http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2012-02-13T04:54:13Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/ http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/5/25/14112/3845 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/21888/windsoratlanticaview.jpg" class="top"> <p>If this isn&#146;t one of the most iconic hotel room views, we don&#146;t know what is. Our friend Tony snapped this from his room last month at the <a href='http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel/local/4875'><b>Hotel Windsor Atlantica</b></a>, which claims to be the tallest hotel (37 stories) on Copacabana Beach. <p>Sadly, when he sent us a picture of the room itself, we weren&#146;t so impressed. Look at those tiny windows! And that work area and color scheme looks a bit blah. <p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/21888/windsoratlanticaroom.jpg" class="top"> <p>Our friend wasn&#146;t so down on it though &#150; this was his verdict: <blockquote><p>Great location, right on the beach, a few steps from a bustling town with plenty of restaurants and bars, a 30 minute max walk to Sugar juliab 2011-05-25T14:51:30-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/1/13/154222/943 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/amywinehouse_santateresa.jpg" class="top"><p> Last year at this time troubled but talented <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/amy winehouse"><b>Amy Winehouse</b></a> was doing a <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/1/14/93640/7516/hotels/Amy_Winehouse_s_Risque_Balcony_Dance_Hotel_Revealed">risque hotel balcony dance</a> down in St. Lucia at the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+BodyHoliday+at+LeSPORT+All+Inclusive/local/4009">LeSport Resort and Spa</a>. She was also spotted at the resort "begging for booze, draping herself over male employees, swearing like a sailor and smoking joints in the open.<p>This year, she's taken the act to Brazil to the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/HOTEL+SANTA+TERESA/local/4723"><b>Hotel Santa Teresa</b></a> in Rio de Janeiro where rooms cost about $1,200 a night. Winehouse was spotted lounging around the pool in a bikini, jean cut-offs and some mysterious bruises. <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1346697/Bruise-girl-Amy-Winehouse-displays-nasty-leg-injuries-hangs-pool.html#ixzz1AwoRmeAp ">The Daily Mail</a> is furiously investigating how this could have happened: <blockquote><p>Looking suspiciously like a drunken sort of injury juliana 2011-01-13T15:44:19-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2010/11/8/144513/145 <![CDATA[<P><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/6193/CopKStew1.jpg" class="top"> <P>The current big news on the celeb front has to do with the migration of the <i>Twilight</i> cast and crew down to Rio de Janeiro, where the honeymoon scenes of the upcoming <i>Twilight: Breaking Dawn</i> are being filmed. Stars <b>Kristen Stewart</b> and <b>Robert Pattinson</b> are of course staying at the most iconic hotel in town, the <b><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/COPACABANA+PALACE/local/2505">Copcabana Palace</a></b>, where their top-floor suite hasn't escaped the telephoto lenses of the paparazzi. <P>The <i><a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1327614/Robert-Pattinson-Kristen-Stewart-dance-fans-hotel-balcony.html?ito=feeds-newsxml">Daily Mail</a></i> claims that the duo briefly stepped out onto their terrace to wave and shimmy for the fans down below, but as you can see from the location of their suite on the picture of the hotel below, we doubt the fans without JetSetCD 2010-11-08T15:52:28-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2010/9/15/11433/3376 <![CDATA[<p><p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/hotelsantateresa.jpg" class="top"><p> <i>Hotel Santa Teresa</i><p><i>Brazil is hot and its going to get hotter in the next decade, thanks to the 2014 FIFA World Cup and the 2016 Summer Olympics. That's why we're having journalist <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/user/scottmitchem">Scott Mitchem</a>, who has been traveling to Brazil for years, give us the lowdown all week on the country&#146;s evolving hotel scene as well as its top players. Never been to Rio before? Well, allow us to tell you where you virgins should stay. </i>outside<i> of Brazil.</i><p> <p><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/city/rio de janeiro"><b>Rio de Janeiro&#146;s</b></a> boutique hotel scene in <b>is dominated by French expats</b>, either experienced hoteliers or other professionals turned entrepreneurs after falling in love with life in Brazil. <p>There are dozens of small, French-owned scottmitchem 2010-09-15T14:04:49-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2010/9/13/204327/909 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/riofasanovirgin.jpg" class="top"><p> <i>Brazil is hot and its going to get hotter in the next decade, thanks to the 2014 FIFA World Cup and the 2016 Summer Olympics. That's why we're having journalist <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/user/scottmitchem">Scott Mitchem</a>, who has been traveling to Brazil for years, give us the lowdown all week on the country&#146;s evolving hotel scene as well as its top players. Never been to Rio before? Well, allow us to tell you where you virgins should stay. </i>outside<i> of Brazil.</i><p> <p> Welcome to Cidade Maravilhosa! Take our word for it: <b>the holiday season is the best time to visit Rio de Janeiro</b>, particularly Thanksgiving, when the weather is great and there are fewer tourists. Rio is thriving, no economic scottmitchem 2010-09-14T14:19:49-05:00 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/