http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2012-02-14T08:09:13Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/ http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/11/16/54935/828 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3873/Renaissance_Curacao_Infinity_Beach.jpg" class="top"><p> <p>The <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Renaissance+Curacao/ian/278330"><b>Renaissance Curacao</b></a> impressed us just by telling us about their 32,000 square foot <b>infinity beach</b>, which beats an infinity pool any day (and <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/2/9/33429/39938/hotels/Renaissance_Curacao_Sees_Your_Infinity_Pool_And_Ups_You#1">a local even assured us</a> that in real life it is truly as cool as it sounds). Now they're trying to impress us with a 40 percent off sale. And they get it half right.<p>The good part of this sale is that if you book by the end of November, for travel any time between January and April 2010, then you will get 40 percent off room rates &#150; that's a pretty hefty discount. The Renaissance Curacao has had some good reports, and with the world heritage Rif Fort literally on amandak 2009-11-16T09:16:56-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/2/9/33429/39938 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3873/Renaissance_Curacao_Resort_Beach.jpg" class="top"><p> <p>Curacao is something we drink more often than a place we dream of traveling to, but with the February 1 opening of the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Renaissance+Curacao/ian/278330"><b>Renaissance Curacao Resort</b></a> we are seriously thinking of hopping on a plane and flying down there.<p> This new place looks so colorfully funky from the photos that we are already thinking we'd enjoy it. And then there are the swimming options. There's an infinity pool, of course, because no self-respecting new resort could open up without one these days. But they've added a new dimension by creating an <b>eternity beach</b>. We're not quite sure we understand it--they say it's "Real sand, real ocean water, real palm trees...above sea level"--and it could just be amandak 2009-02-09T09:16:02-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/2/27/155038/524 <![CDATA[<p> <img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3/beach_at_kura.jpg" class="imgborder"> <p> A while back the big news on Curacao was the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2006/6/14/163758/177/hotels/J.Lo+Goes+on+a+Babymoon%3F">J Lo's possible pregnancy</a>. Didn't happen, but we are guessing the Dutch could care less.<p> Fast forward six months, or so, and it turns out <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Lodge+Kura+Hulanda+and+Beach+Club/local/314"><b>Lodge Kura Hulanda & Beach Club</b></a>, one of Willemstads's beach resort options, made Travel &amp; Leisure's 25 Affordable Beach Resorts List (March 2007).<p> While all the beach resorts on the list are definitely worth a look we focused in on Kura for two reasons.<p> First, Curacao takes our minds off slush--just get yourself to Miami, and three hours from MIA you will be in Curacao.<p> Second, Kura was written up by Andrea Bennett, a friend of HotelChatter, and markj 2007-02-27T16:14:41-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2006/6/14/163758/177 <![CDATA[<p><img align="right" src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/jlo_curacao.jpg">Always a credible publication when it comes to celebrity procreation, <i>Life & Style</i> mag reveals that Jennifer Lopez and hubby Marc Anthony took the 2 and a half-hour flight from Miami to Curacao for a possible babymoon and to celebrate their second anniversary.<p>The crooning duo stayed at the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Lodge+Kura+Hulanda+and+Beach+Club/local/314"><b>Hotel Kura Hulanda</b></a> on this Dutch Isle in the Caribbean. Although, we don't know exactly which type of suite they stayed in, we're pretty sure they passed on the regular $220 a night standard rooms in favor of the $1,000 a night Indian &nbsp;Bridal Suite which comes complete with "sterling silver furniture."<p>Even if you can't afford this suite, the rest of the rooms will still please you with bathrooms juliana 2006-06-14T16:46:20-05:00 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/