http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2012-02-14T08:02:12Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/ http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2006/12/14/225247/11 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/crete_beach.jpg" class="imgborder"/><p>Swiss coziness (and maybe a decent helping of alpine chocolate) will meet the relaxed Greek way soon as M&#246;venpick Hotels take over the Candia Maris resort on Crete. From early 2008 the four-star spot will be known as the <a href="http://www.moevenpick-hotels.com/homepageHotel.htm?mode=flash"><b>M&#246;venpick Resort and Thalasso Crete</b></a>.<p> Sounds like M&#246;venpick has big plans for its first Greek hotel, which is nicely located directly on the beach and seven miles from the aiport--they plan to do renovations during the next two winter seasons. The big drawcard is the massive Thalasso spa complex which will offer regular thalassotherapy and beauty treatments plus niche specialties like a unique spine rehabilitation institute. Two indoor thalasso pools will add to the huge volume of water amandak 2006-12-15T09:15:02-05:00 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/