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Gaylord Hotels May Need To Invest in Plug Panels

Where: 2800 Opryland Dr [map], Nashville, TN, United States, 37214

We have a love-hate relationship with Twitter. The constant RT-ing, the abuse of hash tags, the "Top That!" and "First!" mentality of Twitterers and their cringe-inducing overshares have us threatening to quit Twitter on a daily basis. But today, we love Twitter again. That's because Twitterer DShelleny tweeted about his woes with too many gadgets and not enough outlets in his room at the Gaylord Opryland Hotel in Nashville. He writes and TwitPics the frustration saying:

Hey @gaylordhotels..great hotel, here's a quick suggestion for you though... http://twitpic.com/m9u4o

That's his TwitPic above. Interestingly, @GaylordHotels (which has four Gaylord Hotels in the U.S.) has 475 followers but absolutely zero tweets. So we're guessing they didn't see DShelleny's @reply yet. Maybe now they have.

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It's Not Even Labor Day Yet But Gaylord Hotels is Already Planning for Christmas

Where: United States

It seems that Gaylord Hotels really know how to celebrate the winter holiday season, and although that time seems awfully far away right now, you know how Christmas suddenly appears without warning … so if you want to get a glimpse of the seasonal miracle that is Gaylord ICE! you should start planning a Christmas vacation at one of the four Gaylord places right now.

The Gaylord people really know how to impress and even gets Chinese ice sculpting experts in to set up the huge ice displays. NO, really. Gaylord is going all out with the ice.

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Will There Be More Places To Lively Up Yourself?

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.

· More Bob Marley Hotels?: Bob Marley's eldest daughter, Cedella, says her family is considering franchising the Bob Marley name to include beer, clothes and hotels. There's already a Bob Marley Hotel in Jamaica. [NME]

· Octomom's Hotel Stay: The controversial woman who gave birth to octuplets after getting in-vitro, although she already had six children, has apparently been staying in a hotel for the past week. Let's hope California taxpayers aren't footing the bill. [Radar]

· Hotels.com Lays Off Quality Assurance Workers: We are a little concerned about the recent layoffs at Hotels.com who let go about 150 IT workers and some quality assurance staffers. [Computer World]

· $99 Rooms at Gaylord Opryland: Room rates at this mega-hotel in Nashville have dropped to $99 a night for stays this month and in March.

· Where Richard Branson and Other Celebs Enter the Liberty Hotel: Through this "super secret" entrance. [HotelChatter Twitter]

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Verdict on DC's New Gaylord: "Ridonkulously Large"

Where: 201 Waterfront Street [map], National Harbor, MD, United States, 20745

Reviewing DC's shiny new Gaylord National Hotel, a writer for The Washington Post felt adjectives like "glorious" and "mesmerizing" weren't enough to describe the sheer enormity of this sprawling hotel and convention center.

"Ridonkulous" would have to do.

This $86 million dollar complex, part of the Gaylord chain, busts at the seams with atriums and banquet halls, 470,000 square feet of conference facilities, a four-star spa, even on-site shopping.

It's fair to say this place can brag it's a small city -- literally. There are 2000 rooms of all sizes (traditional, premium, and suites).  According to the Post, it's a half-million square feet, looking out over the National Harbor docks along the Potomac, and Old Town Virginia, where you can catch a water taxi to Georgetown or Mount Vernon.

And inside the gargantualific atrium are two full-scale recreations of Colonial-era buildings. Bloody hell!

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