HotelChatter - Tag: WiFi Heaven

WiFi Is Now Offered In More Hotels Than in Previous Years

juliana — 2008-06-18T15:06:41-05:00

While we still think its Fd up that a treehouse in the Caribbean can offer wireless internet and a Ritz-Carlton or a Four Seasons in New York can't, overall wireless internet access is improving in hotels.

According to a survey done by the American Hotel & Lodging Association of 10,000 US hotels:

91 percent of responding properties now offer wireless Internet access, up from 35 percent in 2004.

Even better news, only 16 percent of the hotels survyed charge for wireless access which is down six percent from 2004. Meaning there are more places for us travelers to get free WiFi. Holla'!

Paris: International WiFi Heaven: Luxury and Free Internet at the Hotel de Crillon

AndrewC — 2008-06-05T12:02:32-05:00

<![CDATA[ <img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/8580/crillon_night.jpg" class="imgborder"> So you want free WiFi when you stay in a luxury hotel huh? Good luck! Send us a post card via FedEx overnight instead, it's sooo much cheaper than paying to send an email from your room. Unless you're staying at the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Hotel+De+Crillon/ian/112507">Hotel de Crillon</a> in Paris that is. If you've been following our <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Hotel%20WiFi%20Week%202008">Best & Worst Wi-Fi Hotel Stories</a> from the past few weeks, the overwhelming consensus is any hotel that costs more than $150 a night charges for WiFi, whereas any hotel UNDER $150 usually throws it in for nothing. Hey, those luxury hotels do give you Premium internet access for the $24.95 you pay - it lets you feel

Guanajuato: Guanajuato Hotel Guide: Villa Maria Cristina

Tim L. — 2008-04-15T11:08:13-05:00

<![CDATA[Once again, HotelChatter contributing editor <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/user/Tim%20L.">Tim Leffel</a> is moving around Mexico, checking out the hotel scene in the colonial heartland. If you have a question about where to stay in Guanajuato or San Miguel de Allende, <a href="mailto:tips@hotelchatter.com">hit us on the tipline</a>, or just comment below, and we will do our best to get you some sort of answer. Enjoy. <object width="425" height="355"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Wns2Ih85jpI&hl=en"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Wns2Ih85jpI&hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="355"></embed></object> Until two years ago, there was only one luxury hotel in Guanajuato, Mexico. (More on that later.) Then <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Villa+Maria+Cristina/ian/252687">Villa Maria Cristina</a> came along a few blocks away on the town's swankiest street and raised the bar a few notches. This member of the Small Luxury Hotels

Hyatt Place Announces New Locations In Suburban Areas

Tim L. — 2008-02-04T11:30:01-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3930/HyattPlacePrototype.jpg" class="imgborder"> Hyatt has been on a roll <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/3/5/161954/7494/hotels/From_Amerisuites_to_Hyatt_Place_Select_Service_Remains_Intact">converting the old Amerisuites brand</a> it bought into swankier new <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Hyatt%20Place">Hyatt Place</a> hotels. Economic downturn be damned--they're going on a building binge as well. The company announced last week that they now have 200 locations open or in development. You can read where all the new locations are going to be in the <a href="http://www.hotel-online.com/News/PR2008_1st/Jan08_HyattPlacePace.html">press release</a>, but here's a look at a few of them to get a feel. If there's not one in a suburban office park near you, it's probably in the works. <blockquote> * Buffalo Grove, IL * Richmond Heights, MO * Middleton, WI * Austin Airport, TX * Ewing, NJ * Richmond Airport,

Nashville: Inside the Hotel Indigo in Nashville

Tim L. — 2008-01-28T11:12:01-05:00

It took the developers of Hotel Indigo Nashville a while to transform a blocky concrete office building into a hotel with style, but the wait was worth it. We got to spend the night in room 710 (see the video tour here), spreading out in a city view room with plenty of attractive lighting, a hip living room with nods to the 1950s, and free WiFi that actually worked in multiple locations.

But first, what does it look like? Find out after the jump.

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