http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2012-02-14T18:35:49Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Hotel%20Lawsuits http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2012/1/9/18239/51605 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/61268/KampHotel.jpg" class="top"><p><i>Hotel Kamp in Helsinki is owned by Starwood</i> <p>The <a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/woman-hotel-clerk-finland-gave-key-drunken-pervert-amp-i-m-suing-article-1.1003425?localLinksEnabled=false"><i>New York Daily News</i></a> is reporting on a lawsuit between Wall Street banker Alison Fournier and <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Starwood%20Hotels"><b>Starwood Hotels</b></a>, who <b>gave an unknown man the key to Fournier's Helsinki hotel room, after he explained to the Front Desk that he was her husband</b>. Creepy! And kinda unbelievable. <p>The surveillance video depicts an American man showing up at the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Hotel+Kamp/local/105"><b>Hotel Kamp</b></a>'s Front Desk, drunkenly explaining he had been locked out from his wife's room, and walking away with the key. Minutes later, he <b>entered Fournier's room, took his clothes off and got into bed with her. </b>Creepy again! Though half-asleep, and alone, Fournier immediately realized what was going ASchechter 2012-01-10T09:00:02-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/11/7/10186/0857 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/61268/creditcardhacks.jpg" class="top"><p>The <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/AP3642c94b22bb4a76b7eae41a54c60647.html"><i>WSJ</i></a> is reporting that an auditor for Amsterdam Hospitality Group <b>has greedily helped himself to the credit card information of 237 guests</b>, drawing from three of the group's eight Manhattan hotels. Luckily, NYC's Fashion Week <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/2/11/16548/5427/hotels/Drink_Your_Way_Through_the_Rest_of_Fashion_Week_at_NYC_s_Empire_Hotel">mainstay</a>, the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Empire+Hotel+NYC/local/1578"><b>Empire Hotel</b></a>, which the company owns, wasn't affected. <p>Phew! Though we dote happily on the Empire's ritzy Lincoln Center location and rooftop drinking accommodations, we'd rather not take our chances when handing over our credit cards for a $450-a-night stay. We have enough "mystery charges" showing up on our monthly statements (as we mentioned <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/11/7/85819/8203/hotels/Courtyard_By_Marriott_Comes_To_Herald_Square">earlier</a> this morning, our love of hotels is exceeded only by our love of shopping) as it is, and have no need ASchechter 2011-11-07T10:30:02-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/9/1/3036/23893 <![CDATA[<p><p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/editionwaikikiemployees.JPG" class="top"><p>Some late-breaking news yesterday--a New York judge has ordered M Waikiki LLC, the owners of the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Waikiki+Edition/local/1703"><b>The Waikiki Edition</b></a> who dumped the brand in favor of <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/8/29/16395/8770/hotels/The_Edition_Waikiki_Er_Modern_Honolulu_Now_Has_a_New_Website">The Modern Honolulu</a>, to reinstall the Edition team which is owned by <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/marriott hotels">Marriott Hotels.</a> <p>The <a href="http://www.google.com/search?q=hotel&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbo=u&tbm=nws&source=og&sa=N&hl=en&tab=wn">Wall Street Journal</a> reports: <blockquote><p>On Wednesday, a New York state judge issued a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction that stated that Marriott should be allowed to return to its management role at the hotel by 2:30 p.m. local time, replacing Aqua Hotels & Resorts, the management company installed by the owners on Sunday, according to a copy of the judge's order.</blockquote></p><p>But despite the ruling, the WSJ said that by late Wednesday juliana 2011-09-01T09:05:01-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/8/29/0367/08804 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/Edition_entrance_8412.jpg" class="top"><p> <i>This used to be a happy place.</i><p>Uhoh. Remember that <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/edition waikiki lawsuit">Edition Waikiki Lawsuit</a> that the owners of the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Waikiki+Edition/local/1703"><b>Edition Waikiki</b></a> filed against Edition's parent company <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/marriott hotels">Marriott Hotels</a> and visionary <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/ian schrager">Ian Schrager</a> a few months ago? Well things have just gotten really nasty. <p><a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424053111904199404576537140488961556.html">The Wall Street Journal</a> reports that over Saturday night, the owners changed the locks on the hotel doors, effectively shutting out Marriott. <blockquote><p>In a dramatic move, the owners of the Waikiki Edition in Hawaii said Sunday that in the early morning hours they installed new management and changed the signs and locks on the hotel to reflect a new name, the Modern Honolulu. The changes were made juliana 2011-08-29T08:15:01-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/8/7/12258/24317 <![CDATA[<p> <img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/groundzero_milleniumhilton2008.jpg" class="top"><p> <i>The view from the Millenium Hilton in 2008.</i> <p><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Millenium+Hilton/local/1606"><b>Millenium Hilton</b></a> hasn't had it very easy this past decade. When September 11 happened, one side of the hotel was completely blown out forcing closure of the hotel for nearly two years. <p>When we checked in with the hotel on the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2006/9/11/114727/613/hotels/The_Millenium_Hilton_Life_After_September_11th">5th anniversary of 9/11</a>, things were settling down into a new kind of normal for the hotel, just like everyone else in the city was doing. But the hotel's proximity to Ground Zero with its strange mixture of 9/11 memorials and frenetic construction was unavoidable. And now five years later, it's gotten so bad the hotel is filing a lawsuit. <p>According to the <a href="http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/manhattan/zero_hotel_sound_and_fury_gCfunzLB5Ji0gjXsdFi0nI">NY juliana 2011-08-08T08:45:03-05:00 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/