http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2012-02-14T16:59:24Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Hotel%20Inspectors http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2010/3/25/135925/465 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/jwmarriotlondongvor.jpg" class="top"><p> <i>The JW Marriott Grosvenor House in London. Check out our own <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2010/2/7/212629/6837/hotels/Inside_J_W_Marriott_Grosvenor_House_in_London_This_Is_Luxury_">"inspection"</a> of this hotel.</i><p>The other week we told you how <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2010/2/23/12633/8547/hotels/Marriott_Hotels_in_the_UK_are_Looking_for_Hotel_Inspectors_"><b>Marriott Hotels in the UK</b></a> had put out a call for "inspectors", ordinary people who would be keeping tabs on the Marriott hotels in their region, making sure that the new refurb jobs on the hotel stay in top condition. Considering that Marriott dropped over 120 million pounds into these properties we don't blame them for being vigilant about the upkeep.<p>While we at HotelChatter did not qualify for the hotel inspector job, Marriott has found their team of eight individuals, hand-picked by the original hotel inspector and TV personality, <b>Ruth Watson</b>. <blockquote><p>Marriott&#146;s hotel inspectors juliana 2010-03-25T14:05:57-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2010/2/23/12633/8547 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/jwmarriotlondongvor.jpg" class="top"><p> <i>The JW Marriott Grosvenor House in London. Check out our own <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2010/2/7/212629/6837/hotels/Inside_J_W_Marriott_Grosvenor_House_in_London_This_Is_Luxury_">"inspection"</a> of this hotel.</i><p>It's no secret that HotelChatter is a total Anglophile, meaning we're a bit obsessed with anything British, even going so far as to hire a <a href="http://www.vegaschatter.com/user/juliab">British gal</a> solely based on her accent. (We kid, she's also an intrepid VegasChatter editor having attended both Barack Obama and Chippendales events with equal professionalism. Rrriiight.) <p>Anyhoo, being an Anglophile we were thrilled to hear that <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/marriott hotels"><b>Marriott Hotels</b></a> in the <a href="http://www.marriott.co.uk/default.mi">UK</a> are hiring <b>Hotel Inspectors</b>, hand-picked individuals whose job it will be to keep an eye on the hotels in their region, ensuring that the new refurbs on the hotels stay in juliana 2010-02-23T13:24:58-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/7/11/124540/011 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/11725/polizzi460.jpg" class="imgborder"><p>Why, oh why, do American networks rip off countless British reality TV shows like <i>American Idol</i> and <i>The Baby Borrowers</i>, but not what may just be the best British TV show since <i>The Office</i>? <p> Last night, <a href="http://www.five.tv/programmes/hotelinspector/"><i>Hotel Inspector</i></a> kicked off its third season on U.K.'s Channel Five, and the <a href="http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/tv/2008/07/last_nights_tv_the_hotel_inspe.html"><i> Guardian</i></a>'s review of the premiere is enough to make us want to pony up for satellite TV.<p> The show is similar in format to <i>Kitchen Nightmares</i>, where Gordon Ramsay comes in and cleans up the shoddiness of various restaurateurs. Except instead of restaurants it's hotels and instead of Ramsay's screaming, we have Alex Polizzi, (niece of Sir Rocco Forte, of <a href="http://www.roccofortecollection.com/"><b>Rocco Forte Collection</b></a> fame), jennm 2008-07-11T14:23:26-05:00 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/