Oh lordy, it’s begun. We speak, of course, of the inevitable descent of Dan Brown fanatics looking to unlock the secrets of the Masonry in DC as described in his new bestseller novel, “The Lost Symbol.” And just as inevitable: DC hotels looking to cash in on the influx of tourists. The new boutique Dupont Hotel leads the way with its “Ultimate Lost Symbol Package.”

With a $5,999 price tag, you might need to sweet talk Dan Brown into footing your bill, but that’s besides the point. True devotees know no cost, we suppose.

Jaunted editor Victor Ozols is just back from a trip down to Key West where he celebrated Spring Break. Wanna know where he shacked up during his stay? Watch his in-depth guided video tour here. Or if you're at work and your boss is hovering, read the entire review below and pretend it's work-related.

]]> Victor Ozols 2009-04-30T14:55:29-05:00 24.5559490 -81.803446 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/4/10/105233/268 <![CDATA[<p> <i>Cubicle Dreamin' is a feature in which we ask the hotel mavens to take some time out of their busy work day, surf the Internet, and tell us what hotel they wish they could beam themselves to right that very second--all on the slave driving companies dime, of course. Oh, like these people aren't surfing aimlessly anyway--at least now their purposeless clicking will be cobbled together into useful hotel stories--we hope. Have a destination hotel you are just dying to leave your cube for? <a href="tips@hotelchatter.com">Send the story our way</a>.<p> In this episode, Hotel Maven <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/user/katiek/stories">Katie K</a> visits Kentucky...in her mind. Enjoy.</i><p> <img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/17697/seelbach.jpg" class="top"></p> <p>Lately I&#146;ve been in a Great-Gatsby-decadence-craving sort of mood (as recessionary escape?). So KatieK 2009-04-10T11:14:22-05:00 38.2497353 -85.757707 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/2/13/141636/425 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/6929/innboonsboro.jpg" class="top"> <p>Yay! It looks like it may be a happy ending for author <b>Nora Roberts' hotel</b> (yes, that would be the same Nora Roberts whose books you spent all summer reading on the beach). <p>Last year, the author had planned to open up an inn out in her hometown Boonsboro, Maryland, converting a 200-year-old building into a cool literary-themed hotel. Sadly, during the renovations &#151; almost a year ago this week, actually &#151; the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/2/22/155539/171/hotels/Nora_Roberts_Planned_Literary_Hotel_Destroyed_By_Fire">hotel caught fire</a>, and the blaze spread to the buildings next to it causing an estimated $1.5 million in damages. <p>We weren't sure whether or not she and her husband were going to move forward with the opening, but it seems she pushed Jenna 2009-02-13T14:45:47-05:00 39.5064613 -77.652313 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/2/6/11352/95196 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/6929/radedwardian.jpg" class="top"> <p>Bloomsbury &#151; the area in central London well-known for its literary connections and famous "turn-of-the-20th century intellectuals" like Virginia Woolf, E.M Forster, John Maynard Keynes and artist Roger Fry &#151; finally has a hotel that pays adequate tribute to its rich culture and history. After the Radisson Edwardian Marlborough underwent an almost $37-million makeover, it has been reborn as the <b><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Radisson+Edwardian+Marlborough+Hotel/ian/122788">Radisson Edwardian Bloomsbury Street Hotel</a></b> with a new contemporary design and updated, modern amenities. <p>It's kind of marketed toward people like those English department graduate student teaching assistants you remember from college: in the reception area, a whole wall is covered entirely with pages from Woolfe's <i>Mrs. Dalloway</i>. Upstairs, "some of the smartest and largest bedrooms Jenna 2009-02-06T11:49:55-05:00 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/