HotelChatter - Tag: Hotel Promotions

Victoria: For A Little While Longer, You Can Name Your Price At The Hotel Grand Pacific

ASchechter — 2011-10-31T09:00:01-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/61268/VictoriaPWYW.jpg" class="top">It isn't often that a hotel lets you have a say in the price of your stay. But that's exactly what Victoria BC's <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Hotel+Grand+Pacific/local/2310">Hotel Grand Pacific</a> is offering for the next two weeks. Running through next Friday November 11, prospective guests can visit the <a href="http://paywhatyouwantvictoria.com/">PayWhatYouWantVictoria</a> site, answer some survey questions, and enter a price that they feel best reflects the "worth" of a one-night stay at the waterfront hotel. When we first heard about this, we immediately thought of when Radiohead released In Rainbows in 2007, becoming the <a href="http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1666973,00.html">first band</a> to ever release a digital album without an actual pricecustomers chose how much they wanted to pay, and that was that. By doing so, the

These 5 Hotels Scream For National Ice Cream Day

ASchechter — 2011-07-15T10:30:01-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/61268/PRIME.jpg" class="top">Ever since we watched Macaulay Culkin order room service from his Plaza suite in Home Alone 2, we've fantasized about combining two of life's greatest pleasures: ice cream and fancy hotels. This Sunday happens to be National Ice Cream Day (don't say you've never heard of it!), as declared by President Ronald Reagan in 1984, and we've done our best to compile the top hotel participants. LOEWS HOTELS The <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/2/15/1524/08429/hotels/Valentine_s_Day_May_Be_Over_But_Loews_Wants_You_To_Spread_Some_Doggy_Love">pet-loving </a> <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Loews%20Hotels">Loews</a> hotel chain has been celebrating ice cream all month long, so now it's time to catch up. From 4pm to 5pm daily, roaming carts filled with bomb pops, ice cream sandwiches, fudgesicles and creamsicles will be stationed in the lobbies of all 18 Loews

Hertfordshire: At Least This Hotel Seems to Have Forgiven Tiger Woods

ASchechter — 2011-07-13T16:15:01-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/61268/Grove.jpg" class="top"><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/tiger woods">Tiger Woods</a> may have lost a few sponsorships and fans after his whole cheating scandal (not to mention a wife!) but he's still got a few people in his corner, including a hotel. At the five-star <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Grove+/ian/259200">Grove</a> resort in Hertfordshire (sister hotel to London's <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Athenaeum+Hotel+and+Apartments/local/1655">Athenaeum</a>), golf fanatics can visit the site of Tiger Woods' 2006 World Golf Championship victory. And they can even attempt to re-create the exact same shot that scored Tiger his winning "eagle." The hotel, which maintains a championship-quality course, has installed three plaques in the lawn near to what is now the ninth hole of the course (when Tiger played in 2006, it was the final eighteenth hole). Simply locate

Miami: Apparently, June is Miami Romance Month and Hotels Are Playing Along

jsb — 2011-06-16T10:36:42-05:00

They're at it again. The ever-busy Greater Miami Convention & Visitors Bureau have a new marketing toy to play with--a promo and website called MiamiRomanceMonth.com, which plays up June as the month of brides and grooms.

But how are the hotels involved? For starters, next week five ~~crazy~~ loved-up couples will battle it out for a chance to win a $150,000 wedding at the fancy Biltmore Hotel in Coral Gables.

New York: Sky Terrace Launches This Summer With Organic Vodka and Foursquare

ASchechter — 2011-06-01T11:42:35-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/61268/Skymenu.JPG" class="top"> In January, <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/1/3/143446/8278/hotels/Apparently_The_Hudson_Hotel_Has_Rooms_Big_Enough_to_Hold_20_People">we gasped</a> about the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Hudson+Hotel/local/58">Hudson Hotel</a> room that squeezed in up to 20 people for a mini production of the Tennessee Williams play Green Eyes. Today, we're focusing on another of their ample spacesthe exclusive, guests-only, fifteenth-floor Sky Terrace. Yes, it is quite large. And yes, the vibe is a little high-flown. But, no, we're not just telling you all this to make you jealous! It turns out that Sky Terrace, which launched its summer event series last Thursday, has chosen to open up their sought-after venue to Foursquare and Twitter enthusiasts. Because, <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Foursquare">as we have shown before</a>, if you're not racing to reward your guests through social media promotions and contests, be