And we don't mean Thanksgiving, Hanukkah, Christmas or Kwanzaa, either. We're talking, of course, about Art Basel Miami Beach. The bustling art fair and all its satellite events, exhibitions and packed-to-the-rafters parties takes place December 14, although the fun begins a few days before that, with the glam gallerist gang...
November 17, 2011
Miami is full of sexy hotels, we know that. But what about sexy bathrooms? You know, the kind that offer more than just your run-of-the-mill shower. A place to cool off after a day at the beach or to steam things up with your special someone. Here are the Five...
September 27, 2011
Fall? Phooey! Eighty-five degree days are still the norm in Miami, and summer-centric activities continue at the beach's and city's hotels. Our picks for hotel-based fun this weekend include a luau complete with a pig roast and hula girls and a beach volleyball tourney in a classy city-waterfront location. Festivities...
September 22, 2011
With Miami Spice (a two-month long 'Restaurant Week') on the horizon in Miami, we have food on the brain. To prepare for the food-fest, we've been scoping out some of the city's best hotel restaurants to bring you the inside word on where to book your Spice tables. Today: Azul...
July 21, 2011
It's one of the poshest spas in Miami, and has just undergone a complete refurbishment. The service is hushed and attentive, the treatments indulgent, and the views from the spa suites drop-dead gorgeous. But our favorite part of the newly renovated Spa at Mandarin Oriental Miami? The showers. For reals,...
April 12, 2011
It all started with the cabana blowout at the W South Beach. Now, the waiting list for Miami Heat season tickets is jammed and every business in town is King-ing up their product in order to cash in on the city's newest resident, LeBron James. Hotels areof coursechief among them....
July 23, 2010
Who doesn't love a Restaurant Week? Especially when it's actually for two months and the deals are spread across the hottest hotels in Miami? Yep, it's almost time for Miami Spice, where from August 1September 30, you can get three-course lunches for $22 and dinners for $35. All the usual...
July 20, 2010
As much as we love brand new hotels, we also dig a hotel renovation. So even though the Mandarin Oriental Miami doesn't officially turn 10 until November, we don't mind that they've gone and given themselves an early birthday present with a reno of all the guest rooms and its...
July 06, 2010
Today is the First Annual Foursquare Day! Yes, the newest social media darling already has its own "day"! You can learn more about the Foursquare Day (aka "4sqDay") movement by reading its blog but what we're most excited about are the specials that hotels are offering Foursquare users for...
April 16, 2010
Thanksgiving may be just around the corner, but so is one of the most pivotal dates on the Miami social calendar: Art Basel. So if youre an art geek or just like crashing artist parties, its time to start thinking about where youll stay in Miami for this years...
November 09, 2009
The "remote control" found in the rooms at Encore and Wynn in Las Vegas. If you listen to the people who make remote controls and motors for curtains, apparently it's becoming essential to have motorized drapes in your hotel room. This is a fact we hadn't realized yet, but we...
September 24, 2009
Football season hasnt officially kicked off yet, but already NFL execs are scaling back the Super Bowl splurge. The Miami Herald reports that the league recently dropped 17 hotels in Miami and Miami Beach for the February 7 event. The Mandarin Oriental on Brickell is the only property being...
August 20, 2009
When in Miami on the latest stop of her tour, miss Britney Spears apparently had no interest in being the center of attention when offstage. It didn't surprise us in the least that the once-troubled (still-troubled?) songstress opted for the Mandarin Oriental Miami to host her during her stay,...
March 11, 2009
Jennifer Aniston and John Mayer were first spotted getting cuddly in Miami poolside at the Mandarin Oriental a few weeks ago and out with his new lady love as she wrapped up filming after a brief trip to NYC, John Mayer has returned to the chlorinated waters once more with...
May 12, 2008
Art Basel will kick into full-gear this week. Here is just some of the latest news about the art fair. As always, if you have a hotel room, or are throwing an art party at a hotel or wanna gossip about what happened at what party, then keep us informed....
December 04, 2007
A quick mambo session for ya:· The Tides South Beach has appointed a general manager--Shan Kanagasingham, who comes to the hotel with experience from Ritz-Carltons, the Mandarin Oriental Hong Kong, Maison Orléans and Raffles L'ermitage in Beverly Hills.· Speaking of Mandarin Oriental, the MO Miami will open its "Barefoot Dining"...
October 17, 2007
Armistead Maupin if you don't know him, is the author of the Tales of the City series about life for a group of eclectic individuals in San Francisco. Basically, he was Candace Bushnell (the author of Sex and the City) of the late 1970s except he's a gay man who...
July 25, 2007
Travel writer Michael de Zayas is in Miami on an assignment--30 Miami hotels in 30 Miami nights. You will be able to find his detailed travel musings in Miami and Miami Beach books later this year. HotelChatter asked Michael to let us know his minute-by-minute thoughts on the Miami hotel...
January 15, 2007
We tracked down the Mandarin Orietal Miami on Microsoft's Local Live. This hotel is home to Kabbalah water, er at least it was back in 2004. Now that Brit ditched the 'balah, we bet the Mandarin will let it go as well. Aside from the Kabbalah, this hotel...
May 25, 2006
If you are headed to Miami and want a more soothing, relaxing hotel stay instead of the Ocean Drive scene, then over the bridge in downtown is the Mandarin Oriental Miami. The hotel is celebrating its fifth anniversary by offering a fifth night free when you book for four nights....
March 02, 2006
Deals are popping up all over this week and good things in Miami come in 5's. First the Ritz decides to celebrate its accolades by giving away five diamond necklaces, and now the Mandarin Oriental is giving away a fifth night's free accommodation. Until May 31, guests who reserve...
January 11, 2006
We went to Borders last week and pulled a Wallpaper* magazine off the rack, innocent enough so far, right? Hmm, some sort of Miami Navigator pull out, we thought, let's buy it. Walked up to the cash register with a five dollar bill only to have the clerk embarrassingly say,...
January 27, 2005
[Publisher's note: Here at HotelChatter we are constantly asking all sorts of hotel questions. Sure we toss around your run of the mill what-is-the-room-service-like? However, we tend to delve way deeper, into much scarier territory. So when we ran across a guy in Miami who thought just like us,...
December 03, 2004
[Editor's note: You expect complex phone communications when you call an airline, not a hotel in Miami...] I must admit upfront that I have never been to this hotel and my opinion of it being deserving of such category - hotel hell - is solely based on the recptionists. And...
November 15, 2004
Another VMA hot spot in the MIA was the Mandarin Oriental. Here is what the hotel offered if you ponied up for their fully tricked out suite, after the VMAs last night: The Mandarin Oriental's other high-roller accommodation, the Oriental Suite, features a full media room and theater. The...
August 30, 2004
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