HotelChatter - Tag: airport hotels

London: Newest easyHotel Taking Bookings for Heathrow

amandak — 2008-11-18T16:05:15-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3873/EasyHotel_Room.jpg" class="top"> Last we heard about the easyHotel Heathrow, it should have been open already--<a href=http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/7/30/1427/41433/hotels/easyHotel_Finds_Expansion_Easy>October, in fact</a>--but now its just started taking bookings for a January 1, 2009 opening.In the tradition of <a href=http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/EasyHotels>easyHotels</a> this one is cheap and, well, tight. If you want to watch TV, need an extra towel or want to use the internet, youll have to pay extra for everything. But the room itself: just £25 ($37) per night, or at least thats their opening special price. Being at Heathrow is obviously handy if youve got an early morning flight or are transiting to somewhere else in Europe.The biggest catch that we see with easyHotels is not that you have to pay something for

Nashville: Not One, But Two Alofts Set to Open in Nashville

jennm — 2008-11-05T09:30:07-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/11725/aloftsignage.jpg" class="top">A forwarded email announcing Starwoods plans for two new alofts in Nashville came prefaced with Two? Really? Which is a sentiment thats right-on, especially since theres already an aloft near Nashville in Franklin. Alas, some questions are never meant to be answered, so all we have for you are the deets: Outpost #1 will be aloft Nashville Downtown, located in the citys historic district, near the Ryman Auditorium, the Country Music Hall of Fame, the Wildhorse Saloon and the Sommet Center, home of the NHLs Nashville Predators. Outpost #2 will be aloft Nashville Airport, near the airport (obvs) and the Opry Mills Mall. The distance to travel between both Aloft is something like 10 minutes. Both hotels

Philadelphia: We Hold A Focus Group, Sorta, at Aloft Philly

juliana — 2008-10-27T16:33:25-05:00

<![CDATA[ <img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/AloftStone.jpg" class="top"> <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/user/AndrewC">AndrewC</a> spent a night at the Aloft Hotel near the Philadelphia airport with a bunch of his friends who don't obsess over geeky hotel things like the rest of us. Here's what they thought. With Halloween around the corner, this weekend we went to the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/10/13/205948/72/hotels/Halloween_Hotels_Party_With_Elvira_at_the_Park_Hyatt">Eastern State Penitentiary</a> in Philadelphia with a bunch of friends and stayed over at the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Aloft+Philadelphia+Airport/ian/267587">aloft Philadelphia Airport</a> where we booked four rooms for a surprisingly low $109 each. It's worth mentioning that we did reserve the room before the Phillies made the World Series. Since you've <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/8/4/151420/4691/hotels/Inside+Aloft+Lexington+%3A%3A+Now+We+Get+It">read</a> our <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/6/23/213622/966/hotels/Finally%2C+The+Aloft+Hype+Ends+as+We+Go+Inside+Aloft+Rancho+Cucamonga">reviews</a> of <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/aloft%20Hotels/">aloft hotels</a> before, we thought we'd ask our non-hotel geek friends their thoughts

Westin-United Renewal Airport Lounges Just as Trippy As We Suspected

KatieK — 2008-10-22T11:34:35-05:00

We already knew about Westin Hotels and United Airlines banding together to help ease weary traveler's woes with a little corporate synergy-shaded comfort.

To re-cap: Westin Renewal Lounges were unveiled this summer at JFK, LAX, and SFO, offering both first and business class travelers perks like Heavenly pillows and blankets, White Tea-scented towelettes and mints, signature SuperFoods-inspired beverages and other "renewing amenities."

Today, we have fresh meat. That's right, more details on those elusive "renewing amenities" have been revealed. And the lounges are just as trippy/New Wave as we suspected.

London: The Sofitel London at Heathrow Goes High-Tech on TV

amandak — 2008-10-09T09:35:42-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3873/Sofitel_Heathrow_TV.jpg" class="imgborder"> We already figured out that the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Sofitel+London+Heathrow+T5/ian/258377">Sofitel London Heathrow T5</a> is pretty high on the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/8/11/7153/99052/hotels/Sofitel_Bring_High_Tech_Luxury_to_Heathrow_s_T5_">high-tech</a> side of hotel life, what with its complicated air-conditioner controls, referred to by tech-friendlier guests as "cool gizmos".But now there is high-tech TV as well. The Acentic Panorama system just launched in the Heathrow Sofitel and this is meant to be a mix of on-demand and interactive TV services that should probably satisfy pretty much anyone. We're usually pretty fussy about this, but it certainly doesn't sound too bad to get this:<blockquote>access to 500 international satellite TV channels and up to 250 movies - all available totally on demand and with the ability to pause, fast-forward and rewind the