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HotelChatter - Tag: Hotels Doing Good http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2012-02-14T22:19:40Z HotelChatter HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Hotels%20Doing%20Good Shanghai: They Love the Holidays This Much: The Shangri-La Pudong Built the World's Longest Yule Log http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/11/23/102131/42 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/Yule_Cake_2.JPG" class="top"> Like it or not, the holiday season has officially begun. And no one enjoys the holiday season more than hotels. From now through New Year's Eve, we'll be featuring all the holiday hotel news, deals, events and over the top decorations, we think are the best (or the worst.) Got a question about booking a hotel over the holidays or what to do when staying in a hotel over the holidays? <a href="mailto:tips@hotelchatter.com">Let us know!</a>The holidays make hotels do crazy things. Like erecting Christmas trees <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2010/12/16/32432/652/hotels/The_Emirates_Palace_Celebrates_Christmas_The_Only_Way_It_Knows_How_With_Money">adorned with money</a> or oversized <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2010/12/23/10393/250/hotels/How_Long_Before_a_Hotel_Decorates_Their_Gingerbread_House_with_Diamonds_and_Rubies_">gingerbread houses</a> or life-sized <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2010/12/9/10193/0766/hotels/You_Can_Look_But_You_Can_t_Sit_on_the_Lap_of_This_Life_Sized_Chocolate_Santa_">chocolate Santas</a> (nom, nom.) So it comes as little surprise that the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Pudong+Shangri-La+Shanghai/local/4107">Shangri-La Pudong Hotel</a> in Shanghai, China attempted juliana 2011-12-02T13:40:01-05:00 Port-au-Prince: Marriott Helps Heal Haiti with New Hotel in Port-Au-Prince http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/11/28/234554/38 <![CDATA[ <img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/marriottheadstohaiti.jpg" class="top"> For the first time in a long time, the people of Haiti, and in particularly the city of Port-au-Prince, have something to be excited about. After the devastating 7.0 earthquake of January 2010 which killed 316,000 people, left a million homeless and all but decimated the country's economy, <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/marriott hotels">Marriott Hotels</a> has announced they will operate a new 173-room hotel in Port-au-Prince (which currently only has 500 hotels room in total), adding 175 new jobs to the economy. The project is being developed by Digicel Group Ltd. but both Marriott and The Clinton Foundation worked together to bring the hotel to fruition. In fact, President Bill Clinton made the announcement himself last night. <blockquote>This new juliana 2011-11-29T16:52:18-05:00 Peninsula Hotels are Banning Shark Fin Soup From Their Menus http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/11/20/123940/22 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/sharkfinsoupban.jpg" class="top"> Anthony Bourdain and other devil-may-care foodies might not be happy about this news but we respect <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/peninsula hotels">Peninsula Hotels'</a> attempt to do the right eco-thing by banning the Chinese delicacy of shark fin soup from their menus. After California governor Jerry Brown passed an act banning the from possession, sale and distribution of imported shark fins in the state, Peninsula decided to launch their own ban at all their hotels, even the ones in Asia, starting on January 1.Clement K.M. Kwok, CEO of Hongkong and Shanghai Hotels, Limited (HSH) which is the parent company of Peninsula said in a statement: <blockquote> By removing shark fin from our menus, we hope that our decision can contribute to juliana 2011-11-21T13:30:02-05:00 London: Help The Homeless By Shacking Up At a Hotel: SleepSmart UK Is Back http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/11/2/151153/668 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/21888/sleepsmart_11_downing_st.jpg" class="top"> Stuart Johnson of Brown's and Willy Bauer, owner of The Arch. Doing good in the seat of British power. Were not the types to need much of an excuse to book a hotel stay, but if you are, heres a pretty unbeatable one you can stay in a nice hotel and do your bit for charity at the same time. Yesterday saw the return of the UK-based <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2010/10/28/102928/44/hotels/Stay_At_A_Posh_Hotel_Help_The_Homeless_in_London_Next_Month">SleepSmart</a> initiative. A spin off of the wildly successful restaurant scheme, StreetSmart, if you stay at a participating hotel from now until 31 December, youll be offered the opportunity to add £1 to your bill. That £1 goes directly to the StreetSmart homeless charity. And we mean directly juliab 2011-11-02T15:19:23-05:00 Think Pink: Hotels to Hit Up During Breast Cancer Awareness Month http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/10/5/131740/857 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/image004.jpg" class="top">Once again, hotels are going PINK this October for Breast Cancer Awareness which means that staying in hotels is going to feel even better knowing that proceeds from these special packages and spa treatments listed below are going to a good cause. Hotel Zaza : The Hotel Zazas in <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Hotel+ZaZa/local/641">Dallas</a> and <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/ZaZa+Houston/local/3205">Houston</a> are going crazy with pink this month! The hotel chandeliers are pink, the employee ties are pink, manicures are pink and best of all, guys are rocking Pink Chucks! (See above.) Plus for every room booked under the code PINK this month, the hotels will donate $5 to the Susan G. Komen Foundation. Peninsula New York: The juliana 2011-10-06T13:20:05-05:00 Search HotelChatter Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/