http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2012-02-14T16:30:09Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/enrique%20sarasola http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/2/10/132451/623 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/6929/Leo_Executive_Suite_2.jpg" class="top"><br><i><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Room+Mate+Leo/ian/266484"><b>Room Mate Leo</b></a>, Granada</i> <p><b><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Room%20Mate%20Hotels">Room Mate Hotels</a></b> first caught our attention when <b><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Andre%20Balazs">Andre Balazs</a></b> <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/7/1/145445/8944/hotels/Breaking_News_Hotel_QT_Becomes_Room_Mate_Grace">sold the <b>Hotel QT</b> </a>to the Spanish chain and Times Square's pool-in-the-lobby hotel transformed fairly quietly into <b><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/RoomMate+Grace+Hotel/local/1283">Room Mate Grace</a></b>. Today, <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2009/TRAVEL/traveltips/01/30/spain.hotels/index.html">Budget Travel mentions</a> the Spanish brand on a list of some of Spain's chicest hotel chains, and we just found a <a href="http://www.quikbook.com/getprofile.asp?code=2574&market=46&CMP=EMC-021009bcast&att=nyc_RoomMateGrace">deal on Quikbook</a> promising $119 rooms (if you stay 3+ nights) at NYC's Room Mate Grace. <p>Still, we didn't know too much about the chain's concept &#151; or, for that matter, exactly why all the Room Mate hotels had person-names attached to them. So we put on our investigatin' pants and got in touch with Jenna 2009-02-10T14:23:01-05:00 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/