http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2009-11-24T09:44:25Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/SOMA%20Hotels http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/4/25/92840/6473 <![CDATA[<p> <em>These days everyone is looking for four bar, non-complicated, hotel WiFi when they check in. Sure there are a bunch of hotel WiFi lists out there, but they are quickly out of date and unreliable. &nbsp;This week, as a lead up to our popular <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Annual%20WiFi%20Report">annual hotel WiFi report</a>, we will let you know our favorite WiFi hotels in five hot travel destinations. The rules are simple. <b>The signal has to fast, and reliable, the cost should be free (at the very least free for guests) and the WiFi experience at these hotels offer a comfortable surfing environment.</b> Have a city or destination you want us to investigate? <a href="mailto:tips@hotelchatter.com">Let us know</a>. And if you have a favorite WiFi juliana 2007-04-25T09:32:41-05:00 37.785358 -122.40088 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/4/18/112254/800 <![CDATA[<p> <img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3/st_regis_networking_hub.jpg" class="imgborder"><br> <i>The St. Regis San Francisco is a tech networking hub</i><p> Over on <a href="http://www.valleywag.com/tech/networking/san-francisco-schmooze-spots-252204.php">Valleywag</a> Interim Editor Nick Denton recently gave us his take on the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/W+Hotel+San+Francisco/local/60"><b>W San Francisco</b></a>:<p> <blockquote><p> W is a complete shit hole. It was originally designed to be a fucking Radisson, and at the last minute was changed into a W. So, sure, in LA or New York, the W is a great place to meet and greet. But in San Francisco, it's a dirty, sloppily designed crap shack with an over-sexed set of regulars wasting their time grinding against each other upstairs.<br> <p> And besides, who the shit would pay $12 for a glass of Ravenswood? <br> </blockquote><p> Ha. A former markj 2007-04-18T11:33:41-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2006/11/30/105032/35 <![CDATA[<p><i>You know the scene. You open the door to your brand new hotel room, run over to the window, open the blinds and bam, you are hit with the anti-view. Maybe you are looking down a dirty alley, witnessing a drug deal, staring at an air shaft in the face, or seeing a brick wall. Whatever you are viewing it is not extremely pleasurable. Help out your fellow hotel mavens by uploading your anti-views to the <a href="http://flickr.com/groups/hotelchatter/">HotelChatter/Flickr photo pool</a>, or by <a href="mailto:tips@hotelchatter.com">sending the photo along to us</a>. Remember to tell us the name of the hotel and the room number with the not-so-easy-on-the-eyes view.</i><p> <img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3/courtyard_by_marriott_sf.jpg"><p><br> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/aarongustafson/266698816/">Aaron Gustafson</a> took this anti-view photo from room 417 at the markj 2006-11-30T10:56:28-05:00 37.785588 -122.39675 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/