http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2012-02-14T19:27:05Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Hotel%20Religion http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/4/22/94026/3335 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/easterbunny_atheists.jpg" class="top"><p> While the good little girls and boys of the world are donning their pastel Easter outfits and running around searching for Easter eggs and chocolate bunnies, the <a href="http://www.atheists.org/events/National_Convention"><b>American Atheists</b></a> are going to be partying it up at the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Embassy+Suites+On+The+River/local/4859"><b>Embassy Suites</b></a> in Des Moines, Iowa this weekend. <p>The God-less group is hosting their national convention this weekend at the hotel and an estimated 700 people are expected to attend. That might not seem like a lot but apparently the Embassy Suites is already sold-out so the AA is pointing the overflow to the nearby Marriott. Gasp! What will the Mormons think about that?<P>The convention will feature several different speakers but will also host a Costume Buffet juliana 2011-04-22T11:02:03-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/3/6/181128/1593 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/godtube_keycards.jpg" class="top"><p> While it seems that bibles in the nightstand are <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2010/6/16/101017/501/hotels/Should_Hotels_Ditch_Bibles_Once_and_For_All_">on their way out</a>--or at least hotels are leaning towards more non-demoninational spiritual texts--one hotel in Nashville isn't giving up on Christianity entirely. The <strong><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Gaylord+Opryland+Resort+%26+Convention+Center/local/2552">Gaylord Opryland Hotel</a></strong> offers guests keycards with advertisements for <a href="http://www.godtube.com">GodTube.com</a> which is exactly what you think it is--a Christian video sharing site. Um...okaaaaay..... <p>Hotel ads on keycards are not new. Vegas hotels have advertised their shows on keycards for years. Hilton Hotels recently did a crosspromo on their keycards for that movie, <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/12/21/134135/32/hotels/Hilton_Hotels_Puts_Up_in_the_Air_on_Their_Keycards">Up in the Air</a> and down in Mexico, the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/10/12/101610/33/hotels/What_Is_Going_On_With_This_Hotel_Room_Key_">Intercontinental Guadalajara</a> even advertised help for sexual dysfunction on their room keys. (Yes, way!)<p>But advertising for a religious juliana 2011-03-07T16:21:37-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2010/6/16/101017/501 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/30451/HotelBibles.JPG" class="top"><br> <i>The yin and yang of top-drawer reading material at the Shangri-La Sydney.</i><p> When we first enter a hotel room, we like to poke around and open drawers, checking out every tiny detail. But we were shocked to see a bible&#151;and <i>The Teaching of Buddha</i>&#151;when we flung open the nightstand drawer at the Shangri-La Sydney recently. <p>We shouldn't have been, of course. Bibles have been a mainstay of hotel rooms for at least a century. But aside from this encounter, we haven't actually seen one in eons. As hotels increasingly focus on providing geeked-up rooms with fancy light settings, glossy flatscreen TVs, and (more, please) free WiFi, they seem to be leaving the good old Gideons behind. <b>But MsRebecca 2010-06-17T09:55:53-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/1/21/92624/2108 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/6929/scientologyamenity.jpg" class="top"> <p>Portland's <b><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Hotel+Lucia/ian/122204">Hotel Lucia</a></b> likes to include everyone. They've got a packages that invite chocolate lovers (no, really, <i>lovers</i>) that includes an edible chocolate tattoo kit and chocolate whipped cream, and they've got a package called "He/He She/She Whatevah" that offers romantic amenities to all couples. <p>And as far as religion goes, well, chances are they've got you covered there, too. We were cruising around Flickr when we happened upon user <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/avalonstar/2526801307/">Bryan Veloso's shot</a> from a recent stay at the Lucia. He writes: <blockquote><p>Hotel Lucia in Portland had a lot of great amenities despite their $14 internet. This was one of them, press the "Get it Now" button and have a spiritual book of your choice Jenna 2009-01-21T09:44:09-05:00 45.5213380 -122.67857 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/3/25/164332/055 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.jaunted.com/files/admin/nikkikat.jpg" class="imgborder"><p>Little bro <a href="http://www.jaunted.com/story/2008/3/25/13437/4234/travel/Nikki+Sixx+%2B+Kat+Von+D%27s+Bowery+Hotel+Tattoos">Jaunted tells us</a>, Nikki Six of Motley Crue and Kat Von D, star of <i>LA Ink</i> are in love. In love with themselves, in love with each other and in love with the dapper dandy that is the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Bowery+Hotel/local/220"><b>Bowery Hotel's</b></a> logo. We guess they believe in the religion of Ink. <p>In other religious but tattoo-free news:<br>&#183; Forget the bible in the nightstand. Or the Torah or the Koran. <b>The Hotel Preston</b> in Tennessee is now offering a spiritual menu where you pick what you wanna read. [<a href="http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,341310,00.html">FoxNews</a>]<br>&#183; Obama's former preacher Reverend Wright hits up the <b>Ritz-Carlton</b> in Puerto Rico. [<a href="http://www.nypost.com/seven/03252008/gossip/pagesix/rev__wrights_sunny_easter_103398.htm">Page Six</a>]<br>&#183; <b>Hotel QT</b> is hosting the "Rapture Ready! Adventures in the Parallel juliana 2008-03-25T16:54:45-05:00 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/