We did make mention last week that five Sheraton hotel lobbies were now the proud home to Microsoft Surface screens, and we checked in on the first public demo too.

So far so good, but now we've seen a demonstration of it in live action at the Sheraton Boston. ]]> amandak 2008-08-19T09:30:12-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/8/6/111928/4063 <![CDATA[<p><object width="399" height="299"><param value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Y-m99wIqJnc&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1" name="movie"></param><param value="transparent" name="wmode"></param><param value="true" name="allowFullScreen"></param><embed width="399" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Y-m99wIqJnc&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" height="299" wmode="transparent"></embed></object> <p>Oh, ew. Also: oh, AWESOME.<b> Extended Stay Hotels</b> has apparently produced the all-out creepfest masterpiece above, which manages to simultaneously achieve the titles of the greatest and most foul hotel commercial we've ever <a href="http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/funny_pages_20/2008/08/extended-stay-r.html">come across</a>. <p>So many questions! First: WTF? Second: creepy, right? And third: the thought of licking a hotel room remote is roughly on par with the thought of licking a toilet seat. Oh wait, she did that too. <p>Like we said, <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/8/5/164333/1551/hotels/Snapshot_May_We_Remind_You_Again_to_Tip_Your_Housekeeper_">tip your housekeeper</a> just in case hot girls licking every surface in a hotel room becomes a trend. <p>Also, something interesting was pointed out by one of the <a href="http://www.boingboing.net/2008/08/04/alleged-extended-sta.html#comment-252260">BoingBoing Jenna 2008-08-06T11:30:35-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/4/25/83153/9893 <![CDATA[<p> <object width="399" height="317"><param value="http://www.youtube.com/v/KDGVXXtLYH4" name="movie"></param><embed width="399" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/KDGVXXtLYH4" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" height="317"></embed></object><p> <p>Hotel videos are all the rage this week, but we still haven't found too many that we actually like. And while we thought that the promo videos from the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/4/21/64135/5644/hotels/Hilton_Caribbean_Gets_Halfway_There_With_YouTube_Promos">Hilton Caribbean</a> hotels were pretty average, we've unfortunately found a variety of hotel YouTube efforts that are worse.</p><p>Our problem with the Hilton Caribbean promo vids was that they were so, well, promotional. But in retrospect, we liked the fact that the Hilton Caribbean videos actually featured video. The waves rolled, the palm trees blew in the wind and there were real live people walking around.</p><p>If you turn your attention to a hotel video like the one just featured on the amandak 2008-04-25T12:00:01-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/4/21/64135/5644 <![CDATA[<p> <object width="385" height="317"><param value="http://www.youtube.com/v/QDkC2RGR4So" name="movie"></param><embed width="385" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/QDkC2RGR4So" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" height="317"></embed></object><p> <p> <p>We love a good YouTube video, we really do. What we're not so super keen on is fairly dry and dull promotional videos on YouTube. At the moment, that's pretty much the only type they've got posted at the new <a href="http://www.youtube.com/hiltoncaribbean"><b>Hilton Caribbean</b></a> YouTube page. </p><p>It's a nice idea, though. You can click on the hotel of your choice, including some pretty spots like the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Hilton+Curacao/ian/118835"><b>Hilton Curacao</b></a> or <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Hilton+Barbados/ian/227611"><b>Hilton Barbados</b></a>, and get a virtual tour even before you decide to book a room. They show areas around the hotel as well as inside, and give you the differences between some of the rooms, for example.</p><p>It's functional, has amandak 2008-04-21T09:21:47-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/4/2/23402/41696

Last week The Gansevoort South had Serena Williams and Rafael Nadal play a game of tennis on their rooftop pool as a way to celebrate the Sony Ericsson 2008 Open in Miami Beach. Yes. Play tennis onto of the pool.

Here's a video of the match which is actually very cool especially the aerial views of the Gansevoort's rooftop. We also got a kick of the water ball boys.

Stayed at the Gansevoort South yet? Let us know how it went.

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