With the opening of The SLS Hotel at South Beach coming up in April, we're officially in stalking mode.

Don't worry, we're not creeping around the construction site, a bunch of roses and unrequited love notes in hand. But we are checking out the hotel's website and Facebook page religiously, anxiously awaiting any new crumb of a detail or sneak peek of what's to come in one of the most anticipated hotels of the year.

This week, our devotion was rewarded: look at the pretty-in-pink renderings of the guest bathrooms that were just posted!

]]> MsRebecca 2012-02-02T11:00:01-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/11/3/101619/248 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/saharalasvegas_sls600.jpg" class="top"><p> It looks like things are moving forward now at a rapid pace with <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/sls hotels"><b>SLS Hotels</b></a>. After yesterday's surprise announcement that the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/11/2/141459/539/hotels/_Something_Lovely_s_Starting_SLS_South_Beach_Will_Finally_Open_in_April_2012"><b>SLS South Beach</b></a> will open in April of next year, we now learn that <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Sahara+Las+Vegas+Hotel+and+Casino/local/1631"><b>SLS Las Vegas</b></a> aka The Sahara has just gotten its massive casino-renovations approved by Clark County. <a href="http://www.lvrj.com/news/sahara-hotel-casino-renovation-approved-133123433.html">Las Vegas Review-Journal</a> reports: <blockquote><p>According to the plan, the existing room towers, the Tunis, Tangiers and Alexandria, will be renovated. The roller coaster will be dismantled and a 2,830-square-foot beer garden will be constructed. The number of hotel rooms will be decreased from 1,700 to 1,622. <p> Retail, tenant and restaurant spaces will be added, and the casino floor will be juliana 2011-11-03T10:36:23-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/11/2/141459/539 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/slssobeguestroom.jpg" class="top"><p> It's finally official--the long awaited <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+SLS+Hotel+at+South+Beach/local/4744"><b>SLS South Beach</b></a> will open in <b>April 2012! </b> This will mark the second SLS Hotel to open after the flagship one in <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+SLS+at+Beverly+Hills/local/1098">Los Angeles</a> and hotelier <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/sam nazarian">Sam Nazarian</a> is pulling out all the stops, combining pretty much all of his restaurant and nightclub hotspots under one roof.<p>First off, the hotel will feature room designs from SLS hotel designer <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Philippe Starck"><b>Philippe Starck</b></a>. While we only have that above rendering to go on, the rooms still retain the airy and effervescent quality of the SLS in LA but this looks a little, how do we say this?--cozier?<p> There are no "floating" glass beds and cramped low ceilings, although juliana 2011-11-02T14:46:16-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/5/16/162525/200

Elvis has left the building, along with everyone else.

It is finished. After 59 years, half the canon of musical greats and god knows however many 6lb burritos, the Sahara Las Vegas is closed.

The last guests checked out of the hotel at midday, and the doors were shut at 2pm. According to the soon-to-be-defunct website, the Sahara is recommending Circus Circus as its preferred alternative (a poisoned chalice if ever there was one). ]]> juliab 2011-05-16T17:08:08-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/3/11/112014/878 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/saharalasvegas_closing.jpg" class="top"><p> After circling the drain for several years, even <a href="http://www.vegaschatter.com/story/2009/12/16/55118/283/vegas-travel/Just_in_Time_for_Christmas_The_Sahara_Closes_Most_of_its_Rooms">closing most of its rooms</a> during slower times, the <strong><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Sahara+Las+Vegas+Hotel+and+Casino/local/1631">Sahara Las Vegas</a></strong> <b>will close for good on May 16.</b> <a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-vegas-sahara-20110312,0,7617214.story">The LA Times</a> reports:<blockquote><p>Chief Executive Sam Nazarian, the Los Angeles nightclub impresario who purchased the Moroccan-themed casino in 2007 and vowed to restore its hipness, said in a statement that running the property was "no longer economically viable." While the statement said Nazarian's company was mulling options for the 59-year-old resort, "including a complete renovation and repositioning," it gave no details or timeframe for such plans.</blockquote></p><p>For now, any guests with reservations after May 16 will probably be shuffled off to an MGM property, according to <a href="http://www.vegaschatter.com/story/2011/3/11/112554/882/vegas-travel/End_Of_An_Era_The_Sahara_Is_Closing">VegasChatter.</a> juliana 2011-03-11T12:17:00-05:00 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/