But if you look at some of the other reality shows about hotels and how they work or who's running them you will see a not-so-startling pattern: reality shows featuring hoteliers and hotels suck.

That may be a harsh statement but let us now present the evidence: Casino, Party @ the Palms With Jenny McCarthy, Inn Love, Welcome to the Parker and Real Housewives of New York City.

Keep on reading for more of the hard evidence.]]> juliana 2008-04-23T17:23:14-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/4/9/1658/17215 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/simonvksite.jpg" class="imgborder"><p>&#183; Everyone's favorite househubby/hotelier <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Simon%20Van%20Kempen"><b>Simon Van Kempen</b></a> and his wife Alex McCord have a <a href="http://www.mccordvankempen.com/">family website.</a> At first we thought this wasn't real but we actually think it's legit now. Poorly designed but legit nonetheless. Here a bio Simon wrote for <a href="http://mccordvankempen.com/_wsn/page3.html">himself.</a> Note to users: Skip the bios of their young sons. You will feel guilty for having even clicked on those pages. <p> &#183; The old Adams Mark hotel in Denver officially <a href="http://livedowntowndenver.com/blog/?p=498">changes into a Sheraton</a>.<p>&#183; <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Handlery+Hotel+And+Resort/ian/114332"><b>The Handlery Hotel</b></a> charges <a href="http://everybodysagenius.wordpress.com/2008/04/08/the-handlery-hotel-charges-for-wifi/">$10 a day</a> in the tech-centric city of San Francisco. Local hotel chains like Personality Hotels and JDV Hotels, along with Kimpton don't charge for WiFi.<p>&#183; <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Luxor+Hotel+Las+Vegas/local/55"><b>The Luxor</b></a> showed some juliana 2008-04-09T09:00:01-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/3/20/215132/435 <![CDATA[<p><img align="right" src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/icon_small_hell.gif"><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Simon%20Van%20Kempen">Simon Van Kempen</a>, general manager of the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Hotel+Chandler/ian/197983"><b>Hotel Chandler</b></a> and star of <i>The Real Housewives of Manhattan</i>, better get his pipes checked. We mean, at the hotel of course.<p>A 79-woman is suing the hotel for negligence to the tune of $79 million after a too-hot shower caused her to faint. <a href="http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/tx/5636952.html">The Houston Chronicle</a> reports:<blockquote><p>Ethel Tropez, a Hurricane Katrina refugee from New Orleans who lives in Live Oak, Texas, says in court papers she was badly burned and suffered scarring and disfigurement in the mishap on March 29, 2007, in the Hotel Chandler. The hotel, where deluxe rooms go for up to $510 a night, is on East 31st Street near Fifth Avenue, three blocks south juliana 2008-03-21T08:45:01-05:00 40.745919 -73.985272 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/3/5/17122/44641 <![CDATA[<p><img align="right" src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/amd_mccord.jpg" class="imgborder">Apparently, someone at Bravo decided that the "Real Housewives of Orange County" was such a good show that they should do the same thing for Manhattan.<p>In theory, this should be a better show. Manhattanites dress better. They go to better parties and they fight for spots at prestigious pre-schools before their spawn is even born. <p>But yet, we couldn't even bring ourselves to watch this spin-off despite having seen a preview. Really, any show with "Housewives" in it from now on should be banned.<p><a href="http://gawker.com/364124/nothing-real-about-real-housewives-of-new-york-city-except-my-agony">Gawker</a> has a nice summary of the show so you shouldn't have to watch it but since one of the househubbies is Simon Van Kempen, who "runs"/is the general manager at the <a juliana 2008-03-05T17:34:31-05:00 40.745919 -73.985272 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/