HotelChatter - Tag: Hotel Gyms

Chicago: Is a Surprise Hotel Fitness Fee Worse Than a Steep WiFi Charge?

JetSetCD — 2009-04-07T09:13:22-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/6193/PalmerFitnessFee.jpg" class="top"> Just when we thought paying for <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/hotel wifi">WiFi</a> to be the worst of hotel extra evils, a reader has reminded us of yet another devil in the details: additional charges for using the hotel's gym. Calling out Chicago's <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Palmer+House+Hilton/ian/151856">Palmer House Hilton</a> in particular, our tipster uncovers more than just the fee, but also the lack of signage regarding it: <blockquote>Just discovered -- the Palmer House charges $18 (!!) for guests to use their fitness center. I'm sure it's lovely, but at the news of $18 I turned around and left. Outrageous on several levels: the price (although I wouldn't pay anything) and the fact that there was absolutely no clue until I walked and found

Chicago: Chicago's Hotel Burnham Gets a Fitness Center

KatieK — 2008-11-03T09:20:06-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/burnhamfitness.jpg" class="top"> Gone are the days when boutique hotels were all velvet ropes and martini bars. Indeed, Chicago's elegant <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Hotel+Burnham+-+A+Kimpton+Hotel/ian/179221">Hotel Burnham</a> just opened a new fitness center for Kimpton hotel guests looking for a little treadmill action with their happy hour. Following a six-month renovation of a former office space on the hotel's third floor, the work-out center is open 24 hours a day and features treadmills and an elliptical machine (equipped with luxe LCD TV screens), a stationary bike, adjustable incline bench, free weights, medicine balls, and an abs machine. The space apparently "allows for natural light with a glass door and glass wall," though frankly we're personally never thrilled about the combo of glass walls and

Walnut Creek: First Renaissance Clubsport Opens and Travel is No Longer an Excuse to Skip Workouts

Jenna — 2008-07-15T13:25:26-05:00

Calling all health-nuts, meatheads and normal people who enjoy working out: the first two Renaissance ClubSport properties have opened in Cali -- the first in Walnut Creek and the second more recently in Aliso Viejo corporate park.

Marriott and NorCal health club development firm Leisure Sports, Inc. have teamed up to create the new concept, which essentially boasts the same higher-end features of most Renaissance properties with monster fitness offerings.

Miami Beach: David Barton Gym at Gansevoort South Won't Open Until May

juliana — 2008-03-12T14:38:03-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/dbgvoortsouth.jpg" class="imgborder">We heard whispers last week that the David Barton Gym at the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Hotel+Gansevoort+South+%3A%3A+Paradiso+Miami/local/125">Gansevoort South</a> wouldn't open on time this month and today we have confirmation--an email to all Miami members about the delay from DB himself.<blockquote> Hammers are swinging, dust is flying and equipment is being polished and readied for delivery. Because of a backlog at the Building Department, construction is now scheduled for an April completion and official opening in mid-May. I'm so sorry for the inconvenience this delay may cause and I promise that in May you'll be pumping away in the best gym you've ever been to.</blockquote>For current DBG members, they can workout inside the Flamingo South Beach which houses a much smaller facility.

New York: Hilton New York Reopens Its Fitness Center

juliana — 2007-12-14T09:15:01-05:00

The Hilton New York has just completed a renovation of its 8,000-square foot glass-domed fitness facility that features floor-to-ceiling windows offering you killer views as you break a sweat.

The renovation added cushion flooring, Precor cardiovascular machines with personal entertainment on each machine and some new strength-training equipment. But have no fear if you fear working out in public. The hotel also offers private in-room yoga and Pilates workouts.

And for you Movie Set Hotel junkies the fitness center was used in a scene of Michael Clayton starring George Clooney.