HotelChatter - cl http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2008-07-09T07:53:25Z HotelChatter HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Lovin' the Biggest Pool in the World http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/2/29/22655/3383 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3873/Alfonso_Del_Mar_Pool.jpg" class="imgborder"><p> <p>We did briefly mention last month that the world's <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/1/23/17128/8571/hotels/It_s_Hard_to_Believe_But_Bill_Marriott_Was_Once_Young_and_Cute">largest swimming pool</a> is now officially found in the <a href="http://www.sanalfonso.cl/"><b>San Alfonso del Mar Resort</b></a> in Chile, but given our deep love for <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Hotel%20Pools">hotel pools</a>, we figured it's time to take a closer look, especially since the Guinness Book of World Records decided it was worth looking at, too. </p><p>The San Alfonso del Mar Resort, on the southern coast of Chile, spent around $1.5 billion to create this lagoon of a swimming pool, which is a full one kilometer in length. Two neat facts strike us about this pool: hotel guests get to use small boats and kayaks to get around, because the pool is so amandak 2008-02-29T09:17:36-05:00 Cubicle Dreamin': Explora Hotels are an Adventure Playground http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/2/27/33850/0228 <![CDATA[<p> <i>Cubicle Dreamin' is a feature in which we ask the hotel mavens to take some time out of their busy work day, surf the Internet, and tell us what hotel they wish they could beam themselves to right that very second--all on the slave driving companies dime, of course. Oh, like these people aren't surfing aimlessly anyway--at least now their purposeless clicking will be cobbled together into useful hotel stories--we hope. Have a destination hotel you are just dying to leave your cube for? <a href="tips@hotelchatter.com">Send the story our way</a>.<p> In this episode, Hotel Maven <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/user/FemmeFatale/stories">Monica Guy</a> returns to Chile. Enjoy.</i><p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/atacama.jpg" class="imgborder"><p>Split the cubicle in half: I'm dreaming of two superb hotels at opposite ends of the femmefatale 2008-02-29T09:00:02-05:00 Chilean Hotel Scene: Villa del Rio in Valdivia http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/1/30/573/37117 This week our roaming correspondent, Monica Guy, is giving us the low-down on the Chilean Hotel Scene. Here she checks out a five-star hotel Chilean style. Enjoy.

Some hotels are 5-star for their facilities, some 5-star for their service, some for their location. Some are 5-star because they simply award themselves the title, and nobody knows the difference.

The Hotel Villa del Rio in Valdivia, Chile, fits right into the second and third categories.]]> femmefatale 2008-01-31T08:55:01-05:00 Chilean Hotel Scene: How Do You Say Anti-View in Spanish? http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/1/28/15938/1795 <![CDATA[<p><i>This week our roaming correspondent, <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Monica%20Guy"><b>Monica Guy</b></a>, is giving us the low-down on the Chilean Hotel Scene. Here she encounters una vista mal. Enjoy.</i><p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/Radisson_Santiago.jpg" class="imgborder"><p>Lucky Lorie and Paul Bennett, who found a killer view staring at them out of the window of the businessy <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2006/11/8/215622/069/hotels/Room_with_a_Killer_View_Park_Plaza_Hotel_in_Santiago"><b>Park Plaza Hotel</b></a> in <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotels/city/cl/CHILE/Santiago"><b>Santiago</b></a>, Chile.<p>We on the other hand spent the night in the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Radisson+Plaza+Santiago+Hotel/ian/122478"><b>Radisson Plaza Santiago Hotel</b></a>, a similar 160-room 5-star mega-hotel in Santiago's business district. <p> In their information about the local area, they forgot to mention they're backed right onto a mega-building site which actually seems to create 100 times more dust and noise and pollution than buildings.<p> If you're lucky, you'll be on the other side femmefatale 2008-01-30T08:50:01-05:00 Chilean Hotel Scene:: Easter Island on a Budget http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/1/28/14736/6225 <![CDATA[<p><i>This week our roaming correspondent, <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Monica%20Guy"><b>Monica Guy</b></a>, is giving us the low-down on the Chilean Hotel Scene. Today, she tells you how to enjoy Easter Island on a budget. Enjoy.</i><p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/hotelotai.jpg" class="imgborder"><p>You're all fired up to go to Easter Island and you're desperate to stay in the new luxury <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/1/28/14017/0499/hotels/The_most_isolated_luxury_hotel_in_the_world_Explora_Posada_de_Mike_Rapu_Easter_Island"><b>Explora Posada de Mike Rapu</b></a>.<p> <p>Unfortunately, your bank manager isn't quite so enthusiastic.<p> The <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Hotel+O%27Tai/local/1088"><b>Hotel O'tai</b></a> is the only place worth staying if you can't afford the rates at the Explora. It's even got a couple of benefits. Unlike the Explora, it's based right in the center of the only town on the island, Hanga Roa. The town's not exactly a heaving metropolis and the nightlife wouldn't win femmefatale 2008-01-29T13:05:01-05:00 Search HotelChatter Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/