HotelChatter - Tag: Hotel Key Cards

New York: Gramercy Park Hotel Jumps On The Malfunctioning Key Card Trend

ASchechter — 2012-01-03T09:24:23-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/61268/GPHlockout.jpg" class="top">Woah, we thought one New Year's Eve hotel lockout was bad enough, but this second one is making us super glad we stayed home on Saturday night. And really, the timing couldn't be worse for <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Gramercy+Park+Hotel/local/4">Gramercy Park Hotel</a>, who narrowly avoided a complete catastrophe in October with the whole <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/10/31/84016/953/hotels/">plummeting elevator</a> business. Just as they were starting to win back our confidence, their key card system goes and crashes. At midnight. Leaving guests stranded in the hallways for seven hours. The <a href="http://www.nypost.com/p/pagesix/hotel_midnight_glitch_oJINwsR4xcEy2iQnq16qlL">NY Post</a> reports that 200 guests were shut out on New Year's Eve right after midnight when all of their key cards stopped working. And though the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2012/1/2/8196/44884">Marriott Denver Tech Center</a> managed to

Denver: New Year's Eve at Marriott Denver Tech Center Ends In Major Technology Fail

ASchechter — 2012-01-02T09:05:01-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/61268/MarriottTechDenv.jpg" class="top">Of all the New Year's Eve parties that took place in hotels on Saturday night, this might be the most action-packed one we've heard about so far. Spread out across two neighboring hotels, the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Hyatt+Place+Denver+Tech+Center/ian/136639">Hyatt Denver Tech Center</a>'s "White Rose Gala" and the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Denver+Marriott+Tech+Center/ian/118351">Marriott Denver Tech Center</a>'s "Champagne Hotel" attracted thousands of midnight revelers. And for a while, it was smooth, champagne-fueled sailing. Until midnight struck, and over 3,000 inebriated Marriott guests tried heading back to their roomsonly to discover they were all locked out! According to <a href="http://overheadbin.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/01/01/9878326-chaos-as-guests-locked-out-of-rooms-at-denver-hotel">MSNBC</a>, a computer error apparently crashed the hotel's entire key card database, and though pretty much everyone was drunk as a bicycle, and ready to collapse into their

Las Vegas: Just Call Her Kim 'Key Kard'-ashian

ASchechter — 2011-12-16T10:30:01-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/61268/KeycardKardashian.jpg" class="top">No surprise here: professional egomaniac <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Kim%20Kardashian">Kim Kardashian</a>, who recently expressed a desire to <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/10/14/112231/78/hotels/Kim+Kardashian+Wants+to+Open+a+Hotel+for+Gorgeous+People">open her own</a> hotel in Dubai (and was swiftly shot down by the <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20111013-707493.html">WSJ</a>), is absolutely smitten with a particular keycard in Vegas. Why? Because it has her face on it. Back in August, when <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Mirage/local/104">The Mirage</a> announced the opening of <a href="http://www.vegaschatter.com/story/2011/8/30/135048/439/vegas-travel/The_Mirage_Experiences_Kardashian_Khaos">Kardashian Khaos</a>, some gave it the thumbs up, and just as many outright disowned the hotel. Kinda like when that petition was circulated to cancel all Kardashian programming on the E! network. But unlike TV, which can always be shut off, a hotel takeover is slightly more cataclysmic. And when it gets to the point that you can't even

SpringHill Suites is Searching for a Room Key Designer

juliana — 2011-09-07T10:36:02-05:00

<![CDATA[ <img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/springhillsuites_keycardcontest.jpg" class="top"> Have you ever looked through our collection of <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Hotel%20Key%20Cards">hotel key cards</a> and said, "I can do that!"? Well, now here's your chance. <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/springhill suites">SpringHill Suites</a> from Marriott Hotels is searching for room key designers with their National Key Card Contest where the winning designer will have their artwork featured on the hotels' room keys in 2012. There's about 300 SpringHill Suites hotels in all, giving the designer a hefty amount of exposure. <blockquote>"Design and style is the core element of SpringHill Suites," said Callette Nielse, vice president and global brand manager for SpringHill Suites. "Extending the invitation to creative minds nationwide allows us to get inspired and thereby continue to translate that great energy

Monterey: The Key Card at The Portola Hotel and Spa Will Melt Your Heart

Jennifer Kester — 2011-07-12T16:00:01-05:00

We got a hotel key card that's so cute, we want to keep it in our wallet and bust it out and show people as if it were a photo of our kid. The Portola Hotel & Spa in Monterey features a cuddly looking sea otter peeking his furry head out of the water on its key card.

You could mistake the front of the plastic card as a ticket to the Monterey Bay Aquarium, but the back of it has the hotel's name and info. Unfortunately, the adorable card doesn't double as a pass to get you into the aquarium, the big thing to see in this coastal city.