HotelChatter - Tag: Seattle Hotels

Seattle: Four Seasons Opens in Seattle; Bill Gates Probably Very Happy

juliana — 2008-11-03T16:45:15-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/fsseattle2.jpg" class="top">Loyal guests of <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/four%20seasons%2hotels">Four Seasons Hotels</a> are no doubt thrilled that the chain has opened their newest hotel, <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Four+Seasons+Seattle/ian/272117">The Four Seasons Seattle</a>, giving them yet another location to travel to. We know about you Four Seasons loyalists--if there ain't a Four Seasons there, you won't go.The hotel officially <a href="http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/stories/2008/11/03/daily3.html">opened</a> today with the Art Restaurant and Lounge inside. Perfect for the city's <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/11/2/213315/775/hotels/Artsy_People_and_People_Wanting_to_Be_Artsy_Will_Totally_Love_This">Thursday Art Walk</a>, no? There's also a spa on site whose treatments incorporate natural elements of the coastal region of Puget Sound.Room rates are steep at $365 a night with the presidential suite going for $5,000 a night. Then again, that's just chump change to Four Seasons' co-owner and Microsoft god Bill Gates

Seattle: Artsy People and People Wanting to Be Artsy Will Totally Love This

abigailmschilling — 2008-11-03T08:55:56-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/artwalk3.jpg" class="top"> Seattle might be known for its coffee and its rain, but if you're visiting you might have a hard time making a day of drinking coffee and wearing raincoats. Never fear bored tourists, the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Renaissance+Seattle+Hotel/ian/114630">Renaissance Seattle Hotel</a> wants to cultivate the art lover inside of you. General Manager Rene Neidhart, an art lover, will be taking advantage of their downtown location and leading patrons to the once-a-month <a href="http://www.firstthursdayseattle.com/index.php">First Thursday Art Walk</a>: <blockquote>Winding through the cobblestoned streets of downtown's oldest neighborhood, art patrons will accompany Neidhart to the cream of Seattle's art venues, enjoying complimentary wine and hors d'oeuvre as the tour progresses. With more than 60 galleries, coffeehouses and shops participating in the Art Walk,

Seattle: Arctic Club Hotel Forgets the Little Things

jennm — 2008-10-28T09:26:25-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/11725/arcticclub.jpg" class="top"><a href="http://travel.nytimes.com/2008/10/26/travel/26check.html?scp=1&sq=check%20in%20check%20out&st=cse">The New York Times</a> checked into the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Arctic+Club+Hotel+Seattle/ian/263402">Arctic Club Hotel</a> this weekend and came back with a review that reads like your girlfriends account of why she finally broke up with that guy who was sooooo good looking, but inattentive. The Times loved the hotels dashing back storyits on the National Register of Historic Places, having been designed in 1916and its handsome, spacious L-shaped rooms, but as the writers mother often says, handsome is as handsome does, and its in the things that matter where the Arctic Club Hotel falls short. The writer and his family arrived to find no one to greet us or take our bags, leaving them to haul their own luggage.

Bellevue: New Renovations Up Sheraton Bellevue's Appeal

abigailmschilling — 2008-09-10T17:15:55-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/sheraton_bellevue.png" class="imgborder"> Usually the words "Sheraton" and "Seattle" in the same sentence would make us want to pull out our old mix tapes from the early 1990s and start to cry. But this Sheraton near Seattle doesn't seem so depressing.The renovations are now finally finished at the Seattle-area <A href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Sheraton+Bellevue+Seattle+East/ian/112951">Sheraton Bellevue</a>. The $5.7 million remodel touched on everything from the guest rooms to the menu to the fitness center. The changes run with a Pacific Northwest, woodsy cottage theme with a nod to the coastal surroundings. We're a little worried about their description of the plaid carpet in the entry, but perhaps it's more cozy than old-looking. There is also a large fireplace in the first floor lounge area,

Seattle: Perfect Pike's Place Views at the Inn at the Market

abigailmschilling — 2008-09-02T10:05:04-05:00

If you're heading to Seattle this fall and looking for a cool place to stay, then consider the Inn at the Market, a small boutique hotel located right at Pike's Place Market. The Inn at the Market was the only Seattle hotel on T+L's Top 100 World's Best Hotels 2008 list and we can see why.

From fantastic views from nearly anywhere in the hotel--city skylines, gardens, waterfront, Pike's Place, and on and on--to the intimacy of a home base with only 70 guests rooms we suddenly can't imagine staying anywhere else.