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Firmdale's New iPhone App Keeps it Clean and Simple

Heidi Atwal — 2011-09-27T13:10:01-05:00

If tech-savvy types are correct in their assessment that "[t]he future of mobile is the future of everything"—and what a bold statement to make—then Firmdale Hotels' business future is looking up. Jumping on the very full and happy mobile technology bandwagon, the hotel chain has just released its own iPhone Application, downloadable by clicking here.

London: Firmdale Hotels' New London Flagship is Still Underway

juliana — 2011-06-07T13:47:09-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/Firmdale_London_3.JPG" class="top"><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/firmdale hotels">Firmdale Hotels</a>, the pretty London hotel collection with a <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/5/24/154219/081/hotels/There_s_No_Need_to_Stay_at_the_Haymarket_Hotel_in_London">penchant for charging for WiFi</a>, is still hard at work on a new flagship hotel property. We last strolled by the construction site in <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2010/12/29/6633/0840/hotels/The_Firmdale_Sign_is_Up_But_No_Date_For_The_New_London_Hotel_Yet">December</a> and today, things don't look that much different. Our trusty London spy sent us these recent snapshots of the hotel, which is about a block away from Piccadilly Circus and which will have 90 rooms, a restaurant, bar, bowling alley and cinema.The hotel doesn't seem to have risen out of the ground yet but the reassuring news is that there is more machinery and equipment on site. Perhaps Firmdale was just waiting out the winter? We still don't know when

London: There's No Need to Stay at the Haymarket Hotel in London

juliana — 2011-05-26T14:29:10-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/haymarkethotel_wifi.jpg" class="top"> <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/city/london">London</a> hotels have made some great improvements on the WiFi scene in recent years with more and more hotels offering it for free (see that list <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/12/2/7248/23349/hotels/Where_to_Find_Free_Hotel_WiFi_in_London_">here.</a>) Which is why there's really no need to stay at <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/HAYMARKET+HOTEL/local/4376">The Haymarket Hotel</a>.<a href="http://www.londonhotelnews.org/2011/05/24/haymarket-hotel-guests-complain-about-wifi-charges/">London Hotel News</a> pointed out to us that the hotel charges at least £350 a night and doesn't even disclose on their website that they will charge for WiFi which <a href="http://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/ShowUserReviews-g186338-d651511-r108916792-Haymarket_Hotel-London_England.html">TripAdvisor reviewers</a> say starts at 30p a minute!As much as we hate W Hotels for charging for WiFi, at least all of their hotels tell you exactly how much you will be paying for internet on their websites. Sorry, Haymarket--you're pretty to look

New York: The Crosby Street Hotel's Chicken Tries to Hide at Kelly Ripa's House

Jennifer Kester — 2011-04-15T09:31:58-05:00

Kelly Ripa had a bizarre day yesterday. Not only did she find out that her beloved soap All My Children, where she met her hubby and got her start, was canceled, but that a rogue chicken from Crosby Street Hotel escaped and hid out near her home.

The hotel keeps a fancy Tudor-style coop on its rooftop, where the runaway chicken, Brooklyn, resides. The New York Post reported that a window washer accidentally disturbed Brooklyn, causing the fowl to fly out of there and onto the terrace near Ripa's digs.

London: Anti-Royal Wedding Hotels: Number Sixteen

Heidi Atwal — 2011-01-28T14:06:14-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/32083/number162.jpg" class="top"> Everyone's gone crazy over the impending royal wedding between Prince William and Kate Middleton and <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/city/london">London Hotels</a> are doing their best to rile up crazed royal watchers. But <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/user/heidi atwal">Heidi Atwal</a> is here this week telling you to JUST SAY NO to hotel packages built around the royal wedding and consider these alternatives instead. With a Champagne Tea menu, exorbitant room rates (ranging from £130 for a Single Room to £290 for a Deluxe Room), private garden, mid-Victorian decor and posh South Kensington post code, you might assume that <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Number+Sixteen/local/4801">Number Sixteen</a> was royally stuffy. Despite its luxurious trappings, there is something distinctly quirky about its accommodations, which bear something of a traditional British air