http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2012-02-15T10:28:01Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Key%20West%20Hotel%20Reviews http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/8/23/135713/534 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/keywest_palm.jpg" class="imgborder"><p>Earlier this month, two Key West properties became the first resorts in the Keys to receive certification from Florida's <a href="http://www.dep.state.fl.us/greenlodging/">Green Lodging</a> program. <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Banyan+Resort/local/784"><b>Banyan Resort</b></a> and the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Gardens+Hotel+Key+West/local/785"><b>Gardens Hotel</b></a>, both in the Old Town section of Key West, each earned "one palm" designations for initiatives ranging from recycling and linen reuse programs. <p>The Sunshine State instituted its Green Lodging program in March 2004. The program currently has 30 certified properties, including the two Key West ones, and more than 60 more have applied and are awaiting approval. The program is voluntary. However, starting January 1, 2008, Florida state agencies will only be allowed to hold meetings and conferences at Green Lodging properties. That sounds like a barbarab 2007-08-23T15:20:45-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2006/10/30/104645/24 <![CDATA[<p><img align="right" src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/ronjeremy_daysinn.jpg">We thought we'd seen it all--especially at the <a href="http://www.daysinn.com/DaysInn/control/Booking/property_info?propertyId=06582"><b>Days Inn</b></a> in Key West, where the tropical print bedspreads hold more DNA than the crime lab in Langley. But then we were told that porn star Ron Jeremy was in the house. <p>That's right. Porn star--or legend, depending on your perception---Jeremy was 'put up' at the vile Days Inn in Key West last Thursday night. Jeremy was a, uh, headliner, for the city's x-rated Mardi Gras festivities known as <a href="http://www.fantasyfest.net/">Fantasy Fest.</a> After an appearance at a Duval Street watering hole for the Pimps 'n' Ho's party, Jeremy retreated to the comfort of his Days Inn motel room. <p>A cab driver told us, "Yeah, they put him up LesleyinMiami 2006-10-30T12:38:11-05:00 24.568794 -81.752530 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/