http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2012-02-14T11:14:06Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/ http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2006/11/10/12294/029 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/worldcup_2010.jpg"><p>As you may or may not remember, we were a little gung-ho about the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2006/6/5/112849/2077/hotels/Outing_World_Cup_Hotels_Team_Italia">World Cup</a> this past summer.<p>But apparently, that's nothing compared to the fans who are anxious to book their hotel rooms in South Africa, the host of the 2010 World Cup. The hotels there were hoping to start charging a fortune for hotel rooms during games until FIFA decided to step in: <blockquote><p>Hotel groups and guesthouses contracted by Fifa would have to charge a fixed rate for different grades of accommodation during the 2010 World Cup, the soccer governing body's accommodation and ticketing arm told hoteliers in Cape Town on Thursday night. This did not go down well with some local hotel owners.</blockquote></p><p>The fixed rates Courtney 2006-11-10T16:10:54-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2006/11/7/185312/214 <![CDATA[<p><img align="right" src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/extreme_hotel.jpg"><p>When hearing that the world's first hotel specifically geared toward extreme sport enthusiasts, one has to wonder if it's underwater near Dubai, on the edge of a cliff in the Outback, or maybe in the Space Station. But no it's in Cape Town and that's fitting too because aren't their waters riddled with great whites?<p>However, <a href="http://www.extreme-hotels.com/"><b>The Extreme Hotel</b></a> is more about virtual extreme sports and illusions than it really is about real-life extreme sports (aside from the climbing wall located on its exterior): <blockquote><p>The hotel's swimming pool has been designed to look like an aquarium from the restaurant. The water comes right up to the 30 mm thick glass windows of the restaurant, giving diners an underwater Courtney 2006-11-08T09:35:02-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2006/10/30/95320/655 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/jelly_worms.jpg"><p>We all know that hotels create a lot of waste and it's probably something that we'd rather not think about. If we do think about it, then we can choose to stay in eco-hotels and try not to fill the garbage bin in our room every day. <p> But the <a href="http://www.mountnelson.co.za/web/ocap/ocap_a1a_splash.jsp"><b>Mount Nelson Hotel</b></a> in Capetown has another method, one that may leave guests feeling a little uneasy: worms. The hotel has an "army" of worms, a million of them ready to break down the hotel's organic waste and gives it back to the earth. This apparently means less fertilizer and chemicals and more compost to create their exquisite gardens.<p> The hotel's resident worm farmer (here's a title we Courtney 2006-10-30T10:24:15-05:00 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/