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New York: Meet Us in NYC at the 92Y Tribeca as We Talk Hotels, Travel and Social Media

juliana — 2009-11-16T16:54:28-05:00

We're assuming you're already following HotelChatter on Twitter and Facebook but if you've ever had the desire to meet us in real life, here's your chance!

On Thursday, December 3, we're talking with a few top travel friends at the 92Y Tribeca. The event, "Travel Gets Social: The New World of Travel Media," brings together Bowen Payson, Virgin America Manager of Online and Digital Marketing, NY Times Frugal Traveler Matt Gross, Adam Wallace, New Media Director for Roger Smith Hotel and others, moderated by the man who started it all: Mark G. Johnson, founder of Jaunted, HotelChatter and VegasChatter.

All the details, after the jump.

HotelChatter Readers Share Summer Vacation Stories (Pt. II)

globetrotting gourmet — 2009-08-20T10:55:39-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/26601/embassy_suites_waikiki.jpg" class="top"> Were back with Part Two of "How I Spent My Summer Vacation," with six more readers chiming in on where they went to unwind this summer. It's encouraging to see so many travelers taking advantage of vacation deals and airfare discounts. Sure beats a staycation, right? · "Last month, I had a fabulous vacation in Micronesias Kosrae Island (one of just four states in Micronesia located about halfway between Honolulu and Sydney airports). The island is the most untouched I've ever seen and the natural beauty is breathtakingabove and under the water. I stayed at <a href="http://www.divekosrae.com/">Pacific Treelodge Resort</a>, which is owned by husband/wife team Mark Stevens and Maria Fanelli. Both Mark and Maria are

HotelChatter Readers Share Summer Vacation Stories (Pt. I)

globetrotting gourmet — 2009-08-19T15:33:57-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/26601/pod.jpg" class="top"> Call us vacation voyeurs, or maybe were just nosy. Regardless, we put out an APB to our dear HotelChatter.com readers for the first installment of "How I Spent My Summer Vacation" and you replied in spades. Thank you. Heres a post-play hotel report from seven of you valued readers and jetsetters. (If you haven't joined in on the conversation yet, <a href="mailto:tips@hotelchatter.com">tell us where you stayed this summer</a>, and what you loved/loathed about your hotel experiences.) · "I stayed at <a href="http://www.visitpointlookout.com/">Point Lookout Resort</a> in Northport, ME. The first time this place has been open to the public. It's a former MBNA Bank corporate retreat on 400 acres in the Mid-Coast region of Maine. All accommodations

HotelChatter Listings: Send Potential Guests Directly To Your Hotel Website

HotelChatter — 2009-07-22T13:05:06-05:00

If you are a hotelier who wants to drive possible guests directly to your hotel website, you will no doubt be interested in HotelChatter's new self serve hotel listings. This new listings area allows hotels to take control of the "book direct" functionality on hotel pages.

Plenty of info and answers to most questions here. Interested in seeing a live listing link in the wild? Here you go.

Further questions? Email us.

Best Geek Hotels in 2009

HotelChatter — 2009-04-20T11:54:11-05:00

<![CDATA[ <img align="right" src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3/geekhotels09.jpg" class="imgborder"> As we near the end of the first decade of this new millennium, we are tempted to reflect on just how far technology has come since the panic days of Y2K back in the late nineties. The Newton is dead; long live the iPhone. Geocities beget Friendster beget MySpace beget Facebook. And of course, everyone is adding a "tw" prefix to absolutely everything. What hasn't changed in ten plus years is the fact that the hotel industry has done its best to keep up with the latest technological advances, upgrading rooms with flat-screen TVs, offering guests gaming systems like the Wii or the Playstation in-room or poolside and, in some very awesome cases, placing