http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2012-02-14T08:48:34Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Hotel%20Dorms http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/8/19/15553/9559 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/icon_small_hell.gif" align="right"><i>There's tons of hotel news flying around this week and we don't have time to give each and every story the love and attention it may deserve, so you will have to settle for some news briefs.</i><p>&#183; <a href="http://www.jacksonville.com/apnews/stories/081908/D92L8NC80.shtml"><b>Ultimate Meth Hotel Hell</b></a>: A woman in Pensacola, Florida had a black backpack fall from the ceiling of her hotel room. Inside it? A portable meth lab. Oy. [AP News]<p><a href="http://www.businessweek.com/globalbiz/content/aug2008/gb20080819_224722.htm?chan=top+news_top+news+index_global+business"><b>Beijing Hotels Still Empty</b></a>: While swimming and NBC Olympics ratings probably had their best Olympics ever, Beijing hotels still are suffering. [BusinessWeek]<p>&#183; <a href="http://www.foxbusiness.com/story/markets/industries/media/pokertek-installs-pokerpro-excalibur-hotel-casino-las-vegas/"><b>Excalibur Goes Electronic</b></a>: While the outside of the Excalibur Hotel &amp; Casino still looks like bad interpretation of medieval fantasy, inside the poker rooms are going electronic! juliana 2008-08-19T17:00:13-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/9/21/121449/316 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/newyorker_bedbugs.jpg" class="imgborder"><p>A Fordham University senior is suing the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+New+Yorker+Hotel/local/823"><b>New Yorker Hotel</b></a> after the room she was placed in as substitute dorm room she claims was infested with bed bugs.<blockquote><p>Michelle Hopkins filed a suit yesterday after the insects allegedly feasted on her in the Manhattan hotel that doubled as her dorm.<p><p> "I can't sleep anymore, I haven't slept in forever," Hopkins said, breaking into tears in her lawyer's office. "I'm petrified." <p> A student housing crunch at Fordham led Hopkins to find a room through Educational Housing Services, which leases four floors of rooms from the New Yorker Hotel at Eighth Ave. and 34th St</blockquote></p><p>Colleges often use nearby hotels as a way to supply rooms to students but we juliana 2007-09-21T12:35:15-05:00 40.752712 -73.993630 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2006/10/26/13021/117 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/icon_small_hell.gif" align="right"> We understand that if a hotel is doubling as a dorm that it has challenges that others would never dream of. But that's no excuse for them to let themselves go--they are still hotels!<p> The <a href="http://www.ucscinn.com/"><b>UCSC Inn</b></a> in Santa Cruz plays the dual role and plays it...not so well. They claim that they're the perfect hotel for business travelers and vacationers alike but, looking into the past guest reviews we have to beg to differ:<p> <blockquote><p>We chose this hotel because we thought it would be nice since it is supposedly affiliated with the university, but we were wrong. The room was pretty gross. It looked like a typical furnished dorm room from the seventies. The walls Courtney 2006-10-26T15:44:46-05:00 36.976782 -122.02118 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2006/10/12/115828/80 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/icon_small_hell.gif" align="right">It's old news that hotels across the country and even in Canada are having to play dorm for overflowing university campuses.<p>But while some hotels are prepared to handle the long-term, extended stay business traveler, it doesn't quite seem they know how to handle a 20-yr-old college kid. <p> Goucher College in Baltimore has put up many students at the <a href="http://www.starwoodhotels.com/sheraton/property/overview/index.html?propertyID=197"><b>Sheraton Baltimore North Hotel</b></a>. One resident explains that she pays suite rates despite having the dorm furniture rather than the hotel furniture. Although she enjoys the pool, hot tub, and fitness room from time to time, overall living at the hotel causes more bad than good. Like WiFi hell. You'd think having free WiFi would be a bonus Courtney 2006-10-12T13:42:31-05:00 39.406592 -76.601115 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2006/9/21/21153/6341 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/toronto_primrose.jpg"><p>What does a hotel suffering from lack of guests due to SARS and a university that expands its enrollment have in common? Extra needed student housing and an empty hotel creates a match made in heaven. <p> The <a href="http://www.torontoprimrosehotel.com/"><b>Best Western Primrose Hotel</b></a> opened its doors to students some years ago and some have literally lived in the hotel for all of their undergraduate years, though the hotel staff calls them "long term guests."<p> So what's the advantage of living your dorm life in a hotel? WiFi signals, concierge, lobby bar are among the top. But as the <a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com">Globe and Mail</a> explains the situation is in fact rather boring. Even worse, the hotel apparently houses the geekiest of Courtney 2006-09-21T10:17:18-05:00 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/