http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2012-02-14T07:44:26Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/ http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2006/1/15/154337/886 <![CDATA[<img align="right" src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3/hemmingway_hotel.jpg"><p> The <a href="http://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotel_Review-g147426-d147624-Reviews-Compleat_Angler_Hotel-Bimini_Out_Islands_Bahamas-m10559.html"><b>Compleat Angler</b></a> in Bimini, Bahamas' claim to fame was that of one of Ernest Hemingway's writing hot spots. Unfortunately, a Friday the 13th fire destroyed this Bahamas hotel. <br> <blockquote><p>The modest wooden hotel, built in the 1930s, kept a collection of Hemingway photos and memorabilia in the lobby -- the novelist stayed in Room 1 during his summer fishing trips to the island.</blockquote> <p> Hemingway fans can still seek out some of his other hotel favorites.<br> Just before the Invasion of Normandy in 1944, Hemingway settled at the <a href="http://www.dorchesterhotel.com"><b>Dorchester Hotel</b></a> in London. He later spent some time in <a href="http://www.ritzparis.com/home_ritz/home_ritz.asp?show_all=1"><b>Ritz Carlton Paris</b></a>, as well as several years in Havana, Cuba at the significantly less GEM0330 2006-01-16T09:26:19-05:00 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/