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HotelChatter - NYC Waterfalls Packages http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2009-11-23T20:37:25Z HotelChatter HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/ West Hollywood: We Do Lunch at Gordon Ramsay's Boxwood Cafe at the London WeHo http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/11/23/133748/01 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/Boxwood_sign.JPG" class="top">Though famously cantankerous chef <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/3/9/154122/3852/hotels/Gordon_Ramsay_at_the_London_LA_In_Name_Only">Gordon Ramsay</a> hasnt been seen around the kitchen at the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+London+West+Hollywood/local/1151">The London West Hollywood</a> lately, the restaurant there still bears his name. Its also still pretty empty. Maybe all that will change with the recent opening of Ramsays new Boxwood Café in the front section of the restaurant space. The new Boxwood is much more casual than Ramsays main restaurant, and is the second installment of this franchise for Ramsay. The first opened at the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Berkeley/ian/172845">Berkeley Hotel</a> in London in 2003. No white tablecloths and hushed teams of waiters clearing every stray crumb here. Instead, the service is friendly but not overbearing, and you can get every meal of the day EricRosen 2009-11-23T15:07:25-05:00 New York: Thousands of Stories Waiting To Be Told at New York's Ace Hotel http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/11/23/121022/29 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/32083/acehotel.jpg" class="top"> Behind shut doors and "Do Not Disturb" signs, hotel rooms hold stories to tell, and maybe a few secrets that shouldn't be repeated. Illicit liaisons, romantic fairy tales, or just plain goofball mishaps take place on any given day and can serve as cinematic fodder. That's precisely the idea behind a new partnership between <a href="http://www.massify.com/">Massify</a>, an online network of filmmakers, actors, and crew members, production company Killer Films, and New York's <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Ace+Hotel+New+York/local/1313">Ace Hotel</a>. "One hotel. Thousands of stories." reads the tag line to a recent contest sponsored by Massify, Killer, and Ace. They called on members to submit creative takes on hotel stories, as they launched a search for material to be turned into "very Heidi Atwal 2009-11-23T13:11:06-05:00 Miami Beach: The Loews Miami Beach Gets a Facelift To Keep Up With Hot New Neighbors http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/11/23/111853/77 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/loewsrenorooms.jpg" class="top"> Image is everything in South Beach. And keeping up with the hot new things requires maintenance. So, with all those swank new hotels opening up further up the beachthe <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/W+South+Beach/local/126">W South Beach</a>, <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Hotel+Gansevoort+South+::+Paradiso+Miami/local/125">Gansevoort South</a>, et. al.one of Miami Beachs stalwart oceanfront hotels, the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Loews+Miami+Beach+Hotel/ian/150417">Loews Miami Beach</a>, is getting a facelift. A $50 million facelift at that. The Loews has been a Miami Beach landmark for 10 years now, so its probably time for a bit of a spruce up. As one of the chains most visible properties, the hotels renovations were a priority for Loews Chairman and CEO, <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/jonathan tisch">Jonathan Tisch</a>. It was Tisch who asked for a more dramatic, open, and MsRebecca 2009-11-23T12:10:12-05:00 Boston: Inside The Ames Hotel in Boston http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/11/23/95313/552 <![CDATA[<embed src="http://c.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f8/1321361467" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" flashVars="videoId=51904052001&playerId=1321361467&viewerSecureGatewayURL=https://console.brightcove.com/services/amfgateway&servicesURL=http://services.brightcove.com/services&cdnURL=http://admin.brightcove.com&domain=embed&autoStart=false&" base="http://admin.brightcove.com" name="flashObj" width="486" height="412" seamlesstabbing="false" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" swLiveConnect="true" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash"></embed> When we think of Boston hotels, we tend to think of stately properties like the Taj and the Fairmont Copley Plazaplaces befitting the citys preppy-Yankee vibe. But with the Morgans Hotel Group now in town, that image is getting a shake up. The new <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Ames+Hotel/local/1568">Ames Hotel</a> brings some serious sexiness to Bostons financial district, and you know what? We kinda like it. Location The Ames is just around the corner from Faneuil Hall, amid banks and legal firms in the financial district. And since this is Boston, where blocks are small, its also a short walk to Boston Common. The New England Center for Homeless Veterans is MsRebecca 2009-11-23T11:22:04-05:00 Boston: NYT Deems the Copley Square Hotel 'Perfectly Nice' http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/11/23/103744/91 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/17697/copley_square_hotel.jpg" class="top"> After some incredulity over how many Boston hotels have Copley in their names, the New York Times this weekend reviewed the revamped, historic <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Copley+Square+Hotel/ian/114172">Copley Square Hotel</a>. Until this year, C-Square was a historic but faded enterprise: not the kind of place to earn cool points with your teenager on a college visiting tour, the Times writes. But after $18 million in renovations, the hotel is once again ready for prime time just as, ahem, some of us have been <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/4/15/101820/716/hotels/Copley_Square_Hotel_Gets_Joan_Rivers_Style_Revamp">telling you</a> all year. Highlights: The bathrooms wall featured unusual reading material: the poem Paul Reveres Ride, by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, in cursive. Super-speedy room service that arrived in less than 10 minutes (though unfortunately, KatieK 2009-11-23T11:07:21-05:00 Search HotelChatter Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/