HotelChatter - gp http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2012-02-14T04:14:48Z HotelChatter HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Domain de Lonvilliers to Reopen December 1 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/10/26/31624/793 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3873/View_Near_Domaine_de_Lonvilliers.jpg" class="top"><p> <p>The <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Le+Domaine+De+Lonvilliers/ian/241394"><b>Domaine de Lonvilliers</b></a> is getting a flash re-opening with a seriously flash restaurant. This 145-room resort is on the French side of St Martin and boasts of having both European stylishness and a laidback Caribbean nature &#150; we're not sure if it's possible, but it sure sounds like a beautiful combination.<p>The new Domaine de Lonvilliers will include a restaurant from chef <b>Christophe Leroy</b>, who has already set up his famed "La Table du Marche" restaurants in other resorts in the Caribbean and beyond. That means the food should be pretty darn good.<p>The reopening is scheduled for December 1 and they've got some special rates from then until March 31, 2010, starting from $250 per night amandak 2009-10-30T09:09:19-05:00 Early Birds Get a 15% Discount at Hotel Le Toiny in St. Barts http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/7/22/191724/325 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/21888/hotel_le_toiny.jpg" class="top"> <p>Speaking for ourselves, we&#146;re more last minute people than plan-aheaders; but the early birds among you might like to check out St Barts, and the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Le+Toiny/ian/172966"><b>Hôtel Le Toiny&#146;s</b></a> imaginatively-named <b>Early Bird</b> offer for stays this winter. <p>It&#146;s not that early either: you only need to book a stay of at least five nights by 31 October, and you&#146;ll save just under 15%, and get a car, breakfast, transfers and laundry service thrown in as well. There will even be a &#147;welcome amenity&#148; waiting for you, whatever that is. <p>Prices start from &#128;1130 normally &#128;1250) for a junior suite, and run up to &#128;2430 for a three bedroom suite (down from &#128;2780). But you&#146;ll need to pay juliab 2009-07-23T08:55:40-05:00 Hotel Saint-Barth Isle de France is Recession-Immune http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/2/18/181712/165

Hot diggety! The rich freakin always stay rich! (Well, unless they totally invested everything with Bernie Madoff.) Apparently it's been Opposite Day for Hotel St. Barth Isle de France when it comes to sales. As our nation and economy continues a dangerous downward spiral, Hotel SBIDF is packing in the guests.

While other hotels saw a decline in business, Hotel SBIDF saw their business improve since November 2008, says a rep. They've been dropping money into the property like crazy too. ]]> shiralevine 2009-02-19T15:46:20-05:00 A Delano Hotel Opening in St. Barts? http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/10/29/114027/70 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/delanostbarts.jpg" class="top"><p>Much like the spin-offs of their popular Mondrian flagship in places like Scottsdale, Miami Beach, Chicago and New York, <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/morgans%20hotel%20group"><b>Morgans Hotel Group</b></a> is eager to do the same with the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Delano+Hotel/local/16"><b>Delano Hotel</b></a>. <p>The <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/8/19/121433/055/hotels/Snapshot_Echelon_s_Construction_Ghost_Town">Delano Las Vegas</a> project was started and then stopped and is now indefinitely on hold. A <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/9/5/92714/58659/hotels/The_Delano_Says_Sorry_Vegas_We_re_Headed_to_Dubai_">Delano in Dubai</a> was announced back in September but that won't open until 2012. <p>However, it looks like a project in St. Bart's has received the greenlight and will be the second Delano to open. We were tipped off that Dutch designer Piet Boon would be in charge of the Delano St. Barts design (the original was done by Philippe Starck) and on Boon's <a juliana 2008-10-29T11:50:17-05:00 Warm Weather Hotels: Hotel Guanahani on St Barths http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/1/2/64916/80290 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3873/GuanahaniStBarths.jpg" class="imgborder"><p><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/maps/Warm-Weather-Hotels-Map"><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/warmweather_map.jpg" align="right"></a>A hotel room in St Barths is a good place to relax at any time of year--or a place where the art gallery comes <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/12/26/24235/427/hotels/Book+a+Hotel+With+An+Art+Gallery+Included+">within the hotel</a>, if you remember our story last week. But when winter gets you down then the warmth of St Barths is an especially good destination, and you could try the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Hotel+Guanahani+and+Spa/local/1042"><b>Hotel Guanahani and Spa</b></a> because, for a start, it has a lovely warm sounding name!</p><p>Get beyond the name and everything about the Guanahani is still screaming "winter escape". It belongs to the Leading Small Hotels of the World group and deservedly so, with its luxury cottages (some so brightly colored so you won't have any trouble finding amandak 2008-01-02T11:08:05-05:00 Search HotelChatter Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/