HotelChatter - Tag: Hotel Music

The Five Best Hotels With Recording Studios

juliana — 2008-06-26T10:54:07-05:00

<![CDATA[<img align="right" src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/recordingstudios.jpg" class="imgborder">Imagine you are a jet-setting rock star and your label is being really pushy about getting you to lay down some new tracks for your album. But all you really want to do is be big pimpin' all over the world. Is there a way to do both? Actually there is. A few hotels offer recording studios inside their properties, making it possible for rock stars and pop stars to take a working vacation.Of course, you don't need to be a big time rock and pop star to book these hotel studios, you just need plenty of cash. That means any monied up schmo can throw down a hack version of Chocolate Rain, upload it somewhere,

Kyoto: Design Hotels Pet Favorite: The Hotel Screen's Different Rooms Gives Guests Different Experiences

amandak — 2007-12-07T14:21:34-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3873/HotelScreenKyoto.jpg" class="imgborder"> Dipping into the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/12/5/14650/1077/hotels/Way_to_Go_Jeronimos_8">new members</a> of the design hotels group again, a new hotel in Japan has caught our attention. Opening on December 13, the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Hotel+Screen/local/1011">Hotel Screen</a> in historic Kyoto, north of Osaka, is a 13-room hotel that sounds pretty unique.Hotel Screen is designed around the concept that "no two guests will have the same experience on any given night". That means that each room was designed by a different designer so you could, theoretically, spend almost two weeks getting a completely different experience each night.As well as the varying rooms, guests can experience the open-air sky lounge (kind of a fancy name for a garden with seats, we suppose) and buy the hotel's very

Starwood Inks Deal With Sony BMG for In-Room Music Playlists

alyshabrown — 2007-09-17T16:05:14-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/westinny_ipod.jpg">Soon, only Sony BMG artists will be playing from these Starwood-owned iPods.iTunes may have a monopoly selling music online, but other music execs, and their crafty marketing people have plenty of tricks up their sleeves like targeting hotel guests. The latest trick is an exclusive partnership between Sony BMG Entertainment and <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/starwood%20hotels">Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide.</a> Under the agreement, Sony BMG will produce song playlists tailored to individual properties, digital music stores, $20 compilation albums, live and VIP performances and, oh, a free in-room VH1-esque TV channel. The first brands in the Starwood Empire to receive musical royal treatment are stateside Sheratons, W Hotels, Westins, Four Points, Le Meridiens, St. Regis and Luxury Collection brands. If all

New York: Party Dispatch: Ben Watt at the Hudson Hotel

juliana — 2007-07-19T09:30:02-05:00

[Ed. Note: Contributing Editor PBB has been very busy lately...partying. Here's the first of two Party Dispatches for us.]

Went by the Hudson Hotel on Monday to check out a set by Ben Watt, who's half of Everything but the Girl. It was super loud--which is a good thing--and had quite a club vibe for a sunset show. Pretty good crowd, too.

Rumor is that another show in the hotel's Private Park is coming up in two weeks, but don't see anything on the Giant Step website about it.

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Hyatt's iPod Docks Not Music to Guests' Ears

Tim L. — 2007-07-16T12:19:23-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3930/hyatt_iphone.jpg" class="imgborder"/>The <a href="http://flyertalk.com">FlyerTalk.com</a> message forums are not just for flying talk: there are plenty of threads on hotels. This can be the perfect place to find out, for instance, what others think about the latest hotel tech item, like <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/hyatt%20hotels">Hyatt Hotel's</a> "aren't we hip" iPod docks. (Never mind those XM radios that were going to be in all rooms starting in 2005.) The iPod docks are also the alarm clocks, which you know is going to be trouble for people who just want to wake up in time for their flight. Sure enough, here are a few choice comments from <a href="http://flyertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=616937">this thread</a>. <blockquote>· "It appears that my 3rd gen iPod isn't fully compatible. It stops playing