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HotelChatter - de http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2009-11-22T05:56:11Z HotelChatter HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/ The Hotel Concorde Berlin Wants You To Look Hawt http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/11/17/14636/149 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/kadewestore.jpg" class="top"> Berlin's <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Hotel+Concorde+Berlin/ian/185137">Hotel Concorde</a> has long tried to be hip with its accommodation packages, and each deal they come out with does seem to get better and better. <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/6/24/35246/5148/hotels/Now_The_Germans_Want_You_To_Learn_French">Learning French in Berlin</a> was a bit of a stretch; their <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/7/30/192640/318/hotels/Concorde_Berlin_Has_Second_Best_Fall_of_the_Wall_Package">Fall of the Wall</a> deal was pretty good; but now comes the most sensible idea they've had so far: a Shop in the City package.Being all very cosmopolitan and cool, yet not outrageously expensive, Berlin is an ideal place to go on a shopping splurge. The Hotel Concorde is also in the right part of Berlin for this, right on the Kurfürstendamm shopping street, and even through winter you'll be able to easily get around to amandak 2009-11-20T13:59:30-05:00 Dennis Rodman Strikes Again, This Time in Germany http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/11/16/16217/813 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/rodmanagain.jpg" class="top"> <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/dennis rodman">Dennis Rodman</a>, the worst hotel guests in the world, was up to his bad boy behavior again--this time at the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Park+Plaza+Trier/ian/213077">Park Plaza Hotel</a> in Trier, Germany. Apparently, Rodman threw an impromptu party at the hotel and charged up to $5,000 for drinks. Since he had played in a "USA Legends of Basketball" exhibition game earlier that night, and the game organizers were picking up his hotel room, he just assumed they would pick up the party costs too. Oh no, no, no. <a href="http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5ibwxqBKX1OSRwqozBwWkCDkAGg4gD9C0PH981">Associated Press</a> reports:<blockquote> When Rodman left the hotel Monday morning without paying the tab, the hotel director contacted the police, [prosecutor Juergen] Bauer said. Police found Rodman's stretch limo on the juliana 2009-11-16T16:54:28-05:00 New and Neat Melia Hotel Düsseldorf Open Now http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/11/5/75519/6122 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3873/Melia_Hotel_Dusseldorf.jpg" class="top"> Popped into our Hotelchatter Flickr Pool recently (thanks, <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/14167012@N03/">jochenb</a>) were some pics of a new hotel in the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Sol%20Melia%20Hotels">Sol Melia Hotel</a> group: the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Melia+Duesseldorf/ian/328554">Melia Hotel Düsseldorf</a>, Germany. It's just opened up last month and is certainly lookin' neat and tidy, if the photos are anything to go by.More info about the new Melia: it's right in the center of Düsseldorf, and it's opposite the Hofgarten, famous for being the oldest public park in the whole of Germany. And it's close to shopping and sightseeing districts, and most conveniently, just a ten-minute drive from the airport.The Düsseldorf Melia has some opening offer rates starting with their basic double room at 99 ($145) or 139 ($205) amandak 2009-11-05T14:19:22-05:00 Sneak Peek at the Newly-Revamped Radisson Blu Hamburg http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/10/13/11651/998 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/17697/Hamburg.Lobby.Chairs.jpg" class="top"> Design-minded travelers to Hamburg, Germany, will be happy to hear the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Radisson+Sas+Hotel+-+Hamburg/ian/119715">Radisson Blu Hamburg</a> reopens this week after a 48-million-euro makeover. Claiming the title of Hamburgs biggest hotel, the hotel has 556 rooms and stands nearly 400 feet tall. Thanks to the renovation, brand-new features include a 23,000-square-foot conference area/ballroom, freshened-up lobby with two lounges, two restaurants and bars, and a fitness center. Plus, the guestrooms have been re-imagined with individual themes. The lobby now has white tile floors, black walls, and an under-lit reception area (see photo above looks pretty good, dontchya think?). Think mod chandelier lighting and gold armchairs alongside Arne Jacobsen Egg chairs. Meanwhile, Swedish architect Christian Lundwall refreshed the guestrooms KatieK 2009-10-13T11:07:57-05:00 Welcome to the Aspria Hotel: A Spa And Gym With Rooms On Top http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/10/1/12160/8259 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/21888/aspria_pool.jpg" class="top">The <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/W+Barcelona/local/1420">W Barcelona</a> may be stealing all the headlines but its not the only new kid on the European hotel block this autumn. The Aspria Hotel in Berlin looks pretty nice and its rather more affordable, too. Opening next month on 6 November in the posh Charlottenburg district (west of the Tiergarten), it doesnt have the most auspicious of pedigrees Aspria is a chain of health clubs in Europe - but theyre now offering accommodation at their digs in Hannover and Berlin. Original, but interesting it means that the spa and fitness area are going to be souped up no end. In fact, the Berlin spa is going to be 14,000 m sq juliab 2009-10-01T13:53:52-05:00 Search HotelChatter Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/