HotelChatter - do http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2009-11-23T00:16:38Z HotelChatter HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Puntacana Celebrates 40th Anniversary With A Spruce-Up http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/10/26/4744/1677 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3873/Punta_Cana_Resort_Refurbished_room.jpg" class="top"><p> <p>We haven't quite reached our 40th birthday yet, but when we do, a bit of a renovation will probably be just what we need. That was the same thought the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Puntacana+Hotel/ian/218071"><b>Puntacana Resort and Club</b></a> in the Dominican Republic had. They're celebrating their 40th anniversary this year and have been having some major refurbishments done, which are due to be all tidied up by the end of this week.<p>The Puntacana Hotel has spruced up all of its 186 rooms. There are now flat screen TVs throughout, new paint and bedding, and it's looking nice and fresh.<p>Refurbished doesn't mean more expensive: they've still got some good deals going. If you book online <a href="http://www.puntacana.com/">at their website</a>, you can amandak 2009-10-29T08:57:58-05:00 Maxim Magazine's Maxim Bungalows No More http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/10/8/12741/3484

Could it be that the Maxim Bungalows in the Dominican Republic, which has only been open for a little over a six months, has closed?

A tipster let us know that the website wasn't working and indeed when we clicked the URL, it sent us to a GoDaddy.com page. GoDaddy is a URL purchasing site and while somebody does own the Maxim Bungalows URL, there's no info nor any redirection going on here. So we just had to find out what was up.]]> juliana 2008-10-08T14:28:28-05:00 Celebrities Flocking to Maxim Bungalows http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/5/7/164136/4443 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/okmaxim.jpg" class="imgborder"><p>A while back we asked if those <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Maxim+Bungalows/local/598"><b>Maxim Bungalows</b></a> were <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/3/31/64746/5614/hotels/Maxim_Bungalows_Sound_Too_Good_To_Be_True">too good to be true</a> and found that as far as we could see, guests were loving this place.<p>Now, a hotel rep wanted to let us know that celebs are loving the place as well. Some stars making the trip down include, Carrie Ann Inaba, judge of "Dancing with the Stars", Brittany Snow, Dylan McDermott, Chris Evans and Laura Prepon. OK! Magazine also went down there to do a photo shoot for <i>Cashmere Mafia's</i> Bonnie Sommerville (above). <p>But aside from celebrity sightings, the resort just opened its <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/4/2/235254/5083/hotels/Maxim_Bungalows_To_Get_Hip_Social_Restaurant">Social restaurant </a> thus enabling you to dance, drink and party like a celeb even if you don't juliana 2008-05-07T16:52:39-05:00 Maxim Bungalows To Get Hip Social Restaurant http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/4/2/235254/5083 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/maxim_social.jpg" class="imgborder"><p>Whether or not the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Maxim+Bungalows/local/598"><b>Maxim Bungalows</b></a> are really a <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/3/31/64746/5614/hotels/Maxim_Bungalows_Sound_Too_Good_To_Be_True">good place to vacation</a>, the resort will be getting a hip dining scene.<p> Prolific restaurateur Jeffrey Chodorow will open the <b>Social Dominican Republic</b> restaurant at the Cofresi Beach location of the resort on April 15th.<blockquote><p>Chef Angel Mejia will oversee Social Dominican Republic along with general manager Sean Mohammed, both formerly at Social Miami at Sagamore in sizzling South Beach. Designer Carlos Oroza of architecture firm Prada Kulich created an intimate setting for Social Dominican Republic, seating 70 guests inside and 40 outside. </blockquote></p><p>The restaurant will serve a daily specialty breakfast buffet as well as a full dinner menu. Some selections served at night include the Basil Cured juliana 2008-04-03T09:15:02-05:00 Maxim Bungalows Sound Too Good To Be True http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/3/31/64746/5614 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3873/Maxim_Bungalows_Room.jpg" class="imgborder"><p> <p>Late last year we mentioned that the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Maxim+Bungalows/local/598"><b>Maxim Bungalows</b></a> in the Dominican Republic were <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/5/29/83449/7130/hotels/Maxim_Brings_Class_Substance_to_the_Dominican_Republic">ready to open</a>, and now this hotspot for adventure, beach and a round of golf is in full swing.</p><p>We stopped by to check the <a href="http://www.tripadvisor.com/ShowUserReviews-g147290-d656008-r14475157-Maxim_Bungalows-Puerto_Plata_Dominican_Republic.html">TripAdvisor reviews</a> and find out how the first guests have enjoyed their experience of Maxim Bungalows. Maybe because we just read about the new <a href="http://tourismtechnology.rezgo.com/2008/03/eu-passes-anti-flogging-law.html">EU law</a> which has made it <i>illegal</i> (not just plain dumb) for hoteliers to post positive reviews about their own hotel on sites like TripAdvisor, we were a little suspicious to see how universally positive the reviews to date have been.</p><p>Is Maxim as good as they say? A few of the amandak 2008-03-31T09:05:01-05:00 Search HotelChatter Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/