http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2012-02-14T07:29:35Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/ http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/12/26/23858/109 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3873/WinterPalaceLuxor.jpg" class="imgborder"><p> <p>Many presidents and prime ministers seem to take the downtime of the Christmas vacation as a chance to get away from their responsibilities and actually have their own vacation--who can begrudge them that?--and the French President Nicholas Sarkozy is no exception. But combine his exotic destination with his new top-model-and-singer girlfriend and the story gets a bit more media attention.</p><p>Apparently Sarkozy and his girlfriend Carla Bruni--their relationship was only made public this month, and she's previously been linked to Mick Jagger, Donald Trump and Eric Clapton--have checked into the fit-for-a-president <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Sofitel+Winter+Palace+Luxor/ian/117360"><b>Sofitel Winter Palace Luxor</b></a> for a few days of vacation in Egypt. It's situated on the east bank of the Nile and perfectly located for touring amandak 2007-12-26T09:51:39-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2006/9/14/112110/714 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/icon_small_heaven.gif" align="right">With review titles like "Heaven," Brilliant," and "Wonderful Staff, Wonderful Hotel," it's safe to say the <a href="http://www.starwoodhotels.com/lemeridien/property/overview/index.html?propertyID=1809"><b>Le Meridien</b></a> in Luxor is worth a stay. With 228 rooms, some overlook the Nile and others the courtyard, amenities run rampant, and hotel staff is touted as excellent again and again. <p> Guests can swim in the pool while peering over the ledge at the sailors on the Nile. Jet up into the sky on a hot air balloon or dine in a "sailing felucca." So there is plenty to do and the property is great but we are always interested to read up on the staff:<p> <blockquote><p>What a fantastic holiday we had. We can not fault the hotel and Courtney 2006-09-14T12:22:16-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2004/8/11/85827/1081 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3/amazing_race_5.jpg" align="right"></p> <p>Ok, Ok, we know, you think we have been slacking on the whole &#147;Amazing Race 5 Hotel Update&#148; chronicles. Truth be told, before last night there had been 5 shows, only two of which featured hotels, so when the show didn&#146;t feature a hotel, we didn&#146;t write about it. Made sense. </p> <p> However, after a couple of readers asked us where the Amazing Race stories were, and when last nights episode aired and <I>still</I> no hotels were featured, we decided it was time to change things up. </p> <p> From now on we will attempt to find an Amazing Race hotel to feature, whether or not the contestants interact with the property we feature. Only rule markj 2004-08-11T09:59:13-05:00 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/