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Room With a Killer View: Eiffel Tower Gazing from Green Gavarni

August 25, 2008 - Posted in Uncategorized

We are suckers for a room with a killer view. We find that we are even more likely to forgive some minor hotel inconveniences if we can stare out the window at something pretty--yeah we are that shallow. Let's help out our fellow hotel mavens by uploading rooms with ...

La Quinta Brings a Bright Spot to Life With Free Stuff

July 24, 2008 - Posted in Uncategorized

Whenever we book a hotel room, we always feel this pang of guilt when we see the room rate -- no matter how low -- and tend to lament the loss of money that could have been used to purchase 1/4 of a pair of super expensive shoes. Or flowers ...

Sneak Peek :: Asia de Cuba Inside the Mondrian South Beach

July 4, 2008 - Posted in Uncategorized

A rep for the Mondrian South Beach hotel just sent over this restaurant of the planned Asia de Cuba restaurant (run by China Grill Management) which will open inside the hotel in December 2008. Here's the official restaurant and menu description. Asia de Cuba at Mondrian South Beach blends a vibrant, ...

You’ve Been Overserved

June 24, 2008 - Posted in Uncategorized

Ok, maybe we would need some help if we had this much luggage with us. Think back on your most recent hotel stay. Was there an instance -if only a fleeting one--when you couldn't wait to escape some overzealous hotel staffer who was hell-bent on giving you "an experience" that you ...

HotelChatter OpenThread :: Should We Tip Extra for Room Service?

May 24, 2008 - Posted in Uncategorized

Tipping. Yikes. While most of us know to regularly tip our bellmen and some of us routinely tip our housekeepers (and all of us should!), things start to get a bit dicey when it comes to room service. See, in most hotels, gratuity is included on a room service order. But ...

Kids Get the Better View From the Alchymist Hotel in Prague

April 24, 2008 - Posted in Uncategorized

A while back Amy Langfield from NewYorkology headed off to Prague and went through a little bit of drama pre-flight with Tablet Hotels about her lodging situation. But as we told you back then, everything worked out ok and Amy and family was sent to a nice suite at the ...

Snapshot :: Michael Phelps Swims Again in Beijing

March 24, 2008 - Posted in Uncategorized

Michael Phelps keeps on swimming in Beijing but his latest race wasn't for gold. It was for something even better. Phelps jumped into the pool at the Hilton Beijing on Tuesday to swim 6,250th and final lap of the "Hilton Swim to Beijing Relay." The relay is a multi-city charitable event ...

Room With an Anti-View: Window to Window in Pune, India

February 24, 2008 - Posted in Uncategorized

You know the scene. You open the door to your brand new hotel room, run over to the window, open the blinds and bam, you are hit with the anti-view. Maybe you are looking down a dirty alley, witnessing a drug deal, staring at an air shaft in the face, ...

Luxe Hotels Lure Customers with Insane Amenities

December 24, 2007 - Posted in Uncategorized

So, the hotel industry? Not doing so great this year. Not even in Beijing. But, MSBNC reports, the fanciest hotels are all doing their best to stay afloat, and they continue to lure wealthy heads onto guestroom pillows worldwide. Their secret strategy? Why, baller amenities, of course. At most high-end properties these ...

Would You Pay $40 for a Bottle of Water?

October 24, 2007 - Posted in Uncategorized

We assume and hope the answer to this question is going to be a resounding "hells no," but we have to ask: would someone really pay $40.00 for a bottle of water? London's Claridge's Hotel thinks so. The hotel (which has a Water Menu, believe it or not) sells -- for reals ...