Spending the holidays in a hotel may not seem very homey and warm, but the Omni San Diego, next to Petco Park in the downtown Gaslamp Quarter, wants to give it a go with several holiday packages.

The Stuff Your Stocking package starts at $99 a night. As you can guess from the package's name, the hotel will give you a personalized holiday stocking filled with coupons to stores and restaurants near the hotel. You'll also get a voucher that entitles you to stay in the hotel for the same rate in 2010. ]]> Jennifer Kester 2009-11-12T11:55:46-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/10/14/103233/71 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/17697/Bond_s_Eye.jpg" class="top"></p> <p>We have to admit, we&#146;re total suckers for a good haunted hotel tale. As such, we may just have to check in to an <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Omni%20Hotels">Omni hotel</a> this month. In addition to offering spooky signature cocktails, the chain has a <a href="http://www.omnihotels.com/Home/ExclusiveOffers/HauntedTravels.aspx">&#147;ghost-folio&#148;</a> of spirited suites. And if that pun isn't enough to make you gag, perhaps a spooky stay might.</p> <p>At Boston&#146;s <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Boston+Omni+Parker+House+Hotel/ian/109368"><strong>Omni Parker House Hotel</strong></a>, the ghost of the hotel&#146;s founder, Harvey Parker, is said to pop up in guest rooms to inquire about their stay. Good customer service never dies! Plus, the elevators have &#147;been known to&#148; travel to the third floor, former (and current?) stomping grounds of novelist Charles Dickens, with nary a KatieK 2009-10-14T12:30:18-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/10/13/15371/423 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/22421/2009_10_12_HoteliPhones.jpg" class="top"><p>We've been variously <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/8/11/61949/2575/hotels/Like_Duh_Hotels_Realize_How_Valuable_iPhone_Apps_Can_Be">hot</a> and <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/9/15/13409/0160/hotels/Omni_Hotels_Builds_iPhone_App_To_Help_Customers_Do_Umm_Stuff_">cold</a> about hotel chain iPhone apps. As a rule we embrace anything that can help us travel easier while already on the road, and we <em>certainly</em> embrace it if it lives in the App Store. But hotel apps fall into that dicey category where we're not sure that the bother that goes into them is worth whatever comes out. <p>Hotel iPhone applications generally help you find a nearby chain hotel and check in through your rewards account. Sometimes they may automatically dial customer service. All of which is great except people rarely book within just one chain. Price is usually the most important factor, which means using a search engine, and Omri 2009-10-13T17:43:36-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/9/15/13409/0160

If you're a travel company obsessed with new media technologies and you've already set up your Twitter feed and Facebook fan page, what's next? If you're Omni Hotels the answer is apparently to build an iPhone App.

The new app, available from the iTunes store, allows customers to do a bunch of things that are either already effortless or that phones seem bad at doing. But at least they'll be able to do them on their iPhones. ]]> Omri 2009-09-15T17:28:53-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/8/27/111054/744

One of the country’s oldest, most historic hotels will soon change hands. As of Sept. 1, the Mount Washington Resort in Bretton Woods, New Hampshire, will add Omni to the front of its moniker.

The luxe 365-room New England resort opened in 1902 at the base of Mount Washington, the Northeast’s highest peak, and has notably hosted Thomas Edison, Babe Ruth, and three U.S. presidents. Recently the resort finished a multi-million-dollar restoration and renovation project, which includes a new spa, conference center, and outdoor pool complex.