http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2008-11-22T09:07:39Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/TripAdvisor http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/10/23/10710/593 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/sheratonfootballncaa_.png" class="imgborder"> <p>NCAA football fanatics, you know who you are (and judging by your poor hygiene on game days, we know who you are too). Fall weekends mean a few key things: Beer. Those adorable mini hot dogs. Foam fingers. More beer. And <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Sheraton%20Hotels"><strong>Sheraton Hotels</strong></a>.</p><p> <p>Uh, what? Now, we <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/2/27/121028/563/hotels/Just_in_Time_for_March_Madness_Sheraton_Partners_Up_With_the_NCAA">already knew</a> Sheraton was the official hotel partner of the NCAA, but they've announced further infiltration on your team-loving. No, your mini hot dogs won't be branded with the Sheraton crest (though we wouldn't put that past them in the future!). But in addition to holding a monopoly on ad spots and billboards, Sheraton has now teamed up with TripAdvisor to present the <a href="http://www.tripadvisor.com/NCAASchedule">NCAA Big Game Travel KatieK 2008-10-23T13:15:50-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/10/17/163722/65 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/IHHentryway.jpg" class="imgborder"> <p>The <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Iron+Horse+Hotel/local/969"><b>Iron Horse Hotel</b></a>, the motorcycle-themed Milwaukee boutique property we've been going on and on about, has been open for just over a month. Since we haven't swung by Milwaukee ourselves, we checked in with <a href="http://www.tripadvisor.com/ShowUserReviews-g60097-d1096849-r20812498-Iron_Horse_Hotel-Milwaukee_Wisconsin.html">TripAdvisor</a> to see what the first round of guests were saying. <p>We were especially curious to see what kind of guests were into the hotel: since the hotel's motorcycle theme was inspired by the nearby Harley-Davidson Museum, we were wondering if the hotel catered to Harley enthusiasts only -- or if, like, non-bikers could get into the whole thing too. <p>Well, so far all the reviews on TA seem to be from guests who didn't roll in on Harleys, and Jenna 2008-10-17T17:01:29-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/10/10/125241/22 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/nuhotelbrooklynroom.png" class="imgborder"> <p>We listed Brooklyn's <b><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Nu+Hotel/local/1271">Nu Hotel</a></b> as one of the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/9/17/16590/7850/hotels/The_Five_Best_Hotels_for_Those_Not_Afraid_to_Go_to_Brooklyn">top five hotels in Brooklyn</a> and ever since it opened, we have felt like it could be a place we wouldn't mind stashing our visiting parents, whether we lived in Manhattan or right around the corner. <p>Since our parents (or friends) haven't had a chance to check it out for themselves -- <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/7/1/13026/64838/hotels/The_New_Nu_Hotel_Offers_a_Room_With_a_Hammock_and_a_Serial_Killer_View">hammocks</a> in the rooms and all -- we dropped into <a href="http://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotel_Review-g60827-d1103707-Reviews-Nu_Hotel-Brooklyn_New_York.html#MIDC">TripAdvisor</a> to see what reviewers had to say. <p>Feedback was mostly positive -- a couple "teething problems," but nothing out of the ordinary for any recently-opened hotel. But what really jumped out to us were the number of reviewers who commented on Jenna 2008-10-10T12:55:36-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/10/6/13359/3550 <![CDATA[<p> <img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/8580/WaterClubLobby.jpg" class="imgborder"> <p> This summer <b><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Water+Club+At+The+Borgata+/local/1203">The Water Club at Borgata</a></b> opened to some very good reviews, (<a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/6/30/123539/192/hotels/Inside_The_Water_Club_at_the_Borgata">our own included</a>) but we like to see what others have to say about a hotel after it's been open for awhile -- and boy were the reviews from one end of the spectrum to the other. <p> We went to <a href="http://www.tripadvisor.com">TripAdvisor</a> and found the reviews evenly split between those who had a great experience, and those who didn't. Most of the bad reviews were related to not finding space in the pools and the high price of the room. Although there was an odd one in there about no coolers allowed in the rooms. <p> There was one AndrewC 2008-10-06T14:09:45-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/10/3/152642/986 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/vchotelstay3.jpg" class="imgborder"> <p>Ah! So <i>that's</i> why we didn't hear more about <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Vikram%20Chatwal">Vikram Chatwal</a>'s brand new <b><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Stay.Hotel+NYC/local/1352">Stay.Hotel</a></b> before its official unveiling <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/10/1/9396/92221/hotels/Vikram_Chatwal_Opens_Stay_Hotel_in_Times_Square_Today">earlier this week</a>: the property morphed into the Stay from its former identity, <b>The Quality Inn Times Square</b>, relatively seamlessly. <p>And now we're kinda wondering if maybe the place is basically a Quality Inn with a baller lobby. <p>Here's what happened: we hopped over to <a href="http://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotel_Review-g60763-d93376-Reviews-Hotel_Stay-New_York_City_New_York.html">TripAdvisor</a> this morning hoping that perhaps <i>someone</i> had already submitted the hotel's first TripAdvisor review. But when we found a handful of Stay.Hotel reviews from September, we were disappointed in ourselves for not stalking Tricky Viky with our usual gusto: it turns out the place was quietly operating as the Jenna 2008-10-03T17:07:57-05:00 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/