http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2009-11-25T16:47:28Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/ http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2006/7/14/9438/80398 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/azzurra_party.jpg"><p>Now we <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2006/6/5/112849/2077/hotels/Outing_World_Cup_Hotels_Team_Italia">firmly believe</a> that Team Italia won the World Cup last week thanks to their lodgings at the <a href="http://www.landhausmilser.de/"><b>Landhaus Milser</b></a> in Duisberg, Germany.<p>These <a href="http://www.landhausmilser.de/lhm_cms/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=40&amp;Itemid=64&amp;lang=en">pictures</a> of the team partying back at their hotel after their victory shows just how welcome they were at their hotel. They even let hotel staffers touch the cup!<p>But that's not all, the hotel was created as a bit of an Italian getaway within Germany:<blockquote><p> Terracotta, fine wood pannelings, warm colours, decorative details and light everywhere underline the southern atmosphere, which will not only charm those who have got a passion for Italy.</blockquote></p><p>Indeed, one of the co-owners is a chef from Northern Italy and the hotel restaurant is the oh-so-originally named, Da juliana 2006-07-14T09:43:08-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2006/6/5/112849/2077 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/team_italy.jpg"><p>We think there's a very good reason why Team Italia has chosen the <a href="http://www.landhausmilser.de/"><b>Landhaus Milser</b></a> as the team's home base during the World Cup.<p> The hotel has an Italian restaurant inside called Marcellino's, so the team doesn't have to go without their comfort food.<p>As for the rest of the hotel, with the web site in German we had to dig around to discover that the four-star hotel is located on a lake in Duisberg and has its own beer garden. <p>But the rooms look a little sparse and the hotel has some weird connection to 1984 Olympic weight-lifting medalist <a href="http://www.landhausmilser.de/milser.htm">Rolf Milser.</a><p>If anyone reads German, let us know what that's about.<p><p> And in case you missed last week's juliana 2006-06-05T11:38:31-05:00 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/