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Pounce On These Leap Year Hotel Deals Now, Before They Leap Away

February 7, 2012 at 9:45 AM | by | Comment (1)

Yes, it's a Leap Year! An entire day added to the month, an entire extra day for some hotel-lovin'. And the hotels are pretty excited about it too! We've hunted around for the best Leap Year deals from San Antonio to New York to London. Unsurprisingly, several of them overlap with Valentine's Day festivities—but as they say, bargains make the heart grow fonder...

Grand Hyatt New York, fresh from its recent $130 million renovation, is feeling generous. So they're singling out people who are either turning 29 this year or who were born on a leap year. While the 29-year-olds actually make out with something cool (free appetizer or dessert at New York Central, pictured above), leap year babies (anyone born in 2008, 2004, 2000, 1996, etc), as usual, get the short end of the stick. That would be a "free" Dylan's Candy Bar cupcake...-shaped tin (not even an actual cupcake!) from the hotel's 24-hour convenience store, Market.

With a purchase of $9 or more. Seriously. These guys only celebrate their birthday once every four years. Can't we just give them a free cupcake and call it a day? Rates from $309.

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More Naked, Drugged-Up Guests At Mandarin Oriental Boston

Go To The Hotel's Web Site Where: 776 BOYLSTON STREET [map], BOSTON, MA, United States, 02199
January 16, 2012 at 9:15 AM | by | Comments (0)

Exposing yourself in your own room is sooo lame. Lobbies are where it's at now.

We're beginning to wonder: are hotel guests getting so bored cooped up in their rooms that they feel the need to take their private, behind-closed-doors activities into more public spaces like hallways and lobbies? Because it seems like that's the way things are going.

Just last week, we lost one pro skater to the netherworld of drug-induced hotel streaking. And we certainly can't forget November's Spice King incident at the Four Seasons New York. Now, Boston gets a taste of the nudie action. Specifically, at the Mandarin Oriental Boston, where one half-clothed guest reportedly assaulted an employee, then head-butted a police officer and told him outright he was high on "cocaine, and plenty of it."

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Only 24 Hours Left to Spot Langham Boston's Pink Taxi to Win a Long London Weekend

Go To The Hotel's Web Site Where: 250 Franklin Street [map], Boston, MA, United States, 02110
January 11, 2012 at 4:33 PM | by | Comments (0)

Are you in Boston or do you know someone in Boston who'd be game to do you a favor TODAY in exchange for a possible trip to London? If your answer is yes, then awesome. You see, the Langham Hotel Boston has a classic London cab that drives around town, but instead of the traditional black, it's blush pink (Langham's signature shade). Spot the cab, snap a pic of it and upload it to the Langham Facebook to be entered into the contest—a contest that ends tomorrow night at 11:59pm.

What do you win, you ask? Oh let's see:
· Two roundtrip tickets on Virgin Atlantic in Premium Economy (which is very nice, we've been)
· A 3-night/4-day stay at Langham Boston's sister property across the ocean, the Langham London

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There's Nothing Subtle About the Langham's New Taxi

Go To The Hotel's Web Site Where: 250 Franklin St [map], Boston, MA, United States, 02110
December 16, 2011 at 9:30 AM | by | Comments (0)

Though we don't know what exactly goes into converting a British car to fit fit US driving standards, we're grateful the work's already been done by Langham Boston. Eager to show off their imported London-style taxi, the hotel has started a promotion which will award a plane ticket to London, plus a three-night stay at sister hotel the Langham London, to anyone who spots the taxi on the streets of Boston and posts a photo onto the Langham's Facebook page.

Sound easy? Well it's about to get easier. As you can tell from the above photo, the taxi has been painted a bright, though still rather elegant, shade of pink, in honor of the hotel's signature color. So now, instead of just hunting through Boston for a rare model of car with the steering wheel on the wrong side, now you'll be hunting for a rare model of car with the steering wheel on the wrong side, and one that happens to be pink. Already, this contest sounds a lot easier than the art thief tournament going on in Melbourne.

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Would You Choose A Hotel Based On Toiletries?

December 1, 2011 at 10:20 AM | by | Comments (7)

Earlier this month, we learned about a new partnership between New York-based perfume house Le Labo and Fairmont Hotels—the biggest hotel undertaking Le Labo has ever attempted. We know how particular everyone can be about their hotel toiletries. Some like them sweet-smelling, some like them eco-friendly, and some don't bother with them at all.

But today, while reporting on the new Le Labo line at Fairmont, MSNBC happened to interview an individual who admitted he and his fiancee chose Boston's Liberty Hotel as the site of their wedding "in large part because they provide Molton Brown products in the rooms." Nevermind the actual, like...you know, beds.

