HotelChatter - Tag: Hotel Tours

Chicago: History is Hott at the Palmer House Hilton's New Tour

Jennifer Kester — 2011-03-01T08:36:34-05:00

Chicago's Palmer House Hilton has a rich 140-year history—the place claims to have created the brownie, among other highlights. You can find out more tidbits about the hotel on a new behind-the-scenes history tour and luncheon that launches today. The program sounds like it was named by Paris Hilton: "History Is Hott."

Before getting the grand tour, you'll sit down to a three-course prix-fixe lunch in the Palmer House's American restaurant Lockwood. The best part is that you will get a glass of wine and the hotel's famed brownie to-go so you can booze it up on the tour.

New York: Inside The Madison Suite at The Omni Berkshire Place NYC

JetSetCD — 2009-12-21T13:19:21-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/6193/OmniBed.jpg" class="top"> Perhaps now known as the hotel where Sarah Palin <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/10/21/124822/66/hotels/Election_2008_Hotels_Palin_Checks_Into_Omni_Berkshire_as_Tina_">checked in</a> as "Tina" before making her campaign-time appearance on SNL, Manhattan's <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Omni+Berkshire+Place/ian/109362">Omni Berkshire Place</a> is a solid Midtown offering in an otherwise oversaturated market. It also happens to be one of our favorite places to sit away from the holiday shopping crowds, grab a bite and access their free WiFi, but last week we were treated to a tour of the hotel's Madison Suiteroom 1612. It's not the major Rodgers & Hammerstein Suite because someone was staying there and we wouldn't want to bother them, but it is 781-square feet overlooking 52nd Street and Madison Avenue. And in a town where it's far too easy

Chicago: We Spent The Week Scoping Out The Scene At The Wit Chicago

JetSetCD — 2009-07-30T10:09:41-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/6193/WitChi2.jpg" class="top"> For this week that we spent in Chicago, we had a few must-sees on our list: the improvements in Millennium Park, the lakefront beaches, and <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Doubletree+Chicago+The+Wit+/ian/309429">The Wit Hotel</a> in the north Loop. A new concept from <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/doubletree">Doubletree</a>who'd have thoughtThe Wit opened its doors at the end of May and quickly rose to the top of the Chicago nightlife scene. Intent on snooping about the hotel, which is obviously very inspired by the more scene-y Manhattan Hotels (<a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/60+Thompson/local/15">60 Thompson</a>, <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Hotel+on+Rivington+THOR/local/1">The Hotel On Rivington</a>), we headed to the loop for dinner at one of their restaurants and a drink on the rooftop, and we can say that The Wit definitely packs a few impressive punches.

West Hollywood: Structure And Style On Display For West Hollywood Hotel Tour

EricRosen — 2009-05-04T17:27:12-05:00

Want to see where all the celebrities stay and party in Los Angeles, but don’t have the cash to actually get in? Spring for the $75 tickets, and take the "West Hollywood Structures & Style: Hotels on the Cutting Edge of Design" tour instead on Saturday, May 30 from 11:00 am – 3:00 pm.

You’ll get to see six of our favorite Hollywood hotels…or at least ones we talk about a lot. The visit includes time at the Andaz West Hollywood, The London West Hollywood, the Palihouse Holloway (pictured), Mondrian, Sunset Marquis Hotels and Villas, and The Sunset Tower Hotel.

New York: Get Into The Plaza For Free With a New Architectural Tour

JetSetCD — 2009-04-08T13:29:21-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/6193/PlazaNight.jpg" class="top"> Still not keen to spring for a night at <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Plaza/ian/105314">The Plaza Hotel</a> despite our <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/4/7/163340/8090/hotels/Fairmont_Hotels_Secret_Friends_and_Family_Code_Will_Get_You_a_Great_Deal">secret discount</a>? There may still be a way into the grand dame without having to endure the painful silence of its Retail Collection: free architecture tours! Beginning this week, the revered old property will launch twice-weekly public tours of its spaces, such as The Oak Room, The Palm Court and the Grand Ballroom, as well as peeks behind some closed doors. Led by architectural historian, author and teacher Francis Morrone, the 45-minute tours will happen Tuesdays and Saturdays at 3pm, and will be limited to 20 people who must reserve a spot by calling The Plaza Boutique at 212-588-8012. As you