http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2012-02-14T05:56:08Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/ http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2012/1/9/18239/51605 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/61268/KampHotel.jpg" class="top"><p><i>Hotel Kamp in Helsinki is owned by Starwood</i> <p>The <a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/woman-hotel-clerk-finland-gave-key-drunken-pervert-amp-i-m-suing-article-1.1003425?localLinksEnabled=false"><i>New York Daily News</i></a> is reporting on a lawsuit between Wall Street banker Alison Fournier and <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Starwood%20Hotels"><b>Starwood Hotels</b></a>, who <b>gave an unknown man the key to Fournier's Helsinki hotel room, after he explained to the Front Desk that he was her husband</b>. Creepy! And kinda unbelievable. <p>The surveillance video depicts an American man showing up at the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Hotel+Kamp/local/105"><b>Hotel Kamp</b></a>'s Front Desk, drunkenly explaining he had been locked out from his wife's room, and walking away with the key. Minutes later, he <b>entered Fournier's room, took his clothes off and got into bed with her. </b>Creepy again! Though half-asleep, and alone, Fournier immediately realized what was going ASchechter 2012-01-10T09:00:02-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/7/14/18919/1166 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/21888/04Envy_Plus_Room.jpg" class="top"> <p><b>Helsinki</b>: perhaps not the first city that comes to mind for an urban getaway, but you&#146;d be missing out if you went with your instincts. Helsinki in the summer is magical, and it&#146;s also exceedingly trendy (not for nothing is it called &#147;the design capital of Europe&#148;, don&#146;t you know). <p>The <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Klaus+K+Hotel/ian/236751"><b>Klaus K</b></a> is one of the trendiest hotels in town &#151; and, having stayed there last year, we can see why. It&#146;s super &#151; themed around the Finnish national epic poem with great decor and the best hotel breakfast we&#146;ve ever been party to. <p>To encourage you to come this summer, they have an <b>Urban Getaway Package</b> which includes a double room, glass of champagne juliab 2009-07-15T09:00:12-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/1/20/12759/1617 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3873/Finland_Glass_Igloo.jpg" class="top"><p> <p>When we <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/3/29/5041/05214/hotels/Igloos,_Rocking_Chairs_and_Singles_Weeks_at_Kakslauttanen">first heard</a> about the glass and ice igloos of the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Kakslauttanen+Hotel+and+Igloo+Village/local/433"><b>Kakslauttanen Hotel & Igloo Village</b></a> in northern Finland, we thought it sounded like a winter paradise. But we thought we'd better take off our rose-colored snow-goggles and check out the real lay of the snow-covered land up there.<p>If some of the <a href="http://www.tripadvisor.com/ShowUserReviews-g667560-d293333-r23553734-Kakslauttanen_Hotel_Igloo_Village-Saariselka_Lapland.html">TripAdvisor</a> reviews are to be believed, then there are a few flaws in the igloo industry. While some guests are perfectly satisfied, quite a few mention problems with service. One guest mentioned "90% of [the staff] are not capable to communicate in English", which surprised us since we've always found Finns to be sickeningly multilingual. Another complained that there's no daily amandak 2009-01-20T17:11:22-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/12/19/34655/864 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3873/SantaClausHotel.jpg" class="imgborder"><p> <p>When you're choosing a hotel for a Christmas vacation, you can't get a much more appropriate choice than the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Clarion+Hotel+Santa+Claus/local/1029"><b>Clarion Hotel Santa Claus</b></a> in Rovaniemi, Finnish Lapland. The Santa Claus Hotel is just a few miles away from the official home of <a href="http://www.jaunted.com/story/2006/8/24/114444/755/travel/Will+the+Real+Santa+Please+Stand+Up%3F">the real Santa</a> on the Arctic Circle and is a popular choice for Christmas visitors to Finland.</p><p>Like many Lapland hotels, the functionality wins over from looks when you see the Santa Claus Hotel from the outside--but if you're visiting at Christmas time, the daylight only lasts a couple of hours so you'll probably never get a good look at the architecture anyway.</p><p>The character of a Christmas in Rovaniemi comes more from the activities amandak 2007-12-19T09:26:28-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/11/21/3135/6687 <![CDATA[<p> <i>We are suckers for a room with a killer view. &nbsp;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.</i><p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3873/KillerViewLuostotunturi.jpg" class="imgborder"><p>Dreaming of a white Christmas yet? Here's the perfect killer view for Christmas, courtesy of the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Luostotunturi+Hotel/local/991"><b>Luostotunturi Hotel</b></a> in the middle of amandak 2007-11-21T09:16:39-05:00 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/