HotelChatter - Tag: Seattle Hotels

Seattle: On Your Next BROadtrip, Hit Up An Old Gentemen's Club In Seattle

ASchechter — 2011-11-22T11:05:59-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/61268/ArcticClub.jpg" class="top">In 1918, the building that currently houses the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Arctic+Club+Hotel+Seattle/local/4507">DoubleTree Arctic Club Seattle</a> originally opened as a gentlemen's club called (unsurprisingly) The Arctic Club. Its clientele? Successful business men who had become wealthy from the Klondike Gold Rush. These days, the hotel attracts locals and visitors alike to its restored Northern Lights Dome Room, a restored ballroom whose leaded glass domed ceiling (above) simulates the effects of the Northern Lights. Luckily you don't have to go mining for gold in Alaska to enjoy it! Inside and around the hotel, there is plenty to look at. Unique architectural detailslike the 27 carved walrus heads on the exterior of the building, or the stairways lined with Alaskan marblemake the place

At These Five Hotels, Every Day is a Tommy Bahama Kind of Day

juliana — 2011-11-17T13:18:27-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/tommybahamadispensers.jpg" class="top"> To dispense or not to dispense? We're talking about <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/toiletry%20dispensers">hotel toiletry dispensers</a>, that is. We (and a few of our readers) have said before that dispensers are cool so long as there are some good products in them. Fortunately, if you are visiting these hotels along the West Coast, you'll be encountering some good "tropical" stuff from <a href="http://www.essentialamenities.com/tommy.asp">Tommy Bahama</a>.<a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Acqua+Hotel,+Mill+Valley,+A+Joie+De+Vivre+Boutique+Hotel/ian/170441">The Acqua Hotel</a>, <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Hotel+FIVE/local/4936">Hotel FIVE</a>, <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Hotel+Maxwell/local/4935">The Maxwell Hotel</a>, <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/University+Inn+-+Seattle/ian/135136">University Inn</a>, and <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Watertown+Hotel/ian/205277">Watertown Hotel</a> have all added gallon dispensers of Tommy Bahama toiletries to their guestrooms in an effort to be eco-conscious. But Kurt Helmke, the general manager of the Acqua Hotel, outside of Marin in California, knew that not any old brand

Seattle: Foxy Knoxy Supporters Gathered at The Fairmont Olympic Hotel in Seattle

juliana — 2011-10-04T13:15:00-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/foxyknoxyfree.jpg" class="top"> Amanda Knox spent four years locked up in an Italian prison for a crime she says she didn't commit and yesterday, an Italian appeals court agreed with her, overturning her conviction and setting her free. While international media converged upon a courthouse in Perugia, back in Knox's hometown of Seattle, friends, family members and even more members of the media gathered in a hotel suite at the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Fairmont+Olympic+Hotel/local/2241">Fairmont Olympic Hotel</a> to first, watch the verdict and then later, celebrate.The NY Times reports: <blockquote>On Monday at the hotel, her supporters held hands in anticipation of the verdict, switching between CNN and Fox News. Next to the large, flat-screen television were framed photographs of Ms. Knox, Mr. Sollecito

Seattle: More Falling Glass From a Hotel, This Time at The Four Seasons Seattle

juliana — 2011-09-02T11:01:36-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/fsseattle_fallingglass.JPG" class="top"> Just when we thought the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/6/17/115344/936/hotels/What_is_Wrong_With_The_W_s_Windows_">falling glass</a> trend was behind us, some windows have shattered again, this time at the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/FOUR+SEASONS+SEATTLE/local/1531">Four Seasons Seattle</a> on Sunday. And much like what happened with the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+W+Austin/local/4761">W Austin</a> the loose window panes were actually from the residences that are attached to the hotel. But what's worse here is that this is the third time windows have fallen from the building since July.Thankfully, no one's been hurt or injured but the glass has cracked the glass awning at the entrance of the hotel and a car was slightly damaged.Needless to say the hotel has finally gotten the idea that all 300 of the tempered-glass windows need to be replaced.

Three Hotels That Will Pay for Your Car's Gas

Jennifer Kester — 2011-05-16T09:28:24-05:00

The average gas price in the United States has spiked to $4, which is just 11 cents short of the record high, CNN reported, and a huge crimp in your travel budget. If the pump prices have given you sticker shock and are making you rethinking your summer travel plans (any good destinations within biking distance?), there are a number of hotels that want to sway your opinion. They are offering gas packages to get you on the road again.

Check out three hotels that offer gas relief (you know, the kind for your car).