http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2012-02-14T12:53:15Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Scandal%20Hotels http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/1/8/35057/72131 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/cuban_cigars.jpg"><p>Uh-oh. Scandal has hit the Hilton-owned <a href="http://www.scandic-hotels.com/edderkoppen"><b>Scandic Edderkoppen</b></a> in Norway's capital, Oslo. A bunch of Cubans planning to visit Oslo for a travel fair this month have been turned away from the hotel they've previously stayed in five times.<br><br> No, they didn't get blacklisted after <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2006/12/19/111351/98/hotels/True_Hollywood_Hotel_Story_The_Standard_LA_Part_Two">holding a wild party</a> in their room, nothing as scandalous as that. In fact, it wasn't their fault at all, apart from holding Cuban passports. Since the Edderkoppen hotel had been taken over by the American Hilton chain since their last visit, our not-at-fault delegates were refused a booking because of the US embargo on trade with Cuba. Oops. Norwegian trade unions and social rights groups are up in arms about the amandak 2007-01-08T12:28:19-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2006/12/20/121152/98 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/writerbar_raffles.jpg"><p><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/maps/hotelchatter-hollywood-star-map"><b>Click here to go straight to the HotelChatter Hollywood Star Map</b></a><p>Yesterday, our baby bro Jaunted unveiled the first-ever <a href="http://www.jaunted.com/story/2006/12/12/114743/99/travel/Jaunted+Parking+Guide%3A+Where+To+Park+In+Los+Angeles"><b>Jaunted Parking Guide</b></a>, picking Los Angeles to be the inaugural city. Well, not long after it went up, a parking tip came rolling in about how park-friendly the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Raffles+L'ermitage+Beverly+Hills/ian/141440"><b>Raffles L'Ermitage</b></a> in Beverly Hills is.<p>In case you need some background on the Raffles, Angelina likes to stash her kinky toys and clothes here and before her and Poppa Pitt went all around the world saving and having children, she would always bring her new lovers here for a quickie. Also, the Raffles is where Angelina's mom lives. (Go figure.)<p>Anyways, here's the parking scoop:<blockquote><p>Meeting for drinks at a fancy hotel juliana 2006-12-20T12:11:52-05:00 34.072361 -118.39571 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2006/12/19/171938/85 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/regan_sunset.jpg" class="imgborder"><p>Judith Regan, the embattled publisher of Harper Collins' Regan Books, and the woman responsible for signing OJ Simpson's infamous "confession" book was ousted the other day from her own imprint. The word around town is that Reagan was fired for making <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061219/ap_en_ot/books_simpson_publisher_8">anti-semitic slurs</a> to her co-workers.<p>So what's a woman scorned supposed to do? Head to a Hollywood hotel. <a href="http://www.radaronline.com/exclusives/2006/12/judith-regans-fortress-of-solitude.php">Radar Online</a> reports that Regan and her kids have been holed up at the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Sunset+Tower+Hotel/local/76"><b>Sunset Tower</b></a> since last Friday. But when one of their reporters tried to get a hold of Regan, they had no luck:<blockquote><p>When Radar called the hotel's switchboard and asked for Regan's room, the call was duly transferred. A woman who identified herself as juliana 2006-12-19T17:19:37-05:00 34.095050 -118.37214 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/