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Twitpic Of The Week: Passing The Hours With Flowers In The Shower

Go To The Hotel's Web Site Where: 90 Tremont St , Boston , MA, 02108
November 14, 2011 at 9:15 AM | by | Comment (1)

In the ever-expanding universe of Twitter, there is one particular trend @HotelChatter happens to quite enjoy: candid hotel photos. These Twitpics range from stunning views to anti-views to celebrity tomfoolery and everything in between. And we can't get enough of 'em! Every Monday, we will feature one "Twitpic of the Week" to commemorate our favorite hotel-themed snapshot. Got a favorite of your own? Want to show off your sweet suite? Send it in!

One of the best things about social media is how quickly it can turn one individual's "Kodak moment" (does anyone even use that expression anymore?) into a shared experience for people all over the world.

In the case of @Niki_Leondakis, better known as the President and COO of Kimpton Hotels, this burst of color she snapped from her room at Nine Zero in Boston is quite possibly the cutest floral display we've seen in a while, not to mention the best use of flowers in a bathroom. And don't think we haven't seen our share of flowers. Or bathrooms, for that matter.

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HotelTonight Bounces Back With New String of 'Getaway' Destinations

September 30, 2011 at 9:00 AM | by | Comments (0)

Hey Boston, wanna go here?

Amidst all the talk about Priceline's new last-minute mobile booking feature, Tonight-Only Deals, comes an announcement that rival HotelTonight will be adding new "getaway" destinations for four major cities. This should be particularly gratifying to those who feel slighted by the ever-soaring rates afflicting key cities like New York and San Francisco.

Under the listings for each of the four cities (Boston, San Francisco, New York and DC), you'll now find a separate listing for that city's "getaway" destinations. Want to go antiquing in Martha's Vineyard? No problem. Been itching to go wine tasting in Sonoma? Now's the time. Ready to shut out the world in a lodge in Coastal Maine? Done. These tucked-away spots are an over-worked, stressed-out city dweller's dream come true—mostly because they take the far-off fantasy of wanting to 'just get away for a night' and make it a solid reality.

OK, Priceline. Your move.

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Four Seasons Boston Wants to Help The Love Note Challenged

Go To The Hotel's Web Site Where: 200 Boylston Street [map], Boston, MA, United States, 02116
September 16, 2011 at 2:10 PM | by | Comment (1)

If you thought that Valentine's Day was the only romantic day of the year, think again. It turns out that September 26 is National Love Note Day, giving all of you would-be Justin Bieber stalkers hopeless romantic poets a legitimate reason to pen sappy love notes to the object(s) of your affections.

Not quite the romance writer you hoped you'd be? Allow Four Seasons Boston to help. The hotel's Room for Romance package will place a love note featuring different quotes on the bed at turndown. These notes feature either quotes from a famous author, song lyrics and even movie quotes. (But please, use something more original than "You complete me.")

Of course, if you do think your flowery musings are good enough, the hotel will deliver a personal love note as well.

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InterContinental Boston, You're Our Home

Go To The Hotel's Web Site Where: 510 Atlantic Avenue [map], Boston, MA, United States, 02210
August 4, 2011 at 9:53 AM | by | Comments (0)

The InterContinental Boston is a newer addition to the Boston waterfront, nestled between the Financial District and booming Seaport District. Looking for a room with a view during a recent trip to Fenway Park, we checked into the new kid on the block.

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Sarah Palin Could Probably Benefit from The Ames Boston's History Lesson This Fourth of July

Go To The Hotel's Web Site Where: 1 Court St. [map], Boston, MA, United States, 02108
June 24, 2011 at 12:10 PM | by | Comments (0)

If you want to hit up Beantown for the Fourth of July, the Ames Boston is offering three ways to spend the holiday weekend at the historic hotel.

Patriotic history buffs (or Sarah Palin who needs a big brush-up on her Revolutionary history) will want to try the Explore package, which brings you all over the city to see spots where Paul Revere and the Puritans visited; homes of literary geniuses like Emerson, Hawthorn and Thoreau; and sites of the Boston Tea Party and Big Dig as part of the Boston by Foot Walking Tour.

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Four Hotels to Visit for Memorial Day Weekend

May 11, 2011 at 9:32 AM | by | Comments (0)

It seems like only yesterday we were granted a three-day holiday respite thanks to Easter, and now it's almost Memorial Day weekend. That means two things: summer is almost here and it's a prime time to score a travel deal. While you'll have to wait for the former, we've helped you out with the latter by scouring for some good hotel deals that will entice you to get away.

Check out our top four Memorial Day deals after the jump.

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A Hot Cinn-Fusion At Fairmont Battery Wharf Will Warm You Up

Go To The Hotel's Web Site Where: Three Battery Wharf [map], Boston, MA, United States, 02109
January 14, 2011 at 12:12 PM | by | Comments (0)

To be perfectly honest with you, this weekend is not one we'd like to spend in Boston. (Go, Jets!) But if we were bunking in Beantown, we'd want to be staying somewhere with a solid bar to stave off the frostbite.

Why, hello there, Fairmont Battery Wharf. What's that? You have a special winter cocktail called the Hot Cinn-Fusion? We'll be right there!

Here's why.

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