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What is Monte Carlo's Hotel32?

Where: 3770 Las Vegas Boulevard South [map], Las Vegas, NV, United States, 89109

We love us a little piece of hot Vegas hotel goss, and today's comes from — of all hotels — The Monte Carlo. Seems ol' MC's got a bit of an ace up its sleeve.

On his blog, HotelsMag's Adam Kirby wonders about a semi-shady email he received from the Vegas hotel this morning:

MGM Mirage's Monte Carlo Las Vegas sent out a very ambiguous e-mail this morning referring to something called Hotel32. The e-mail includes no details or information on the project, save for a link to a slideshow of boutiquey-looking guestrooms.

Hmmm. Even though the rooms are dirt-cheap here (currently hovering around $60), we can't help but remember our last Monte Carlo stay — which was less than stellar. We're glad they're at least doing something along the lines of an update — or whatever this is.

Either the Monte C has a major renovation in mind, they're building a new property (very unlikely) or Kirby is onto something when he speculates that this might be the "latest incarnation of Monte Carlo's VIP 32nd floor, which was badly damaged in a fire last year" (most likely).

If you've got any hot goss on Hotel32, by all means, shoot it our way. Meanwhile, check out the whole Hotel32 slideshow here.

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Hotels Mag Editor Braves The Wellington And Lives To Twitter About It

Where: 871 Seventh Avenue [map], New York, ny, United States, 10019

We give The Wellington Hotel a pretty hard time around here. We refer to it as the "Borat Hotel" sometimes because the movie star wreaked a bit of havoc when he stayed there a couple of years ago, and last summer we got confirmation that even without a hairy man in an uncomfortably revealing swimsuit, the place is in pretty gross shape.

So we give Adam Kirby, Associate Editor of Hotels Mag, some major props for braving The Wellington and Twittering about it so we don't have to go there ourselves.

It seems he scored a good rate on Priceline (though he told us not to tell anyone -- but hello, we're a gossipy bunch) and toughed it out for only around $200 a night.

The verdict? The room smells like vapor rub. Yikes. At least he lived to, er, Twitter the tale...