New York City's Waldorf-Astoria is the place to be for celebrity sightings tonight.

Not only is the old-school glam dame hosting delegates for a United Nations Summit (we hear international mucky-mucks like former President Bill Clinton and Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe are booked at the hotel), but a who's who of professional athletes, including tennis hottie Andre Agassi, volleyball beauty Gabrielle Reece and Kevin Everett (former tight end for the Buffalo Bills) will be honored as "Sports Legends" at a charity dinner hosted tonight by the Buoniconti Fund to Cure Paralysis.]]> ChristineM 2008-09-22T16:03:30-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/7/30/12316/4184 <![CDATA[<p><p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/spyglass_criss.jpg" class="imgborder"><p><i>There's tons of hotel news flying around this week and we don't have time to give each and every story the love and attention it may deserve, so you will have to settle for some news briefs.</i><p>&#183; <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/7/14/23386/3946/hotels/Criss_Angel_To_Perform_In_Florida_Hotel_Implosion_on_July_30th"><b>Criss Angel's Hotel Implosion Trick</b></a>: Don't forget! The premiere of Criss Angel's <i>MindFreak</i> show is on A&amp;E tonight and in it, Angel will do some stunt involving a hotel implosion in Florida. <p>&#183; <a href="http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/starwood-hotels--resorts-adnec/story.aspx?guid=%7BFF34CEEB-4AB0-412A-8EB7-8FAD3A8FC4A5%7D&amp;dist=hppr"><b>Element Hotels Go Overseas to Abu Dhabi</b></a>: Starwood Hotels announces the first Element Hotel for Abu Dhabi - the first to be introduced in the Europe, Africa and Middle East division. It will open in 2011 in the Capital Centre development. [Marketwatch]<p>&#183; <a href="http://www.bizjournals.com/phoenix/stories/2008/07/28/daily30.html"><b>Biltmore to Get juliana 2008-07-30T17:15:01-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/6/25/133428/524

O Canada! The Waldorf-Astoria Collection, by Hilton Hotels, announced today their first hotel in Canada--The Waldorf=Astoria Hotel & Residences Montreal.

With 32 floors, 250 hotel rooms, 76 residences (that are sure to cost a fortune), ballroom space, "signature" restaurants, bars, a spa, and a fitness center, the Waldorf will make sure its presence is felt in "Our Home and Native Land!"]]> AndyG 2008-06-25T15:02:10-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/6/9/153446/8729 <![CDATA[<p><i>While it's definitely the off-season for <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/city/Palm%20Springs"><b>Palm Springs</b></a> right now, it's also the best time to take advantage of cheap room rates at some of the desert's best hotels. We'll be rounding up some of the Palm Springs area's (including Palm Desert) most notable hotels this month. Got any suggestions or questions? <a href="mailto:tips@hotelchatter.com">Let us know.</a></i><p> <embed src="http://services.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f8/1321361467" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" flashVars="videoId=1599030370&playerId=1321361467&viewerSecureGatewayURL=https://services.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="400" height="339" seamlesstabbing="false" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" swLiveConnect="true" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash"></embed> <p><p>We decided to take a spontaneous trip to Palm Springs with a few girlfriends this weekend. Forgoing the thought of sleeping on a friend's couch--or worse, the floor--we decided to hit up <a href="http://www.hotwire.com">Hotwire</a> to see what we could find.<p>And what we found and booked was a spectacular deal of $94 juliana 2008-06-09T16:29:40-05:00 33.672601 -116.30797 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/