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How To Get a Room In Miami For the Super Bowl (Game Tix, Too)

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  Site Where: 1601 Collins Ave [map], Miami Beach, FL, United States, 33139
October 27, 2009 at 9:43 AM | by MsRebecca | 0 Comments

While most folks are focused on the MLB World Series, down in Miami hotels have the Super Bowl on their minds. Room rates for the weekend of the February 7 game were already laughable when we checked back in August, although today Quikbook still has some reasonably priced rooms in the $200-a-night range. (The W South Beach, however? That’s $999 a night.) But thanks to yet another Facebook promotion, the best deal in town so far is to win the Loews Miami Beach Super Bowl contest. The SoBe hotel is giving away a four-night stay valid February 4–7, 2010—and they’ll also throw in two tickets to the big game.

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Get a $50 Hilton Caribbean Hotel Credit Just For Becoming a Facebook Fan

October 26, 2009 at 5:04 PM | by juliana | 0 Comments

If you're obsessed with finding new places for hotel deals (and let's face it, aren't we all?) then consider joining Facebook and Twitter to follow hotels for special deals. Like this one we just learned about from Hilton Hotels in the Caribbean.

Simply become a fan of a Hilton Caribbean hotel and download a $50 resort credit which is then redeemable at check-in. You can find a list of the hotels here. The hotels include Hilton Barbados, Caribe Hilton, Hilton Curacao, Hilton Kingston Jamaica and the British Colonial Hilton Nassau.

Unfortunately, you just missed your chance to catch the Jonas Brothers who were recently shacked up at the Hilton Santo Domingo which was swarmed by rabid teenage girls. Might be best to give that hotel some time to recover.

After becoming a fan, go to the hotel's BOXES tab. There you will see the resort credit which you can print out. Just remember you must book a minimum 2-night stay and only one coupon per room can be used. The offer is good through January 2010 and cannot be combined with other promotions or offers.

[Photo: Hilton Curacao Facebook page]

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Some Good News If You Have the Misfortune To Be Called Guy Fawkes

October 19, 2009 at 11:43 AM | by juliab | 0 Comments

Know anyone called Guy Fawkes? Or Catherine Wheel? No? Us neither. Funny, because from the offer that Future Inns has announced this morning, there’d be quite a few.

Here’s the offer, in all its resounding, poor-grammared idiocy:

There is hope for some Guys Fawkes’ [sic] this November: Whilst many will be hoisted to the top of bonfires as people across the UK prepare for fifth of November celebrations, leading hotel brand Future Inns has pledged to protect other ‘Guys’ around the UK by offering a free room for the night.”

Neat idea, you’re thinking. You’ll probably tell your friend Guy about this one. Except, no you won’t. Because the offer isn’t open to people called Guy. It’s purely for people called Guy Fawkes. And we would happily lay money on not being able to find one in time to claim his free room (worth a whole £69, or $113), come November 5 (the offer runs from 5-11 November, in case you’d like to have a go).

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Kimpton's 'Giving Tree' Campaign Not Shel Silverstein-Related

October 7, 2009 at 1:25 PM | by Heidi Atwal | 0 Comments

A room at Kimpton's Hotel Monaco in Chicago.

If it seems like we've been writing about the Kimpton Group's environmentally-sound strides ad nauseam, it's only because they're really—and we mean really—pushing green initiatives these days. They didn't win an "Earth Saver" award for nothing, you know.

But even their Captain Planet-like heroism could use a helping hand, namely from you, their faithful guests. Their latest pet project has them teaming up with The Nature Conservacy (an organization that "protects Earth's most important natural places") for TNC's "Plant A Billion Trees" campaign. Their mission is to do just that: plant a billion trees in Brazil's Atlantic Forest over the next seven years to help restore its luster and save its ecosystem.

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Bid On eBay to Win The Entire Curtis Hotel For New Year's Eve

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  Site Where: 1405 Curtis Street [map], Denver, CO, United States, 80202
October 6, 2009 at 4:13 PM | by MsRebecca | 0 Comments

If hotels were people, The Curtis Hotel in Denver would most definitely not be a wallflower. A slightly kooky, always-energetic boss, or your life-of-the-party friend, perhaps. This is, after all, the hotel that has already caught our attention with a humungous doggie door, themed floors, and a ‘Stay Happy’ Contest.

Its relentlessly upbeat nature reminds us of the corporate culture of Zappos, or the new-fangled “positive psychology” craze. Often, this can get, well, a little much. But the latest promotion out of Planet Happy Curtis is so much a little much that it’s mega: the hotel is putting itself up for auction on eBay for New Year’s Eve.

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Escape The Family Thanksgiving With A Free Night At The Four Seasons

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  Site Where: 1435 Brickell Avenue [map], Miami, FL, United States, 33131
October 5, 2009 at 3:43 PM | by MsRebecca | 0 Comments

In most parts of the country, all the signs of fall are here: cooler temps, turning leaves, football on TV all weekend, and skimpy Halloween costumes on display at the mall. But not in Miami! (Skimpy costumes are the uniform year-round in South Beach.) The 80-degree days down in South Florida make it hard to remember that we’re meant to be focusing on our Thanksgiving travel plans.

