HotelChatter - Tag: YouTube

Changsa: The Ark Hotel in China is Built in Just Six Days

juliana — 2010-11-12T09:25:37-05:00

<![CDATA[<object width="500" height="400"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Ps0DSihggio?fs=1&hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Ps0DSihggio?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="500" height="400"></embed></object>We can't imagine a hotel being built in six days unless we're talking about one of those <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/pop-up hotels">pop-up hotels</a> but in Changsa, China The Ark Hotel</a> was built in just SIX DAYS. The 15-story sustainable hotel already had its foundation but using pre-fabricated columns and modules as well as modern construction techniques, construction workers took just 46 hours to finish the main structural components and another 90 hours to finish the building enclosure. While the workers didn't work all through the night, they did work until 10pm each night, something you'd never see happening here. Of course, we don't know what the hotel

San Francisco: When Visiting San Francisco, You May Get 'Caught in a Bad Hotel'

juliana — 2010-05-13T08:50:36-05:00

Guests at the Westin San Francisco over the weekend had some fantastic entertainment to watch in the hotel's lobby.

That's because gay rights' groups, San Francisco Pride at Work and One Struggle One Fight (along with the Brass Liberation Orchestra) put on a special show just to urge guests to boycott the hotel. Their cause? Fair contracts for hotel workers. (This has been a very long ongoing issue in San Francisco.)

Part flash mob, part political rally and part "Glee" episode, the event used Lady Gaga's "Bad Romance" song (and choreography) to voice their problems with the hotel.

Bremen: Prizeotel Does a 'LipDub' Birthday Video

juliana — 2010-02-15T15:30:19-05:00

<![CDATA[<object width="560" height="340"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Jtn_O-d3-M4&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Jtn_O-d3-M4&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"></embed></object>We thought lipdubs had gone the way of <a href="http://blog.juliaallison.com/2008/02/journey.html">Julia Allison</a> last year but we have to make an exception for this one from the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Prizeotel+Bremen+City/ian/308118">Prizeotel</a> in Germany. The Bremen hotel put together an <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jtn_O-d3-M4">extensive lipdub production</a> to celebrate the hotel's birthday. The song choice? Celebration by Kool and The Gang.It's cute and we love their enthusiasm (not to mention the unintentional comedy is off the charts) but it's too bad this is the only thing we understand about Prizeotel since their website is entirely in German. Anyone fluent in German want to help us translate what this hotel's about? <a href="mailto:tips@hotelchatter.com">Let us know</a>.

Los Angeles: Adam Lambert 'Trashes' The Hotel Angeleno

juliana — 2010-01-18T09:09:10-05:00

<![CDATA[<object width="560" height="340"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/dMo8JuPPb0M&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/dMo8JuPPb0M&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"></embed></object>But don't worry, it was just for a music video. American Idol runner-up, Glambert, and friends hit up a room at the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Hotel+Angeleno/local/9">Hotel Angeleno</a> to film a promotional spot for Vevo, a new music video website that launched last month. The video intersperses shots of the hotel with Glambert and his friends "trashing" one of the rooms to one of his songs. Glambert takes a flat-screen TV off the wall and throws it out the window, then he begins jumping on the bed while his friends crawl around on the floor. There's also a Stifler's mom type of lady walking around the room, clutching the

St. Louis: This is How Some Valet Parkers Treat Your Car at The Hotel

juliana — 2009-12-29T08:59:51-05:00

<![CDATA[<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/2blopK18udM&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/2blopK18udM&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>It's a scene straight out of "Ferris Bueller's Day Off." You pull up to the hotel in your expensive ride and after forking over an insane <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/hotel parking">hotel parking fee</a>, the valet parkers whisk your car off into a garage where you have no idea what could be happening with your baby.You pray the valet guys aren't joyriding in your car and racking up the miles but at the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Hyatt+Regency+St.+Louis+at+The+Arch/local/1641">Hyatt St. Louis</a>, <s>Cameron's</s> your worst nightmare has come true. <a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2009/12/video-hotel-valet-drivers-abuse-guests.html">CarScoop</a> reports:<blockquote>Employees from a valet company are being Accused of ABUSING guests' cars at the Hyatt Hotel in downtown St. Louis. A person