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HotelChatter - IT http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2012-02-14T06:33:22Z HotelChatter HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Twitpic of the Week: Spying On St Mark's Basilica From the Cipriani http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2012/2/6/9128/95750 <![CDATA[In the ever-expanding universe of Twitter, there is one particular trend <a href="http://twitter.com/#!/hotelchatter">@HotelChatter</a> happens to quite enjoy: candid hotel photos. These Twitpics range from stunning views to anti-views to celebrity tomfoolery and everything in between. And we can't get enough of 'em! Every Monday, we feature one "Twitpic of the Week" to commemorate our favorite hotel-themed snapshot. Got a favorite of your own? Want to show off your sweet suite? <a href="mailto:tips@hotelchatter.com">Send it in!</a> <img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/61268/CiprianiVenice.jpg" class="top">This week, we're dreaming of tiny arched bridges and cups of espresso by Piazza San Marco. Venice, seen here from the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Hotel+Cipriani+Venice/local/1159">Hotel Cipriani</a>, may be an over-exposed tourist trap, but she's also a classic. This shot comes courtesy of <a href="https://twitter.com/#!/penrose1986">@MattPenrose</a>, who shared ASchechter 2012-02-06T09:14:58-05:00 Piecing Together Giorgio Armani's Puzzling Pristine Milano Palazzo http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2012/1/12/104818/967 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/61268/Armani_Hotel_Milano_Guestroom_1.jpg" class="top"> Though we took a quick look last month at what <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/12/9/13248/8866/hotels/One+Month+In%2C+How%27s+the+Armani+Hotel+Milan+Faring%3F">Tripadvisor reviewers were saying</a>, we still feel a little out of the loop about the new <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Armani%20Hotels">Armani Hotel Milan</a>, which has been open for almost two months now. What kind of fancy Armani unforms do the staff wear? Are the rooms really <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/6/24/155529/873/hotels/So_How_s_The_Construction_of_the_Armani_Hotel_Milan_Coming_Along_">that big</a>? How do the hotel's Lifestyle Managers fit in, exactly? Sadly, the hotel provided little in the way of a responsechoosing only to reiterate Giorgio's vision of creating a "precisely defined ambiance of total comfort." But we have managed to scrap together at least a fragmentary sense of the interiors. For starters: similar to the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2010/4/27/13344/2013/hotels/We+Can%27t+Believe+It+Either%3A+The+Armani+Hotel+Dubai+Opened+Today">property in Dubai</a>, the Armani Milan's ASchechter 2012-01-12T10:59:47-05:00 Gold Fingers And Golden Balls Now On Offer At Terme Di Saturnia In Tuscany http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/12/20/154842/15 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/21888/goldfinger.jpeg" class="top"> Massage by James Bond: not guaranteed Unsure of what to get your woman for Christmas? Well, if the ads are anything to go by, wimmen like gold and they like spas. From personal experience, wed also add holidays in Italy, so a combination of all three could put you onto a winner. Thats possibly the thinking behind the new Golden Body treatment at posh hotel <a href="http://www.termedisaturnia.it/en/">Terme di Saturnia Spa & Golf Resort</a> in Tuscany. The two hour treatment starts with a scrub, but not just any scrub one enriched with ginger, chamomile, silk protein and jojoba oil. Then they apply a gel containing, among other things, caffeine (which, as your laydee will tell you, is juliab 2011-12-20T17:00:02-05:00 One Month In, How's the Armani Hotel Milan Faring? http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/12/9/13248/8866

We can hardly believe it ourselves, but the Armani Milan is over the one month mark, as it finally made its debut back on November 10. It may still be piping hot and fresh out of the hotel-baking oven, but it's time to start reading what people are saying about it.

One thing is important to remember, however, and that's that Italy doesn't have it all together on the social media/online sharing front. Case in point: the place has been booked up, but both Hotels.com, Expedia, Venere, etc have not a single review of it (barring this nice photo gallery).

Thus, for now we turn to Tripadvisor:]]> JetSetCD 2011-12-12T16:30:02-05:00 When a View is This Good, Who Cares About a Crappy Room? http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/12/6/5182/18344 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/21888/pienza2.jpg" class="top"> The Val d'Orcia at 7am yesterday We are suckers for a room with a killer view.  We find that we are even more likely to forgive some minor hotel inconveniences if we can stare out the window at something pretty--yeah we are that shallow. Let's help out our fellow hotel mavens by uploading rooms with killer views to the <a href="http://flickr.com/groups/hotelchatter/">HotelChatter/Flickr photo pool</a>, or by <a href="mailto:tips@hotelchatter.com">sending the photo along to us</a>. We will feature our favorites in this space from time to time. Remember to tell us the name of the hotel and the room number of the hot view. You want a room with a view? We give you room 206, a junior suite juliab 2011-12-07T11:35:02-05:00 Search HotelChatter Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/