HotelChatter - Tag: Hotel Emergencies http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2009-11-24T08:45:22Z HotelChatter HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Hotel%20Emergencies Seattle: Pepper Spray Goes Off at The Hotel Andra http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/10/12/84633/236 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/hotelandraroom.jpg" class="top"><p>If you travel with pepper spray, it goes without saying that you should be careful with how you use it but we bet you never thought the hotel housekeeper would accidentally set it off. That's what happened last night at the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Hotel+Andra/ian/119562"><b>Hotel Andra</b></a> in Seattle.<p>According to the <a href="http://www.seattlepi.com/local/411031_hazmat11.html">KOMO-TV</a>, a housekeeper accidentally tipped over a can of pepper spray while servicing a guest room and it went off. The entire fifth floor was evacuated and five people had to be treated at the scene for their symptoms.<p>The hotel, which belongs to the Small Luxury Hotels of the World collection, released a statement explaining the pepper spray mishap and said that once the hotel was all aired out, juliana 2009-10-12T09:18:36-05:00 47.6134350 -122.34005 Rancho Palos Verdes: Los Angeles is Burning, Luxury Hotel Provides Shelter http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/8/31/03357/5753

The Terranea Resort, unaffected by the current fires, offers shelter to displaced residents.

If you live in Los Angeles, you were probably awakened by the pungent smell of active flames on Sunday morning. And, depending on how close you are to the wildfires currently sweeping La Canada Flintridge and surrounding areas, you may have noticed tiny flecks of ash dotting the windshield of your car as well.

Governor Schwarzenegger has deemed the fires "totally out of control," according to Sky News, while the L.A. Times' "L.A. Now" blog notes that with temperatures having reached the "mid- to high 90s" in recent days, fire conditions have reached extreme new heights. ]]> Heidi Atwal 2009-08-31T08:44:44-05:00 Yosemite National Park: Falling Rocks at Yosemite Forces Hotel Ahwahnee Guests to Evacuate http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/8/27/02942/5464 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/ahwahneerocks.jpg" class="top"><p> Staying at <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Ahwahnee+Hotel/ian/216235"><b>The Ahwahnee Hotel</b></a> in <b>Yosemite National Park</b> will always be a memorable experience. For the folks that can cough up $500+ for a night's stay, they will have the memories of waking up to killer views of the park's granite Half Dome, Yosemite Falls and Glacier Point. Guests will also be sleeping inside a historic hotel, first built in 1927 (nearly prehistoric days for California) and designed during the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arts_and_Crafts_Movement">Arts & Craft movement</a> where everything had to be homemade. ("Machines are evil!" was the prevailing thought of this movement.)<p> Oh and if the hotel gets evacuated because of falling rocks behind it, that's even more memorable. Kinda. Three hundred guests at the hotel juliana 2009-08-27T09:14:41-05:00 37.7705963 -119.51077 JW Marriott and Ritz-Carlton Jakarta Will Re-Open Today http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/7/29/92028/7480 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/6929/rcjakartaroom.jpg" class="top"> <p>The two hotels that suffered <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/7/16/222223/696/hotels/Breaking_Fatal_Blasts_at_JW_Marriott_Ritz_Carlton_Jakarta">attacks</a> earlier this month in Indonesia &#151; the Ritz-Carlton Jakarta and the JW Marriott Jakarta &#151; will re-open today, <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/28/AR2009072803407.html">according to Reuters</a>. The two bomb blasts at the luxe hotels left a total of nine people dead and 53 injured. <p>Per Reuters: <blockquote><p> The Ritz-Carlton already has guests booked to stay on Wednesday night, said hotel spokeswoman Els Ramadhinta. <p> "We have reviewed everything from the incident and made some adjustments but I can't disclose what the changes are. Hopefully we will get some more bookings soon," she told Reuters by telephone. <p> The JW Marriott, which is adjacent to the Ritz-Carlton, will also open on Wednesday. </p></blockquote> <p>The Ritz-Carlton Jenna 2009-07-29T09:25:47-05:00 Peshawar: Deadly Bomb Explodes at Pakistan Hotel http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/6/9/14412/65322 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/6929/pearlpakistan.jpg" class="top"> <p>Some very, very sad news to report. According to CNN, a bomb exploded just outside the luxury <b><A href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Pearl+Continental+Peshawar/ian/116362">Pearl Continental Hotel</a></b> in the Pakistani city of Peshawar today, killing at least five people and wounding at least 25 more. <p><a href="http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/06/09/pakistan.hotel/?iref=hpmostpop">CNN.com </a>reports: <blockquote><p> Peshawar bomb disposal squad Inspector Hukam Khan confirmed soon after the explosion that a car bomb caused the destruction.</p></blockquote> <p> Peshawar is the capital of North West Frontier Province, which has suffered a spate of bombings on civilian targets in the wake of the Pakistani military's ongoing military offensive against Taliban militants. </p></blockquote> <P>Eerily, the media is reporting that Pearl Continental is actually owned by the same group as the <b><A href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Marriott+Islamabad/ian/131537">Marriott Islamabad</a></b>, where Jenna 2009-06-09T14:31:07-05:00 Search HotelChatter Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/