HotelChatter

I wanted to address and clarify two misleading statements in your post about the Sè San Diego Hotel.

1.    You state in your article that this is "a major safety concern for hotel guests" and that "the hotel might not be up to safety and fire codes." The San Diego Union Tribune article quotes Kelly Broughton, development service director, as saying, "If the city was concerned about it from a safety perspective, we would have taken more immediate action." The San Diego Union Tribune article also states, "city officials insist that there are no outstanding issues related to compliance with health and safety regulations and that they would never have allowed the hotel to open had there been such violations." As we have said before, our main priority is and continues to be the safety and comfort of our guests.

2.    You also state in your article, "It looks like the hotel's problematic owner/developer is not going to pay up on the nearly $500,000 development fees owed to the city."  The San Diego Union-Tribune article clearly states that "dozens of emails between San Diego building and downtown redevelopment agency officials shows alternating confusion over whether the city has exempted the developer from paying $458,000 in development and affordable housing fees and absolute certitude they are owed." As we have previously stated, we are currently in discussions with the city of San Diego and we are working diligently with all parties to resolve the dispute over fees as soon as possible.

Our customers continue to receive the same luxury experience and highest level of service they have always received, as evidenced by our outstanding recent TripAdvisor reviews.

Jan McCormick, VP of Operations, Prism Hotels & Resorts

I applaud Jan McCormick for the above clarification.  Juliana/Hotel Chatter should be ashamed of itself for posting such a misinformed, biased, opinionated article....all because you didn't get two double beds a few months ago?  Very amateurish.