http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2012-02-14T20:14:39Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Hoteliers%20That%20Matter http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/12/16/192448/06 <![CDATA[<p><p><p><i> Welcome to our regular feature, <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/pitch your hotel"><b>Pitch Your Hotel</b></a>, where we let hoteliers, general managers and other hotel execs tell us <b>on-camera</b> what makes their hotels so different from all the rest. And believe us, the competition is fierce these days. So sit back, relax and listen to them explain why their hotels are worthy of your hard-earned dollars or rewards points. </i><p><embed src="http://c.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f8/1321361467" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" flashVars="videoId=58045093001&playerId=1321361467&viewerSecureGatewayURL=https://console.brightcove.com/services/amfgateway&servicesURL=http://services.brightcove.com/services&cdnURL=http://admin.brightcove.com&domain=embed&autoStart=false&" base="http://admin.brightcove.com" name="flashObj" width="486" height="412" seamlesstabbing="false" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" swLiveConnect="true" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash"></embed><p>The other day during the madness of opening day for the <a href="http://www.vegaschatter.com/tag/aria"><b>Aria Resort and Casino</b></a> in Las Vegas, we were able to track down the vice president of hotel operations, <b>Paul Berry</b> and have him do an on-the-fly <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/pitch your hotel">Pitch Your juliana 2009-12-18T10:25:09-05:00 36.2271156 -115.07708 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/12/8/103321/418 <![CDATA[<p><p><i> Welcome to our regular feature, <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/pitch your hotel"><b>Pitch Your Hotel</b></a>, where we let hoteliers, general managers and other hotel execs tell us <b>on-camera</b> what makes their hotels so different from all the rest. And believe us, the competition is fierce these days. So sit back, relax and listen to them explain why their hotels are worthy of your hard-earned dollars or rewards points. </i><p><embed src="http://c.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f8/1321361467" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" flashVars="videoId=55265761001&playerId=1321361467&viewerSecureGatewayURL=https://console.brightcove.com/services/amfgateway&servicesURL=http://services.brightcove.com/services&cdnURL=http://admin.brightcove.com&domain=embed&autoStart=false&" base="http://admin.brightcove.com" name="flashObj" width="486" height="412" seamlesstabbing="false" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" swLiveConnect="true" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash"></embed> <p>After we spent the night in the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/12/7/121730/313/hotels/Inside_the_AKA_Central_Park_Hotel"><b>AKA Central Park</b></a>, we got a tour of the hotel from the K in AKA, <b>Larry Korman</b>, who launched AKA Hotels in 2006. AKA is a play on the expression "also known as" but it juliana 2009-12-08T10:57:29-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/10/6/101917/645 <![CDATA[<p><embed src="http://c.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f8/1321361467" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" flashVars="videoId=43787989001&playerId=1321361467&viewerSecureGatewayURL=https://console.brightcove.com/services/amfgateway&servicesURL=http://services.brightcove.com/services&cdnURL=http://admin.brightcove.com&domain=embed&autoStart=false&" base="http://admin.brightcove.com" name="flashObj" width="486" height="412" seamlesstabbing="false" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" swLiveConnect="true" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash"></embed><p>In a rare second helping of <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/pitch your hotel"><b>Pitch Your Hotel</b></a> this week, we introduce <b>Hoyt Harper</b>, Senior VP of brand management for <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/sheraton hotels"><b>Sheraton Hotels</b></a>, who met with us at the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Sheraton+New+York+Hotel+And+Towers/ian/105816">Sheraton New York</a> to fill us in on the new changes happening with his hotels.<p>The brand has poured $4 billion into their North American hotels in an attempt to transform Sheraton's image from that of a dowdy, outdated hotel collection (with <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2006/7/28/13221/8469/hotels/Our_Thoughts_Your_Thoughts_on_the_Hotel_Guest_Satisfaction_Survey">so-so guest satisfaction reviews</a>) into a vibrant, modern, "social traveler hotel"--a place where folks on business or leisure can get comfortable in the Sheraton Sweet Sleeper beds and stay connected using the juliana 2009-10-06T12:59:25-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/9/28/91625/4051 <![CDATA[<p><p><p><i> Welcome to our regular Monday feature, <b>Pitch Your Hotel</b>, where we let hoteliers, general managers and other hotel execs tell us <b>on-camera</b> what makes their hotels so different from all the rest. And believe us, the competition is fierce these days. So sit back, relax and listen to them explain why their hotels are worthy of your hard-earned dollars or rewards points. </i><p> <!-- Start of Brightcove Player --> <div style="display:none"> </div> <!-- By use of this code snippet, I agree to the Brightcove Publisher T and C found at http://corp.brightcove.com/legal/terms_publisher.cfm. --> <script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript" src="http://admin.brightcove.com/js/BrightcoveExperiences.js"></script> <object id="myExperience42391981001" class="BrightcoveExperience"> <param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF" /> <param name="width" value="486" /> <param name="height" value="412" /> <param name="playerID" value="4862856001" /> <param name="publisherID" value="1321358962"/> <param juliana 2009-09-28T15:19:12-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/9/20/233722/248 <![CDATA[<p><p><p><i> Welcome to our regular Monday feature, <b>Pitch Your Hotel</b>, where we let hoteliers, general managers and other hotel execs tell us <b>on-camera</b> what makes their hotels so different from all the rest. And believe us, the competition is fierce these days. So sit back, relax and listen to them explain why their hotels are worthy of your hard-earned dollars or rewards points. </i><p> <embed src="http://c.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f8/1321361467" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" flashVars="videoId=41178452001&playerId=1321361467&viewerSecureGatewayURL=https://console.brightcove.com/services/amfgateway&servicesURL=http://services.brightcove.com/services&cdnURL=http://admin.brightcove.com&domain=embed&autoStart=false&" base="http://admin.brightcove.com" name="flashObj" width="486" height="412" seamlesstabbing="false" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" swLiveConnect="true" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash"></embed><p>Last week, we attended an event for the soon-to-open <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Surrey/ian/119681"><b>Surrey Hotel</b></a> on New York's Upper East Side. But this was a little different than most "Getting to Know You" parties. <p>For starters, the event was held in Beverly Hills so that West Coast folk juliana 2009-09-21T10:27:18-05:00 40.7744160 -73.963931 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/