HHGS

Habbo Hotel Guides (HHGS)
Opened:	Feb 2006
Closed:	Aug 2009
Language:	English
Hotel:	Habbo.com
Owners:	GoldenMerc

Habbo Hotel Guides, more commonly and later known as HHGS, was a Habbo fansite founded and owned by GoldenMerc which opened in February 2006 and closed in August 2009. The fansite was known for its long rivalry of Habbox over the period of its operation mainly due to the events of the Samovar Crisis but also for its Rare Values and Habbo Hotel UK staff visits to the site of which included the staff members Bec, Redtiz and DoeLee.

In terms of Rare Values, HHGS was the only site to ever truly rival Habbox in the sense. Although many sites had attempted over time to bite into the Habbox share of rare value users, none had ever truly seriously managed to threaten the hegemony of Habbox - that is, apart from HHGS. In 2008 for example, a poll on Habbox Forum itself found that HHGS had a 20% market share of users (amongst Forum users at least) whilst Habbox had a commanding lead of 75%.

In the summer of 2009, HHGS closed its doors after 3 years - mainly owing to the general decline of fansites across Habbo as well as the owner, GoldenMerc, having less time to be able to devote to the running of the site.

Past Staff

A number of past and present Habbox staff have held positions on HHGS.

Name	Most senior position held at HHGS	Most senior position held at Habbox
GoldenMerc	Founder & Owner	Forum Moderator, Expert Rare Values Reporter & HxTV Assistant Manager
JoeyK.	Competitions Manager	Competitions Manager & Debates Leader
Immenseman	Rare Values Manager	Assistant General Manager (Community)
-:Undertaker:-	General Manager & Rare Values Manager	Rare Values Manager
Grig	HHGS Radio Manager	Assistant HabboxLive Manager & Assistant News Manager
Alkaz	Articles Manager	Assistant General Manager (Content)
Inseriousity.	Articles Staff	Assistant General Manager (Community)
Jordang16	Forum Administrator	Assistant Rare Values Manager & Super Moderator
Joshuar	Site Tech	Assistant General Manager (International) & Forum Administrator
StripedTiger	Forum Manager, Events & Competitions Manager	Competitions Manager & HxHD Manager
Baving	Site Tech	Forum Manager
Mr-Trainor	Rare Values Staff	Rare Values Manager
J25T	Rare Values Staff & Forum Moderator	Head Rare Values Reporter and Senior Content Designer
Favourtism	Forum Manager & Skins Desiger	News Manager
Re-call	HHGS Help Desk Manager	HxHD Manager
HotelUser	Site Coder	Assistant General Manager (Development)
.-.eXtra.-.	Graphics Staff	Graphics Manager
CHA!NGANG	HHGS Helpdesk Assistant Manager	HxHD Assistant Manager
Sianness	Forum Manager	Helpdesk Manager and Forum Moderator
Charlie	Forum Manager	Forum Super Moderator