http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2008-09-08T04:32:26Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Rock%20Hotels http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/7/30/112320/344 <![CDATA[<p><p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/sunsetparty.jpg" class="imgborder"> <p>As we've told you before, the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Sunset+Marquis+Hotel+and+Villas/local/12"><b>Sunset Marquis</b></a> just completed an overhaul of their <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/6/30/115513/866/hotels/Sunset_Marquis_Unveils_New_and_Improved_Villas_">sexy hideaway villas</a> in the Hollywood Hills and an addition of 40 new suites, so to celebrate, they are throwing a party tonight which will feature a performance by <b>Stevie Wonder</b> and guitarist <b>Jeff Beck</b>. <p>Everyone knows who Stevie Wonder is so he needs no explanation but as for Beck, he was a guitarist for the Yardbirds (Clapton's old band) and was ranked 14th on Rolling Stone Magazine's list of the "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time. He is also the man responsible for the Sunset Marquis' <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/6/23/02449/3948/hotels/The_Five_Best_Hotels_With_Recording_Studios">famous recording studio.</a><p>The party will also host a private viewing of "Gibson Through juliana 2008-07-30T11:46:37-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/7/9/1556/75854 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3/bob_marley_resort.jpg" class="imgborder"> <p><a href="http://www.travelweekly.com/article.aspx?id=176340&amp;ad_id=174766">Travel Weekly</a> reports that the <b><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Bob+Marley+Resort/local/205">Marley Resort</a></b> in Nassau, Bahamas officially opened its doors to hotel guests and fans of the late Bob Marley alike on Friday, July 4th. <blockquote><p>The hotel is very much a family business. Bob Marley's widow, Rita, is the owner of the 16-suite hotel that once served as the Marley family's summer home. The resort features the icon's music, daughter Cedella Marley's clothing line and works by African, Bahamian and Jamaican artists.</blockquote></p><p>And the best part? The hotel's suites are named after some of Marley's popular songs like Lively Up Yourself, Positive Vibration, Easy Shankin', Three Little Birds and Kinky Reggae.<p>These suites come with whirlpool baths, aromatherapy amenities, flat-screen TVs, high-speed Internet juliana 2008-07-10T09:15:14-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/7/2/114639/5510 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/suite100.png" class="imgborder"><p>The hits keep on coming for the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Dolder+Grand+Hotel/ian/252888"><b>Dolder Grand Hotel</b></a> in Switzerland.<p>Aside from having a mega-opening day, techno-funky spiral showers and a performance by Mary J. Blige, the hotel has just unveiled its four <b>Top Suites</b>, one of which was inspired by the Rolling Stones.<p>Called Suite 100, after The 100 Club in London, the suite is surely to make any rocker happy.<blockquote><p> Also located on the top floor of the Spa Wing, the most surprising feature of the one-bedroom Suite 100 (1,770 square feet) is its unconventional extravagance. <p>The mood of the interior is set by retro-style furniture and a predominantly black and pink d&#233;cor reminiscent of the "Swinging Sixties."<p> A highlight of the suite is the juliana 2008-07-02T14:11:39-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/6/23/02449/3948 <![CDATA[<p><img align="right" src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/recordingstudios.jpg" class="imgborder"><p>Imagine you are a jet-setting rock star and your label is being really pushy about getting you to lay down some new tracks for your album. But all you really want to do is be big pimpin' all over the world. Is there a way to do both? Actually there is. <p>A few hotels offer recording studios inside their properties, making it possible for rock stars and pop stars to take a working vacation.<p>Of course, you don't need to be a big time rock and pop star to book these hotel studios, you just need plenty of cash. <p> That means any monied up schmo can throw down a hack version of Chocolate Rain, upload it somewhere, juliana 2008-06-26T10:54:07-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/5/13/92859/4620 <![CDATA[<p><img align="right" src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/morrisseyLA.jpg" class="imgborder">Singer <b>Morrissey</b>, former frontman for the Smiths, pulled one of the most outrageous diva acts in a hotel that we have yet to witness. Seriously, we would have rather he thrown a TV out of the window than this.<p>Apparently, Morrissey discovered that a a magazine editor of the music publication NME was staying in the same hotel as him. Since the mag printed an interview last December which suggested the singer was racist, Morrissey asked the hotel to remove the editor from the hotel, which they did.<p>However the demand backfired for Morrissey. The editor, Conor McNicholas, was actually upgraded to a penthouse suite at a sister hotel. <p>So HotelChatter mavens, can you guess the L.A. Hotel which juliana 2008-05-13T09:36:39-05:00 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/