A quick tip for a stay at the ridiculously well located Peninsula Tokyo: pay the extra to secure a Deluxe Park View, because that "Park" bit actually means Imperial Palace gardens. They may be out of focus in the photo above, but can you blame us for being far...
February 08, 2012
Happy Chinese New Year! As we turn from the tame Year of the Rabbit to the aggressive Year of the Dragon, we've got Asian hotels on the mind. To be more specific, Peninsula Hotels and their badass heliports. If you're in the habit of making resolutions for the New...
January 23, 2012
Ashton Kutcher grossed out America when he appeared on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno recently and went all TMI, saying that he enjoyed peeing in his backyard, but we're more interested in another one of his bathroom habits. Demi Moore's hubby revealed that he and the Mrs. were...
February 03, 2011
All this week, HotelChatter contributor Eric Rosen will be telling us about more of the coolest hotel jobs out there. He reached out across the globe to talk to the dynamic folks who do everything from wrangling elephants (and guests!) to designing the latest high-tech gadgetry for your next...
January 17, 2011
Is the WiFi free? Does the gym have good machines? All these things get noticed when checking into a hotel, but what about the atmosphere of the placespecifically the art on the walls or on the floor? We're highlighting properties around the world that do their artwork right, and...
December 02, 2010
Alright. We've baited you with a gallery of the room's tech delights and we've even given the hotel's GM a chance to have his say, but now it's time to actually go inside of a room at The Peninsula Tokyo. This is room 1603, a Deluxe Park View, which...
October 27, 2010
brightcove.createExperiences(); Welcome to our regular feature, Pitch Your Hotel, where we let hoteliers, general managers and other hotel execs tell us on-camera what makes their hotels so different from all the rest. And believe us, the competition is fierce these days. So sit back, relax and listen to them...
October 26, 2010
Yesterday's Guess the Hotel was more than just a techie toilet; it was a preview of the abundance of in-room technology at the Peninsula Tokyo. We had only barely grasped the Tokyo subway system when we checked into The Peninsula a few nights ago, and then we found ourselves...
October 21, 2010
Lyh1 has totally become our go-to guy when it comes to Tokyo hotel bathrooms. We all have our roles, ya know? And while he spread the hate on the Mandarin Oriental Tokyos bathroom, hes all about the luxe loo in the Tokyo Peninsulas deluxe suite. From the HotelChatter Flickr...
December 12, 2008
On a day when every hotel you're looking at booking starts to sound the same, a bit of out-there technology can help you make your mind up. Travel + Leisure Australia recently put together a list of their favorite hotel gadgets and gizmos, and there are a few hotels...
May 14, 2008
Like most Peninsula Hotels stateside, the just opened Peninsula Tokyo is going to cost you about $500 a night. We found a twin bed room for next week for 57,000 JPY which converts to about $490 USD. We also found a room with a king-sized bed for September 14 that...
September 05, 2007
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