http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2012-02-14T07:12:01Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/ http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/3/7/15848/63844 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/hyatt_kiev.png" class="imgborder"/><p>With Ukraine becoming an increasingly interesting destination both for business and holiday travelers, it's time that the hotel choice got a bit more upmarket. When a <a href="http://www.kiev.radissonsas.com/">Radisson</a> opened about a year ago, it was really the first international standard hotel and guests paid for that with inflated prices. But now Hyatt is opening its <a href="http://kiev.regency.hyatt.com/hyatt/hotels/index.jsp"><b>Hyatt Regency Kiev</b></a> which should provide a bit of competition.</p><p>The new Hyatt should be ready for business in May, and although prices are still expected to be pretty high here (and more than double the <i>monthly</i> income of the average Ukrainian, just for a single night stay), the location is nice--looking over the historic Old Town and near St Sophia's Cathedral, a amandak 2007-03-07T09:15:02-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2006/11/19/222238/15 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/ukr_woman.jpg"><p>The latest news in this never-ending season, aside from <a href="http://www.realityblurred.com/realitytv/archives/the_amazing_race_10/2006_Nov_07_david_mary_view_car_house">Rosie O'Donnell gifting ousted competitors Dave and Mary</a> a new house and car, is that the competitors finally got out of Finland and headed on to the Patriotic War Memorial in Kiev, Ukraine.<p>As always, our partner-in-crime <a href="http://www.jaunted.com/maps/Amazing-Race-10">Jaunted</a> has the episode recap while we merely pick out a possible hotel to check-out. And on that note, if Rosie were to be so nice to all the Racers, then maybe they could afford to stay in the <a href="http://www.premier-palace.com/"><b>Premier Palace Hotel</b></a> which seems to be the premier place to stay in Kiev. A five-star hotel, for the Ukraine that is, the hotel has 289 "contemporary-styled" guest rooms and is located juliana 2006-11-20T09:28:26-05:00 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/