http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2012-02-14T12:30:15Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/ http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/7/18/24116/9467 <![CDATA[<p> <i>Cubicle Dreamin' is a feature in which we ask the hotel mavens to take some time out of their busy work day, surf the Internet, and tell us what hotel they wish they could beam themselves to right that very second--all on the slave driving companies dime, of course. Oh, like these people aren't surfing aimlessly anyway--at least now their purposeless clicking will be cobbled together into useful hotel stories--we hope. Have a destination hotel you are just dying to leave your cube for? <a href="tips@hotelchatter.com">Send the story our way</a>.<p> In this episode, Hotel Maven <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/user/amandak/stories">Amanda K</a> gets her disco fever on in Italy. Enjoy.</i><p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3873/DJ_turntable.jpg" class="imgborder"><p> <p>I'm feeling in need of a bit of action--but none of amandak 2007-07-19T11:51:02-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2006/9/25/115336/934 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3/hotel_duomo_rimini.jpg"><p> While Ian Schrager is shouting from the hilltops, "the boutique hotel dead, long live the scary gothic sex castle on Lex", over in Italy, Ron Arad is not listening, thank god.<p> Meet Rimini Italy's <a href="http://www.duomohotel.com/"><b>DuoMo hotel</b></a>, where Arad recently unveiled his version of the hotel of the future. Turns out, like Jamiroquai, Arad believes the future is made of virtual insanity. While worldwide many design wonks are gushing, turns out the locals aren't sure they like what they see:<p> <blockquote><p> The police were in earlier, officiously playing around with their tape measures in the hotel's impressive entrance corridor as if they were hoping to find just something a millimetre out of line. People stop and stare at markj 2006-09-25T12:00:26-05:00 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/