We think the Emirates Palace has gotten the message. Rather than strive to top last year's $11 million Christmas tree monstrosity, the hotel has graciously toned things down for the time being. This month, guests at the gold-loving hotel won't be blindsided by a tree that's wearing more expensive jewelry...
December 20, 2011
It's no secret that hotels like to do it up BIG for the holidays and just like Christmas trees, when it comes to hotel gingerbread houses, hotels have gone above and beyond the call of festive duty. We've added a few new shots to our Hotel Gingerbread House collections,...
December 23, 2010
Well, now, this is just showing off. While we've been cultivating snapshots of hotel Christmas trees around the world, the ostentatious Emirates Palace in Abu Dhabi was working on their own Christmas tree decorations. And in true Emirates Palace fashion--remember, this hotel is home to the gold bar ATM...
December 16, 2010
These days we've been noticing that hotels are trying to make our stays feel more like home. That's why we rarely see a hotel room without a flat-screen TV, an iPod dock, a stack of pillows on the bed and "home-like" decor. But doesn't that seem kind of crazy? Who...
August 24, 2010
Usually when staying in hotels, we find ourselves in need of dollars bills for tipping the staff. But we guess some people need bricks of gold instead. We first heard about Gold to Go last year over at Jaunted when we learned that these special ATM machines were dispensing...
May 13, 2010
Not being majorly rich (or wined and dined too often), we have never been to Hakkasan in Soho. But we do know its rep its topped countless London restaurant polls and our wealthier acquaintances have never been disappointed by their visits there. We hear the Miami branch...
May 06, 2010
Tween superstar Miley Cyrus likes to sing about a "Party in the U.S.A." but HotelChatter wants to tell you where you can "party in the world" for New Year's Eve by listing a hotel in each time zone, starting in New Zealand and ending in Hawaii. (Ok, "Party in the...
December 14, 2009
The notoriously over-the-top, ridiculously lavish Emirates Palace Hotel in Abu Dhabi is offering a million-dollar hotel package. No, but seriously. This thing costs $1,025,000 for two people for seven days. For that much, you would expect someone to follow you into your hotel suite's bathroom to wipe your butt...
July 23, 2008
We're all for hotels that take good care of their WiFi service and that's why we're giving the thumbs up right now to the Emirates Palace in Abu Dhabi.They've just upgraded their internet service in a big way, so they've now got an Ethernet-based, dual 10MB load balanced links...
June 04, 2008
As most people who suffer from technophilia know, a lot can change in a year. In the year that we released our first Best Geek Hotels List, the iPhone beat out every other cellphone on the market, the MacAir usurped the MacBook and saved shoulders worldwide, Guitar Hero and...
March 04, 2008
It all sounds very convenient, and it does seem to be happening more and more: hotels are making a big deal about displaying impressive collections of art work, to the point where they're starting to sound like art galleries. While we've never actually chosen a hotel based on the...
December 26, 2007
This week in the UK Guardian a reviewer really took exception to the Emirates Palace Hotel in Abu Dhabi, titling the review "The Ultimate Bad Taste Hotel". Why? One problem was perhaps the overshowy use of various expensive metals ... including a sprinkling of gold on everything that doesn't...
February 21, 2007
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