HotelChatter - Brisbane

Get a Load of The Washer and Dryer in The Emporium Hotel's Suites

MsRebecca — 2010-06-14T13:30:52-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/30451/Empor_Washer.JPG" class="top"> With peekaboo tubs and larger-than-life LCD screens popping up in hotels all over the world, it can take something pretty extraordinary to get our attention when scoping out a room. Or even something extremely humble. Like this nifty little washer-dryer combo that we spied tucked away in a Deluxe Corner Suite at the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Emporium+Hotel/local/564">Emporium Hotel</a> in Brisbane last week. Doing the washing may be incredibly mundane, but sometimes on the road it is entirely necessary. And should we really have to spend twenty bucks or more to send our laundry off in one of those branded canvas hotel bags hanging in the closet? (Confession: When the laundry bags are plastic, we swipe them to use

The Limes Hotel Rooftop Bar Likes a Bit of Moby

MsRebecca — 2010-06-11T09:15:50-05:00

After an afternoon in "The Valley"--Fortitude Valley in Brisbane--we were feeling a bit thirsty, so we headed to the top of local hotspot, The Limes Hotel. There, we were greeted by some friendly Aussie bartenders and this song lyric by Moby.

We had forgotten how much Aussies like Moby and his likeminded chill-out tune pals, but after sipping on a kiwi fruit cocktail here, we were taken back to sun-splashed lazy afternoons spent inside a 'schooner' (a glass of beer). Drinking is a national pasttime in Australia, and with gorgeous nighttime views of Brissy, this is a great spot to do it.

Canoodle With the Dolphins at Australia's Tangalooma Resort

amandak — 2009-05-15T09:54:21-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3873/Tangalooma_Resort.jpg" class="top"> Some say an ex-whaling station is a <a href="http://www.thewest.com.au/default.aspx?MenuID=48&ContentID=141824">strange place to build a resort</a> but we have a feeling that it's a great place for the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Tangalooma+Island+Resort/ian/274751">Tangalooma Island Resort</a> off the coast near Brisbane in <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/browse/Australia%20And%20South%20Pacific/au/QL">Queensland</a>, Australia.Ironically, Tangalooma used to be the biggest whaling station in the southern hemisphere, but now it's all about being nice to big fish (and mammals). For example, there's a pod of dolphins who seem to call Tangalooma home now, routinely comin' around to be fed and have even brought gifts of eels to their feeders.But if dolphins aren't your creature of choice, you can also go jet skiing to check out some turtles and dugongs, or snorkel around

Sweet Design Hotel :: The Limes in Brisbane Gives You Chocolate Brownies

amandak — 2008-08-01T10:15:02-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3873/Limes_Hotel_Rooftop_Bar.jpg" class="imgborder"> We were <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/2/29/22418/5175/hotels/Brisbane_Boutiques_Limes_Due_To_Open_in_May">quite excited</a> about the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Limes+Hotel%2C+Brisbane/local/1296">Limes Hotel</a> in Brisbane, Queensland, even before it opened, and now that we can delve a bit deeper we're still intrigued.The Limes is a new favorite topic for design lovers and a recent post about it summed up the whole theory of designer Alexander Lotersztain pretty nicely: <blockquote>Alexander concentrated his design focus on the 21 rooms to cater for the independent traveller, rejecting the 5-star norms and opting to focus on guests' primary travel requirements through unique design solutions in styled lodgings.</blockquote>Some of these "primary travel requirements" turn out to be things like hammocks on the balconies, which definitely add a welcome relaxing touch to a Brisbane stay, or

Are Hotel Holographs the Way of the Future?

amandak — 2008-07-11T11:32:04-05:00

New hotel technology has gotta start somewhere and down in Australia, the University of Queensland's School of Tourism has been trying to get students to have some brainwaves for the future.

When we first heard about this idea we figured that a bunch of students who've only ever stayed in youth hostels might not have many brilliant ideas for the future of hotels, but the results were better than we'd expected.