In Wake of Terrorist Attacks Hotels Offering Diplomatic Deals by Mark Hilpert At two local hotels, Sept. 11 started in a fairly routine way: a morning staff meeting, a breakfast interview between a visiting mayor and Washington power brokers, taking care of visiting investment bankers. And then outside these oases of calm amid urban bustle, all hell broke loose. Guests quickly learned via cell phones, television, and hotel staffers of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center in New York and the Pentagon in frighteningly nearby Arlington, Va., with another plane supposedly on the way. Hotel staffers at the Four Seasons in Georgetown and the Willard Inter-Continental Hotel on Pennsylvania Avenue spent the rest of the day and following days dealing with the fallout: making sure guests were kept safe... more...

View with a Room Washington Hotels Offer Spectacular Look At the Nationís Capitaló For a Price by Tim Deady Oh, what a beautiful view!" How much is that simple phrase worth? For a handful of Washington hotels, quite a bit, thank you. For example, probably the most famous Washington, D.C., view is from the downtown and very buttoned-down Hay-Adams Hotel. From its upper floors, guests on the south side of the hotel get a pretty much unobstructed, up-close view of the north side of the White House.... more... Concierges Get It Done From Passports to Tuxedos to Sold-Out Tickets, Concierges Make It Happen for Hotel Guests by Gina Shaw Iím a genie in a suit. Just rub me and make a wish." Thatís Doug Ireland, the miracle-working concierge played by Michael J. Fox in "For Love or Money."... more... Directory of Washington Area Hotels Serving The Diplomatic Community