HotelChatter - Tag: Hotel Promotions

How Should Leading Hotels of the World Apologize for the 1928 Fiasco?

Jenna — 2008-10-06T17:50:20-05:00

<![CDATA[Poor <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Leading%20Hotels%20of%20the%20World">Leading Hotels of the World</a>. <img align="right" src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/LHWlogosmall.png" class="imgborder">As we covered breathlessly last week, they tried to do something nice for their birthday by attempting to release a limited number of hotel rooms for $19.28 apiece on Wednesday morning (in honor of their birth year, 1928) -- but instead they had some <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/10/1/101723/828/hotels/Yeah_We_Got_Totally_Shut_Out_of_the_LHW_19_28_Sale_Too">major technical meltdown</a> due to the insane traffic on their website on the morning of the contest, everyone got very upset, and then they were going to hold a do-over but now they are kinda like, "<a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/10/2/15921/5765/hotels/Leading_Hotels_of_the_World_Admits_Defeat_Returns_to_the_Drawing_Board">er, um, TBD</a>." CEO Ted Teng has posted <a href="http://www.lhw.com/Promo1928/EndOfPromotion.htm">a personal letter </a>apologizing to the promo participants and the cheap-room hopefuls. But to some particularly fired-up bloggers that's

Atlantic City: Inside Room 41076 at The Waterfront Tower in Atlantic City

AndrewC — 2008-06-11T12:08:20-05:00

<![CDATA[<embed src="http://admin.brightcove.com/destination/player/player.swf" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" flashVars="allowFullScreen=true&initVideoId=1600111203&servicesURL=http://www.brightcove.com&viewerSecureGatewayURL=https://www.brightcove.com&cdnURL=http://admin.brightcove.com&autoStart=false" base="http://admin.brightcove.com" name="bcPlayer" width="400" height="339" allowFullScreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" seamlesstabbing="false" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" swLiveConnect="true" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash"></embed> If the She Said/He Said reviews on the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Waterfront+Tower+at+Harrahs+Atlantic+City/local/1248">Waterfront Tower</a> at Harrah's in Atlantic City, left you wanting more on what it's like to stay inside the hotel, then look no further than our video tour of room 41076.And here was our initial reaction to the room:<blockquote> The colors were very modern, red and tan, with a HUGE LCD HDTV, but it was obvious there was not an HDTV Signal--the image quality was clearly lacking. Our room was on the 41st floor and well, of course that afforded us great views. The bathroom was clearly modeled after The Borgata--separate room for the toilet, glass enclosed

Atlantic City: She Said :: The Waterfront Tower in Atlantic City

JetSetCD — 2008-06-10T11:50:01-05:00

Last month, we hit up the free room promotion that Harrah's in Atlantic City was doing for its new Waterfront Tower. Two of our NY-area based contributing editors took a chance on this free room and wrote back with their impressions. Since one is male and one is female, we decided to do a "She Said, He Said" review. Here's JetSetCD's She Said review. Enjoy.

Luck was quite the lady on Thursday night in Atlantic City, not only showering New Yorkers with the complimentary room in the new Waterfront Tower at Harrah's, but also with free drink coupons, buffet discounts and a general escape from the city grind.

Atlantic City: He Said :: The Waterfront Tower in Atlantic City

AndrewC — 2008-06-10T11:50:01-05:00

<![CDATA[Last month, we hit up the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/5/13/10245/1090/hotels/Harrah_s_Atlantic_City_Giving_Out_Free_Hotel_Rooms_To_New_Yorkers_This_Thursday">free room promotion</a> that <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Harrahs+Atlantic+City/ian/139402">Harrah's</a> in Atlantic City was doing for its new <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Waterfront+Tower+at+Harrahs+Atlantic+City/local/1248">Waterfront Tower.</a> Two of our NY-area based contributing editors took a chance on this free room and wrote back with their impressions. Since one is male and one is female, we decided to do a "She Said, He Said" review. Here's <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/user/AndrewC">AndrewC's</a> He Said review. Enjoy. <img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/8580/HarrahsOutside.jpg" class="imgborder"> First things first. I have to admit that <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Borgata+Hotel+Casino+And+Spa/ian/219277">The Borgata</a> is my all time favorite Atlantic City Casino/Hotel, but for one night I was excited and willing to give up "My Happy Place" for the new 44-story gleaming high-rise called <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Waterfront+Tower+at+Harrahs+Atlantic+City/local/1248">Harrah's Waterfront Tower.</a> I've lived

Atlantic City: Snapshot :: The Logo-Painted Harrahs Girls on Wall Street

juliana — 2008-05-15T14:33:52-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/harrahsgirls.jpg" class="imgborder">Man: "Hmm...are you included in this free room thingie?" Girl: "As if!"<a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/5/13/10245/1090/hotels/Harrah_s_Atlantic_City_Giving_Out_Free_Hotel_Rooms_To_New_Yorkers_This_Thursday">As promised</a>, we took a snapshot of the logo-painted Harrahs reps who were giving out free rooms for June 5th on Wall Street today.When we heard the word "representatives", we definitely pictured fun sales/marketing employees who would just wear some bright-colored Harrahs gear and maybe some face and arm paint.Oh no, these girls were contracted for the day to wear tube tops and shorts and some serious Harrahs bodypaint. The attention-getting scheme worked. There was a steady crowd around the girls--mostly Wall Streeters ogling the girls and tourists trying to use their rudimentary English to inquire about the promotion. However, the free room thing at <a