http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2012-02-14T06:32:59Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/ http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/10/22/93314/373 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/elbowbeachclosing.jpg" class="top"><p> <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Elbow+Beach/ian/141496"><b>The Elbow Beach Hotel</b></a> in Bermuda, a Mandarin Oriental hotel, has decided to close down its 100-year-old main building at the end of November because it was pretty much just for show and besides, the hotel is building a newer, better, bigger resort behind it. As if! But remember those days when hotels could do that sort of stuff on a whim? <p>No, the Elbow Beach Hotel is closing down the old building because of--you guessed it--the economy. And even worse, the hotel is going to lay off about 160 workers between now and November. <p><a href="http://abcnews.go.com/Travel/wireStory?id=8888952">ABC News</a> reports that 131 rooms will be closed, leaving essentially only the 98 luxury suites and cottages open to juliana 2009-10-22T09:47:54-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/1/4/0422/72184 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3873/ElbowBeachBermuda.jpg" class="imgborder"><p> <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/maps/Warm-Weather-Hotels-Map"><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/warmweather_map.jpg" align="right"></a> Think 5 stars, think a short flight to Bermuda, and temperatures into the 70s ... and that's why you might like to check the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Elbow+Beach/ian/141496"><b>Elbow Beach</b></a> resort out soon. It's part of the Mandarin Oriental portfolio and is found on 50 acres of gardens, yet is still just a five minute drive from the town of Hamilton. It's a best of both worlds kind of vacation resort, and it's warm.</p><p>Elbow Beach consists of 235 rooms, suites and cottages, and has seven restaurants on site too. Previous guests often tend to rave about the staff as being friendly and helpful but without being overbearing. Elbow Beach itself also gets rave reviews, and we amandak 2008-01-04T10:30:02-05:00 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/