More than 40 years after the Beatles were banned from playing in Israel, Sir Paul McCartney has landed in Tel-Aviv and checked into the Dan Hotel and will be preparing for an historic performance tonight.

The Dan, if you'll recall, was featured on this humble little website when one of our readers was so kind as to review it for us. To recap: the property is posh, it's located in the city's center and it's steps from the beach. ]]> Jenna 2008-09-25T11:07:12-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/8/6/15543/68329 <![CDATA[<p><i>Every so often we feature a hotel review from one of our readers that we feel should be shared with the rest of you dear hotel guests. These reviews are highlighted because they are timely, about cool hotels in cool places and are relatively level-headed. Think you can submit one just like this? <a href="mailto:tips@hotelchatter.com">Send it in</a>. Now, we present you with reader P's review of the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Dan+Tel+Aviv/ian/141123"><b>Dan Hotel in Tel Aviv.</b></a> Enjoy.</i><p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/danhoteltelaviv.jpg" class="imgborder"><p><p><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotels/city/il/Tel%20Aviv"><b>Tel Aviv</b></a> is a city on the brink. With a daily-changing political climate in the region, there's a constant uncertainty in the air. <p> In recent years, the city has seen a slowing of the once widely reported suicide bombings and other violence and juliana 2008-08-06T16:03:54-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/1/8/111642/4324 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/bush_kingdavid.jpg"> <p>No matter what your political persuasion, if you're a U.S. president heading to Jerusalem, there's one place to say: <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+King+David+Jerusalem/ian/141134"><b>The King David</b></a>. Sure enough <a href="http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5ipy4q-dPUgE49yMSLoCm_N_3pFLAD8U0FDHG0">George W. Bush is staying there</a> on his first official visit to Israel. <blockquote><p>Bush will be staying in a suite at the King David hotel that costs $2,600 a night -- for guests who are not president of the United States. Assistant General Manager Benny Olearchik would not disclose how much the Americans are paying to stay at his hotel, one of Israel's most expensive.<br><br> Bush's entourage already has taken up more than two-thirds of its 237 rooms, and will take over all of them once he arrives himself, Olearchik said. Unlucky Tim L. 2008-01-08T14:26:16-05:00 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/