Everyone's buzzing about The Tourist, the soon-to-open flick starring Angelina Jolie and Johnny Depp. People are wondering if the pair will have some good on-camera chemistry and whether Jolie will kick some ass in the movie. We were dying to find out about the hotel that provided the setting for some of the film, Hotel Danieli in Venice.

In The Tourist, Elise (Jolie) meets Frank (Depp) aboard a Paris train bound to Venice and sparks fly. They hop on a water taxi to get to the island and then check into the luxe legendary hotel. ]]> Jennifer Kester 2010-11-30T13:25:46-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2010/3/17/11311/8905 <![CDATA[<P><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/6193/HotelCipriani.jpg" class="top"> <p>So here's a funny story: Apparently <b>Orient-Express Hotels</b>, which owns <b>the famous <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Hotel+Cipriani+Venice/local/1159">Hotel Cipriani</a> in Venice, just won around 7.5 Million GBP ($11.4 million) in a lawsuit they brought against Cipriani restaurants</b>. <p>The terms are a bit confusing, since one would assume that the Hotel Cipriani was associated with the similarly well-known chain of Harry Cipriani's Bars and ritzy Cipriani restaurants in locations like New York, London and Hong Kong. But that's not the case. The Hotel Cipriani sued the Cipriani restaurants for the obvious: using the Cipriani name. <p>The brief <a href="http://www.asiatraveltips.com/news10/53-Cipriani.shtml">press release</a> on the court decision also mentions that the company behind the Cipriani restaurants has had their worldwide assets frozen. That's a huge JetSetCD 2010-03-17T11:46:40-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/9/3/13651/03263 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/Hash_Exterior.JPG" class="top"><p>Last month, we told you about the opening of <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/7/6/1702/87718/hotels/Wake_and_Partake_at_Hotel_Erwin_s_Hash">Hash</a> at JDV&#146;s <b><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Hotel+Erwin/local/1519">Hotel Erwin</a></b> in Venice Beach. Now that we&#146;ve had a chance to go in for a meal there, we wanted to let you in on all the delish menu items you can expect to help stave off the munchies.<p>True to its name, the restaurant serves up four different kinds of hash for breakfast (including one daily special like the one with apples and house-smoked turkey bacon) from Monday-Friday 7:00am-11:00am, and Saturday-Sunday 8:00am-1:00pm. You can also get your standard egg and pancake dishes along with some house specialties like the artery-clogging "Chicken Fried Steak &#146;n Eggs &#146;n Biscuits" ($13.95), or the colorful &#147;Green Eggs & EricRosen 2009-09-03T15:19:44-05:00 33.9869490 -118.47246 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/8/20/132158/116

It's no one-cent weekend, but this travel package, which includes stays in both Tuscany and Venice, is one of the most reasonable, all-inclusive deals we've seen in a while. We concede that the base price of $799 (airfare included) is slightly unbelievable—and, if you get into the nitty-gritty fine print, it truly is, depending on where you're flying from and when you travel. Yet it's still a solid deal, and there are ways to stay within a bargain basement range if you're willing to be a little flexible (and isn't that the caveat of similar deals, anyway?).]]> Heidi Atwal 2009-08-20T13:32:11-05:00 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/