HotelChatter - Tag: Omni Hotels

Omni Hotels Unveil Their Own Summer Cocktails

amandak — 2008-07-02T09:12:16-05:00

Gotta love a hotel chain whose priority is cocktails. Big, big thumbs up to Omni Hotels for bringing out their Summer Swizzles, a special menu of four new cocktails being featured over the summer season.

Sadly, we've totally missed the Pomegranate Margarita which featured through most of the month of June. But there are three more to try.

Omni Hotels Tries to Get Locals Onto Website

amandak — 2008-06-09T09:15:01-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3873/Omni_Hotel_Front_San_Francisco.jpg" class="imgborder"> <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Omni%20Hotels">Omni Hotels</a> are often pretty innovative--they have one of the biggest ranges of <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/1/11/1654/33112/hotels/Online_Check_In_Leads_to_Online_Room_Service_at_Omni_">online and mobile services</a> we've come across in a hotel chain. And now they're upping their web presence by starting up <a href="http://thelocalscoop.omnihotels.com/">The Local Scoop</a> site, which is aiming to create a bit of a social online presence where people share stories, tips, pictures and videos about cities where Omni Hotels exist.It looks like the site's been active and live for a month or so and they've managed to recruit a few locals at least (some look like hotel staff) to post pictures and tips about shops and sights around each of their hotels. There is also the possibility to rate the

Boston: The Omni Parker House Now Offering New Rooms and Red Sox Tickets

amandak — 2008-05-28T09:16:31-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/omniparkerrenov.jpg" class="imgborder">We've paid attention to Boston's <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Boston+Omni+Parker+House+Hotel/ian/109368">Omni Parker House Hotel</a> in the past because of its <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2004/6/29/114343/154/hotels/Omni_Parker_House_Boston_Makes_quot_Doing_Wireless_Right_quot_List">free WiFi</a> and <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2006/6/21/13751/8962/hotels/Just_Can_t_Get_Enough_of_Hotel_Pillows">abundance of pillows</a>, but there's actually a lot more to get excited about here, and it's been getting better.Omni Parker House has just finished a $30 million restoration which includes a cherry-wood refit of the guest room furnishings, a new gym and new meeting room décor too. But they say they've still tried to keep the old spirit of this historical hotel there--did you know that JFK, Babe Ruth and Winston Churchill have all stayed there? And while we can't imagine Winston Churchill having admired a new gym, it sounds like the rest of the renovation is

Atlanta: Tornado Damages Atlanta's Westin and Omni Hotels

juliana — 2008-03-17T09:00:01-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/omnitornado.jpg" class="imgborder">A tornado roared through downtown Atlanta on Friday night, damaging the city's convention center, the Georgia Dome (which was hosting the SEC basketball tournament) and Centennial Olympic Park. The storms left two people dead and caused about $150 million in damage to city buildings.On the hotel front, when such a large convention center is damaged, adjacent hotels dependent on the center's business suffer as well.One such hotel was the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Westin+Peachtree+Plaza/ian/105321">Westin Peachtree Plaza Hotel</a> which had about 100 windows blown out.<blockquote>Walls said that guests were relocated in the hotel or to another hotel after the storm, but that there were no injuries. The hotel's glass elevator, located on the outside of the building, was also damaged. </blockquote>Yet another

Hotels.com Gets a New Logo

juliana — 2008-02-04T17:13:16-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/hotelsdotcom.jpg" class="imgborder"> Finally, Hotels.com has upgraded their logo. Gone is the silly bellman carrying bags. Instead, we are now presented with a very modern look with the "o" being an important focus. <a href="http://www.trademork.com/hotelscom/">Trademork</a> speculates the "o" could be "an elevator button and the arrows are up and down arrows" but we think it might have something to do with a search function since Hotels.com is essentially a search engine for cheap hotel prices.Either way, we'll have to wait a bit before the new logo is in effect. Trademork reports that the application to protect the trademark was filed Jan. 25, 2008.In other news: · Lionel Richie apparently consoled the defeated Patriots team at their private Super Bowl loss party