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| - I stayed here for a couple nights earlier this month for a small meeting also in the hotel. It was nice enough, but not something I would seek out if I was traveling on my own dime and on my own time.
The entrance and lobby are nice, well designed (if a little over done in that way that large chain hotels are overdone) and clean. The staff checked me in promptly and gave me two key cards without asking. Personally, I'd rather just have the one when I'm traveling for work, as having two means that I just have one I don't use but still have to keep track of. But, at the same time, it was nice not to announce to the lobby: "Hey! Over here! Girl in a room by herself!"
The elevators were a bit telling. They were slow, but that's a problem that seems to afflict hotels around the country with more than a dozen floors. There was also some wear around the edges that I guess the remodel didn't quite get to.
They put me on the second-to-top floor. Nice. Great view... of a couple buildings and some mountains off in the distance. Okay, so great view for Phoenix, perhaps. They also put me exactly across the hall from a woman from Oregon going to the meeting I was there for. (And yes, they knew. We were all billed through the same account and booked at the same time.) That was sort of awkward when we first realized it, but ended up working out fine as we're both decent elevator chatters. Still, less than optimal.
The room was more spacious than a girl traveling for work really needs, but it was nice. The room door didn't seal quite as tightly to the floor as I would have liked. On one occasion, I awkwardly wondered if someone walking down the hall could hear me in the restroom. The bedhead built into the wall was also more worn than it should have been. Otherwise, the room was great. (Other meeting attendees remarked that their room thermostats were set oddly when they first arrived. One was set in the 50s and the other in the 80s. Perhaps people from Phoenix don't know what to do when the weather is in the 30s and 40s outside?)
I definitely enjoyed that the windows opened, though. It's just a crack, but it was enough. I love fresh air, and it made spending all day in meetings without going outside just that much more bearable.
[This review will be continued with some remarks about the meeting spaces.]
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