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Hollywood: The Hollywood Roosevelt is Still Burning Bright in the Heart of Hollywood

juliana — 2010-02-22T17:25:20-05:00

<![CDATA[<embed src="http://c.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f8/1321361467" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" flashVars="videoId=68019833001&playerId=1321361467&viewerSecureGatewayURL=https://console.brightcove.com/services/amfgateway&servicesURL=http://services.brightcove.com/services&cdnURL=http://admin.brightcove.com&domain=embed&autoStart=false&" base="http://admin.brightcove.com" name="flashObj" width="486" height="412" seamlesstabbing="false" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" swLiveConnect="true" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash"></embed> Welcome to our regular feature, Pitch Your Hotel, where we let hoteliers, general managers and other hotel execs tell us on-camera what makes their hotels so different from all the rest. And believe us, the competition is fierce these days. So sit back, relax and listen to them explain why their hotels are worthy of your hard-earned dollars or rewards points. On Friday, we teased you with a clip of the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2010/2/18/174854/324/hotels/Just_Chilling_at_the_Hollywood_Roosevelt_Pool_">poolside scene</a> at the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Hollywood+Roosevelt+Hotel/local/11">Hollywood Roosevelt</a> and today, the hotel's general manager Don Jacinto goes on-camera to remind us that the Roosevelt is still very much alive in the heart of Hollywood. Just in case

Hollywood: Just Chilling at the Hollywood Roosevelt Pool

juliana — 2010-02-19T09:00:19-05:00

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Toronto: Thompson Toronto Now Set for Mid-April, Scarpetta To Follow

juliana — 2010-02-09T17:37:33-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/thompsontorontolobby.jpg" class="top">UPDATE 2.17.10: The official <a href="http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/February2010/17/c2142.html">press release</a> says May. Go figure. As all eyes look towards Vancouver this week for the 2010 Winter Olympics, we've got our mind on what's happening in Toronto, specifically <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Thompson+Hotel+Toronto/local/877">Thompson Toronto</a>. The latest word is that the hotel should open in mid-April or possibly the end of the April. No word on when reservations will open but we were told by Thompson peeps that there is already a team in place at the hotel. Meanwhile, it's been announced that the hotel's restaurant will be an outpost of Scarpetta, a famed NYC eatery helmed by busy chef <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2010/2/4/95414/56700/hotels/The_Cooper_Square_Hotel_s_New_Restaurant_Will_Serve_Sex_in_a_Bowl">Scott Conant</a> with another location in Miami's party hotel, <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Fontainebleau+Resort/local/998">The Fontainebleau</a>. But what has

Beverly Hills: Inside the Thompson Beverly Hills Hotel

juliana — 2010-01-27T10:52:25-05:00

The other week we were a little dismayed to find that while we've been inside almost every hotel in Los Angeles, we were lacking a little on the Hotel Video Tours, compared to other cities like New York and Las Vegas.

Then we remembered we had this gem from last November of the Thompson Beverly Hills Hotel.

This is room 817, a king deluxe with a bathroom that looks nearly identical to the hotel's sister property in New York, 60 Thompson. In fact, if you shut the bathroom door you could pretend you were in NYC. Except you have a little bit more wiggle room.

The Bowery Hotel Loves You Sydney Fife

juliana — 2010-01-06T17:03:49-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/jasonsegalbowery.jpg" class="top"> We're guessing "I Love You Man" actor Jason Segel isn't going to be using the name of Sydney Fife to check into the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Bowery+Hotel/local/220">Bowery Hotel</a> anymore, thanks to this gossip item, but it was fun while it lasted. <a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/gossip/2010/01/06/2010-01-06_gotta_love_it_segel_roles_into_town_for_tryst.html">The NY Daily News</a> reports: <blockquote>Jason Segel knows how to keep a low profile when he's in our fair city: We hear the funnyman uses the name of his character in "I Love You, Man" when he stays at the Bowery Hotel. "He checks in under Sydney Fife," says a source, who reveals that Segel uses the pseudonym when he has a rendezvous with a prominent upper East Side socialite. </blockquote>Any idea on the mystery UES socialite?