http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2009-11-08T14:29:39Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/ http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/5/4/85539/36517 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/6929/citizenmamsterdamcity.jpg" class="top"> <p>Last summer marked the debut of <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/citizenm hotels">citizenM hotels</a>, a funky new affordable boutique brand whose first property was birthed at the <b><A href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/CitizenM+Hotel+Amsterdam+Schiphol+Airport/local/1236">Amsterdam Schiphol Airport</a></b>. We hit up the hotel's <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/6/30/151238/851/hotels/Party_Dispatch_Report_CitizenM_Hotel_s_Grand_Opening_in_Amsterdam">opening party</a>, spent a <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/6/30/20948/1238/hotels/Inside_CitizenM_in_Amsterdam">night inside</a> and watched the place closely all the way to the day it won its <A href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/11/11/205613/57/hotels/CitizenM_is_All_Grown_Up_Earns_Its_First_Award">very first award</a>. And now, just under a year later, we're happy to announce the debut of the world's second citizenM property: the <b><A href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/citizenM+Amsterdam+City/local/1505">citizenM Amsterdam City</a></b>. <p>Located on Prinses Irenestraat in Amsterdam's financial district (between the World Trade Centre and city center), the property has a major focus on art: "an ultra large beachy image" by Dutch artist Elspeth Diederix adorns Jenna 2009-05-04T08:59:34-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/2/9/155232/8224 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/6929/citizenMlobby.jpg" class="top"><p>These days, a good deal isn't hard to find, but that doesn't mean we're going to stop pointing them out to you. Kind of like how your mom always nags you to grow up and move out already no matter how many times you tell her to back off. <p> <p>Wednesday is the last day for you to take advantage of the 39 euros per night deal available from <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/CitizenM+Hotel+Amsterdam+Schiphol+Airport/local/1236"><b>citizenM Amsterdam Airport</b></a>, which equals about $50 per night and is refreshingly uncomplicated. From the hotel: <p> <p><blockquote>From February 4th to the 11th <br>25,000 rooms in the year of 2009 <br>One room, any day of the year, is only 39 euros. <p></blockquote> <p>Really, there's only so much hand-holding jennm 2009-02-09T16:14:26-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/1/27/11131/6620 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3873/Yotel_Schiphol_Corridor.jpg" class="top"><p> <p>It's now <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/9/22/174814/789/hotels/Yotel_Schiphol_Opening_on_September_30th_and_Looking_to_Par_Tay">a few months</a> since the newest purple capsule, the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Yotel+Schiphol/local/1358"><b>Yotel Schiphol</b></a>, opened up in Amsterdam&#146;s airport. We were wondering if anybody had been able to sleep well there, because that purple approach lighting always stresses us a bit.<p>Well, apparently experiences have been <a href="http://www.tripadvisor.com/ShowUserReviews-g188590-d1146311-r23909789-Yotel_Schiphol-Amsterdam_Noord_Holland.html">mixed</a>. While some guests have been perfectly happy at the newest Yotel--notably including people who had already tried the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Yotel+Gatwick/local/669">Yotel Gatwick</a>--others obviously found Yotel's <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/12/10/123927/37/hotels/Yotel_Wants_You_to_Give_Bed_Peace_a_Chance_">Give Bed Peace a Chance</a> campaign quite ironic. One guest complained of being able to hear every move the guest in the next room made, despite using the complimentary earplugs, and even worse:<blockquote><p>These guests walk up and down the narrow corridors with screaming babies. amandak 2009-01-27T14:06:16-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/12/15/21411/937 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/11725/200812111003.jpg" class="top"><p>There&#146;s nothing we enjoy more than a cheeky ad campaign, but we have to wonder, how far is too far? <p> <p>Via <a href="http://www.boingboing.net/2008/12/11/hotel-is-proud-to-be.html">Boing Boing</a> we find Amsterdam&#146;s <b>Hans Brinker</b> hotel, whose ad campaigns over the years have proclaimed the property to be &#147;dirty and carry a wide variety of bacteria;&#148; to feel &#147;<a href="http://www.adverbox.com/hans-brinker-budget-hotel-2/">just like home</a>&#148; (complete with an air mattress in a sparse room); and to feature a &#147;<a href="http://www.adverbox.com/hans-brinker-budget-hotel-3/">unique design</a>&#148; involving a button and some kind of thin, curly hair-like thread that we may be being perverts about. <p> <p>Of course, those crazy sexy cool commenters over at Boing Boing are in love with the idea, ranging from the intellectual (&#147;I actually agree with the jennm 2008-12-16T09:00:31-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/12/11/12337/579 <![CDATA[<p><i>You know the scene. You open the door to your brand new hotel room, run over to the window, open the blinds and bam, you are hit with the anti-view. Maybe you are looking down a dirty alley, witnessing a drug deal, staring at an air shaft in the face, or seeing a brick wall. Whatever you are viewing it is not extremely pleasurable. Help out your fellow hotel mavens by uploading your anti-views to the <a href="http://flickr.com/groups/hotelchatter/">HotelChatter/Flickr photo pool</a>, or by <a href="mailto:tips@hotelchatter.com">sending the photo along to us</a>. Remember to tell us the name of the hotel and the room number with the not-so-easy-on-the-eyes view.</i> <p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/6929/antiviewamsterdam.jpg" class="top"> <p>We always hesitate just a little bit when we post an Jenna 2008-12-11T12:53:30-05:00 52.3709100 4.8950894 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/