The balconies at the The Park Hyatt Sydney have seen their share of canoodling couples (including HotelChatter) but when Twilight star Kristen Stewart rolled into town, this is how she made use of her room view--by smoking a cigarette and flipping off the paparazzi. What a lovely young lady!Here's...
June 01, 2010
Warm sunny days are just starting up in most parts of Australia with the hint that summer--and days by the pool--is not too far away. So it's no surprise that the Aussie media is starting to pump out articles about the most gorgeous hotel pools Down Under and there...
September 10, 2008
We've already figured out that the Observatory Hotel in Sydney well deserves its spot on Travel+Leisure's list as the best hotel in Australia. So we just wanted to give you one more reason to try it out. This time, it's because they've combined an environmentally respectful event with a...
February 15, 2008
Yesterday we wondered if Travel+Leisure had made a mistake when they deemed the Four Seasons Sydney the #1 hotel in Australia when clearly The Observatory Hotel had achieved a higher score of 87.41 to the Four Season's 86.93.Today we have our answer from T+L: You're right - the Observatory Hotel...
December 27, 2007
Travel + Leisure has put out yet another list of best hotels--this time it's the World's Best 500 Hotels for 2008 compiled by the mag's "global team of reporters and editors" from the results of the their World's Best survey. Predictably, the lists is filled with Ritz-Carltons, Four Seasons, Peninsulas...
December 26, 2007
Down Under the Sydney Morning Herald just did a neat expose on the inside life of two champion concierges. Seems they both come from the The Observatory Hotel, already very familiar to HotelChatter after our honeymooners crashed there. The goss at the time was that although it wasn't real special,...
March 21, 2007
HotelChatter's Senior Editor Juliana borrowed a page from vintage Britney Spears' 2004 playbook and got hitched after a brief engagement. However, there were some differences. One, Juliana dated this guy for four years as opposed to three months. Also, Juliana's now-husband is neither a background dancer, nor baby daddy, nor...
February 28, 2007
HotelChatter's Senior Editor Juliana borrowed a page from vintage Britney Spears' 2004 playbook and got hitched after a brief engagement. Juliana and spouse went a little further than Brit and K-Fed's honeymoon in Fiji by spending their first few weeks of newlywed bliss in Sydney, Australia with a sidetrip to...
February 27, 2007
This week we are mourning the Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin in our own way by checking out some of the hotels in Sydney, Australia. If you have any suggestions for us on what to hit up or to stay far far far away from, let us know. We have to...
September 18, 2006
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