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Photo Op at the Just-Reopened Jefferson Hotel

Where: 1200 16TH AND M ST NW [map], Washington, DC, United States, 20036

Alright, so we confess we haven't yet had a chance to check out DC's Jefferson Hotel, which reopened Monday after a two-year, floorboard-to-ceiling renovation. When we toured the construction site back in May, the place was a long way from being guest-ready, but the parts that were ready were more than suitably swank. Of course, we're still skeptical about $300 and up introductory room rates, but that's probably more a reflection of our ever-thinning wallets. Anyways! We hope to have some real photos of the lobby and public areas next week, but to tide you over here's a press photo op that's sort of fun.

The photo shows managing director Franck Arnold (pictured right) and doorman Ahmed Omer doing the honors of the ceremonial ribbon cutting. Omer is The Jefferson’s longest standing employee, with his 25th anniversary coinciding with the hotel’s re-opening. When we met him briefly back in May, his dedication to the hotel struck us as endearing, so we like that he was honored at the festivities.

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Mingalaba Kimpton! Now Kimpton Knows How To Greet People in Burmese on Flickr

While the New York Times may have been a bit late to the boutique hotels party, they also managed to totally overlook the fact that boutique hotel chains have utilized the web to market their brands in new and innovative ways.

The latest boutique chain to impress us with their web-savviness? Kimpton. The Kimpton Flickr page features cool tags, descriptive captions with links to each property's homepage and excellent photos of different aspects of all of their properties. Some of the photos even have rollover notes to explain the different features of the pic you're checking out.

Hotel chains (and Bill Marriott) that cater to Flickr geeks like us will always have a special place in our hearts. Cute dog, too.

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Get Your Hotel Photos Published

The HotelChatter Flickr pool is now 40 members and 817 photos strong, and growing. As you know we use photos from the pool in our posts, especially to call out Killer Views and Anti-Views on a weekly basis.

We are looking forward to throwing even more linkage toward talented photographers and folks that get great shots of hotels, and we are constantly submitting our own photos to the pool.

Just go here and join our group. Then, on any photos you want to send in, click "Send to group" in the toolbar underneath the title. Select "HotelChatter" and your excellent photos will be dripping with pool goodness.

We are especially looking to expand our Killer Views and Anti-Views. Remember to tag the photo with the hotel name and let us in on the room number if you want consideration for hotel view photo publication.

Besides, how else are we going to know whether or not hotels are photoshopping their brochureware photos.

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Viewlicious: The Sunset Tower Hotel

Where: 8358 Sunset Boulevard [map], West Hollywood, CA, United States, 90069

[Photo Shoot by HotelChatter]

Hotel: The Sunset Tower Hotel

Floor: 12th Floor

Room Number: 1204

Room Size: 300 - 350 sqft

Current Price: $249 a night

Highlights:"Frank Sinatra, who had a "bachelor pad" in the hotel, would lean over the edge of his terrace and call down, "Ava [Ava Gardner], can you hear me?  Various proposals usually followed, eventually leading to marriage, and then divorce."

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