http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2009-11-25T07:51:53Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/ http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/8/20/65242/0473 <![CDATA[<p><img align="right" src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3873/GrimsGrenka.jpg" class="imgborder"> <p><i>In the July/August issue of the European Travel Commission's newsletter, they highlighted several new and upcoming hotels in Europe. We'll be taking a closer look at some of these hotels this week but we're always interested in hearing your recommendations for hotels in Europe. <a href="mailto:tips@hotelchatter.com"><b>So send 'em our way.</b></a></i><p>Come September 1, Norwegian capital Oslo is getting a really ambitious hotel. The <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/First+Hotel+Noble+House/ian/135766"><b>Grims Grenka Hotel</b></a> has this to say about itself:</p><blockquote><p>Our goal is to become Norway's best hotel, and the hotel will in many ways appear to be revolutionary with regards to interior design and service. Our ambition is to make Grims Grenka so exhilarating that guests won't want to leave.</blockquote></p><p>So how exactly do they amandak 2007-08-21T08:33:40-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/1/8/35057/72131 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/cuban_cigars.jpg"><p>Uh-oh. Scandal has hit the Hilton-owned <a href="http://www.scandic-hotels.com/edderkoppen"><b>Scandic Edderkoppen</b></a> in Norway's capital, Oslo. A bunch of Cubans planning to visit Oslo for a travel fair this month have been turned away from the hotel they've previously stayed in five times.<br><br> No, they didn't get blacklisted after <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2006/12/19/111351/98/hotels/True_Hollywood_Hotel_Story_The_Standard_LA_Part_Two">holding a wild party</a> in their room, nothing as scandalous as that. In fact, it wasn't their fault at all, apart from holding Cuban passports. Since the Edderkoppen hotel had been taken over by the American Hilton chain since their last visit, our not-at-fault delegates were refused a booking because of the US embargo on trade with Cuba. Oops. Norwegian trade unions and social rights groups are up in arms about the amandak 2007-01-08T12:28:19-05:00 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/