HotelChatter - Tag: Tennessee Hotels

Pigeon Forge: TripAdvisor Names The Top Ten Dirtiest Hotels, Hotel Owner Gets Mad

ASchechter — 2011-10-28T09:14:41-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/61268/roaches_on_the_door_frame.jpg" class="top">Hotel owners, take note: when you're trying to build credibility for your brand, it might not be a good idea to let over eight years' worth of god awful customer reviews pile up on your TripAdvisor page without taking action. Kenneth Seaton, owner of Pigeon Forge Grand Resort Hotel in Tennessee, is suing TripAdvisor for $10 million for placing him smack at the top of their <a href="http://www.tripadvisor.com/DirtyHotels">Dirtiest Hotels 2011</a> list, citing 87% percent of reviewers gave the place a thumbs down. According to <a href="http://themountainpress.com/view/full_story/16088932/article--Seaton-sues-TripAdvisor-over--dirtiest-hotel--ranking-?instance=most_recommended">The Mountain Press</a>, Seaton's lawyers are referencing "flawed" rating systems that "distort" the actual performance of the hotelfurther, they accuse TripAdvisor of "contriving...to cause respected customers to lose confidence" in the hotel. Um,

Memphis: The Free Port At The River Inn Will Get You Rolling On The (Mississippi) River

juliab — 2011-08-05T10:29:32-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/21888/riverroomport600.jpg" class="top"> All this week, <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/user/juliab">Julia Buckley</a> will be taking us down the Blues trail in the Mississippi Delta and giving us the lowdown on the hotel scene. So kick off your blue suede shoes and get comfy. Chocolate, schmocolate. Turndown service usually leaves us slightly cold or rather, it did until our stay at the <a href='http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel/local/4510'>River Inn of Harbor Town</a> in Memphis two weeks ago. Because there, turndown not only means a gussied up bed. It not only means posh, round, Ferrero Rocher-like truffles rather than a tasteless slab of sugar on the pillow. No, at the River Inn, turndown also means a little carafe of port. Why mention Memphis in HotelChatter's official Mississippi

Pigeon Forge: America's 'Dirtiest Hotel' Already Trying to Clean Itself Up

juliana — 2011-01-27T08:46:14-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/grandresort_dirtiesthotel.jpg" class="top"> Your first clue that this is a dirty hotel is that they use a bedspread like this. The second is of course, the rip.What, is this opposite day here? We're just not used to this sort of news. Apparently, America's dirtiest hotel, as determined by <a href="http://www.tripadvisor.com/DirtyHotels-g191">TripAdvisor</a>, <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Grand+Resort+Hotel+And+Conv+Ctr/ian/172683">The Grand Resort Hotel & Convention Center</a> in Pigeon <s>Poop</s> Forge, Tenn. has vowed to overhaul the property and has even taken immediate steps to do so. <a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/01/26/national/main7286069.shtml">CBS News</a> reports: <blockquote>CEO and General Manager Nicky Darrell Chaney said he has already fired one manager, hired a new maintenance manager and new head of housekeeping, and is in the process of using a new sanitizer to clean the rooms.</blockquote>

Nashville: All Shook Up Over The Loews Vanderbilt's Over-The-Top Elvis Package

Heidi Atwal — 2009-10-06T14:28:42-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/32083/elvishotel.jpg" class="top"> Don't call the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Loews+Vanderbilt+Hotel/ian/122733">Loews Vanderbilt Nashville</a> the "Heartbreak Hotel." At least, don't plan on it unless you're booking their "Elvis in the Music City" package in celebration of The King himself. Elvis Presley's 75th birthday falls on January 8th of next year, and in honor of the music icon, the Nashville hotel has cobbled together a over-the-top package that's all glitz, glam, and calls to mind images of gold lame jumpsuits. Expect plenty of royal extravagances to be included, with a price to match: $3,975 for accommodations and a host of Elvis-themed activities. We're still "All Shook Up" after hearing the price, but if you're an Elvis-lover, this hotel news couldn't have come at a better

Lynchburg: A Budget Beauty If You're Visiting Jack Daniels

juliab — 2009-04-17T16:15:07-05:00

Here’s an admission – until last week, we had never stayed in a motel. Sure, we’d suffered the odd Travelodge or Ibis in Europe, but in America, we stayed in hotels in big cities.

So we were determined to stay in one when we went on a little roadtrip last week. And having seen way too many movies in which motels mean certain death, we were after a nice one. And that’s exactly what we found at the Lynchburg Country Inn in Lynchburg, Tennessee (yes, we were visiting the Jack Daniel’s Distillery).