</b></a>, which earned distinction last year as 2007 Hospitality Sales and Marketing Awards International (HSMAI) eMarketer of the Year. Also, as a Notable Hotel to Get Off of The Hotel DeathWatch List. (See <a href="http://www.observer.com/2008/real-estate/penn-mightier">The NY Observer.</a>) <p>Their new website, <a href="http://www.hotelpenn.com/index.html">hotelpenn.com</a>, admittedly has all the usual bells and whistles -- neat graphics, plenty of information and links, an excellent monthly calendar (including all Madison Square Garden events, a gimme since the monster is just across the street over Penn Station). Oh and don't forget: annie0007 2008-07-31T09:34:35-05:00 40.7501340 -73.991198 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/6/10/9453/18183 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/hooters_sign1.jpg" class="imgborder"><p><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Hooters+Casino+Hotel/local/37"><b>The Hooters Hotel &amp; Casino</b></a> has been on deathwatch for quite sometime but it looks like it will live (just barely) for another day.<p>The owner of the Hooters hotel, 155 E. Tropicana, was in talks to sell the property to Hedwigs Las Vegas Top Tier. However, Hedwigs failed to make a payment by June 6 which automatically terminated the deal. Yet Hooters did get about $5.5 million from Hedwigs in a non-refundable deposit and extension fees.<p>Of course, Hooters is not out of the woods now. East Tropicana has serious cash flow issues and has not been able to meet its debt obligations. So Hooters is on the lookout once again for some sugar daddies who want to juliana 2008-06-10T10:00:35-05:00 36.099815 -115.16751 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/7/19/111650/741 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/lajitas_broke.jpg" class="imgborder"/><p> <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/LAJITAS+THE+ULTIMATE+HIDEOUT/ian/218475"><b>The Lajitas Resort</b></a> in Lajitas, Texas has got some serious money problems. Hot shot developer Steve Smith bought the property in 2000 for $4.5 million and then went about turning it into a luxury resort complete with an "emerald-green" golf course, a gourmet restaurant and two bedroom suite room rates of $750 a night. <p>The place, now worth over $200 million, was tagged as "The Ultimate Hideout" where Richie Rich could fly in on his private jet or helicopter for a weekend of golf and relaxation. It also has a "mayor" on staff--a beer loving goat named Clay Henry. <p>Yet it seems not everyone wants to pay the high room rates or the $75,000 annual club juliana 2007-07-19T11:20:05-05:00 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/