HotelChatter - Belfast http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2012-02-14T10:57:09Z HotelChatter HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/ A Titanic-Themed Hotel Might Be Coming to Belfast http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/9/17/17163/6140 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/titanicmodel.jpg" class="top"><p> Hmm...you definitely can't say it's "too soon" for a <b>Titanic-themed hotel</b> to open in Belfast but we're not so sure if we're loving the idea of a hotel that's built around a tragedy. But thanatourists will love this place.<p> According to the <a href="http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/belfast-plans-titanic-hotel-14482199.html">Belfast Telegraph</a>, a five-star 90-room hotel with a swimming pool, a gymnasium and a Titanic theme has been announced for the old Harland and Wolff Headquarters building at Queen's Island in Belfast, near where the doomed ship was constructed. <p>The hotel, if plans are approved, will be part of a larger revitalization project called the Titanic Signature Project, which seeks to restore the Thompson Dock and the slipways where the Titanic and her sister juliana 2009-09-17T17:49:20-05:00 Hilton's Legal Department Is Working Overtime These Days http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/4/24/91218/3380 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/6929/hiltonbelfast.jpg" class="top"> <p>Goodness. We were cruising for some news this morning, you know, checkin' out what's going on in and around the ol' hotel world. Not surprisingly, lots of headlines were about <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/hilton%20hotels">Hilton</a> getting sued. We didn't think much of them until we realized that not all of those headlines were about Hilton <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/4/17/11456/0680/hotels/Starwood_Sues_Hilton_for_Alleged_Theft_of_W_Trade_Secrets_">getting sued over Denizen</a>. Oy. <p>Hilton's legal department seems to be working overtime these days: now the massive hotel company is getting sued by a Northern Ireland company in a £10m case involving the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Hilton+Belfast/ian/172525"><b>Hilton Belfast</b></a>. Goodness. From the <a href="http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c2769a12-2fa1-11de-a8f6-00144feabdc0.html">Financial Times</a>: <blockquote><P>Ewart Properties, which owns 25 per cent of Belfast Hilton, the company set up to finance and build the hotel, claims Jenna 2009-04-24T09:21:32-05:00 The Fitzwilliam Belfast Now Open For Business http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/3/18/13276/9529

Another day, another new hotel joining the UK ranks. This time, it’s the turn of the Fitzwilliam Hotel in Belfast – and this time, the hotel has actually opened, rather than just been put on the cards like Nottingham’s mourHotel.

If you're still nursing a hangover somewhere in Dublin, perhaps a change of hotel will help you out. Just don't stare to hard at the rug. ]]> juliab 2009-03-18T14:07:58-05:00 Room with an Anti-View: The Merchant Hotel's Rooftop http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/2/14/101638/394 <![CDATA[<p><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/admin/aviewmerchat.jpg" class="imgborder"><p>Rooftops are never pretty (with or without <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/2/13/231826/336/hotels/Matt_Moss_Thinks_Tenement_Laundry_is_Something_You_Want_to_See_When_Paying_500_A_Night">tenement laundry</a>) and <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Merchant+Hotel/local/951"><b>The juliana 2008-02-14T14:30:01-05:00 Snobby Getaway In Belfast http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2006/5/15/15947/2372 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/merchant360.jpg"><p>If you are traveling to Ireland and <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2006/5/15/12750/2626/hotels/Two_Night_Minimum_Wedding_Jitters">not for a wedding</a>, consider a luxury spot in Northern Ireland's capital of Belfast. <a href="http://www.themerchanthotel.com/"><b>The Merchant Hotel</b></a> steps onto the decidedly un-hip scene with a glam slam. <p>With just 21 rooms and 5 suites the hotel can go over the top in decadence. The place oozes luxury and with several barons and baroness at the hotel's opening bash, the place is posh enough for the royals. <p>Classy black Bentleys are available for airport pick-ups. Over 400,000 British pounds were spent for the adorning antiques and artwork. And if that isn't snooty enough for you, a "members only" nightclub is also part of the package deal for guests-- <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2006/1/19/235837/248/hotels/THOR_opens_Members_Only_lounge_Jackets_optional">kinda like Courtney 2006-05-15T15:41:37-05:00 Search HotelChatter Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/