And in fact, if you’d rather spend Thanksgiving in a bikini than in a holiday sweater, the Four Seasons Miami is happy to tempt you away from your familial duties. The fancy hotel in downtown Miami (ie: not at the beach) is offering a "Stay Longer" package this fall, giving guests a complimentary third night with every two consecutive paid nights.

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'Tweet to Retreat' at JW Marriott Desert Springs

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  Site Where: 74855 Country Club Dr [map], Palm Desert, CA, United States, 92260
October 1, 2009 at 4:43 PM | by Heidi Atwal | 2 Comments

Marriott Hotels are really taking a liking to this Twitter game. This morning we told you that Paradise By Marriott was offering travel treats through Twitter all month long but if you aren't keen on a Mexican or Caribbean getaway, there's still another option.

To reap the benefits of Desert Springs JW Marriott Resort & Spa Twitter-only promo, you'll need to make sure you're following @DesertSprings and have some knowledge of the hotel, or at least have perfected the art of rapid Googling.

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Stay at The Strand, Get a Pretty Print

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  Site Where: 33 W 37 St [map], New York, NY, United States, 10018
September 30, 2009 at 9:25 AM | by MsRebecca | 0 Comments

As regular HotelChatter readers know, we’re tracking a healthy handful of new hotels opening in New York this winter, and the race is on to see which of them not only opens first but wows guests in the biggest way. The garment district’s major contender, The Strand, is making its first offensive play in the game with its “Room With a View” grand-opening package.

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Hey Now, Renaissance By Marriott is Looking Pretty Good These Days

September 18, 2009 at 9:08 AM | by juliana | 0 Comments

Last year, we toured the Renaissance Pere Marquette in New Orleans and we were a little shocked at what we saw. This was a Renaissance hotel from Marriott? B-b-b-but it was so chic and cool. And (gasp!) sexy.

Yes, it's true, we thought the Renaissance brand from Marriott Hotels was sexy. Back then, a hotel rep told us that it was all a part of the rebranding of Renaissance. Well, it looks like the rebranding has been completed. And as the NYT recently reported, even the logo got a little tweak too:

The unveiling is meant to call attention to the metamorphoses of Renaissance, which has spent more than $2 billion in recent years to move the brand away from bland, partly with sleeker interior design. Renaissance also has a new logo: formerly full of ornate, maroon flourishes, the logo has been edited down to a cleaner, modern letter: R.

While we agree with the Times that the upgrades are formulaic--flat screen, iPod docking station, simple bed linens--the Renaissance rebranding makes a great difference to folks who stay in Marriott hotels for loyalty program points but often find themselves a little underwhelmed by some of the Marriott flagship properties.

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The Lorien Hotel Wants Us To Give Up Facebook and Twitter

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  Site Where: 1600 King St [map], Alexandria, VA, United States, 22314-2719
September 17, 2009 at 9:08 AM | by amandak | 1 Comment

We have definitely admired Kimpton's new Lorien Hotel and Spa since it opened up earlier this year. But their new special package is one we're finding a little bit confronting – although we suspect it's our fault, not the hotel's.

The thing is, the Lorien Hotel and Spa wants us to relax, and is worried that our addiction to social networking sites like Twitter and Facebook (we do mention them occasionally) might be bordering on a social dysfunction (they even found therapists who agree). So they are offering a Social Media Detox Program for the rest of this year.

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Holiday Inn Builds a Hotel Made Entirely Out of Hotel Key Cards

September 16, 2009 at 12:37 PM | by MsRebecca | 5 Comments

Ever wondered what to do with all those hotel key cards you’ve accumulated? Maybe you’ve thought about building your own hotel out of the them. No? Well, that's okay, because Holiday Inn had that bright idea, and will be unveiling the Key Card Hotel—yes, a hotel made out of many, many key cards (more than even we have)—tomorrow in New York.

The elaborate stunt is part of the chain’s “Key to Change” promotion, which gives guests the chance to win an all-expenses-paid trip to a relaunched Holiday Inn of their choice, anywhere in the world.

That’s right: this is not your daddy's Holiday Inn. Spending $1 billion on the relaunch roll-out, IHG expects that 1,200 of its properties will have been relaunched by later this month.

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Another Hotel Rate Gimmick: Your Room Rate is the Year You Were Born

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  Site Where: 4551 Ocean Blvd. [map], San Diego, CA, United States, 92109
August 25, 2009 at 9:29 AM | by Jennifer Kester | 0 Comments

Tower23 Hotel wants to give you a birthday present. To celebrate your big day, the San Diego hotel offers the three-night "It's My Party" package, in which you get one night discounted according to the year you were born.

The way it works is if you stay at the beachside hotel during your birthday month for two nights, the third night will cost the price of your birth year. For example, if you were born in 1980, you'll pay $80 on the third evening of your stay. So the older you are, the better the deal. The birthday girl or guy also will get a complimentary bottle of bubbly at check-in (so there's also a 21-and-older requirement). It's not a chocolate cake with candles, but we'll take it. The b-day package will be available through July 31.

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