http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2012-02-14T10:21:32Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/ http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/5/23/161418/278 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/icon_small_hell.gif" align="right">We have a very special review today from a tipster named Chris. Chris went to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and back and lived to email us his review of the Ghion Hotel. Which was really nice of him because now we don't have to travel to Ethiopia to find out how bad the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Ghion+Hotel/local/593"><b>Ghion Hotel</b></a> is.<p> Here's his take on the place:<p><i>The Ghion, where do I start? Even a month after returning home, the name "Ghion" evokes all sorts of feelings within me, some humorous, others less enjoyable. <p> When I look at our experience at this Hotel I have to try to drop my Western view and look at it in context with the cultural, social and juliana 2007-05-23T16:19:05-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2005/9/27/175949/188 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3/addissheraton.jpg" align="right"> <p> <b>[Publisher's Note: Hotel Maven <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/user/ananda%20k/stories">ananda k</a> lets us in on her stay at the Addis Ababa Sheraton. Enjoy]</b> <p> We ate three different kinds of cake iced in butter cream, sipped Earl Grey tea with milk, sat across the table from an executive from the African Development Bank. We attended high tea in a room full of international dignitaries in the decadent <a href="http://www.starwoodhotels.com/luxury/search/hotel_detail.html?propertyID=149"><b>Sheraton Addis Ababa</b></a> in Ethiopia. Ethiopia? Yes. Just days before checking in, Brad, Angelina and new baby Jolie checked out of a poolside villa. With a winding heated swimming pool, lavish Italian style d&#233;cor, as in huge stone columns and marble floors, its no wonder Ethiopia's upper crust and celebrity guests frequent ananda k 2005-09-28T10:52:24-05:00 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/