http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2009-11-26T01:12:10Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Mexico%20City%20Hotels http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/8/10/51915/5315 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/stregmexcity.jpg" class="top"><p> Instead of getting that emergency dental surgery you so desperately need, head to Mexico, where the <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/29/world/americas/29mexico-brf.html?scp=9&sq=mexico%20city&st=cse">government will pay for your procedure</a> and you can use your root-canal money on the newly opened <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/St.+Regis+Mexico+City/local/1536"><b>St. Regis Mexico City</b></a>. <p>And at $199 a night, you might have dough left over to treat yourself to a massage at the Remède Spa or to have a private dinner on the hotel's helipad (seriously). But be sure to save some money for Internet access, since it&#146;s not free here. <p>Renowned architect Cesar Pelli -- whose credits include the Petronas Towers in Malaysia and the World Financial Center in Manhattan -- designed this 492-foot luxe hotel, which boasts floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking Jennifer Kester 2009-08-10T13:23:46-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/10/15/205241/82 <![CDATA[<p><img align="right" src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/marquisreforma.png" class="imgborder"></a>In Tony Cohan's excellent travelogue, <a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=qugzbLeK7DoC&amp;printsec=frontcover&amp;dq=tony+cohan+mexican+days">Mexican Days</a>, he writes of a surreal Christmas spent in Distrito Federal, what the natives call Mexico City. He found the streets strangely, uncomfortably empty, cleared of the usual throngs. &nbsp;Everyone was home celebrating the festivities but him. &nbsp;(The passage starts on pg. 77.)<p> <p>While the Mexicans are busy sequestering themselves with families and friends during the Christmas days, it might be a good time to try out <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Marquis+Reforma+Hotel+Spa/ian/125775"><b>The Marquis Reforma Hotel &amp; Spa's</b></a> "Winter Holiday" package, if you're not headed off to the Mexican beaches.<p> <p>Starting at $170 a night (double occupancy required) and available between December 15 and January 6 (another major holiday, the celebration of "Rosca de annie0007 2008-10-16T10:45:46-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/7/19/102928/109 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3930/matador.jpg" class="imgborder"/><p>The <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Camino+Real+-+Mexico+City/ian/143861"><b>Camino Real Hotel</b></a> in Mexico City may not stack up to the Four Seasons for service or the Casa Vieja four boutique hipness, but it's got something they don't: a starring role in a movie. <p>If you saw 2005's <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0365485/">The Matador</a>, starring Pierce Brosnan as a crumbling assassin and Greg Kinnear as a suppressed Mid-Westerner with lots of problems of his own, you spent a lot of time in this hotel. It's sleek, modern, minimalist, and has a reputation for being filled with politicos striking secret deals. <p>According to this <a href="http://movies.about.com/od/thematador/a/matadorgk122605.htm">interview with Greg Kinnear</a>, they didn't shut the hotel down during filming and everyone just carried on. So when you see Pierce Brosnan walk Tim L. 2007-07-19T11:25:50-05:00 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/