http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2008-11-22T03:54:45Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Hotelier%20of%20the%20Year http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/12/31/122645/06 <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/chip%20conley"><b>Hotelier of the Year: Chip Conley</b></a><p><p><object width="300" height="400"><param value="http://www.youtube.com/v/voZjkWla5no" name="movie"></param><embed width="400" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/voZjkWla5no" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" height="300"></object></embed><br> <p> <img align="right" src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/2007_awards_hc.jpg" class="imgborder"><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/chip%20conley"><b>Chip Conley</b></a> of <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/jdv%20hospitality">Joie De Vivre Hospitality</a> wins this award for 2007 not only because was he the first hotelier to kick-off our new feature, <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/4/2/123354/5908/hotels/Pitch_Your_Hotel_Chip_Conley_of_Joie_De_Vivre_Hospitality_">Pitch Your Hotel</a> (although that helped) but also because in 2007 Chip pushed on in expanding JDV to new locations (nothing outside of California though) while at the same time, remaining very true to the philosophy of JDV--the joy of life. <p>When we asked Chip why there were no JDV hotels outside of California he told us this:<blockquote><p>I think that's because we are conscious of what JDV is all about. We describe our HotelChatter 2007-12-31T12:31:17-05:00 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/