http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2009-11-23T17:13:41Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Trip%20Advisor http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/7/6/91418/91046 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/6929/wsobeexterior.jpg" class="top"><p><i>We're sick of seeing renderings of the W South Beach. Got a real snapshot of the new hotel? <a href="mailto:tips@hotelchatter.com"><b>Send it to us.</b></a></i> <p>As we'd been highly (<i>highly</i>) anticipating for a very long time now, <b><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/W+South+Beach/local/126">W South Beach</a></b> is now open. Glorious! And after its inaugural weekend, the place has gotten its very first review on TripAdvisor. Even <i>more</i> glorious. <p>Not so glorious: it's not very good. <p>Okay, yes, so it's the very first review on TripAdvisor &#151; we understand that one person's experience does not necessarily represent the quality and performance of a brand new hotel (nor is the quality and performance of a brand new hotel necessarily representative of how the hotel's going to operate Jenna 2009-07-06T09:18:16-05:00 25.7978290 -80.127861 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/7/29/12914/8535 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/gloriaestefanhotelcostadeste.png" class="imgborder"> <p>We dropped in on our trusty pal <a href="http://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotel_Review-g34709-d1026999-Reviews-Costa_d_Este_Beach_Resort-Vero_Beach_Florida.html">TripAdvisor</a> to check in on <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Gloria%20Estefan">Gloria Estefan</a>'s new Vero Beach hotel, <b><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Costa+D+Este+Beach+Resort/ian/178780">Costa D'Este</a></b>, now that it's been <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/6/20/10454/9722/hotels/Gloria_Estefan_is_Gonna_Get_You_and_Make_You_Stay_at_Her_Hotel">open </a>for a few weeks. <p>And the verdict? All three guest reviews have given the hotel four out of five stars. Guests were satisfied with the location (rooms "20 feet from the pool and 50 yards from the ocean"), the rooms and even the green attributes like "green flushing instructions." <p>There were, of course, a few service-related kinks that needed to be worked out, but that's to be expected of a brand new hotel (though still unacceptable) - but user <a href="http://www.tripadvisor.com/ShowUserReviews-g34709-d1026999-r17854953-Costa_d_Este_Beach_Resort-Vero_Beach_Florida.html">goldring</a> suggested maybe the staff should go to Jenna 2008-07-29T12:12:13-05:00 27.6519180 -80.356093 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/