http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2012-02-14T07:44:54Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/ http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/10/14/151742/84 <![CDATA[<P><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/6193/Ananplprivmain2.jpg" class="top"> <P>Sometimes you just don't want to share a hotel pool with other guests. Perhaps you want to skinnydip, or meditate, or have family time, or just float in the middle of the pool and completely, utterly zone out. Whatever your reasons, we get it. So does the <b><a href="http://phuket.anantara.com/">Anantara Phuket Villas</a></b>, because <b>each of their 83 villas comes complete with its own private pool, plus deck with loungers, a traditional Thai Sala, outdoor shower and giant sunken bathtub</b>. <P>Guests can easily spend the majority of a weeklong vacation here lost in the luxuries of their private abode&#151;heck, there are even rose petals and salts provided for the fancy bathtub&#151;but for the rest of the time, there's always JetSetCD 2011-10-14T16:13:28-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/10/13/144953/39 <![CDATA[<P><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/6193/AnanpoolPhumain.jpg" class="top"> <P>If you <i>love</i> swimming, if you want to spend your vacation alternating between lounging in a pool and lounging next to a pool, and especially if you're a huge hotel pool geek like us, you'll want to add the three pools of the <b><a href="http://phuket.anantara.com/">Anantara Phuket Villas</a></b> to your bucketlist. <P>First off, it's extremely important to know that <b><i>every single villa</i>&#151;all 83 of them&#151;have their own private pools</b>. If you're sleeping here, you've got a pool just outside your bedroom. There's no way around it. Second off, that means that the main pools out near the beach (the ones featured here) are blessedly calm and never packed. Guests come out to these pools to socialize, to get JetSetCD 2011-10-13T17:43:18-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/10/12/1596/4617 <![CDATA[<P><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/6193/JWPhupoolmain.jpg" class="top"> <P>Next up in our <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Phuket%20Hotels">Hotel Pools of Phuket series</a> are the three&#151;count 'em <i>three</i>&#151;pools that sit nice and pretty between the buildings and the beach at the <b><a href="http://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/hktjw-jw-marriott-phuket-resort-and-spa/">JW Marriott Resort</a></b>. <P>To be perfectly clear, we didn't sleep at the JW Marriott, but next door in a hotel to be revealed tomorrow. The thing is, the hotels share a beachfront: <b>Mai Khao Beach</b> on the northwestern tip of Phuket Island. Because the beaches are public, it's quite easy to walk between the properties, and there's even a boardwalk and direction signs to guide vacationers around the area. <P>If you found yourself with a long stay, you could <b>hop hotel pools</b> no problem, but that wouldn't work JetSetCD 2011-10-12T17:15:01-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/10/10/144943/94 <![CDATA[<P><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/6193/Vijpool1.jpg" class="top"> <P>Who doesn't love a well-designed hotel pool? Even if you don't care much for swimming, just looking at an expanse of calm water can do wonders for your state of mind, and nowhere do you find more breathtaking pools and beaches than on an exotic island, specifically <b>Phuket, Thailand</b>. <P>We recently zipped over to Phuket on our own for some dragonfruit-devouring and scuba diving and yet managed to squeeze in time for sneaking around some resort pools and beaches. <P>All this week we'll be bringing you photo galleries of drool-worthy hotel pools in Phuket to combat the cooler air and falling leaves in the US. First up? This teaser of the main infinity pool at <b><a href="http://www.vijittresort.com/">The JetSetCD 2011-10-10T17:05:42-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2010/4/30/12387/1202 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/Anantara_Phuket_First_IPad___low_4.27.10.jpg" class="top"><p> We've heard about <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2010/4/19/15724/9427/hotels/Hotel_Indigo_Lets_Us_Play_With_Its_iPad">hotel concierges</a> using the hot new tech item, <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/ipad hotels"><b>the iPad</b></a>, but finally--finally!--a hotel is giving iPads for guests to use.<p>This tech-savvy hotel is the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Anantara+Phuket/local/1387"><b>Anantara Phuket</b></a> in Mai Khao Beach, Thailand. Guests can now borrow the iPad directly from the resort and use it to read the paper, book a massage at the Anantara Spa and even schedule a dive excursion to Similan islands. the iPad can also be used poolside or sailing through Phang Nga Bay--we're just not sure how easy it will be to read in direct sunlight. <p>And whatever you do, just don't drop it in the water. Otherwise, you'll find yourself with a broken, good-for-nothing iPad. juliana 2010-04-30T14:23:20-05:00 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/