http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2009-11-22T06:54:22Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/ http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/10/22/93314/373 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/elbowbeachclosing.jpg" class="top"><p> <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Elbow+Beach/ian/141496"><b>The Elbow Beach Hotel</b></a> in Bermuda, a Mandarin Oriental hotel, has decided to close down its 100-year-old main building at the end of November because it was pretty much just for show and besides, the hotel is building a newer, better, bigger resort behind it. As if! But remember those days when hotels could do that sort of stuff on a whim? <p>No, the Elbow Beach Hotel is closing down the old building because of--you guessed it--the economy. And even worse, the hotel is going to lay off about 160 workers between now and November. <p><a href="http://abcnews.go.com/Travel/wireStory?id=8888952">ABC News</a> reports that 131 rooms will be closed, leaving essentially only the 98 luxury suites and cottages open to juliana 2009-10-22T09:47:54-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/10/12/20224/905 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3873/Cambridge_Beaches_Bermuda.jpg" class="top"><p> <p>We sure hope you can book this package online because we're not sure we could phone up the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Cambridge+Beaches/ian/183640"><b>Cambridge Beaches Resort & Spa</b></a> in Bermuda and actually ask out loud for the <b>Sensual Journey Package</b>. This is definitely a decently romantic deal, but it does have that <b>soft-core porn</b> ring to it!<p>As part of your Sensual Journey, you get fresh flowers, a private butler service and a champagne breakfast (including side bowls of warmed honey and melted chocolate, and you can figure out for yourself what to do with them). Then there is a bunch of spa fun &#150; an Experience Suite, where you get "some one on one time with your partner" (the mind boggles), amandak 2009-10-13T09:09:47-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/10/7/114619/926 <![CDATA[<p> <img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/fmonsouthamptonpool.jpg" class="top"><p> If you're missing your Bermuda shorts now that Fall has arrived and want to take them out for a whirl in the real Bermuda, the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Fairmont+Southampton+Hotel/ian/169545"><b>Fairmont Southampton</b></a> is offering rates of $149 per night but only for seven days so get booking.<p>The offer includes a guestroom, complimentary breakfast, unlimited golf for two at the hotel's own golf course, as well as some resort activities over the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays.<p>The sale begins today at noon (now) and lasts until 11:59pm on October 13. The hotel stay must take place between November 1 and April 16, 2010. The $149 rate does not include taxes, gratuities or resort fees which are a little overboard here.<p> There's a juliana 2009-10-07T11:58:37-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/6/2/104430/5949 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/fairmonthamilton99.jpg" class="top"><p> While Bermuda is a lovely island with pink sand and just an hour and 45 minutes flight from North Carolina, it is also a devastatingly expensive island. For most of the year, it's a bummer on the wallet until summer arrives. That's when you start to see deals like the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Fairmont+Hamilton+Princess/ian/169531"><b>Fairmont Hamilton Princess</b></a>' 99 hour <a href="http://www.fairmont.com/hamilton/HotelPackages/SpecialOffer/HalfOffExlusiveDeal.htm"> sale</a> with rooms priced at $139 a night. <p>The deal starts tomorrow <b>June 3</b> and continues until June 5 at 11:50 p.m. EST. The magic promotional code words are: <b>PZOO. </b>Call (800) 441-1414 or book online at www.fairmont.com/hamilton. <p>Yes, there is a catch to this bargain rate. Guests have to book a minimum of two nights (based on availability) shiralevine 2009-06-02T15:39:27-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/5/21/11320/8768 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/6929/9beachesbloggystyle.jpg" class="top"> <p><b><A href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/9+Beaches/local/218">9 Beaches</a></b>, that "ultra-casual resort" in Bermuda, has certainly gotten itself entrenched in the ol' social media scene: they've been getting their <a href="http://9beaches.blogspot.com/">bloggin' on </a>for a long time (two-esque years), but now the place seems to have gotten tons of web 2.0 action, from <a href="http://9beaches.blogspot.com/2007/04/9-beaches-now-featured-on-youtube.html">YouTube vids</a> to <a href="http://9beaches.blogspot.com/2008/11/9-beaches-family.html">this sort of thing</a>. <p>Recall 9 Beaches is the place that promises (no, <i>guarantees</i>) <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/3/31/1066/79389/hotels/9_Beaches_in_Bermuda_Guarantees_68_Degree_Days">68-degree days</a>, and also was kinda <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2006/10/9/94017/7019/hotels/Bermuda_s_9_Beaches_Resort_is_Too_Smelly_for_Fred_Berstein">too smelly</a> for a reviewer once (oh yeah; we never let anything go around here). Per the 9 Beaches peeps: <blockquote><p> Most recently YouTube videographer Kevin Nalty (fondly known by his online moniker Nalts) visited 9 Beaches and <a href=" http://willvideoforfood.com/2009/05/08/social-media-monitoring-in-real-life-9-beaches/">captured her essence on Jenna 2009-05-21T11:05:21-05:00 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/