http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2012-02-15T12:02:53Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/ http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/8/26/161639/959 <![CDATA[<p><p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/grandhyattcairoext2.jpg" class="imgborder"><p><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/6/23/22821/2864/hotels/Owner_of_Grand_Hyatt_Cairo_Commits_Biggest_Party_Foul_Ever">Back in June</a> we were stunned to hear that the owner of the <b><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Grand+Hyatt+Cairo/ian/114230">Grand Hyatt Cairo</a></b> committed the biggest party foul EVER by dumping out the remaining bottles of liquor from the hotel, worth nearly $1 million, into the Nile River. <p>Aside from getting unsuspecting fish drunk, Sheik Abdelaziz al-Brahim also said the hotel would no longer serve alcohol ever again, in accordance with the Islamic ban on alcohol.<p>Fortunately, someone has woken up and smelled the absinthe. The owner has <a href="http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gkPYIWqNS_9RGWv_xiToaVZ_D2YgD92Q0E503">struck an agreement</a> with Hyatt to serve alcohol in the hotel's restaurant on the 40th floor. This restaurant will actually be a Hyatt enterprise so the sheik doesn't have to be involved in the sale juliana 2008-08-26T16:20:26-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/6/23/22821/2864 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/grandhyattcairoext2.jpg" class="imgborder"> <p>PARTY FOUL, MAN: the owner of the <b><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Grand+Hyatt+Cairo/ian/114230">Grand Hyatt Cairo</a></b> recently decided to ban liquor from his hotel. Citing religious reasons, the Saudi owner showed everyone he was totally serious by reportedly pouring <i>over one million dollars-worth</i> of beer, wine and whisky into the Nile River. <p>One million dollars. Into the river. <p>Dude, COME. ON. There are thirsty men and women in America; why'd you have to go and be <i>that</i> guy by dumping all that precious nectar into a @#$%!*# river? <p>According to the <a href="http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/babylonbeyond/2008/06/egypt-no-more-l.html">LA Times</a>, the Egyptian Hotel Association is all like "oh hells no": <blockquote><p>The move is a gesture to bring his business into conformity with Islamic standards. That may be so, Jenna 2008-06-23T10:26:22-05:00 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/